History Fridge / HelluvaBoss

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[[folder:The Circus]]
* Considering how abusive Paimon is, one shudders to imagine what happened when he found out Blitzo robbed the palace and Stolas even helped him.
** Potentially worse, Paimon might never have even noticed because he's such a completely absentee parent and it's fairly clear that particular palace was home to Stolas and precisely none of his siblings.
* The photo of [[EnfantTerrible Stella]] that Paimon shows Stolas depicts her [[BadPeopleAbuseAnimals strangling a dog]] in a fit of rage. Which summons a few questions:
** If that picture was meant to endear Stolas to the prospect of marrying her, it suggests either that Paimon has no qualms about animal abuse or that said cruelty has become ''normalized'' in the Goetia household.
** If the picture was meant to be cute, then it would imply that it's one of Stella's ''better'' traits and that she is even ''worse'' in person.
** The dog ''not'' being strangled has tears in its eyes. Which implies that Stella does this ''regularly.''
* Paimon casually buying a young Blitzo as a playmate for Stolas is ''deeply'' disturbing on a number of levels, implying that the demon king is not above [[SlaveryIsASpecialKindOfEvil buying or owning others as property,]] regardless of age.
** It gets far worse, as judging from Cash’s belief that it was Fizzarolli that Paimon wanted, then Cash was perfectly willing to sell somebody else’s’ child to a complete stranger and was just calculating a price (quite possibly having Fizz steal for him too and then take the blame if he got caught) which could imply that the circus performers are little more than slaves and Cash, as the ringmaster, can do with them as he pleases.
** Fizzarolli's parents are never seen or mentioned, and the way Blitzo's father tries to put a hefty price tag on him when Paimon asks about a playmate for Stolas seems to imply that Cash has primary custody over Fizz. Which begs the question - what happened to Fizzarolli's parents? Are they dead, and Cash took Fizz in? Or was he another "transaction" Cash partook in?
* Stolas downing entire bottles of absinthe just to put up with living with Stella and her constant emotional abuse. Absinthe is a kind of alcohol that has, for more than a century and a half, has had a reputation for being strong, addictive and even ''psychoactive.'' Stolas even wakes up hungover next to an empty bottle of absinthe after his breakup with Blitzo. Considering these drinking habits and how easily he expected Stella's attempt to slap him across the face, their marriage must be ''physically'' abusive as well.
** Also consider: to drink absinthe, you pour a small amount into a glass, then essentially dilute it with a sugar cube and a '''lot''' of cold water. Stolas drinks it straight out of the bottle. Even the imp serving it to him just pours it directly into a shotglass, implying he does this often enough his servants are used to it.
* It was not clear how old Stolas is meant to be exactly, but he doesn't look much older than ten or eleven during the flashback to his childhood. The flashback to when he met Blitzo; takes place twenty-five years later in the near-present, making Stolas approximately 35 years old. Octavia is explicitly stated to be 17 in this episode...meaning Stolas and a similarly-aged Stella would have been pushed to have a child as teenaged parents. Apparently, 18 is considered being an adult in Hell.
* The way Paimon and later Stolas refer to the latter's potential children as "precautionary" heirs--Paimon was using this term since Stolas' childhood, meaning he's always toyed with the possibility of ''something'' nasty happening to his son(s). Which might explain why he has so many in the first place.
* Stella states that Stolas is "terrible in bed" and that he just lies there while she "does all the work". Stolas obviously isn't enjoying himself, and if he consented, it's clear that he does that just to produce an heir. Regardless of if he consented unenthusiastically or worse, he didn't at all, there's a high chance that Octavia is a ChildByRape.
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[[folder:Seeing Stars]]
* It's clear Octavia has never traveled anywhere outside of Hell. So what would have happened to her if the grimoire didn't interpret, "take me to the stars" as placing her in Hollywood? She could have ended up someplace far worse than the human realm and maybe someplace even her father couldn't reach. Stolas even tells her he hasn't taught her any spells yet.
* The pilot episode implies Loona has syphilis, but her awkwardness around Vortex in "Spring Broken" suggests she's inexperienced. Now, this contradiction could be brushed off as another case of EarlyInstallmentWeirdness. Then this episode came along and showed just how terrible the place Blitzo adopted her from was, how utterly terrified she was there, and how male and female hellhounds could apparently share rooms. [[RapeAsBackstory You do the math]].
* If Blitzo hadn't adopted her, Loona would apparently have "aged out of the system" and been "out of the kennel's hair". This could simply mean that Loona would be kicked out, but given a mix of how scared she looked, the way hellhounds are treated in this setting and what sometimes happens to real dogs when they're deemed too old for adoption…
* The hellhounds at the adoption center seem to be quite aggressive with each other as one of them challenges Loona to a fight with a bloody bat covered in nails. Obviously, Loona had no trouble swatting the pup away given she was much bigger, but she probably wasn't as lucky when she was a child.
* More like Fridge Sadness, but part of the reason Loona was hunched so far back in her "bed" when Blitzo came by her cell? The walls are just metal bars, and Hellhounds have above-average hearing--she could hear the caretaker explain her attitude problems to Blitzo, who had specifically, out loud, requested a "family friendly" hound. What's more, her beating another hound into the wall would probably be seen as a very family-''un''friendly action, meaning that--even if it was self-defense--Loona would think her chances with this potential adopter were officially tanked. No wonder she looks so upset.
* The meteor shower Octavia wanted to see was called "Azathoth's Tears". Problem is, Azathoth and the rest of the Franchise/CthulhuMythos was created as a relatively recent work of fiction (Creator/HPLovecraft first conceived of him in 1919), yet he's mythical and/or historical enough in Hell to have an extremely rare and dazzling cosmic event named after him. So [[CosmicHorrorStory do Azathoth and the rest of his ilk actually exist out there?]] If so, why would God create such monstrosities?
** It could be that Azathoth is more a mythical/legendary figure to the denizens of Hell, and Lovecraft somehow learned about Hell's mythology. Though ''how'' he did might be Fridge Horror in itself.
* Blitzo and Stolas may have been in disguise while up on Earth, but Moxxie, Millie, and Octavia weren't. D.H.O.R.K.S could very well have gotten more footage of them from hidden cameras or social media. And if they learn about Stolas's connection to Octavia, [[IHaveYourWife that might factor into a future plan for how they can potentially capture Stolas.]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x92P52WJIUg&t=246s This video]] points out that in Loona's side of her cell at the orphanage/pound we see crude drawings you would expect a young child to draw of her with what seems to be a previous owner/father. What happened? At this point, do we even want to know?
* Considering how long she has been in foster care and how utterly hostile she is to nearly everyone around her (even by Hellhound standards), it's unlikely that she has any ability to survive on her own without Blitzo as her guardian. What would happen to her if Blitzo, Moxxie and Millie were killed or otherwise unable to return home from the living world?
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[[folder:Exes and Oohs]]
* Based on the ending scene, we know that Crim mounts the remains of his various victims as trophies in his home; at least the ones significant enough to earn such an unfortunate fate. So, there's a decent chance that whatever was left of Moxxie's mother after Crim had her killed is displayed somewhere in the mob boss' home in a similar manner.
** It gets worse: Many of the trophies are hung in the dining room, meaning Moxxie may have spent his childhood eating his meals in full view of his own mother's ''scalp and horns,'' knowing full well what he was looking at. And what it may mean for him if he ''ever'' tried to stand up to his father.
*** Made better (or worse) if we assume Crimson wouldn't bother putting in the effort to dredge up her body after her cement shoes treatment in the lake.
*** Remember the victim we saw Moxxie dump in? Their horns were sawed off already. Crimson wouldn't need to recover a body when he's already taken the trophies he wants from it.
* Looking closely at Crimson's walls, it's not just imp horns and shark jaws hung up. There are Hellhound collars, horns and candles from Baphomet demons, wings and heart chokers from succubi...not even the higher or stronger classes are safe from this psychotic imp's wrath if he decides they need to go.
** How many Hellhounds got killed bodyguarding someone who crossed Crimson?
* There’s a true testament to [[AbusiveParents how horrible Crimson has been to Moxxie]] in that, even when Moxxie is not only an independent adult, but also an assassin who carries a small arsenal on his person on a regular basis, he’s still so scared of his father that he doesn’t think to actually shoot him until he threatens to do so [[CallingTheOldManOut when he stands up to him.]] The flashbacks we saw? They only offer a ''glimpse'' into what his childhood and early adulthood was like. What ''other'' horrors has the poor guy experienced at Crimson’s hands since he was barely a toddler to still leave him almost paralyzed with fear around him as a grown man?
** Or maybe, on some subconscious level, he can’t bring himself to ''actually'' kill his Dad - Despite all of the abuse, he is still his father, so perhaps he’s gotten it beaten into his head that having an evil, abusive monster of a parent is better than having no family at all.
* If the forced marriage between Moxxie and Chaz had gone through, would Crimson, who has been shown to be rather traditional, have forced it to be [[MaritalRapeLicense consummated]]?
* It's horrifying that sweet, gentle little Moxxie was forced to participate in his father's business dealings. However, the thought of what he'd be like if he ''did'' take after dear ol' dad is even more unsettling...
** Moxxie's mother died knowing that her son was going to be left with nobody but his psychopathic father and no way to be sure whether or not Moxxie would remain the sweet imp she loved so much under those horrible conditions.
** If she even knew or thought Crimson would [[OffingTheOffspring let Moxxie live]]...
* Crimson spared no expense in trying to marry Moxxie off to Chaz, going as far as to install retractable dildos throughout the house, put up tons of suggestive photographs of Chaz and even have a nuptial room custom-built for the two of them. Crimson cares more about Chaz's value as an asset than he has ever valued Moxxie as his own ''son.''
** If Crimson sees his own son as a bargaining chip for his mafia dealings, then imagine the kind of lows he's willing to stoop to in the name of revenge against I.M.P. for foiling his plans.
* Now that I.M.P has a whole mafia gunning for them, they better be prepared, or they are going to be wearing CementShoes in the future. And Hell is practically ''run'' by organized crime. Even if they didn't have to deal with Striker, Verosika, C.H.E.R.U.B, D.H.O.R.K.S, Fizzarolli or Asmodeus, I.M.P. may be ''hopelessly'' outgunned.
* How did Chaz die? Scamming a sadistic and ruthless mafia boss like Crimson, and nearly succeeding at that, isn't likely to get him a quick death. And he likely didn't get the CementShoes treatment, since he's a shark demon. So however he went out, it was probably even more unpleasant and gruesome than drowning at the bottom of a (toxic) lake.
* The ''only'' reason Crimson kept his son alive was to get rich by selling him off in marriage to alleged millionaire Chaz. But now that Chaz is dead? God knows what Crimson could be plotting to get even with Moxxie and I.M.P.
* Moxxie's addressing Blitzo with "Sir" isn't just because he is professional. It is a subconscious VerbalTic from his time under his father's thumb.
** Worst of all, it may mean that Moxxie sees Blitzo as a father figure in the worst way possible - a father figure that openly spies on him and his ''wife'' for shits and giggles.
* Also, this episode is a CerebusRetcon machine:
** Remember the Pilot where Moxxie had a dream about his parents being murdered? And how his mother was the only one who showed him any kind of parental love or concern? This means that he regularly dreams about taking revenge against Crimson for his mother's murder.
*** Reinforced by "Murder Family", when Moxxie says that the only family he's willing to slaughter is a mafia family. In fact, Moxxie's freak-out while Blitzo is trying to take aim at Martha may have been triggered (no pun intended) by the memory of his late mother. In fact, it may give a hint as to how she was murdered.
** "Loo Loo Land": Moxxie expresses how theme parks disturb him. Given how close it is to his house and how it may have been used as a front by Crimson for his activities, it makes you wonder what kind of awful things young Moxxie saw there.
** "Spring Broken" and "Harvest Moon Festival" has Moxxie getting attacked by fish, with the latter being a ''shark''. Considering the kind of demons his father hires...
* Potential Fridge {{Squick}}: During Moxxie’s CallingTheOldManOut, he calls [[DepravedBisexual Chaz]] ”Herpes The Clown”. Now, this is ''probably'' (hopefully) just a general insult as a jab at [[CasanovaWannabe Chaz’s]] promiscuity, sleaziness and low standards… But if Chaz ''does'' have, or did have, herpes, how would Moxxie know that? Did Chaz give him an STD in the past?
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[[folder:Western Energy]]
* While convincing Stella to not kill Stolas, Andrealphus states "eternity is a long time, my dear", implying Goetias are immortal. We have no idea if imps are too, so Stolas may end up outliving Blitzo.
* Stella gets absolutely nothing if Stolas dies only because Octavia would inherit everything. But if [[OffingTheOffspring Via were out of the picture]]...
** Stella might not be bright enough or have the foresight to realize the implications of this. Andrealphus, however, may very well have already thought it over. With Stolas incapacitated and Striker still on the loose, Octavia could be in some serious danger.
** Worse still is that Stolas has yet to teach Octavia any spells and it's still unknown if she can access a full demon form like her father. So if Andrealphas does decide to send Striker or any other assassins after Octavia, she'll be a sitting owl.
** Even worse is that Striker clearly ''knows'' about Octavia already. Meaning that he also most likely knows where to find her...
* Hopefully, that used needle Loona was injected with didn't give her ''more'' diseases. On that note, the doctor is probably infected with a whole bunch of illnesses now.
* As demonstrated throughout the show, imps and hellhounds are considered the lowest of the low in Hell. In here, Striker is revealed to be at the absolute bottom of the barrel, not even having a proper roof over his head and having to make do with some abandoned caves, which was implied to be the fault of the Goetias or Hell's other higher-ups. Any wonder why he is pissed at Stolas?
* Crosses into FridgeSadness, but how is Octavia going to react to Stolas' injuries, especially once she learns that her mother is the reason he's like that?
* Stolas has two sets of eyes, and Striker only has one set of hands. If he did get to gouging out Stolas' eyes, Stolas could watch it happen. Worse, it would last twice as long for him as it would a normal demon.
* Considering how quickly the doctors rushed to Stolas' aid when he arrived, as an Ars Goetia, there's likely security on his floor for being a VIP. But those lists usually have a list of people who are allowed to see him. Stolas has likely made sure that Stella and Andrealphus are on a list of "DO NOT ALLOW ENTRY", but how easy will it be for them to gain access with the money and power they have at their disposal, especially since Stella is still technically Stolas' wife? And considering they're planning on extorting as much as they can from Stolas, how long before they stop focusing on his wealth and focus on using custody of Via as a bargaining chip, since she's not yet 18?
* Andrealphus is all but stated to have lustful feelings for his own sister, something [[EvenEvilHasStandards she's visibly uncomfortable with]]. It's possible this is a recent development, but it's just as likely he's had these feelings for a long time, perhaps going into the time when they lived together in their parents' palace. Additionally, if he has these feelings for Stella, what about [[CreepyUncle Octavia]]?
* Andrealphus and Stella's casual and playful attitude to towards the hit on Stolas implies that usage of holy weapons on rivals within the Goetia is commonplace, and it would be ''more'' surprising that things were resolved non-violently.
* In the song they sing, the mariachis mention that Striker likes to eat Pate. Pate is usually made from ''birds''. Was Striker planning to [[SapientEatSapient eat Stolas after killing him]]?
* Loona's [[AfraidOfNeedles fear of needles]] isn't just a silly irrational phobia. Consider that she grew up in what is essentially a [[PoundsAreAnimalPrisons dog pound]], and how close she was to being ''euthanized'' (presumably via lethal injection) before Blitzo adopted her. And since it's Hell, they have no problem lying to the hellhounds so they won't resist and make things difficult for their handlers. How many people had she seen "Just going out to receive a yearly hell-bies shot" that never came back?
** A FridgeLogic alternative to this is that it's perfectly in line with the orphanages' nature to not bother with getting their charges the shots at all. Loona likely had no idea what the shot entailed or how she'd react to it.
** Or it could be both. Only those about to be adopted out receive hellbie shots, those who are to be euthanized are just told they are about to be adopted and then they get killed by lethal injection. Its a gamble for the hellhound.
* The existence of hellbies in general. Rabies, although extremely rare in the industrialized world, remains one of the most feared viruses known to man. A carrier is already ''dead'' when they start showing symptoms of the virus, which is why rabies shots are always preventative. Hellbies must be many times worse. How do we know? Even in Hell's lazy, greedy, ultracapitalistic, "no respect for sanctity of life" dystopia, hellbie shots are provided free of charge, yearly. How horrible are the hellbie symptoms if a bunch of greedy psychopaths are ready to spend a lot of time and effort for prevention?
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[[folder:Unhappy Campers]]
* Barbie Wire claims she's only on heroin when Blitzo asks her, he (after a moment of relief) says it "barely gets rid of a headache" so there's little point in dealing it (or being on it for that matter). Just how much stronger are the drugs in Hell since heroin is seen as weak? And how much worse was Barbie's addiction for her to get into rehab in the first place?
** The fact that the nurse who was stonewalling Blitzo [[ReasonableAuthorityFigure was competent and concerned for Barbie]] implies it's even worse - whatever it was, it's something even ''[[EvenEvilHasStandards Belphegor]]'', who is heavily implied to be Hell's drug magnate, devotes effort to competent rehab. Read that again: the ''[[LazyBum Queen of Sloth]]'' thinks it's so bad [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness she makes sure the doctors actually do their part]].
** Blitzo being worried about Barbie being addicted to "H-8" and being ''relived that it was just heroin''. While it might be a FantasticDrug for Hell, according to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNFgWk_wAwk&lc=UgxCu2V0i3npI3PJ_dV4AaABAg this comment]], it is highly likely that he might be actually referring to the painkiller [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydromorphone hydromorphone hydrochloride]], which is sometimes referred to as "H-8". This drug has ''five times'' the potency of morphine and is mainly reserved for dealing with ''cancer-inflicted'' pain, without Hell possibly making it even stronger. If Barbie is really addicted to this, no wonder everyone dealing with her is worried about her relapsing. This is also brings the issue as to why she would be addicted to this drug in the first place...
* The simple fact that drug-dealing is considered an honest job in Hell.
** And that it's apparantly normal for demons to get their drugs in the human world, which they pay suppliers for. That makes Barbie's profession as much of a danger to exposing that hell is real as I.M.P is, only on a much larger scale because despite how messy I.M.P is, they leave no witnesses unless interfered with and is limited to one company, whereas drug dealing demons are logically much greater in number, and likely to get high on their own supply, increasing the danger of getting caught.
** That being said, Barbie is pretty pissed that her supplier got killed and says she's out of a job now. One would think she would try covering up the murder, hiding the body, and then delivering the drugs herself, but instead she escapes back to Hell and takes nothing with her for fear of suspicion and getting caught. Also, this is the Sloth ring we're talking about; if any place would be inefficient in their employment and planning for contingency, that would be it.
* Being a "recovering" addict, who openly states she's addicted to the very drug she's dealing, there's a big chance that Barbie will have a relapse if she continues in the business.
** It makes sense why Barbie would find a job almost adjacent to the place which helped her become clean (by Hell's standards, at least), but that makes it awfully easy for her to slide back into her old ways, thereby almost guaranteeing her re-admission into rehab. Talk about a vicious cycle in Hell. This may also explain why Blitz wanted to check up on her after hearing that she was clean.
* Stressors and an inability to manage one's emotions as a result of those stressors are a major reason for why addicts relapse. Barbie left rehab, got an honest job and was working on rebuilding her life. She obviously has very negative feelings towards her twin (even without her screaming at him to leave her alone, the X over her family crest on her forehead gives that away) and he screws up the job she had. Moxxie and Millie helped, but Blitz was there and even though he wanted to help, he took away a major part of her support system. If she doesn't find another job soon, she could relapse again and that would be yet another thing to feel guilty for. He clearly wants to make amends, but it's also very clear that Barbie has no intention of making that a possibility. And given that we're probably going to see Fizz again soon, not to mention he hasn't visited Stolas, it looks like Blitz is about to have a very difficult next couple of episodes.
* Blitzo calling Moxxie a "fucking disgrace" in the end is [[KickTheDog harsh and cruel enough,]] especially since he baited him with supposed praise first. But it manages to become even worse when you consider that Moxxie has likely heard similar sentiments before from [[AbusiveParents Crimson]] - Since there are some implications that Moxxie might see Blitzo as a bit of a father figure, that's one more session of verbal abuse from somebody who he's tried so hard to gain the approval of. Combined with the HumiliationConga, it's not surprising if Moxxie walks away from all of this with his self-esteem worse than ever.
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[[folder:General]]
[[FridgeHorror/HelluvaBoss Has its own page.]]


* With the confirmation that the series takes place in the same universe as ''WebAnimation/HazbinHotel'', it's possible that I.M.P's contract killings and demons like Stolas, who for some reason want more people to go to Hell, are at least part of the reason why Hell is suffering an overpopulation problem.
** For that matter, how will Charlie react when she finds out? Will she go apeshit on Blitzo, or sic Alastor on Stolas?
*** All things considered, that'd be more [[LaserGuidedKarma karmic than horrifying.]]
*** This work is declared ExiledFromContinuity due to differing production, so the idea of both sides clashing over this contrast won't be happening ever. But fanfics say otherwise...
*** The demons might not even have to put in much effort towards procuring more sinners since nearly all of the humans in this series are dim-witted jerks. The pilot showed I.M.P getting kicked out of the hospital window just for not having health insurance and the news ticker mocks a grieving mother's drawing skills during an interview. When you add in especially terrible people like Martha and her family and Lyle and Lypton, [[CrapsackWorld is it any wonder Hell has an overpopulation problem?]]
** We also don't have any confirmation on whether or not I.M.P or Stolas and his family are exempt from the annual exterminations.
*** Considering that the souls of sinners are stuck in the Pride ring of Hell, while other demons are able to travel between them, it's likely that the exterminations are restricted to the Pride Ring, because that's where the overpopulation issue actually is, while the demons who can travel between rings and aren't exempt move to a different ring while it happens.
* The show's very premise is pretty disturbing in hindsight. If someone with a grudge against you dies and ends up in Hell, they can hire a team of demons to enter the living world and brutally murder you at any moment. Best exemplified by the client who mentions wanting to kill a jogger for reporting a murder [[NeverMyFault he committed]]. Try to see justice done? [[NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished The culprit might decide to get revenge from beyond the grave.]]
* If there is an EasyRoadToHell in this 'verse, it's likely that whoever hires I.M.P to kill someone will end up meeting that person they wanted dead in hell. While most people who hire I.M.P probably [[DidntThinkThisThrough just didn't think of that]], the FridgeHorror comes from wondering [[{{Yandere}} about those who]] ''[[TakingYouWithMe did]]'' [[BestServedCold think of it.]]
** Even worse if some demons plan ahead and order the hit so that the target arrives in Hell right before the Yearly Extermination.....
* With the right book, demons can access the mortal world anytime.
** This can even include ''a Church'' if the montage from the pilot is to be taken seriously. The fact that Demons can show up on holy ground suggests that Churches are either ''not safe from demonic influence'', or that there are varieties of demon magic strong enough to bypass their protection altogether.
** As we find out in the actual series, Demons must avoid being discovered while Earth. This means that the I.M.P team would've had no choice but to kill everyone in that Church to preserve TheMasquerade.
*** EarlyInstallmentWeirdness aside, they had ''no idea'' that there a masquerade that needs to be upheld in the first place until "Spring Broken". It is safe to assume that I.M.P just scrammed back to Hell unless the church is where their target is. This also explains why they dumped the kid's corpse on live television later on.
* The show frequently implies that Hellhounds, depicted here as fully sapient and humanlike, are viewed less as citizens of Hell and more as pets. This being Hell, it's probably a bit of a given that the ethical implications of keeping a sapient entity equal to you in intelligence as a pet so far haven't been addressed, but it still raises a bevvy of unsettling questions about the lives both Loona and Vortex could've led, to the point that Blitzo acting like an overbearing and annoying dad to Loona almost feels like a blessing in disguise compared to how he ''could'' have been.
* If you combine info from this show and ''Hazbin Hotel'', Heaven itself has flaws of its own. At best, it could be a well-meaning but autocratic state, and at worst it could be an incompetently run totalitarian state that sets impossibly high standards for others to follow. Specific evidence being:
** The existance of the Exorcists, angels whose whole purpose is the extermination of sinners, which they do with demented smiles. Now granted the residents of Hell are not completely undeserving of punishment, but this extermination seemingly targets low-level sinners while leaving high-ranking demons like Alastor around to cause more mayhem.
** The ease at which three loyal angels are effectively booted out of the place for the accidental death of a human, with no ability to launch any kind of appeal or to challenge their action in court, combined Deerie's utter ''[[SugaryMalice cheerfulness]]'' when expelling the three clearly remorseful angels implies that the denizens of Heaven, while on the surface nicer, are just as cruel and mean as the denizens of Hell. When Blitzo, a professional assassin, can show more kindness to his employees than a resident of Heaven can show to her own employees...
*** It is noted that they were unrepentant jerkasses even if they didn't deserve what happened to them however, so it's possible that Deerie just hated them and [[MakeItLookLikeAnAccident and said they fell.]]
** Heaven's eagerness to save a cruel dying capitalist over trying to help a more deserving soul implies Heaven is also a deeply classist society. We don't know how missions are assigned however, so [[GloryHound C.H.E.R.U.B could have selected him on their own.]]
** The inability of Heaven's forces to ''stop'' I.M.P. from assassinating people implies that Heaven isn't all-knowing and thus capable of making mistakes- but because it's heaven these mistakes have horrible consequences.
** Just the fact ''you can be born in Hell'' in this universe seems extremely unfair. Imps like Striker and Blitzo might be remorseless killers, but what chance did they have to be anything else considering [[CrapsackWorld the world]] they grew up in?
* "C.H.E.R.U.B." suggests that Heaven might be [[HellOfAHeaven just as bad as Hell]] underneath its veneer of purity. And I.M.P.'s adventures on Earth show that at least some parts of Earth are just as bad as Hell as well (Blitzo outright says Los Angeles is just like home). With this level of [[CrapsackWorld Crapsack Universe]], Charlie's dream somehow seems even more of a childish fantasy. After all, redemption is a very time-consuming process with no guarantee of sticking, if it is even reached in the first place, meaning only a few Sinners will realistically be sent up to Heaven over a long period of time when ''thousands'' of new Sinners fall in ''per day''. And there's the very real chance that Heaven will see the redeemed as tainted and lock them out regardless.
* While native demons can generally die of natural causes, it's heavily implied from Lucifer's continued survival that this is ''not'' true of the Lords of Sin, possibly because of their rank and/or power, possibly because they're {{fallen angel}}s. At a bare minimum, it seems like they live an ''incredibly'' long time. So assuming their relationships last, Asmodeus and Beelzebub are going to respectively have to watch Fizz and Vortex [[MayflyDecemberRomance grow old and pass away]].

[[folder:Pilot]]
* When calling Moxxie out on possibly trying to crush his dreams, Blitzo says "Right now, all I see is just my dad's asshole talking to me.", as if he specifically correlates his father squashing his interests in musical theater with said father's asshole.
* In the hospital, an injured kid is launched out a non-ground floor window just because he doesn't have insurance. In the news segment with the missing kid's mom, the only person who actually ''cares'' that the kid is missing is the mother herself. No wonder Hell is having an overpopulation crisis- [[WorldOfJerkass the mortal realm is apparently full of jerks]].
* At the end of the pilot, Eddie's father is nowhere to be seen while his mother pleads for help finding Eddie on the news. It's possible that I.M.P was hired to kill Eddie [[OffingTheOffspring by his father]], as a way of [[RevengeByProxy taking revenge on the mother.]]
** That would explain where Eddie gets his jerkassery from, since his dad would be in Hell.
** And, assuming this is actually the case, he didn't have to pay anything to off his kid because '' ♪ kids die for freeeee ♪ ''
** Alternatively, the kid never was the target. Think about it: Loona suddenly gets a text message ''after'' the kid insulted her, saying they were meant to kill him? Seems like quite a coincidence.
* Given that Stolas put a hit on a human climate change activist to help ensure global warming isn't stopped, the implication is that any number of the world's problems are being orchestrated or influenced by demons behind the scenes, and it's unlikely that humanity at large will ever find out or be able to do anything about it.
* Unless Loona was simply being [[{{Troll}} herself]], being struck by syphilis isn't something to laugh about. If anything, her being a hellhound means that she will be stuck dealing with it for practically eternity before being given the sweet release of oblivion due to her physiology.

[[folder:Murder Family]]
* Stolas was apparently given the grimoire that I.M.P uses by someone else and mentions that it's not really legal for him to lend it out. What if someone, like one of I.M.P's customers, realizes that and rats them out?
** On that point, Stolas reveals that he himself actually uses the grimoire for work instead of it being a random book in his library he keeps for fun. What could he be doing with it?
*** Considering the sheer size of it, it's likely that there are a lot more spells in it than just the one that opens a portal to Earth.
* While Blitzo is running for his life from a demented housewife with a shotgun, he gets a call from Stolas asking to renegotiate their agreement. Since Blitzo is being shot at he agrees to Stolas' blatantly unfair terms just to end the call quickly.
* Martha and her family will no doubt end up in Hell. They'll no doubt be out for revenge, unless they end up in a different part of Hell than I.M.P.
** Granted, killing people is their business, and they don't always bother with going the stealthy route, so I.M.P likely has plenty of enemies in Hell that they sent there personally. That said, only time will tell if some future stories will end up involving said enemies taking revenge.
** Also, while I.M.P likely will be cultivating plenty of their own enemies, they are still a group of reasonably skilled contract killers with connections to the top echelons of demon society. Between that and Hell being a chaotic gangland filled with other psychos, a lot of their targets are probably dealing with too many issues to focus on I.M.P when they arrive.
** Additionally, Sinner Demons are all restricted to the Pride Ring. So even if some of them did come looking for payback, it wouldn't be too difficult for the I.M.P. crew to leave and lie low in another ring for awhile.
* The fact that Moxxie straight up told Martha's family that he is going to call the police on them means that it is possible that they may have ran away the moment he left, making Moxxie guilty of setting a family of satanist cannibals loose on an unsuspecting populace.
** Not quite. Martha and her family were already preying upon innocent people before I.M.P came along, so letting them escape doesn't really change anything. Even if Moxxie unintentionally allowed them to escape, the fact that he notified the police ensures they will be hounded by law enforcement for the rest of their lives. And everyone already knows what they look like thanks to all the media attention Martha got earlier, which will make staying hidden even harder for them.
* Mrs. Mayberry was heartbroken at her husbands cheating since she wanted to have a family. Even if she does find a new lover in hell, she will unfortunately never get to have that family she wanted since Sinner Demons cannot reproduce.
** She could still adopt a hellborn demon. However, there is still the possibility that Mrs. Mayberry could leave her potential adopted child orphaned if she is killed during an Extermination. And while it's still unknown just how long hellborn demons live, sinners can't die from anything other than an angel's weapon. So any sinner who adopts a hellborn child [[OutlivingOnesOffspring is setting themselves up for heartbreak.]]
* Moxxie downright prevents Blitz from shooting Martha in front of her children. It's an understable moral objection, and Moxxie explains it that he "panicked". [[spoiler: But this becomes more horrific as well as a TearJerker when "Exes and Oohs" reveals that not only did Moxxie's father kill his mother when she tried to stand against him for her son's sake, he later brought Moxxie to that same lake that he murdered her in, had Moxxie kill someone there the same way his ''own mother'' was killed, and then threatened ''him'' with the same fate should he ever cross him. Moxxie having difficulty breathing immediatly after deflecting Blitz's shot may have been because of a ''genuine'' PSTD-linked panic attack]].
** Another moment in this episode that takes on a more unnerving light after seeing "Exes and Ooh" is that Blitzo snaps to Moxxie's objections that no one is innocent because everyone enters the world as a parasite leeching off their mother's tits. Knowing [[spoiler: that Moxxie's mother was a better parent towards him than his father and what became of her]], Blitzo's comment in retrospect comes off as all shades of insensitive.

[[folder:Loo Loo Land]]
* Stolas turning a demon to stone has frightening implications. Normally, demons can't really die permanently in Hell except through special means. But turning one to stone might not count as 'dead' to them. The demon might be stuck that way for quite a while. And depending on the nature of the petrification, this may even qualify as AndIMustScream.
** Pretty sure that was an imp, and imps are established as being able to die. That being said, if Stolas can use his power on a demon that can't die, then the theory is still a possibility.
* While being more than able to protect himself, this doesn't change the fact that Stolas and his family are being constantly targeted when going outside in the first place, by ''imps'' no less.
* Moxxie's fear of theme park mascots is played for laughs, but with him immediately jumping to the accusation of one being [[PaedoHunt a pervert]], it begs the question of if there's a...''[[FreudianExcuse deeper]]'' reason he'd be so afraid of them. Also, the fact that he turns out to be ''right'' about Loo Loo is fridge horror in and of itself.
** We've got partialy the explanation in "Exes and Ooh", when we learn that [[spoiler: Moxxie's father is a mafia boss who uses an abandoned Loo Loo Land park to hide a part of his activities, including the torture and/or the murder of other demons, even of some members of his own organization.]] And since we don't know the totality of what happened in this perticular Loo Loo Land, there is also a possibility that something set to this park directly physicaly hurt Moxxie himself.
* A FreezeFrameBonus reveals the Robo Fizz, in addition to being a park animatronic, is also a sexbot. This just opens up so much horror--
** Based on his responses to Blitzo, the robot is clearly more sapient than the average animatronic. Does he have any free will when it comes to his...other function? Would anyone care, [[WhatMeasureIsANonHuman given his status as a robot]]?
** There's something deeply unsettling about a robot that can have sex being used to ''entertain children''.
** Dampening the above horror and opening a whole new issue, it's possible that factory Robo Fizz mentioned made more than one of him for different purposes. Which means we may not have seen the last of the impish clownbot...
*** [[spoiler: Confirmed by the real Fizarolli in OZZIE'S; he says the "child entertainer" model was much more popular than the sexbots.]]
* What's Mammon going to do to Blitzo if he finds out he destroyed his amusement park?

[[folder:Spring Broken]]
* The fish demon monster. ''Just swimming in it made that''. What the fuck was in that drink? What if ''humans'' drank it?
** Ask [[Anime/PantyAndStockingWithGarterbelt the Daemon sisters]].
* The fact that you can get ''punished'' by Hell's higher-ups for not using a human disguise (I.M.P) and/or causing an overt incident (the sea monster attack) raises a lot of implications.
** It's quite likely that the incident caused by I.M.P and Verosika's bet will end up attracting unwanted attention; the kind that comes possibly from guardian angels secretly living among humans or human demon hunters that are either [[VideoGame/DevilMayCry self-employed]] or working closely with the Church. The elite demons in Hell won't need a lot of time to know they are bad for business.
* The partygoers locked Moxxie inside a barrel full of beer while thinking he's a possum. They would do something so awful to what they thought was just a harmless animal.
* What would have happened to Loona had Blitzo not adopted her? She said she was nearly 18 so either way Blitzo was her last chance, either at a comfortable life, or even a life at all.
** Presumably aged out of whatever passes for a foster care/adoption system they have in hell. Then gone on to find work and a place to live. But without the support of any kind of adoptive parent like she has with Blitzo.
** Alternative is that, if hellhounds are viewed similarly to dogs in shelters that euthanize after a certain point, she could have been killed.
** Or the institution that dealt with the adoption, could have simply sold Loona to a kennel for [[BreedingSlave breeding more hellhounds]] for future adoption and sale, which is even worse. Not unlikely since she’d be legal at the time and hellhounds are sold as pets and labor in Hell.
* Also why did Josh specify go after Loona out of every one there? Did he know that she was a member of I.M.P? If so that's just terrifying.
** Alternatively he just didn't see Loona transform, or just didn't note the similarities between her two forms.
** No real reason to think he went after her specifically for any reason. That was a big, wild crowd with a lot of people mulling about whom the succubi were all looking to seduce because they were ''there''. It's entirely possible he had no idea she was a demon in human disguise and thought she was just another potential mark in the crowd.
** Or he thought Loona was easier mark than most. She is dressed as a goth girl and Josh is wearing similar clothes himself, as if he is Loona's "soulmate" . No need for extra magic mojo if you are already dressed the part.
* At the end of the episode, when Verosika and her team are surrounded by police, Vortex can be seen and heard groaning with the rest of them at Verosika's instruction to "get ready to suck a lot of pig dick." If Vortex's automatic response is to immediately resign himself to doing the same work as his employer, it's a reasonable assumption that this isn't the first time he's partaken in Verosika's sex work. Now think back to the fan he knocked out and dragged away from the stage earlier. Going by the music, Loona found him alone way too swiftly for him to have done anything to the poor guy, but it's still enough to raise goosebumps on a rewatch...
** This may be particularly more disturbing to think about if you consider the fact that Verosika and her crew were planning to rape Moxxie, even if they didn't actually get that far into doing so. They've clearly done that sort of thing before.
** Keep in mind that, unlike the rest of Verosika's crew, Vortex is not a succubus, but a Hellhound. While the rest of the succubi are likely more comfortable with the idea of molesting a stranger, he has less of a reason to really want to. And from the exact wording of the deal, it only matters that the ''succubi'' were able to seduce more people than I.M.P could kill. And he's stated himself that he has little to no reason to care about the bet, aside from he's paid to be there and do his job as her bodyguard. In all likelihood all he did was drag the fan out of the crowd and toss him on a pile of sand somewhere so as to not let an unconscious body be somewhere underfoot and capable of tripping someone, as well as being a general mood killer to the developing orgy.
** Alternatively, his groaning may not be due to him having to participate, but rather that he'll have to sit through it all. As Verosika's bodyguard, he has to accompany her at all times, and groans because he just found out that he needs to work an extended shift that night.
* Considering [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil what Verosika’s posse did to Moxxie]] and the general characters of the beach goers, Blitzo was right to be concerned for Loona when she wandered off on the beach and to get in between her and Vortex when he found her, as Blitzo didn’t have any reason to believe the male hellhound wouldn’t do the same to his daughter. Considering his fears, it’s a miracle Blitzo didn’t try to kill Vortex then and there.

[[folder:C.H.E.R.U.B]]
* The ending displays just how easy it is to be BarredFromTheAfterlife. While the C.H.E.R.U.B trio accidentally killing their target Lyle is a reasonable cause of this punishment, and Lyle was going to Hell anyway, the one delivering the bad news sheepishly says there's no way to come back to Heaven. The trio are now {{Fallen Angel}}s, and who knows what will become of them if they aren't sent to Hell yet.
** Additionally, because of how sensitive they are to I.M.P.'s malicious antics and because of their affiliation with Heaven, C.H.E.R.U.B would be ''eaten alive'' by Hell's ruthless, machiavellian society.
** A FreezeFrameBonus for the C.H.E.R.U.B ad reveals a poster near a working Colin, with a message from "God" that says: ''"Surround yourself with people who will lift you up, so ditch your loser friends who you can't use."'' Mean-spirited as that sounds from The Almighty, this seems to imply that angels can fall if they aren't pure enough to support Heaven. Deerie has no issue banning the trio when they lose their purity, because they no longer meet God and His followers' standards.
*** This can also make Charlie's efforts a lot more complicated than they already are. If Heaven denizens are always this unforgiving ''to their own'', especially since Cletus and the others are ''heavenborn'', how would they act towards former sinners providing any will to even be able to redeem themselves?
** Although it’s possible these rules only apply to angels and those born in Heaven, with humans having a different set of rules.
* It's a good thing that none of C.H.E.R.U.B's arrows ever hit I.M.P, when you remember that holy weapons can actually kill demons permanently.
** Well, that only really applies to Sinners, AKA people who died and went to Hell. WordOfGod has mentioned that hellborn demons like I.M.P can be killed by pretty much any normal method (except fire as shown by Episode 1), no holy enhancement necessary. That being said, [[HolyBurnsEvil being hit by holy arrows may be several times worse than being hit by a normal bullet]].
* C.H.E.R.U.B may be a HorribleJudgeOfCharacter, but this doesn't change the fact that the world just lost three {{Guardian Angel}}s. This means that more people are going to be sent to Hell without them helping people see the light or save them from their own stupidity. While they themselves are simply BarredFromTheAfterlife instead of losing their powers, their job is going to be much harder now.
** On that note, it is noted that you can hire angels to become guardian angels. The problem is that if C.H.E.R.U.B is the standard, it means that they don't let background checks affect their stance on their protectorate. Imagine other people like Lyle having them as well. Makes you question your belief in a fair and just God now, wouldn't it?
*** Not quite, they were trying to convince him to change his ways. It didn't change what he did in the past, but they had good intentions.
* Loopty and Lyle being united in Hell may seem heartwarming at first (well as heartwarming as it can be for two slimeball businessmen), until you remember that this is the same universe as ''WebAnimation/HazbinHotel''. What’s going to become of the other one if one of them ends up killed in one of the annual purges, assuming that both of them won’t get killed at the same time and that Charlie won’t succeed in her goal in less than a year?
* C.H.E.R.U.B trying to save someone as unrepentantly evil as Lyle should make someone suspicious of their true motivations. Would saving Lyle be viewed as just a boost to their reputations or are the ultra-rich high priority targets that Heaven just wants to keep?
** Even if Cletus and co. managed to save Lyle from death, he's still a greedy billionaire and all-around terrible person, and these things would probably send him to Hell in the end anyway. C.H.E.R.U.B gets to pat themselves on the back for fulfilling the customer's wish, while not doing anything towards actually saving the soul in question so that he can get into Heaven.
* If Lyle and Loopty had set the machine to youth, would they have been subjected to DeathByDeaging? Is that why Lyle didn't think of using the machine to turn himself back?
* The fact that [[EasilyCondemned even C.H.E.R.U.B can be condemned]] and BarredFromTheAfterLife might make [[WebAnimation/HazbinHotel Charlie's]] plan to rehabilitate sinners more of a fool's errand than it first appears, even ''with'' the very existence of I.M.P clashing with the Hotel.
* The I.M.P have a relatively easy job--hunt target, kill em dead, payday. But the C.H.E.R.U.B commercial shows a bunch of people being injured and killed by unforseeable and unpredictable forces, like a parachute failing to open or a boulder falling on a hiker. Unless souls in Heaven are gifted with clairvoyance or time travel and can see what awful fates will befall their loved ones well in advance, there's no way the cherubs can save 100% of the clients they're tasked with protecting--how many others have been kicked out of Heaven because they failed to save their human or humans?
** At the very least it's not likely failure would result in an instant booting. Deerie's specific wording was that their ''actions'' resulted in the death of a human. Even if she only counted Lyle, who was killed because Cletus's stray bolt shot resulted in him getting pancaked by a piano, the fight itself was caused by the Cherubs snapping and starting an all out brawl with the Imps. Even Keenie technically made the first move by tackling Millie. Even if every single human killed by stray gunshots was attributed to the imps, and not them for starting a fight, Cletus is still directly responsible for Lyle's death.
* Now they’re both in Hell, there’s nothing that prevents Lyle and Loopty from experimenting on the poor like they did in the living world. And given how indifferent demons are to the suffering of others, the amount of homeless in Imp City and common demons' [[MadeOfIron durability]], Lyle and Loopty’s operation could become much grander and more horrible.
** As seen in Hazbin Hotel, Lyle and Loopty are far from the only evil geniuses or supervillains in Hell. Which means that they'll make Hell's gang warfare problem even ''worse'' by becoming additional players in the competition for territory.
* The Cherubs may have been kicked out of Heaven not just for interrupting a man's death, but for numerous other reasons as well. Their commercial, while happy, catchy and quite frankly adorable shows numerous people dying violently. Apart from what was immediately stated, the problem lies within that the angels seemingly ''recorded these deaths happening for their commercial''. This implies that they could've stopped these deaths from occurring but simply chose not to for their commercial. You know, assuming they weren't faked, which is unlikely considering they put Collin in harms way of a bunch of feral giant cats. There's also the big implication that C.H.E.R.U.B. stole the jingle and overall style from I.M.P., which might be seen as a bad thing up in Heaven. [[WildMassGuessing They might not actually be in trouble for actually interrupting someones death but rather, for corporate reasons]].
[[/folder]]

[[folder:The Harvest Moon Festival]]
* It's played completely for laughs, but the fact that Sally Mae is freely roaming around Hell killing a lot of random people is...not encouraging.
* Stella's hit only failed due to the I.M.P. Imagine if they weren't hired by Stolas and/or didn't notice Striker...
* While Moxxie and Blitzo looked to have Striker on the ropes, he is a slippery bastard and could have easily disarmed Moxxie again. If Loona was just a minute slower and walked into Striker killing Blitzo and Moxxie, how would she react knowing she could have stopped him but didn't out of teenage apathy?
* Stolas looked awfully chill and calm about Stella vocally plotting to murder her husband ''right in front of him at the dinner table''. Almost as if she has attempted to murder him multiple times beforehand, and he's used to her attempts by now, but is unable to do anything about it.
* If Stolas dies, Octavia loses the only parent who cares about her. Worse, if Stella's willing to murder her own husband, there's no guarantee she won't [[OffingTheOffspring take it a step further]]...
* Holy weaponry left by the Exorcists can be reforged to more modern variants. According to Moxxie, this has been the case for quite some time.
* Striker's hatred of Hell's royalty [[TheStarscream may not bode well for Stella]] if he succeeds in killing Stolas. And even if you think [[AssholeVictim Stella]] would have it coming, there's still the matter of this effectively making Octavia an orphan (not to mention the very real possibility that Striker [[WouldHurtAChild wouldn't be above disposing of her next]] to ensure that they don't leave an heir behind).
* Considering how strong and agile he's proven himself to be (certainly more than enough to have snapped Moxxie's neck or slashed his throat without raising the alarm,) Striker's chosen method of attempted murder while trying to silence Moxxie sure does clash with his repeated claims and insinuations that Moxxie is pathetic or unworthy of attention/trouble. Strangulation - especially with one's bare hands - is an incredibly personal way to off somebody, as well as torturously slow, painful, and frightening for the victim. Worse, Striker seems to be enjoying himself a great deal both times he tries it...
** On the other hand, since he throws Moxxie and Millie in a storm cellar and says he wants to keep them alive so he can have leverage with Blitzo, it's very possible he was trying to just knock Moxxie out, not kill him. Though that doesn't negate the disturbing enjoyment he seemed to take in doing so...
** And then you remember Moxxie's obvious unpopularity compared to Striker, which gives extra reasoning on why he didn't immediately kill Moxxie when his plan was exposed. Just knock him out, carry out with Stolas's assassination, and place the holy rifle near the poor, unconscious imp to frame him. Sure, Blitzo and Millie will take his side, but everyone else, ranging from Millie's parents to the [[OhCrap grand rulers of Hell]] will buy Striker's alibi and be outraged at the act. While Millie did interfere, it's still a pretty uncomfortable thought that Moxxie, and by extension the rest of I.M.P., would have been ''that'' close to a ruined reputation and becoming the biggest bounty in Hell.
** As mentioned in the NightmareFuel page, Striker's charm and charisma contrasted with his massive ego, emotional manipulation, lack of empathy and rather...intimate ways of trying to kill his prey are all very prominent traits of serial killers in the ''real world.'' Did he become an assassin just to find an excuse to kill or at least make his killings "legitimate?"
* The very concept of flaming twisters that terrorize the Wrath Ring. The way Moxxie and Joe speak about them shows that it’s not just a normal phenomenon, but that the inhabitants of the Wrath Ring live in constant fear of running into one. It gets worse when considering that Imps are not affected by normal fire, but a flaming twister can easily kill them, which implies that the twisters are either compromised of hellfire, or the victims are torn apart by the winds.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Truth Seekers]]
* Stolas messed up at the last minute by not killing the last two agents and/or wiping their security footage, thinking that [[CassandraTruth nobody would ever believe them]]. If Hell is exposed, it's pretty much his fault and he would have to deal with his peers and superiors.
** An even more horrifying thing to consider; What if Stolas KNOWS it was all recorded? One can only imagine what purpose that could serve him, but it can't be good - for D.H.O.R.K.S.
** It won't just be bad for Hell. Anyone who's seen Anime/DevilmanCrybaby can tell you that exposing undeniable proof of the existence of demons will ''devastate'' human society. Heaven most certainly would have to get involved to try and mitigate the damage or to punish Hell for such a massive screw-up.
* During Blitzo's hallucination, almost everyone wields power over him. Moxxie corners him aggressively, Fizz and Striker hit him, and Stolas pulls on his chain. The exception is Verosika, who arrives crawling on her hands and knees, crying, and with her legs melting as if she were sinking. When you think about it, this seems to indicate that Blitzo fears he may have done some serious damage to Verosika. Does this imply that the circumstances of their breakup were actually worse than just him stealing her credit card and spending her money?
** And then you remember that Verosika is an alcoholic and Blitzo knew that she was in rehab. Did Blitzo's cruelty drive her to drink? Was she already having problems and Blitzo just made them worse?
* As stated on the NightmareFuel page, three imps and a hellhound--the lowest creatures in Hell's food chain--were able to kill dozens of highly trained government agents, which does not bode well for humanity if Lucifer decides to [[HellOnEarth pull a]] VideoGame/{{Doom}} on humanity. However, the Fridge Horror could easily swing the opposite way: The four demons in question were armed with either guns or melee weapons going up against agents [[AwesomeButImpractical armed with Edo era weaponry]]. If those agents had swallowed their pride and [[BoringButPractical used guns themselves]], I.M.P. might not have survived the encounter.
* Doubling as a moment of fridge brilliance, but as pointed out by Reddit user Jonjoejonjane, Stolas summoned himself using a ritual meant to "cage the demon to demands of the summoner but stolas was the summoner and so he dictated how his own cage work." The Goetia Prince took a ritual created by humans as a method to control demons and turned it into a means to travel between Earth and Hell without the use of portals or the Grimoire. While he has made some poor choices as of late, Stolas is by no means an idiot.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:OZZIE'S]]
* Stolas mentions that Octavia is with Stella at the moment. At best, Via and Stella may have just left for the weekend without needing Stolas. At worst, this mention may hint that they have recently divorced and Stella got custody of their daughter. Knowing what a neglectful sociopath Stella is (such as not caring how much her daughter will be emotionally scarred if her father is killed), it makes you really concerned for Octavia, especially since we know from Loo Loo Land that being separated from her father is her biggest fear. No wonder Stolas looked so depressed at the beginning.
* Look at how Fizzaroli and Verosika approach Blitzo. [[https://www.reddit.com/r/HelluvaBoss/comments/qkluw4/parallels_between_ep6_and_ep7/ Looks rather familiar, doesn't it?]] Now look at Blitzo's acid trip in the previous episode. '''His nightmare came true.'''
** The only one missing from this is Striker. And then you remember that this episode is only part one of the finale. [[OhCrap And that Striker still has a holy revolver capable of killing demon royalty while Stolas is currently alone without IMP around for protection.]]
* The real Fizzarolli's discomfort towards his LoonyFan may be played for laughs, but it's entirely possible he's been stalked or even sexually assaulted by creepy fans in the past.
** In the picture she took with Blitzo, Verosika was wearing a short dress that reads "No" near the bottom. While it's awesome that Verosika seems to be of the mindset that skimpy clothes does ''not'' equal consent, it does make one wonder if, even as a succubus, she too faced harassment that made her decide to wear the message so bluntly.
* Back in episode 2, Blitzo calls Robo Fizz an "overrated sellout jester". Here, we see that the current real Fizzarolli is a cyborg with extendable robotic limbs. We don't yet know the circumstances behind this transformation but the term "sellout" for Fizz has ''disturbing'' implications.
* Now that Asmodeus has blown the lid on Stolas and Blitzo's relationship, it won't be long that someone will put this and I.M.P's "special access to the living world" together and figure out that the company is going there with Stolas' help. Once this gets out to the rest of Hell, especially the higher-ups like the other Sins, Lucifer and ''Charlie'', our beloved demons are possibly going to get utterly '''screwed'''.
* Asmodeus and Fizzarolli make it VERY clear that Ozzie's is a club dedicated to lust and that acts of true love will not be tolerated, but Fizzarolli mentions that Ozzie's puts the sickest of desires out on display and even mentions "depravity" and "savagery" in his verses. Given this is ''Hell'' that we are talking about, stuff like "butt stuff", "piss play", and "bondage" are probably not the most extreme things going down in that club...
[[/folder]]


[[folder:Queen Bee]]
* Bee can sense people's emotions, she may have lost the drinking contest against Blitz because she was distracted by his distress.
** Even the average drunken reveler would want to pace themselves when offered special (presumably much stronger) alcohol from the Queen of Gluttony herself. Blitzø, on the other hand, did not care one bit for his own safety. Bee might not have been the one he was trying to hurt in the contest...
* With how much alcohol Bee's guests were shown drinking, have people died of alcohol poising before? Or hell, have people ''drowned'' in the giant pits of liquor shown around the place?
* Mixed with Squick is that the patrons might be drinking booze that was swam in or contaminated with other bodily fluids, assuming Bee doesn't swap out the tubs. And Bee herself even takes a dip in the "honey" at one point.
** To say nothing of where honey usually comes from, how exactly does Bee make that honey?
*** Well, Bee does tell the guests to "keep making [her] that motha'-fucking honey!" just after she conjures up the punch bowl. It could be some sort of spritual energy that takes the form of honey, like the collective energy of all of the partygoers given physical form. But that's a little WMG.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:The Circus]]
* Considering how abusive Paimon is, one shudders to imagine what happened when he found out Blitzo robbed the palace and Stolas even helped him.
** Potentially worse, Paimon might never have even noticed because he's such a completely absentee parent and it's fairly clear that particular palace was home to Stolas and precisely none of his siblings.
* The photo of [[EnfantTerrible Stella]] that Paimon shows Stolas depicts her [[BadPeopleAbuseAnimals strangling a dog]] in a fit of rage. Which summons a few questions:
** If that picture was meant to endear Stolas to the prospect of marrying her, it suggests either that Paimon has no qualms about animal abuse or that said cruelty has become ''normalized'' in the Goetia household.
** If the picture was meant to be cute, then it would imply that it's one of Stella's ''better'' traits and that she is even ''worse'' in person.
** The dog ''not'' being strangled has tears in its eyes. Which implies that Stella does this ''regularly.''
* Paimon casually buying a young Blitzo as a playmate for Stolas is ''deeply'' disturbing on a number of levels, implying that the demon king is not above [[SlaveryIsASpecialKindOfEvil buying or owning others as property,]] regardless of age.
** It gets far worse, as judging from Cash’s belief that it was Fizzarolli that Paimon wanted, then Cash was perfectly willing to sell somebody else’s’ child to a complete stranger and was just calculating a price (quite possibly having Fizz steal for him too and then take the blame if he got caught) which could imply that the circus performers are little more than slaves and Cash, as the ringmaster, can do with them as he pleases.
** Fizzarolli's parents are never seen or mentioned, and the way Blitzo's father tries to put a hefty price tag on him when Paimon asks about a playmate for Stolas seems to imply that Cash has primary custody over Fizz. Which begs the question - what happened to Fizzarolli's parents? Are they dead, and Cash took Fizz in? Or was he another "transaction" Cash partook in?
* Stolas downing entire bottles of absinthe just to put up with living with Stella and her constant emotional abuse. Absinthe is a kind of alcohol that has, for more than a century and a half, has had a reputation for being strong, addictive and even ''psychoactive.'' Stolas even wakes up hungover next to an empty bottle of absinthe after his breakup with Blitzo. Considering these drinking habits and how easily he expected Stella's attempt to slap him across the face, their marriage must be ''physically'' abusive as well.
** Also consider: to drink absinthe, you pour a small amount into a glass, then essentially dilute it with a sugar cube and a '''lot''' of cold water. Stolas drinks it straight out of the bottle. Even the imp serving it to him just pours it directly into a shotglass, implying he does this often enough his servants are used to it.
* It was not clear how old Stolas is meant to be exactly, but he doesn't look much older than ten or eleven during the flashback to his childhood. The flashback to when he met Blitzo; takes place twenty-five years later in the near-present, making Stolas approximately 35 years old. Octavia is explicitly stated to be 17 in this episode...meaning Stolas and a similarly-aged Stella would have been pushed to have a child as teenaged parents. Apparently, 18 is considered being an adult in Hell.
* The way Paimon and later Stolas refer to the latter's potential children as "precautionary" heirs--Paimon was using this term since Stolas' childhood, meaning he's always toyed with the possibility of ''something'' nasty happening to his son(s). Which might explain why he has so many in the first place.
* Stella states that Stolas is "terrible in bed" and that he just lies there while she "does all the work". Stolas obviously isn't enjoying himself, and if he consented, it's clear that he does that just to produce an heir. Regardless of if he consented unenthusiastically or worse, he didn't at all, there's a high chance that Octavia is a ChildByRape.
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[[folder:Seeing Stars]]
* It's clear Octavia has never traveled anywhere outside of Hell. So what would have happened to her if the grimoire didn't interpret, "take me to the stars" as placing her in Hollywood? She could have ended up someplace far worse than the human realm and maybe someplace even her father couldn't reach. Stolas even tells her he hasn't taught her any spells yet.
* The pilot episode implies Loona has syphilis, but her awkwardness around Vortex in "Spring Broken" suggests she's inexperienced. Now, this contradiction could be brushed off as another case of EarlyInstallmentWeirdness. Then this episode came along and showed just how terrible the place Blitzo adopted her from was, how utterly terrified she was there, and how male and female hellhounds could apparently share rooms. [[RapeAsBackstory You do the math]].
* If Blitzo hadn't adopted her, Loona would apparently have "aged out of the system" and been "out of the kennel's hair". This could simply mean that Loona would be kicked out, but given a mix of how scared she looked, the way hellhounds are treated in this setting and what sometimes happens to real dogs when they're deemed too old for adoption…
* The hellhounds at the adoption center seem to be quite aggressive with each other as one of them challenges Loona to a fight with a bloody bat covered in nails. Obviously, Loona had no trouble swatting the pup away given she was much bigger, but she probably wasn't as lucky when she was a child.
* More like Fridge Sadness, but part of the reason Loona was hunched so far back in her "bed" when Blitzo came by her cell? The walls are just metal bars, and Hellhounds have above-average hearing--she could hear the caretaker explain her attitude problems to Blitzo, who had specifically, out loud, requested a "family friendly" hound. What's more, her beating another hound into the wall would probably be seen as a very family-''un''friendly action, meaning that--even if it was self-defense--Loona would think her chances with this potential adopter were officially tanked. No wonder she looks so upset.
* The meteor shower Octavia wanted to see was called "Azathoth's Tears". Problem is, Azathoth and the rest of the Franchise/CthulhuMythos was created as a relatively recent work of fiction (Creator/HPLovecraft first conceived of him in 1919), yet he's mythical and/or historical enough in Hell to have an extremely rare and dazzling cosmic event named after him. So [[CosmicHorrorStory do Azathoth and the rest of his ilk actually exist out there?]] If so, why would God create such monstrosities?
** It could be that Azathoth is more a mythical/legendary figure to the denizens of Hell, and Lovecraft somehow learned about Hell's mythology. Though ''how'' he did might be Fridge Horror in itself.
* Blitzo and Stolas may have been in disguise while up on Earth, but Moxxie, Millie, and Octavia weren't. D.H.O.R.K.S could very well have gotten more footage of them from hidden cameras or social media. And if they learn about Stolas's connection to Octavia, [[IHaveYourWife that might factor into a future plan for how they can potentially capture Stolas.]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x92P52WJIUg&t=246s This video]] points out that in Loona's side of her cell at the orphanage/pound we see crude drawings you would expect a young child to draw of her with what seems to be a previous owner/father. What happened? At this point, do we even want to know?
* Considering how long she has been in foster care and how utterly hostile she is to nearly everyone around her (even by Hellhound standards), it's unlikely that she has any ability to survive on her own without Blitzo as her guardian. What would happen to her if Blitzo, Moxxie and Millie were killed or otherwise unable to return home from the living world?
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[[folder:Exes and Oohs]]
* Based on the ending scene, we know that Crim mounts the remains of his various victims as trophies in his home; at least the ones significant enough to earn such an unfortunate fate. So, there's a decent chance that whatever was left of Moxxie's mother after Crim had her killed is displayed somewhere in the mob boss' home in a similar manner.
** It gets worse: Many of the trophies are hung in the dining room, meaning Moxxie may have spent his childhood eating his meals in full view of his own mother's ''scalp and horns,'' knowing full well what he was looking at. And what it may mean for him if he ''ever'' tried to stand up to his father.
*** Made better (or worse) if we assume Crimson wouldn't bother putting in the effort to dredge up her body after her cement shoes treatment in the lake.
*** Remember the victim we saw Moxxie dump in? Their horns were sawed off already. Crimson wouldn't need to recover a body when he's already taken the trophies he wants from it.
* Looking closely at Crimson's walls, it's not just imp horns and shark jaws hung up. There are Hellhound collars, horns and candles from Baphomet demons, wings and heart chokers from succubi...not even the higher or stronger classes are safe from this psychotic imp's wrath if he decides they need to go.
** How many Hellhounds got killed bodyguarding someone who crossed Crimson?
* There’s a true testament to [[AbusiveParents how horrible Crimson has been to Moxxie]] in that, even when Moxxie is not only an independent adult, but also an assassin who carries a small arsenal on his person on a regular basis, he’s still so scared of his father that he doesn’t think to actually shoot him until he threatens to do so [[CallingTheOldManOut when he stands up to him.]] The flashbacks we saw? They only offer a ''glimpse'' into what his childhood and early adulthood was like. What ''other'' horrors has the poor guy experienced at Crimson’s hands since he was barely a toddler to still leave him almost paralyzed with fear around him as a grown man?
** Or maybe, on some subconscious level, he can’t bring himself to ''actually'' kill his Dad - Despite all of the abuse, he is still his father, so perhaps he’s gotten it beaten into his head that having an evil, abusive monster of a parent is better than having no family at all.
* If the forced marriage between Moxxie and Chaz had gone through, would Crimson, who has been shown to be rather traditional, have forced it to be [[MaritalRapeLicense consummated]]?
* It's horrifying that sweet, gentle little Moxxie was forced to participate in his father's business dealings. However, the thought of what he'd be like if he ''did'' take after dear ol' dad is even more unsettling...
** Moxxie's mother died knowing that her son was going to be left with nobody but his psychopathic father and no way to be sure whether or not Moxxie would remain the sweet imp she loved so much under those horrible conditions.
** If she even knew or thought Crimson would [[OffingTheOffspring let Moxxie live]]...
* Crimson spared no expense in trying to marry Moxxie off to Chaz, going as far as to install retractable dildos throughout the house, put up tons of suggestive photographs of Chaz and even have a nuptial room custom-built for the two of them. Crimson cares more about Chaz's value as an asset than he has ever valued Moxxie as his own ''son.''
** If Crimson sees his own son as a bargaining chip for his mafia dealings, then imagine the kind of lows he's willing to stoop to in the name of revenge against I.M.P. for foiling his plans.
* Now that I.M.P has a whole mafia gunning for them, they better be prepared, or they are going to be wearing CementShoes in the future. And Hell is practically ''run'' by organized crime. Even if they didn't have to deal with Striker, Verosika, C.H.E.R.U.B, D.H.O.R.K.S, Fizzarolli or Asmodeus, I.M.P. may be ''hopelessly'' outgunned.
* How did Chaz die? Scamming a sadistic and ruthless mafia boss like Crimson, and nearly succeeding at that, isn't likely to get him a quick death. And he likely didn't get the CementShoes treatment, since he's a shark demon. So however he went out, it was probably even more unpleasant and gruesome than drowning at the bottom of a (toxic) lake.
* The ''only'' reason Crimson kept his son alive was to get rich by selling him off in marriage to alleged millionaire Chaz. But now that Chaz is dead? God knows what Crimson could be plotting to get even with Moxxie and I.M.P.
* Moxxie's addressing Blitzo with "Sir" isn't just because he is professional. It is a subconscious VerbalTic from his time under his father's thumb.
** Worst of all, it may mean that Moxxie sees Blitzo as a father figure in the worst way possible - a father figure that openly spies on him and his ''wife'' for shits and giggles.
* Also, this episode is a CerebusRetcon machine:
** Remember the Pilot where Moxxie had a dream about his parents being murdered? And how his mother was the only one who showed him any kind of parental love or concern? This means that he regularly dreams about taking revenge against Crimson for his mother's murder.
*** Reinforced by "Murder Family", when Moxxie says that the only family he's willing to slaughter is a mafia family. In fact, Moxxie's freak-out while Blitzo is trying to take aim at Martha may have been triggered (no pun intended) by the memory of his late mother. In fact, it may give a hint as to how she was murdered.
** "Loo Loo Land": Moxxie expresses how theme parks disturb him. Given how close it is to his house and how it may have been used as a front by Crimson for his activities, it makes you wonder what kind of awful things young Moxxie saw there.
** "Spring Broken" and "Harvest Moon Festival" has Moxxie getting attacked by fish, with the latter being a ''shark''. Considering the kind of demons his father hires...
* Potential Fridge {{Squick}}: During Moxxie’s CallingTheOldManOut, he calls [[DepravedBisexual Chaz]] ”Herpes The Clown”. Now, this is ''probably'' (hopefully) just a general insult as a jab at [[CasanovaWannabe Chaz’s]] promiscuity, sleaziness and low standards… But if Chaz ''does'' have, or did have, herpes, how would Moxxie know that? Did Chaz give him an STD in the past?
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[[folder:Western Energy]]
* While convincing Stella to not kill Stolas, Andrealphus states "eternity is a long time, my dear", implying Goetias are immortal. We have no idea if imps are too, so Stolas may end up outliving Blitzo.
* Stella gets absolutely nothing if Stolas dies only because Octavia would inherit everything. But if [[OffingTheOffspring Via were out of the picture]]...
** Stella might not be bright enough or have the foresight to realize the implications of this. Andrealphus, however, may very well have already thought it over. With Stolas incapacitated and Striker still on the loose, Octavia could be in some serious danger.
** Worse still is that Stolas has yet to teach Octavia any spells and it's still unknown if she can access a full demon form like her father. So if Andrealphas does decide to send Striker or any other assassins after Octavia, she'll be a sitting owl.
** Even worse is that Striker clearly ''knows'' about Octavia already. Meaning that he also most likely knows where to find her...
* Hopefully, that used needle Loona was injected with didn't give her ''more'' diseases. On that note, the doctor is probably infected with a whole bunch of illnesses now.
* As demonstrated throughout the show, imps and hellhounds are considered the lowest of the low in Hell. In here, Striker is revealed to be at the absolute bottom of the barrel, not even having a proper roof over his head and having to make do with some abandoned caves, which was implied to be the fault of the Goetias or Hell's other higher-ups. Any wonder why he is pissed at Stolas?
* Crosses into FridgeSadness, but how is Octavia going to react to Stolas' injuries, especially once she learns that her mother is the reason he's like that?
* Stolas has two sets of eyes, and Striker only has one set of hands. If he did get to gouging out Stolas' eyes, Stolas could watch it happen. Worse, it would last twice as long for him as it would a normal demon.
* Considering how quickly the doctors rushed to Stolas' aid when he arrived, as an Ars Goetia, there's likely security on his floor for being a VIP. But those lists usually have a list of people who are allowed to see him. Stolas has likely made sure that Stella and Andrealphus are on a list of "DO NOT ALLOW ENTRY", but how easy will it be for them to gain access with the money and power they have at their disposal, especially since Stella is still technically Stolas' wife? And considering they're planning on extorting as much as they can from Stolas, how long before they stop focusing on his wealth and focus on using custody of Via as a bargaining chip, since she's not yet 18?
* Andrealphus is all but stated to have lustful feelings for his own sister, something [[EvenEvilHasStandards she's visibly uncomfortable with]]. It's possible this is a recent development, but it's just as likely he's had these feelings for a long time, perhaps going into the time when they lived together in their parents' palace. Additionally, if he has these feelings for Stella, what about [[CreepyUncle Octavia]]?
* Andrealphus and Stella's casual and playful attitude to towards the hit on Stolas implies that usage of holy weapons on rivals within the Goetia is commonplace, and it would be ''more'' surprising that things were resolved non-violently.
* In the song they sing, the mariachis mention that Striker likes to eat Pate. Pate is usually made from ''birds''. Was Striker planning to [[SapientEatSapient eat Stolas after killing him]]?
* Loona's [[AfraidOfNeedles fear of needles]] isn't just a silly irrational phobia. Consider that she grew up in what is essentially a [[PoundsAreAnimalPrisons dog pound]], and how close she was to being ''euthanized'' (presumably via lethal injection) before Blitzo adopted her. And since it's Hell, they have no problem lying to the hellhounds so they won't resist and make things difficult for their handlers. How many people had she seen "Just going out to receive a yearly hell-bies shot" that never came back?
** A FridgeLogic alternative to this is that it's perfectly in line with the orphanages' nature to not bother with getting their charges the shots at all. Loona likely had no idea what the shot entailed or how she'd react to it.
** Or it could be both. Only those about to be adopted out receive hellbie shots, those who are to be euthanized are just told they are about to be adopted and then they get killed by lethal injection. Its a gamble for the hellhound.
* The existence of hellbies in general. Rabies, although extremely rare in the industrialized world, remains one of the most feared viruses known to man. A carrier is already ''dead'' when they start showing symptoms of the virus, which is why rabies shots are always preventative. Hellbies must be many times worse. How do we know? Even in Hell's lazy, greedy, ultracapitalistic, "no respect for sanctity of life" dystopia, hellbie shots are provided free of charge, yearly. How horrible are the hellbie symptoms if a bunch of greedy psychopaths are ready to spend a lot of time and effort for prevention?
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[[folder:Unhappy Campers]]
* Barbie Wire claims she's only on heroin when Blitzo asks her, he (after a moment of relief) says it "barely gets rid of a headache" so there's little point in dealing it (or being on it for that matter). Just how much stronger are the drugs in Hell since heroin is seen as weak? And how much worse was Barbie's addiction for her to get into rehab in the first place?
** The fact that the nurse who was stonewalling Blitzo [[ReasonableAuthorityFigure was competent and concerned for Barbie]] implies it's even worse - whatever it was, it's something even ''[[EvenEvilHasStandards Belphegor]]'', who is heavily implied to be Hell's drug magnate, devotes effort to competent rehab. Read that again: the ''[[LazyBum Queen of Sloth]]'' thinks it's so bad [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness she makes sure the doctors actually do their part]].
** Blitzo being worried about Barbie being addicted to "H-8" and being ''relived that it was just heroin''. While it might be a FantasticDrug for Hell, according to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNFgWk_wAwk&lc=UgxCu2V0i3npI3PJ_dV4AaABAg this comment]], it is highly likely that he might be actually referring to the painkiller [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydromorphone hydromorphone hydrochloride]], which is sometimes referred to as "H-8". This drug has ''five times'' the potency of morphine and is mainly reserved for dealing with ''cancer-inflicted'' pain, without Hell possibly making it even stronger. If Barbie is really addicted to this, no wonder everyone dealing with her is worried about her relapsing. This is also brings the issue as to why she would be addicted to this drug in the first place...
* The simple fact that drug-dealing is considered an honest job in Hell.
** And that it's apparantly normal for demons to get their drugs in the human world, which they pay suppliers for. That makes Barbie's profession as much of a danger to exposing that hell is real as I.M.P is, only on a much larger scale because despite how messy I.M.P is, they leave no witnesses unless interfered with and is limited to one company, whereas drug dealing demons are logically much greater in number, and likely to get high on their own supply, increasing the danger of getting caught.
** That being said, Barbie is pretty pissed that her supplier got killed and says she's out of a job now. One would think she would try covering up the murder, hiding the body, and then delivering the drugs herself, but instead she escapes back to Hell and takes nothing with her for fear of suspicion and getting caught. Also, this is the Sloth ring we're talking about; if any place would be inefficient in their employment and planning for contingency, that would be it.
* Being a "recovering" addict, who openly states she's addicted to the very drug she's dealing, there's a big chance that Barbie will have a relapse if she continues in the business.
** It makes sense why Barbie would find a job almost adjacent to the place which helped her become clean (by Hell's standards, at least), but that makes it awfully easy for her to slide back into her old ways, thereby almost guaranteeing her re-admission into rehab. Talk about a vicious cycle in Hell. This may also explain why Blitz wanted to check up on her after hearing that she was clean.
* Stressors and an inability to manage one's emotions as a result of those stressors are a major reason for why addicts relapse. Barbie left rehab, got an honest job and was working on rebuilding her life. She obviously has very negative feelings towards her twin (even without her screaming at him to leave her alone, the X over her family crest on her forehead gives that away) and he screws up the job she had. Moxxie and Millie helped, but Blitz was there and even though he wanted to help, he took away a major part of her support system. If she doesn't find another job soon, she could relapse again and that would be yet another thing to feel guilty for. He clearly wants to make amends, but it's also very clear that Barbie has no intention of making that a possibility. And given that we're probably going to see Fizz again soon, not to mention he hasn't visited Stolas, it looks like Blitz is about to have a very difficult next couple of episodes.
* Blitzo calling Moxxie a "fucking disgrace" in the end is [[KickTheDog harsh and cruel enough,]] especially since he baited him with supposed praise first. But it manages to become even worse when you consider that Moxxie has likely heard similar sentiments before from [[AbusiveParents Crimson]] - Since there are some implications that Moxxie might see Blitzo as a bit of a father figure, that's one more session of verbal abuse from somebody who he's tried so hard to gain the approval of. Combined with the HumiliationConga, it's not surprising if Moxxie walks away from all of this with his self-esteem worse than ever.
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[[folder:Truth Seekers]]
* Why can't Loona read the grimoire when the lights are flashing red? Dogs, like most non-primate mammals, have dichromatic vision and can't see into the red range. Secondly, the grimoire ''itself'' is written in red. In this situation, she might as well be reading a blank piece of paper.
* The times where I.M.P ''wasn't'' caught on camera was when Loona was wearing her human disguise. Looks like Loona's complaint is very much valid. This is even proven at the end of the episode where the demons' ''undisguised'' rampage being caught on camera gets used as indisputable proof.
* This episode gives us another reason why Loona stays behind in Hell. ''Someone'' needs to stay in Hell with the grimoire to read it, as I.M.P can't risk losing it in the human world, in order to open the portals and that role is shown throughout the previous episodes to be part of her job. As for why it is only her instead of another employee like Moxxie or Millie, she is also the one out of the quartet who is the least willing to go on missions. Combined with her overprotective dad, this makes her the perfect choice as gatekeeper. "Spring Broken" is the exception because she brought the grimoire with her.
** It's also practical to keep someone in the demon world with the book because out in the field may not always be conducive for opening the portal. Such as the flashing red lighting in the interrogation room making it impossible for Loona to read it. We know that Blitzo can contact Loona in the demon world by phone (as he did in episode 1 to let her know the mission was complete), and Loona said Blitzo told her to not open the portal until some point, though Millie interrupted her and ''demanded'' she open the portal anyway. So it's likely the normal plan is for Loona to wait for Blitzo to escape and call her for the all clear to pick them up when it's safe. And that if she ''doesn't'' hear from him, it means he's either 1) dead, or 2) in a position where rescuing him would be too dangerous regardless.
* This episode explains why Striker [[KnowWhenToFoldEm decided to retreat]] when Loona showed up since the fight revealed that she may be the most dangerous member of I.M.P.; Striker may be StrongAndSkilled for an imp but not as strong [[NormalFishInATinyPond as a hellhound]]. This also explains why Blitzo was so quick to back down when Vortex confronted him.
* The truth gas literally made Blitzø and Moxxie face their inner demons.
* Blitzo's dream reveals much about his psyche along with why he acts the way he does:
** Take note of how Hallucination!Verosika treats Blitzo. Striker and Fizzaroli throw around and mock him for his loneliness, while she crawls towards him and calls him out for pushing away those that get close, at most grabbing his face for emphasis. This hints heavily that Verosika really loved Blitzo and Blitzo knew, but then he sabotaged the relationship.
** The hallucinations of Striker, Fizzaroli, and Verosika speak with Blitzo's voice rather than those of their voice actors. Blitzo is criticizing ''himself'' for his own insecurities and toxic behavior.
** Adding to the above, Moxxie's voice is unchanged--his body, however, flickers between his normal art style and the crude, childish drawing style Blitzo's used in the past. While the other hallucinations speak to Blitzo's insecurities about himself, Moxxie just blathers on in overly-fancy language without really saying anything of value. Much as Blitzo wants to think that that's how Moxxie is, he knows it isn't true, hence the flickering between real and unreal.
*** Why is Moxxie phasing in and out of Blitzo's drawing style? Looks like Blitzo is still upset about [[CallBack Moxxie criticizing his art skills...]]
** None of Blitzo's family shows up during the hallucination, not even his disapproving father who would presumably be a big source of Blitzo's insecurity. That's because his interactions with Robo-Fizz, Verosika, and Striker were all very recent, meaning that the emotional wounds they inflicted were still fresh in Blitzo's mind. Not to mention that the Truth Bomb gas dissipates fairly quickly. It's possible that it could have dredged up Blitzo's family had it lingered for longer.
** Blitzo's mind is drenched in mud. Aside from signifying how Blitzo feels lower than dirt, mud in dreams symbolizes insecurity, uncertainty, and an inability to find your footing. All things that Blitzo has been struggling with. The mud disappears once Stolas arrives, though some of it coats the staircase for a little longer. Stolas is a reassuring presence in Blitzo's life on some level, but Blitzo still isn't one hundred percent sure if he will stick around.
** Blitzo climbs the golden stairs to get away from Fizzaroli, Verosika, and Striker only to see Stolas waiting at the top, being fanned by two clones of himself. Rather than run in another direction though, Blitzo keeps climbing, almost crawling towards him. The clown outfit that Blitzo had been wearing is replaced by his normal outfit, but golden chains form around his wrists and neck, led by a chain pulled by Stolas. This single scene explains so much about Stolas and Blitzo's relationship to one another; Blitzo gained a new life and dignity (the clothes) thanks to Stolas, but his entire assassination business is now dependent on Stolas' grimoire, making Blitzo feel trapped (the chains) under the owl's whims. Stolas might actually be in love with Blitzo, but because of this dynamic, Blitzo feels like it's nothing more than a master toying with their pet. It also explains why Blitz seemed so reluctant to be near Stolas in the past: his self-deprecation and tendency to push people away makes him believe that once Stolas grows bored of him, he'll discard him and he'll lose everything, so he doesn't want to get attached.
* Moxxie's dream also reveals a few things about him:
** Unlike Blitzo's dream, which is heavily populated, Moxxie's dream only has Blitzo in it. And, much like in Blitzo's dream, Moxxie needs to climb a long flight of stairs to get to him. It shows that, for all of the personal questions and harsh critiques that he endures, Moxxie still considers his boss as one of the most important people in his life.
** Blitzo is dressed as ''Theatre/ThePhantomOfTheOpera''. It's quite a fitting outfit for him, considering that the Phantom is described as a man who hides his true self behind a mask, while only wishing to be loved. Moxxie is aware of this side of his boss and even calls him out for pushing people away with his "toxic routine."
** Moxxie is shown climbing the stairs throughout the entire song whenever he blames or insults Blitzo. It's only when he admits that he hasn't been honest about his feelings and his fear of rejection that he's able to come close and sit next to Blitzo, with the two promising to be better to one another.
** Moxxie's hallucination of Blitzo is noticeably less caricaturized than Blitzo's of Moxxie - complete with Hallucination!Blitzo calling Moxxie a bitch and taking time out of their duet to tease Moxxie about his wife pegging him. Even still, Moxxie resolves to be a better friend to Blitzo, and his hallucination mixes encouragement with teasing by telling him that "the world is [his] anus, so peg it with honesty," showing that for all of their chafing, Moxxie is able to accept Blitzo and call him a friend with [[WartsAndAll the whole of his personality taken into account]].
* When Blitzo starts climbing the ornate staircase with white feathers scattered all over, it easily comes across as angelic imagery for a split second. Then we remember that Stolas is basically I.M.P's [[StealthPun angel investor]]. In this case, more of a OneWingedAngel investor, but still.
* Stolas making Agent 2 do an ExorcistHead isn't just a pop culture reference. He is also doing it as an ''owl'' demon who can naturally rotate their heads past 180 degrees.
* Why is Blitzo's go-to question for Moxxie whether or not he gets pegged? Blitzo has repeatedly shown interest in a more physical relationship with the couple and wants to know logistically where in the arrangement he would fit.
** And it's another CallBack to a line from episode 3!
* It may seem odd that D.H.O.R.K.S. isn't taken seriously despite all the footage they have, and some may question why they think the footage they collected during the episode would be enough for them to be taken seriously ''this'' time, but there may be an explanation. What we see before are random, out-of-context, low-quality snippets along the lines of the controversial [[BigfootSasquatchAndYeti Patterson-Gimlin bigfoot footage]] which are too inconclusive to definitively prove anything and could be brushed off as fake. The footage they collected during the episode, however, is in-depth, clean, and extensive, not only showing the whole of I.M.P. in a combat situation, but also Stolas in both his regular and more powerful form. Overall, what they have now is something that could be accepted as definitive proof far more easily, unlike what they have before which many could dismiss as flimsy or even a series of hoaxes, and which even people inclined to believe in demons would probably say isn't solid enough evidence to prove their theories even if they think it's likely genuine. Not to mention it would be hard to brush off the corpses and destruction in the facility.
* Why does no one in D.H.O.R.K.S fight with guns? Because they’re [[StealthPun dorks]] who believe Edo period Japanese weapons are much cooler than firearms for purely aesthetic reasons. Hence why no one takes them seriously.
* Why does Loona bother keeping up her human disguise while she's inside the D.H.O.R.K.S. facility? She's not supposed to be in there either way. Maybe she was planning to steal a uniform but never got the opportunity.
** Loona probably wanted to keep up the disguise as long as she could just in case. Say, if she pretended to just be a normal human girl being forced to help a bunch of demons escape, she might get in trouble but has the opportunity to escape and come up with a new plan if she and Millie got caught. As Millie is the one to do most of the fighting on their way in, Loona would always have some plausible deniability. Loona only returns to her true form, presumably the one she can fight best in, when it's time to actually bust in and save them.
* Blitzo's plan to make the agents too angry to think straight worked perfectly when you think about what happens after Blitzo tells Moxxie his intentions. The agents pump truth gas into the room, but they're so focused on trying to humiliate back the imps that ''they completely forget to use the opportunity to question Blitzo and Moxxie''. Secondly, thanks to the subsequent MushroomSamba leaving Blitzo and Moxxie [[DidntSeeThatComing incapacitated]], the agents ''couldn't'' interrogate the imps even if they wanted too.
* Why isn't Stolas worried about Agents 1 and 2 spilling the beans about Hell and the agents of it that go into the mortal world even though he should know those monitors were connected to cameras recording the facility? Because he has connections in the mortal realm that can make such evidence, and probably the two agents, disappear. He mentioned an associate in the pilot that could benefit from a climate change activist being killed, so either a fossil fuel businessman or a government leader. On that note, the rich and powerful might not care about Hell since they’re already probably satanists, and have more reason to keep knowledge of Hell away from the general public.
* Stolas going through the trouble of summoning himself through a possessed Agent 2 isn't just for horror. According to general demon and Ars Goetia lore, the demon lord summoned is at the whims of the summoner while being trapped in the summoning circle/symbol. By possessing Agent 2, using her as the "summoner" while placing her in the symbol, ''[[LoopholeAbuse Stolas summoned himself and escaped the summoning circle at the same time, keeping his own free will]].'' [[https://www.reddit.com/r/HelluvaBoss/comments/pc9swp/stolas_is_much_smarter_then_we_give_him_credit_for/ Original source]].
* Moxxie and Blitzo are directly responsible for getting truth serum sicced on them. Moxxie explains to Agents 1 and 2 that physical torture is a terrible interrogation technique, but he doesn't even attempt to dissuade them from using psychological torture (despite the fact that Moxxie was the one who brought up the topic of psychological torture to begin with). Blitzo then seals their fate by admitting on camera that his strategy against the Agents is to mess with their heads. These two were practically asking for it by the time Agents 1 and 2 retaliated with their own psychological warfare.
* When Stolas was asked regarding how he knew I.M.P is in danger, he said "I have my ways". It is highly likely that he was spying on Blitzo in his bathtub like in "Murder Family" watching the carnage and decided to help when I.M.P could no longer bail themselves out. While it is LooseCanon, Blitzo also posted his selfie with the dead agent head on his [[https://www.instagram.com/p/CS2EQxGFixA/ blog]] and Stolas may have seen it.
* There's a subtle focus on Blitzo's face and the symbolism behind it in this episode.
** His ''Theatre/ThePhantomOfTheOpera'' appearance in Moxxie's hallucination isn't just a clever shoutout and reference to the figurative "mask" he wears (see above). Apparently when imps get scars, they appear white on their skin. Blitzo's facial scar resembles the Phantom's mask and is also on the left side, so of course Moxxie (being the musical theater buff he is) would make that connection. An I.M.P office poster in earlier episodes shows that Blitzo didn’t have this scar during his circus career, so it’s symbolic of not only the “mask” he wears, but also of his new life and identity.
** Blitzo's hallucination has the white scarring show more prominently on the left side of his face because it's in the form of circus clown makeup (there’s even a teardrop mark under his eye on the left side). The visual split on his face shows the opposing sides to his personality. He's aloof and clownish but he's deeply sad inside. He craves affection but pushes people away. He has strong ambitions but is self-destructive.
** Both Blitzo and Moxxie's hallucinations show Blitzo with a broken heart forehead mark instead of his regular one. Even Moxxie can tell Blitzo has some sort of a heartbreaking history.
** When Blitzo starts making out with Stolas, the left side of his face is turned toward the audience. His scarred/masked side. He's fully "Blitzo with a silent o" again and whatever his inner feelings are, he's content with it for the moment. He even ''resembles'' Stolas to a striking degree while they’re flirting and kissing: Blitzo’s white scarring matches Stolas’ facial coloring and their character designs both happen to have similar eyelid markings. It just hammers home how in sync they are for once.
* While Millie states she's only five years older than Loona when being called an "old lady", Loona might have been thinking in dog years, which'd make Millie about 35 years older than the Hellhound. Sort of a stealth FurryReminder.
* Blitzo mentioning having taken a load of tranquilizers in college has an extra meaning to it, as it’s not just used in drug abuse, but tranquilizers are also a prescription drug used to treat anxiety, fear, tension, agitation, and mental disturbances (such as psychosis). For Blitzo to take the drug medicinally while attending college (where it’s a great advantage to be functional enough mentally to even get an education) makes perfect sense, especially since he exhibits several symptoms of the ailments in the present.
** This leads into the realm of FridgeHorror, when remembering that Blitzo’s taken so many tranquilizers that he’s developed a resistance to them, and thus likely aren’t taking them anymore, or any other anti-psychosis drug for that matter. Suddenly a lot of Blitzo's behavior and character traits begin to make a frightening lot of sense. Even the follow-up comment of being "strapped nipples first to a car battery once" could have been an impromptu attempt at ECT (Electroconvulsive therapy) which is used against mental disorders.
* Blitzo tells Stolas to unclench his "bird puss". As ridiculous as his choice of words are, it's pretty in line with how you'd expect someone to describe a cloaca if they had slept with an anthropomorphic bird person several times without ever really learning the correct terms for avian biology.
* The confirmation that Moxxie is into getting pegged makes Loona's "sit on a dick" insult from the pilot take on a whole new meaning.
* Moxxie immediately guessing that the interrogation room was filling with a truth serum is pretty out there. However, he was already under its effects, which made him blurt out the first thing that came to mind.

[[folder:OZZIE'S]]
* Why doesn't Stolas defend his relationship with Blitzo during the song?
** He is still unsure of the kind of relationship he has with the latter. Blitzo already confirmed his view in "Truth Seekers". Stolas has yet to do the same and was probably trying to use the date to figure it out.
*** Blitzo, meanwhile, reminds him that their relationship is strictly beneficial, not intimate. Stolas had set this up gets some love and excitement in his life from the imp that his wife couldn't provide, and Blitzo has access to his book for his job.
** If we follow Ars Goetia lore, Asmodeus is numbered ''much higher'' than Stolas numerically wise (Asmodeus is number 32 while Stolas is 36) and in the hierarchy, he is a '''King''' of Hell (1st tier) compared to '''Prince''' (3rd tier) Stolas. Stolas' OhCrap when finding out that OZZIE'S is ran by Asmodeus leads credence to this.
*** This even leads to a StealthPun about the hierarchy and why a lot of Demon Royalty are avian: there's a strong ''pecking order'' within their upper class circle.
*** Even within the show's universe, Asmodeus is also one of the Seven Deadly Sin royalty, a group that answers only to ''Lucifer'' himself. (And Lucifer is one of them, as the embodiment of Pride)
* The difference in responses between the two heckled couples' respective loves foreshadow how their night would end. Millie who rose up to defend Moxxie and finish the song together only got them kicked out after it is over. Stolas ''hid'' throughout the rest of the song after being torn into emotionally, which led to both him and Blitzo bummed out in their own homes rather than in each other's embrace.
** To elaborate, one viewer [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWV-1v6jDjM&lc=UgwKTywb_MBlhFsjeuZ4AaABAg noted]] the difference between the Moxxie/Millie and Blitzo/Stolas parts. The former couple just kept to each other, no matter how much the outside world wanted to influence them. The latter pair kept piled on by outsiders, being afraid of what the others think until all they could do is shut up in embarrassment. Eventually, the former couple won as they finished their song that is only meant for each other, resulting in TheBigDamnKiss to a ''cheering'' audience. Meanwhile, all the latter pair could do is quietly leave in disgrace.
* Why did Blitzo turn down Stolas' offer to stay at his mansion for the night? The latter not defending the former when he was being heckled likely confirmed to Blitzo that Stolas really does just see him as a sex toy and nothing else.
** There might be another reason, as well. Look at Blitzø's face when Asmodeus brings up how thoroughly the affair has wrecked Stolas' life. It looks as though this is the first time Blitzø has been made to realize what an impact his deal with Stolas has had on the prince. Maybe he was trying to put some distance between them in an effort to protect what status and reputation Stolas has left?
** Adding to this, Blitzo is also a father himself. So finding out that he contributed to Stolas's relationship with Octavia deteriorating probably added an extra layer of guilt.
* The crowd may have been heckling Moxxie's song not just out of derision, but ''jealousy''. Life in Hell is generally miserable for everyone with compassion and emotional vulnerability being seen as a weakness. Many of the demons at the club likely either don't have healthy, loving relationships like Moxxie and Millie's, or they do but can't show it for fear of being ridiculed by Hell's society and powerful figures of authority like Asmodeus. The fact that there was applause following Moxxie's performance shows that there were at least some demons brave enough to praise this display of genuine affection.
* The symbolism behind the scene in Stolas' front yard. As a viewer [[https://www.reddit.com/r/HelluvaBoss/comments/qkluw4/parallels_between_ep6_and_ep7/hix80hk/ stated]], Blitzo climbed ''up'' the staircase towards Stolas in his hallucination only to end up in chains in "Truth Seekers", while in here Stolas ends up at the ''bottom'' of the staircase, cause he was ready to get down towards Blitzo, offering him comfort, only to be pushed away.
* Fitting how the episode to villainize the physical embodiment of lust is the one to boil down the characters and relationships to their real components, when they are unable to hide behind sex jokes and innuendo.
** Moxxie and Millie's relationship is constantly the butt of jokes about Moxxie's sexual ability. But in the end, Moxxie and Millie truly love one another, being one of the only married couples in the show. Their marriage is held together by love, not lust.
** Stolas and Blitzo's relationship, on the other hand, is only held together by making love. Stolas is quite fond of talking down, and dirty, to Blitzo, and Blitzo repeatedly states he is only using Stolas for the book. This relationship seems to only be held together by lust and sex. Or so they believe.
*** Blitzo was confirmed in the last episode to be afraid of intimacy, yet also crave it. He is also implied to have a DarkAndTroubledPast. This is why he denies any romantic feelings towards Stolas, out of fear of being judged or hurt, even when strongly implied to have romantic feelings about him. At the end of the episode, we see exactly where this left him. Alone and crying.
*** Stolas's half of the relationship has been mostly flirting and dirty talk, but there have been strong implications that he feels real love for Blitzo, and in this episode, it is finally revealed without a doubt that he is smitten with him. He wants to have something real with Blitzo, but hides vulnerability behind sex jokes, unless Blitzo shows interest first. This is why he wasn't nearly as teasing as regularly, this was his first real opportunity with Blitzo. Too bad Blitzo was only using him. Blitzo himself probably realised that by using Stolas, he himself was contributing to this relationship by using Stolas to sneak into his employees' anniversary.
* It seems like a simple case of HypocriticalHumor for Asmodeus to seem so distraught at Fizzarolli getting hurt when the two of them have been mocking Moxxie relentlessly for showing affection to Millie, but it makes perfect sense when you consider what we know of demon royalty. For the elites in Hell, appearances are EVERYTHING. After all, Stella is willing to have Stolas assassinated merely because his flings with Blitzo could ruin their reputation. Considering that Asmodeus and Fizzarolli sit in the same booth to watch Moxxie perform, seem genuinely happy to sing a duet together, and are cuddling in each other's arms at the end of the song, it seems like the two have a romantic attraction for each other. However, Asmodeus is the Lord of ''Lust,'' and since appearances are everything, he can't be seen showing romantic affection, nor can he allow it to be sung about uninterrupted. Therefore, to everyone else in OZZIE's, Fizzarolli is merely a showman and Asmodeus is simply his boss, and while it's usually pretty easy to hide their real relationship, Fizzarolli getting hurt allowed us to see [[BeneathTheMask beneath Asmodeus' mask.]]
** Reinforced in ''The Circus'' where it's revealed that the Goetia are assigned their role and don't have any say in the matter. It's Asmodeus's job to be the embodiment of Lust, and any personal feelings are moot in the face of that.
* While sinners are mostly to blame for them being in Hell and staying there, if Asmodeus' attitude towards love is a hint, it means the demons higher up will actively encourage sin and punish any display of goodness like real love. So even if the sinners weren’t being their own worst enemies, the very cultural environment of Hell created by demons like Asmodeus will make any possible HeelFaceTurn far harder to accomplish.
** [[FridgeHorror Which invites all sorts of]] [[SarcasmMode "wonderful"]] [[FridgeHorror implications about Charlie’s efforts for rehabilitation]].
* Asmodeus guilting Stolas by complimenting his lust shows that nobody is safe from Hell's tortures. In Hell, even the demons are tortured with the sinners.
* Why doesn't Asmodeus flay Moxxie and Millie alive for daring to show love in a place of lust while only telling them to get out? After all, he is among Hell's top demon royalty which wouldn't have been out of character. It is because the whole performance was ''applauded'' by his customers and in the grand scheme of things, it is just one instance of love in a ocean of lust. To keep up appearances as a host, he had to let them leave unscathed but not before probably banning them for life. If he did attack them, he would look like a jealous/ungrateful host who is angry over an act ''he allowed to happen in the first place''. After all, he is the Embodiment of Lust, not Envy. Speaking of envy, he may have been secretly jealous that the lowest of the low can openly display what they actually feel while even he, one of the Seven Deadly Sins, has to hide his own true feelings.
** It also helps that Fizzaroli bounced back fairly quickly after getting hit by Millie. Had he been more seriously hurt, then Asmodeus would have had more of a reason to get violent.
** Moxxie and Millie also ended up actually disproving part of Asmodeus' critique of their relationship; early in the song, he mocks Moxxie for having an "unsatisfied bride"; not only does that result in Blitzo finally having enough and standing up to him to explain they make even basic sex look exciting, Millie brained Fizz so that Moxxie could finish the song; as much as they mock the sentimentality, Asmodeus and Fizz can tell there's actual passion there, [[VillainRespect which at least means they get the idea]]. Hence, just letting them off with a warning.
* Fizzaroli not knowing that Blitzo was the one to burn Loo Loo Land down makes sense when looking back at how the fight with Robo-Fizz went down. Blitzo's shooting at an assassin scared away the crowd, meaning that nobody else was inside the tent to see Blitzo and Robo-Fizz's confrontation. The fire that broke out shortly afterwards caused further panic and everybody was probably too busy running from the flames to pay attention to their fight. And to top it off, Robo-Fizz is eaten by a dragon, so there was no way for the Loo-Loo Land employees to examine his memory banks for the identity of the attacker/arsonist.
* After getting cleaned up for his date, Stolas has a more pronounced grey streak in his hair just like the female imp from the Hella-novella he was watching earlier. And also like her, he ends up being spurned by his lover.
* Asmodeus isn't exaggerating when he said Stolas "selling his life for a thrust" is the true spirit of lust. What's more valuable for the demonic embodiment of a sin: the rampant indulge in carnal desires by two (or more) ''consenting'' individuals without the attachment of feelings, or being so consumed by your basic urges that you don't consider future consequences for the acts you committed? You just need to look at all the sexual scandals in society to see how much damage lust can actually cause to a person's life and why it's considered a deadly sin.
* All the way back in "Loo Loo Land", Blitzo [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=peEaoyvFajo calls]] Fizzaroli "an overrated sellout jester". Here, it is revealed that the latter became a showman for a club in the Lust Ring, supposedly under the thumb of another demon.
** What's more, during "Loo Loo Land" the Robo Fizz heckled Blitzo for not doing a very good job working as a clown at that establishment. In Blitzo's drug-induced epiphany in "Truth Seekers," Hallucination Fizzarolli taunted him for "trying to go it alone," only to end in failure. Given that Blitzo was a CircusBrat and his phone PhotoMontage reveals that Blitzo and Fizz were ChildhoodFriends (if not [[ChildhoodFriendRomance teenage boyfriends]]), there might also be a level of jealousy and resentment to his "overrated sellout" comment: Fizzarolli wound up being ''far'' more successful in both his career and love life (a rich, famous, beloved jester; and lover of one of Hell's most powerful demons) than Blitzo ever could have been.
* When Asmodeus sees Stolas as Blitzo's date, he wastes no time airing his dirty laundry in public; pointing out how Stolas gave up his marriage and life for an affair with a lowly imp. So, how did Asmodeus know all this off the top of his head? Well, Stella being a RichBitch {{Socialite}} who isn't exactly quiet about things that annoy her, it's possible that she complained to anyone who would listen that she was leaving her husband because of his cheating, but would have left out that it was with an ''imp'' to save face. However, once Asmodeus (another powerful demon in or near her social circle) spotted Stolas at his lounge with an imp shortly after he and Stella split, Asmodeus would put two-and-two together and realize ''this'' was the one Stolas cheated on Stella with.
* It makes perfect sense for Verosika to accuse Blitzo of being a bad lover. After all, they were at a sex-centered restaurant in the Lust Ring. Regardless of what other ways he might've made a substandard boyfriend, sex is what the others there would've been interested in. She wasn't just insulting him to vent, she was insulting him to ''damage his reputation''.
** Extra brilliance here: They are in the Lust ring. The highest "virtue" in that ring is doing everything and anything to satisfy your lust. Therefore, helping somebody else satisfy their lust is also a virtue and expected behavior. So doing opposite of that, denying somebody their satisfaction, is the greatest sin one can commit in the Lust ring. Add in that they are in Hell, which is looking at most things through the lense of transactions, and the behavior of which Blitzo is accused makes him look not only inattentive substandard lover but straight out thief and fraud. Because Verosika did her expected part of the deal and Blitzo didn't do his. Nobody in Lust would care if he stole her money and car, but breaking her heart ("heartbreaking freak" part of the song) after not giving her anything in return for all the things she did to satisfy his lust? Horrible "sin" in that ring.
* When Asmodeus is mocking Stolas during his song, he mostly focuses on Stolas's crumbling marriage rather than the fact that Blitzo is an [[FantasticRacism imp]], and almost seems proud of him for it ("You sold your life for a thrust! Now, that's the spirit of lust!"). Apart from the fact that Asmodeus is just doing his job as the King of Lust, the pictures in Blitzo's phone show that Fizzarolli is an imp too. Of course he doesn't care that Stolas is with an imp; ''he's doing the exact same thing.''
** So far, it doesn't appear that Asmodeus has a spouse and a child/children. As far as he is concerned, he isn't ruining the lives of his loved ones by being in a secret romantic relationship with Fizzarolli.
* Loona opening a portal by setting a booze bottle on a page of the Grimoire shows why they need the book so badly. It's not a book of spells so much as a collection of touch-activated sigils.

!FridgeHorror

[[folder:General]]
* With the confirmation that the series takes place in the same universe as ''WebAnimation/HazbinHotel'', it's possible that I.M.P's contract killings and demons like Stolas, who for some reason want more people to go to Hell, are at least part of the reason why Hell is suffering an overpopulation problem.
** For that matter, how will Charlie react when she finds out? Will she go apeshit on Blitzo, or sic Alastor on Stolas?
*** All things considered, that'd be more [[LaserGuidedKarma karmic than horrifying.]]
*** This work is declared ExiledFromContinuity due to differing production, so the idea of both sides clashing over this contrast won't be happening ever. But fanfics say otherwise...
*** The demons might not even have to put in much effort towards procuring more sinners since nearly all of the humans in this series are dim-witted jerks. The pilot showed I.M.P getting kicked out of the hospital window just for not having health insurance and the news ticker mocks a grieving mother's drawing skills during an interview. When you add in especially terrible people like Martha and her family and Lyle and Lypton, [[CrapsackWorld is it any wonder Hell has an overpopulation problem?]]
** We also don't have any confirmation on whether or not I.M.P or Stolas and his family are exempt from the annual exterminations.
*** Considering that the souls of sinners are stuck in the Pride ring of Hell, while other demons are able to travel between them, it's likely that the exterminations are restricted to the Pride Ring, because that's where the overpopulation issue actually is, while the demons who can travel between rings and aren't exempt move to a different ring while it happens.
* The show's very premise is pretty disturbing in hindsight. If someone with a grudge against you dies and ends up in Hell, they can hire a team of demons to enter the living world and brutally murder you at any moment. Best exemplified by the client who mentions wanting to kill a jogger for reporting a murder [[NeverMyFault he committed]]. Try to see justice done? [[NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished The culprit might decide to get revenge from beyond the grave.]]
* If there is an EasyRoadToHell in this 'verse, it's likely that whoever hires I.M.P to kill someone will end up meeting that person they wanted dead in hell. While most people who hire I.M.P probably [[DidntThinkThisThrough just didn't think of that]], the FridgeHorror comes from wondering [[{{Yandere}} about those who]] ''[[TakingYouWithMe did]]'' [[BestServedCold think of it.]]
** Even worse if some demons plan ahead and order the hit so that the target arrives in Hell right before the Yearly Extermination.....
* With the right book, demons can access the mortal world anytime.
** This can even include ''a Church'' if the montage from the pilot is to be taken seriously. The fact that Demons can show up on holy ground suggests that Churches are either ''not safe from demonic influence'', or that there are varieties of demon magic strong enough to bypass their protection altogether.
** As we find out in the actual series, Demons must avoid being discovered while Earth. This means that the I.M.P team would've had no choice but to kill everyone in that Church to preserve TheMasquerade.
*** EarlyInstallmentWeirdness aside, they had ''no idea'' that there a masquerade that needs to be upheld in the first place until "Spring Broken". It is safe to assume that I.M.P just scrammed back to Hell unless the church is where their target is. This also explains why they dumped the kid's corpse on live television later on.
* The show frequently implies that Hellhounds, depicted here as fully sapient and humanlike, are viewed less as citizens of Hell and more as pets. This being Hell, it's probably a bit of a given that the ethical implications of keeping a sapient entity equal to you in intelligence as a pet so far haven't been addressed, but it still raises a bevvy of unsettling questions about the lives both Loona and Vortex could've led, to the point that Blitzo acting like an overbearing and annoying dad to Loona almost feels like a blessing in disguise compared to how he ''could'' have been.
* If you combine info from this show and ''Hazbin Hotel'', Heaven itself has flaws of its own. At best, it could be a well-meaning but autocratic state, and at worst it could be an incompetently run totalitarian state that sets impossibly high standards for others to follow. Specific evidence being:
** The existance of the Exorcists, angels whose whole purpose is the extermination of sinners, which they do with demented smiles. Now granted the residents of Hell are not completely undeserving of punishment, but this extermination seemingly targets low-level sinners while leaving high-ranking demons like Alastor around to cause more mayhem.
** The ease at which three loyal angels are effectively booted out of the place for the accidental death of a human, with no ability to launch any kind of appeal or to challenge their action in court, combined Deerie's utter ''[[SugaryMalice cheerfulness]]'' when expelling the three clearly remorseful angels implies that the denizens of Heaven, while on the surface nicer, are just as cruel and mean as the denizens of Hell. When Blitzo, a professional assassin, can show more kindness to his employees than a resident of Heaven can show to her own employees...
*** It is noted that they were unrepentant jerkasses even if they didn't deserve what happened to them however, so it's possible that Deerie just hated them and [[MakeItLookLikeAnAccident and said they fell.]]
** Heaven's eagerness to save a cruel dying capitalist over trying to help a more deserving soul implies Heaven is also a deeply classist society. We don't know how missions are assigned however, so [[GloryHound C.H.E.R.U.B could have selected him on their own.]]
** The inability of Heaven's forces to ''stop'' I.M.P. from assassinating people implies that Heaven isn't all-knowing and thus capable of making mistakes- but because it's heaven these mistakes have horrible consequences.
** Just the fact ''you can be born in Hell'' in this universe seems extremely unfair. Imps like Striker and Blitzo might be remorseless killers, but what chance did they have to be anything else considering [[CrapsackWorld the world]] they grew up in?
* "C.H.E.R.U.B." suggests that Heaven might be [[HellOfAHeaven just as bad as Hell]] underneath its veneer of purity. And I.M.P.'s adventures on Earth show that at least some parts of Earth are just as bad as Hell as well (Blitzo outright says Los Angeles is just like home). With this level of [[CrapsackWorld Crapsack Universe]], Charlie's dream somehow seems even more of a childish fantasy. After all, redemption is a very time-consuming process with no guarantee of sticking, if it is even reached in the first place, meaning only a few Sinners will realistically be sent up to Heaven over a long period of time when ''thousands'' of new Sinners fall in ''per day''. And there's the very real chance that Heaven will see the redeemed as tainted and lock them out regardless.
* While native demons can generally die of natural causes, it's heavily implied from Lucifer's continued survival that this is ''not'' true of the Lords of Sin, possibly because of their rank and/or power, possibly because they're {{fallen angel}}s. At a bare minimum, it seems like they live an ''incredibly'' long time. So assuming their relationships last, Asmodeus and Beelzebub are going to respectively have to watch Fizz and Vortex [[MayflyDecemberRomance grow old and pass away]].
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[[folder:Pilot]]
* When calling Moxxie out on possibly trying to crush his dreams, Blitzo says "Right now, all I see is just my dad's asshole talking to me.", as if he specifically correlates his father squashing his interests in musical theater with said father's asshole.
* In the hospital, an injured kid is launched out a non-ground floor window just because he doesn't have insurance. In the news segment with the missing kid's mom, the only person who actually ''cares'' that the kid is missing is the mother herself. No wonder Hell is having an overpopulation crisis- [[WorldOfJerkass the mortal realm is apparently full of jerks]].
* At the end of the pilot, Eddie's father is nowhere to be seen while his mother pleads for help finding Eddie on the news. It's possible that I.M.P was hired to kill Eddie [[OffingTheOffspring by his father]], as a way of [[RevengeByProxy taking revenge on the mother.]]
** That would explain where Eddie gets his jerkassery from, since his dad would be in Hell.
** And, assuming this is actually the case, he didn't have to pay anything to off his kid because '' ♪ kids die for freeeee ♪ ''
** Alternatively, the kid never was the target. Think about it: Loona suddenly gets a text message ''after'' the kid insulted her, saying they were meant to kill him? Seems like quite a coincidence.
* Given that Stolas put a hit on a human climate change activist to help ensure global warming isn't stopped, the implication is that any number of the world's problems are being orchestrated or influenced by demons behind the scenes, and it's unlikely that humanity at large will ever find out or be able to do anything about it.
* Unless Loona was simply being [[{{Troll}} herself]], being struck by syphilis isn't something to laugh about. If anything, her being a hellhound means that she will be stuck dealing with it for practically eternity before being given the sweet release of oblivion due to her physiology.
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[[folder:Murder Family]]
* Why are there firefighters in Hell despite Lucifer not caring enough about his subjects for insurance to be a thing? Because if buildings get destroyed by fire, the higher-ranking demons like Stolas might complain, and Lucifer's own properties and belongings might get damaged or even destroyed.
** Bonus: both firefighters are Imps. Who better to have as firefighters than creatures that are naturally fireproof? The firesuits are probably for if they encounter hellfire, which as later established is able to hurt them.
* Blitzo himself appears completely unconcerned by the fire caused by his electric eels, more about the eels themselves, and most everyone else appears only mildly surprised at best. Which makes sense considering who everyone is. Ms Mayberry is already dead and cannot be destroyed except in extreme circumstances, and the Imps are all fireproof, as shown in the episode proper. The only one who appears more than mildly concerned is Loona, whose vulnerability or lack thereof to fire as a Hellhound is not yet known.
** Afterwards, Blitzo is [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness surprisingly angry]] at Moxxie for causing the fire. Aside from his stated reasons to Moxxie, his inquiry whether the grimoire "is still intact" heavily implies that the book itself ''isn't (proven to be) fireproof''. If it was burned to ash, not only will I.M.P lose the only thing that makes their whole business ''even work'', it will '''piss off Stolas'''. In light of this, can you blame him for being pissed?
* Blitzo threatening to fuck Moxxie and his wife makes sense as he doesn't want to actually hurt them and mostly likely views fucking as a power move.
** The episode "Loo Loo Land" implies that Blitzo fantasizes about having a threeway with Moxxie and Millie, so the threat adds another layer: either Moxxie gets better at his job, or Blitzo gets an excuse to live out his fantasy. A win-win for Blitzo.
* When you look at the family's situation, the moment I.M.P barged in on them, getting blown up by the police chopper is best way to deal with them.
** If Moxxie left them alone, the remaining family members would have continued their Satanic cannibal ways, just with Martha out of the picture. Sooner or later, one of their victims will end up asking I.M.P for a hit job on them, making it a ShaggyDogStory.
** If the police actually followed protocol and tried to arrest them, the family could have possibly resisted and resulted in a shootout that would kill not just the family but other policemen as well, taking even more lives.
** If they did get arrested with no resistance, there is no future for convicted satanic cannibal murderers, not with all the evidence in their home. The father will be given the death penalty while the children are sentenced to life imprisonment. However, it is possible that the children, being minors and clearly influenced by their parents, would have been sent to a psychiatric hospital or other similar institution. After years of psychological treatment, their rehabilitation would have been possible, as Moxxie said, the children were the only ones who had a future. Given [[CrapsackWorld what the setting is suggested to be like]], however, the latter is very unlikely.
** Alternatively, it's entirely possible that the police already had an astounding amount of evidence which pointed towards the family being cannibals, and Moxxie's tipoff was just the excuse they needed in order to execute them within legal manners. Perhaps the guy who last had sex with the wife reported the entire family to the police.
* Moxxie having a surprising amount of morals for a literal devil makes a bit of sense when you consider that imps are born in Hell rather than being sent there as an afterlife punishment, so they might have the potential to turn out good despite the literal hellhole they're raised in. This is later proven with "Exes and Oohs", where being raised by his good mother prevented him from attaining a more ruthless nature as an ex-mafiaso.
* There are hints that Mrs. Mayberry is not as nice as she appears even in her first very idyllic scene. One of the kids is sitting constantly in the corner with dunce hat on his head, hinting at her HairTriggerTemper. And then she gets reminded about her husband's birthday...
** Also, when Mrs. Mayberry confronts her husband and his mistress in the video with a chainsaw and gunshots, the kid with a dunce cap flinches and shivers in terror while the other kids just watch in stunned silence, which implies that [[TheUnfavorite the dunce kid]] has experienced her HairTriggerTemper before, while the other kids haven't.
*** Considering the fact that the kid even knows her husband's birthday it's possible that he's closer to Mrs. Mayberry than the other students. If he and probably also his parents got invited to the previous birthday, then this would make sense.
** There's also the fact that Mrs. Mayberry managed to throw a ''kid into a roof'' which at first, just seems like RuleOfFunny considering the type of [[CrapsackWorld world]] this is, but it's likely meant to serve as a true indicator of her strength.
* Martha has bright blonde hair yet brown eyes. While this allows her eyes to appear [[RedEyesTakeWarning red]] when her true character is revealed, when you take into account her her husband and children are all brunets and she's a serial adulteress, in-universe she probably dyed her hair blonde.
** Even if it isn't dyed, there's a decently high chance of her kids being born with brown hair anyway. Genetics wise, blonde hair tends to be a recessive trait. So unless her husband had a recessive blonde trait tucked away in his genetics, it's much more likely for their children to come out brunet like him.
* The reveal the family is a bunch of serial-killer cannibals may explain why Ralphie appears unconcerned by the fact Martha was shot in the middle of cheating on him with another man - such families luring their victims with a sexually attractive member in one way or another is a common trope. It may be people she was sleeping with she would eventually lure to her house as a next kill.
** Unsettling implications for the fate of the red-headed man she's seen with in the "You're a hero" montage. The photos in the background make it clear they're at her place.
** Ralphie been aware of Martha's affairs also explain how did she surve Mrs. Mayberry's assault: he was probably nearby or monitoring Martha and their next "prey", and when he saw Mayberry return to the house but nobody coming out, he went to investigate and found his wife in bad shape but still salvagable, and so annonimously called the ambulance.
* There are a number of factors that may have contributed to Mrs. Mayberry being sent to hell. The first is (obviously) not just the murder of her husband and attempted murder of his mistress, but the lack of remorse for it (given that, upon learning that said mistress survived, rather than, say, be relieved that a woman she ''knew'' had a family could still return to it, Mrs. Mayberry chose to put a hit on her, suggesting that she didn't really regret it). Her only remorse was for traumatizing her students, and even then, she apparently wasn't remorseful enough to, you know, ''turn off the video call'' to avoid scarring them even further by making them see their teacher's suicide after seeing her shoot two people.
* Mrs. Mayberry's dunce cap-wearing student is the one who reminds her that it is her husband's birthday. Given that he clearly isn't the best of her students and the birthday of one's spouse isn't the kind of information a teacher would just give their students willy-nilly, it's likely that the dumb student had to repeat Mrs. Mayberry's class at least once and found out it was Mr. Mayberry's birthday the previous year.
** Adding to this, he is voiced by Creator/RichardStevenHorvitz, who is famous for voicing idiot characters.
** It's not uncommon for "troublemaker" children to act very informally around authority figures such as teachers. Some may go as far as calling their teachers by first name or prying into their personal lives and talking about them like they aren't in a position of power. Which might also go to explain why the boy would have no issue blurring out information like the date of her husband's birthday in the middle of class.
* Why does Millie try to reassure Moxxie at the end that "killing people is okay if they try to kill you right back," rather than bring up, you know, them being cannibalistic {{serial killer}}s? Because only Moxxie learned that about them. Millie and Blitzo scattered after the family got out their guns and only learned they were Satanists when Martha and Ralphie tried to burn them alive. Moxxie was the one who saw their human skins, trophies, decor, and dinner before breaking free to rescue Blitzo and Millie.
* Why did Mrs. Mayberry specifically reference Hitler and Epstein in her rant? Because, like them, she committed suicide.
* The most likely reason as to why Mrs. Mayberry's demon form is purple is to reflect her death in life. Since she committed suicide, her skin being turned purple might be a slight reflection upon that fact.

[[folder:Loo Loo Land]]
* Stolas taking Via to a dying solar system is more than mere atmosphere: he was showing her that stars and planets die while telling her that even he would be gone one day, but reassuring she would okay.
** Adding to that, even if he's no longer physically so, he will still be with her; stars when they die create new materials that can still be useful to the universe, just like how the essence of demons becomes one with the land of Hell when they truly die.
** Stolas' first line in the song he sings Octavia is "''It always seems more quiet in the dark''..." Indeed, when little Octavia goes to sleep, it's the middle of a quiet night. The JumpCut to her teenage years takes place with sunlight streaming through her windows, and a cacophonous argument going on many rooms over. Intentional or not, it's a nice parallel.
* Loo Loo Land burning down can be read as Via's childhood being destroyed by, tellingly enough, Blitzo's intruding in her family's life.
** Loo Loo Land can also be a parallel to Stolas' marriage. The picture in the kitchen implies that the park has seen better days, or at least tried harder to keep up a facade for the public, but now it's breaking down due to lack of maintenance, just like his marriage with Stella living on due to appearances. Blitzo entering the scene just accelerated the process of its imminent falling down.
* Back in "Murder Family", Stolas refers the living world as the "mortal realm" rather than "mortal world" or "Earth". It is because his grimoire allows him to access the depths of space and other worlds with the right magic and spell.
* Mammon is the Demon Prince of Greed--Lucifer is the Demon Prince of Pride. Not only does this explain why Mammon would create such an obvious tourist-trap of a theme park in the first place, it also explains part of why Lucifer hasn't shut it down despite it ripping off one of his own properties. Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, after all.
** Adding to that, the fact that Lucifer has an entire theme park named after himself also feeds into the whole Pride aspect.
** Also, with how dilapidated and crummy Loo Loo Land's condition is, keeping it open would just make Lucifer's theme park look even better by comparison.
* Stolas hiring Blitzo as his bodyguard for his day out with Octavia works for several reasons. There's the obvious fact that Stolas lusts after Blitzo and wants him close, but there's also the fact that I.M.P, for all of their strange quirks, are still ''very'' good shots and more than capable of taking care of any threat. And while Stolas can easily take care of himself, as seen near the end of the episode, he would rather focus all of his attention on making his daughter happy rather than constantly fend off attackers.
* It makes sense for Loo Loo Land to be so inferior to Lu Lu World beyond the fact that plagiarism often results in a worse product. Mammon is the lord of greed, so to get as much bang for his buck as possible, he cuts corners and has his employees rip off visitors to maximize his profits. Lucifer, on the other hand, is the lord of pride, which means he's less interested in making money and more interested in boosting his ego. Having the best and most successful amusement park in Hell would definitely be a major ego booster.
** It might also explain why Loo Loo Land is primarily staffed with imps. Since imps are the lowest class of demons in Hell, the price for their labor would be significantly cheaper than any other option.
** Also that most of Hell's population is in the Pride ring (since all the sinners are trapped there). It would make sense for that ring to have the best theme park, since the most customers are there by default.
* Stolas arrives at the park already wearing thematic clothing. He probably bought the outfit twelve years ago, when he took Octavia when she was five. This reinforces the idea that he was stuck in the past and was trying to recapture the magic that's no longer there.
* Fizz rips off part of Charlie's song "Inside of Every Demon" during his performance. Since Loo Loo Land is an obvious ripoff of Lucifer's Lu Lu World, it makes sense the park would rip off his daughter's songs as well.
* Of course Stella's priorities over Stolas' affairs are more on the "who you sleep with" than the "you cheated on me"; after all this is ''Hell'', the place where all vices are indulged left and right (In Hazbin, Travis got Angel's services and he even send his regards to his missus). But let's remember this is ''Hell'': a place where not even being the very daughter of the head honcho could earn Charlie some semblance of respect. In this world, you can only get ahead and/or retain your place in society by power, fear and money. Stolas' power and wealth can keep Sinners and Overlords looking at him in high regard, but other demon royals share (and probably some surpass) him in all categories; if the scandal is made public, he will lose the fear factor thanks to becoming a joke among nobles, and they will start to look down upon him and probably make his, Stella's, and even Octavia's life more difficult.
** She became completely livid when Stolas said he thought on getting to a motel for his initial affair with Blitzo; not only is it beneath him as a nobleman, but what if he was seen by, say, paparazzi?
** Another reason Stella would be angry at Stolas cheating on her, despite demons not conforming to Christian morality re: marital fidelity? Stolas is an ''owl,'' one of the few animal species that are naturally monogamous. While Stella is likely a peacock demon since her brother Andrealphus is one, she probably expected Stolas to stay faithful because of this.
* Of ''course'' little Octavia loved Loo Loo Land--if the portrait in the kitchen area is any indication, then Stolas and Stella at least made it look like they were happy when they went as a family. Even if it was just to keep up appearances for the public, Octavia would have learned early on that a trip to Loo Loo Land meant at least one day where her mom and dad weren't fighting.
** If you take a close look at the portrait in the kitchen, you can see Stolas happily looking over a cheerful Octavia. But Stella has her arms crossed, rolling her eyes and can barely manage a genuine looking smile. This gives credence to her's and Stolas' marriage being rocky since the beginning and/or how much she hates going to a low quality, spin-off theme park surrounded by "plebeians".
* Given how [[BlueBlood blue-blooded]] the Goetia family is and what a shameless rip-off Loo Loo Land is of Lucifer's far more popular Lu Lu World, why was young Octavia's favorite theme park the cheaper, shoddier knock-off? Because she takes after her father in another big way: Stolas' interest lies with imps (or at least [[IfItsYouItsOkay Blitzo]]) even though they're of far lower status and being involved with one would be a scandal. Likewise, young Octavia genuinely loved Loo Loo Land even though it was a cheaper, shoddier knock-off of a more respectable theme park. While Stella is implied to be concerned with status, Stolas and Octavia love what they love authentically and without reservation.
* Octavia is shown eating cereals without milk, just putting the (presumably corn) flakes directly from the box into her hand and pecking them. It makes sense: they are owl and thus bird demons, so she is eating like a bird would.
* Looking at the Loo Loo target when Millie "wins" the game, it's designed to tip ''forward'' when it falls--if it's shot in the front, where the target is, it should fall backwards. Even without the mechanism in place to keep it still, the way the hinge is set up makes it LITERALLY impossible to win the game if you play as intended. Sneaky Mammon!
* Why does it take Moxxie so long to realize he’s being had with the carnival game? By his own admission earlier in the episode, he had never been in Loo Loo Land before, as theme parks have always disturbed him. He likely never became familiar with the OpenSecret that many fair/carnival/amusement park games like it are often rigged to be impossibly hard to win, even if it looks incredibly simple to do so at first.
* Millie misses the game target at almost point-blank range, but manages to pull off a headshot on an imp attempting to harm Stolas a short time later, at a much farther distance. She may have not cared that much about the game, seeing as it was part of her “fun” time with Moxxie at the amusement park, but I.M.P was at Loo Loo Land to protect Stolas & Octavia first and foremost, and as established in ''Murder Family'', she takes client requests seriously, no matter what she might be feeling on a job. When Blitzo told her and Moxxie to make sure Stolas was okay, it was time to get back to work.
** Also, after likely watching Moxxie hit the same target over and over for a ''long time'', she logically must have thought the only remaining option was to miss it completely. And she was right!
* The I.M.P crew is clearly injured and burned up after the arson at the park, despite the last episode showing they're fire resistant. But Blitzo said "Your fire", ergo Earth fire. ''Hell''fire on the other hand is even a different color so it's likely that this sort of fire can actually hurt imps.
* Stolas' last name is revealed in this episode to be Goetia, which makes it clear that his Grimoire is literally just a copy of the ''Literature/ArsGoetia'', the book of Demon summoning.
* The final Loo Loo Land ride seen being ridden is an endless circular loop, symbolising Stolas and Octavia's problems and how it is still ongoing due their insistence on just bearing with it as their response. It is only when they come to terms and actually talk about their problems with each other that they finally find a way out for both of them. Cue leaving the ride.
* Why exactly would the Goetia family take their daughter to a theme park at all, let alone the clearly inferior Loo Loo Land rather than Lu Lu World? Well, it's highly likely that the Goetia family is either closely tied with Mammon and/or live in the second circle (which is Mammon's). Octavia can be seen eating a Mammon product for breakfast for example. All this taken into account, the family is likely at least partly subservient to that demon lord. Thus, having their daughter show up there would be a good publicity stunt and show of support. This might also explain why they suddenly stopped for years going there (to the point where Stolas outright misses his daughter growing out of such things) once they went often enough to stroke Mammon's ego and get all the free advertisement out of it he wanted, they really had no reason to go back to that unsafe pit of plebeian rabble.
* A meta example: Robo Fizz is or appears to be a ShoutOut to numerous characters from other franchises. Obviously he's a reference to {{Film/Beetlejuice}}, but within less than 48 hours of the episode being posted, viewers started comparing him to [[WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse Spinel,]] VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog (based on his rolling spin-dash attack which [[WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse Amethyst and Jasper]] also have), [[{{Literature/It}} Pennywise,]] [[VideoGame/DeltaRune Jevil,]] [[VideoGame/SuperPaperMario Dimentio]], and [[VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys the animatronics at Freddy Fazbear's Pizza]]. The animatronic band that accompanies him is reminiscent of the Ride/CountryBearJamboree. Even in-universe, the theme park he works at is a ripoff of the more popular, more expensive Lu Lu World, and Robo Fizz's song has lyrics stolen from Charlie's product pitch for the Happy Hotel. He's ripping off characters both in- and out-of-universe!
* Dogs have a very acute sense of hearing, roughly four times stronger than that of a human. This is why Loona screamed at everyone in the office to shut up. The noise from Blitzo's megaphone, reverberating through their tiny office, was probably unbearable for her.
** Alternatively, it may have been because she was hungover.
* Early in his ParentalLoveSong, Stolas mentions to young Octavia that he "thought love would be fun." AwfulWeddedLife with Stella aside, this helps explain why he's always so clingy, flirty, and horny with Blitzo. It's probably the first time in ages, if ever, when he was in a relationship that actually made him feel happy, and where he could be fun and flirty.
* In the flashback Robo-Fizz’s movements are jerking and mechanical, with sparks flying out of his seams. But in the present his motions are more fluid and speedy, unlike the other animatronics which are in even worse condition than in the past. Since Fizz is the star of the show it makes sense that Mammon would shell out the money to upgrade him but not the supporting band.

[[folder:Spring Broken]]
* Blitzo is annoyed that Verosika is still bitter about him maxing her credit cards and running to the Wrath ring with her car, even openly telling her "Goddammit, whore you will NOT let that go!" . Well, why should she just "let it go"? Blitzo didn't do anything to make it up to her, he didn't even apologize and he certainly didn't pay her back! Verosika's grievance is legitimate.
* If you think about it, everyone, including Blitzo himself, has good reason to laugh at Blitzø's threat to call HR on Verosika.
** 1. It's Hell, and everyone is allowed to be as cruel and vicious as possible.
** 2. HR is ''human'' resources, and [[ExactWords everyone present is some kind of hellspawn]].
** 3. Even if HR departments did exist in Hell, they're just that: departments ''within a company''. Verosika and crew, being un-affiliated with IMP, would be outside of HR's jurisdiction.
** 4. HR is generally pretty useless in most cases.
* Why does Hell want to [[{{Masquerade}} hide its existence from living humans]]? If people don't believe that Hell exists, more people will sin, and thus more people will be damned after death.
** And from the looks of it, it works too well, which is another good explanation for the overpopulation crisis.
* Why didn't Loona ask about their human disguises when I.M.P left for the job in "Murder Family"? Firstly, it is supposed to be a ''covert assassination in a remote cabin'', meaning that they would've stayed hidden from start to finish unlike the crowded beach in here. Secondly, all the humans who saw them are either their target (Martha) or are killed by the collateral (Martha's family).
* Verosika's vanity license plate, "SUCK 4 LIFE". Succubi and incubi are demons mythologically known for draining life force from humans via having sex with them. They literally "suck" life force from people to live themselves.
* While heavily intoxicated, Moxxie resorts to punching the fish monster's uvula when he gets eaten. At first this seems to be just an indicator of him being drunk, but it is implied that Moxxie has sobered enough to attempt ''triggering its gag reflex to puke him out''.
* So why did Vortex instantly recognize Loona in her human disguise when a random incubus didn't seem to? Simple: [[TheNoseKnows like Loona, Vortex has a superior sense of smell!]]
** Also Vortex is the only member of the entourage to have met Loona.
* Why are I.M.P able to get so many clients for a 50% off Spring Break special? From what we see of Spring Breakers, most of them are pretty rotten people in general, who think nothing of [[BadPeopleAbuseAnimals stuffing innocent animals into beer kegs]], or getting so blackout drunk that they'd wreck stuff or sleep with random strangers. Blitzo even points out that Spring Break is a prime time for crime of all kinds. It's likely a number of denizens of Hell would want to get back at these Spring Breakers for past discrepancies, whether past Spring Break shenanigans, wild parties, or something else.
** One can also suppose the people who were intrigued by the flyer were pleased by the promise of a bargain as much as by the potential for self satisfaction. People in Hell, one might assume, would typically be selfish and wouldn't want to make a deal unless it benefitted them the most. And one can assume I.M.P would charge a decent amount for the service of going to the surface to kill someone. That price might make it unappealing to anyone who ''does'' have a grudge but doesn't want to pay good money for it. But given the chance to have someone killed for what can be seen as a bargain, regardless for what the actual cost is, those people would be more inclined to take it.
*** While the deal helps them with the numbers needed for their Demon Duel against Verosika, it also benefits I.M.P financially. They're making less money per head, but they're also killing a multitude of people all at once in the same location (and every victim won't put up a fight). Rather than presumably the price of one or two people per client in different areas which they would have to study for maximum killing efficiency, they're killing a large number of people in the same place over the span of one day, making the money made per kill more efficient.
** We see multiple Imps also interested in the poster despite them being born in Hell and having no reason to have a grudge against Humans. Unless they had friends who were Sinners and were paying to get ''their'' grudges killed, either as a gift or because what they had heard about the living person pissed them off.
* Early in the episode it's revealed Verosika (and Blitzo's sister) were in rehab. With the knowledge that rehab exists in hell, it makes sense why everyone laughed at Charlie's plan to rehabilitate sinners to get into Heaven in ''WebAnimation/HazbinHotel''. People in hell HAVE tried to rehabilitate themselves but, obviously didn't make it to Heaven so there's no reason to think why the Happy Hotel would be different.
** The other possibility is that rehab clinics are only for hellborn and not for dead sinners; Hell has been shown to be ultra-capitalistic and based on deal-making. The rehab clinics are there to make the demon useful for whoever owns them and to turn said demon into a FunctionalAddict, not to make them completely clean and sin free. Basically, Verosika was there because she is so addicted to alcohol she couldn't perform on stage and whoever is in charge let her out on probation to do a job for them. Which makes her words technically true: Verosika only got the probation deal because she is a bigger star than Blitzo's sister and thus more valuable to whoever holds her contract. That leads to another bit of fridge brilliance: the reason Verosika accepted Millie's blackmail about the hell-booze is because she didn't want to be sent back to rehab and that's literally the best case scenario for her: if she causes enough problems for Hell's higher ups, they might conclude that she is more trouble than she is worth and cannot be rehabilitated enough to be useful. As a consequence, they could decide to cut their losses and kill her, even making it look like an accident for that sweet insurance and fan money on merchandise that would roll in after her "tragic" death.
* Drunk Moxxie actually makes a good point when he tells Verosika; "A human called me a possum.... I am NOT a possum!". All the humans are so drunk or high that they are unable to make sense of what the Imps really are, mistaking them as a leprechaun and a possum, so they technically upheld the {{Masquerade}} much better than Verosika did. She performs a loud, obvious concert after quickly taking over a public venue (her banner on the stage is a crude tarp instead of something more professional), and causes some giant and ''Hellish'' sea monster to nearly rampage through a coastal town. I.M.P.'s kills can be easily passed off as Spring Break crimes and any witnesses are "obviously" hallucinating, but that sea monster can't be explained away.
* Verosika's drink turning the sea creature into a monster is likely a subtle pun on how alcohol can turn people into monsters.

[[folder:C.H.E.R.U.B]]
* The jingles for I.M.P and C.H.E.R.U.B sound remarkably similar, to the point it almost sounds as if one was based on the other. This is the case out-of-universe, but it's highly unlikely anyone in Heaven would want to rip off a struggling small-time Hell business like I.M.P. However, we know Blitzo; is behind the I.M.P jingle--we also know he used to work for a crappy knockoff of a far more successful and well-known business. The work environment must have rubbed off on him a little bit.
* Wally's so desperate in his TV spot because [[CallBack I.M.P burned down his last job]], and ripping people off isn't the most lucrative business scheme outside of a carnival setting.
* The tour guide mentioning how famous people about to murdered by three tacky stalkers happens all the time could really be commonplace in such a CrapsackWorld... or it could instead be incredibly common for I.M.P to get hired to kill famous people and they keep picking disguises that make it blatantly obvious how they're assassins.
** In "Spring Broken", Loona called out the confused imps for not using human disguises while on Earth. So, in this episode, they begin using various costumes to blend in. Unless the book Blitzo borrows from Stolas has a spell to give them the same transformation ability as Loona, this can confirm that the imps of the company (or imps in general) cannot afford or perform such a spell due to their status.
* Loopty didn’t have enough time to build the many contraptions coming out of his body, seeing how he mentions he just died and went to Hell. It’s likely his body in Hell was constructed like that due to his personality and talents when he was human. It’s possible this is one other hint to how Alastor attained his power and went on a rampage through Hell the moment he fell there.
* While not damned (yet), the C.H.E.R.U.B trio loses access to Heaven after killing their target, Lyle Lipton, by accident in a fight against I.M.P. There are several possible reasons for that:
** "ThouShaltNotKill[=/=]Commit Murder" is one of the Ten Commandments. C.H.E.R.U.B is tasked with saving and protecting lives. Even if it was an accident, they still broke this.
** {{Wrath}} is one of the SevenDeadlySins. The trio have reached a RageBreakingPoint after I.M.P interferes one too many times. In a climactic shootout at the theater, an angry Cletus' stray arrow shoots down the stage's scaffolding, which catapults a piano that kills Lyle. They ''might'' have been forgiven if I.M.P killed Lyle under their watch while doing their job, but since Cletus did so when his group lost their temper, Lyle's blood was on the cherubs' hands.
*** There's also the fact that C.H.E.R.U.B are the ones who started said fight in the first place. If they'd just continued their contest with I.M.P. like they had been doing, even though Blitzo had accidentally killed a human, they likely wouldn't have had as much of an issue. Due to their anger starting the fight in the first place, and likely the fact that Cletus' arrow caused the chain of events that directly lead to Lyle's death as well, they're effectively responsible for all the carnage that took place.
** Like Hell, Heaven too must have some rules about their denizens meddling in the lives of humans. They likely broke a lot of those rules.
** Lyle isn’t the only one who died because of the angels' actions. A lot of the crowd died from stray bullets and such while the angels and imps fought; a fight that the angels started by the way.
** Many forms of Christianity teach that angels have a higher intelligence than humans, not bound by the weakness of flesh. C.H.E.R.U.B clearly do not show this form of higher intelligence, as they rather quickly lose arguments against Blitzo and the gang. Had they used their higher intelligence, they would have realized that getting in a fight with I.M.P would have caused some collateral damage. Here's the interesting thing, it was already quite obvious that C.H.E.R.U.B lack such higher intelligence. How so? Through the existence of their commercial. Commercials are meant to advertise services and goods, while making the advertiser look good. If C.H.E.R.U.B had higher intelligence, they would have realized that not only is this prideful, they are also technically offering indulgences into Heaven.
*** It's very possible that the other angels saw this in C.H.E.R.U.B, and took advantage of I.M.P trying to kill Lyle as a means to get rid of the trio.
*** There is also the montage of people dying in the beginning of the commercial. If they really were model guardian angels, C.H.E.R.U.B would have saved them as well instead of using the idea of ''saving human lives as a selling point''.
* Blitzo being nervous about telling Loopty they failed the job makes more sense when you realize he had already spent the money Loopty gave the company, and thus couldn't refund him for the botched job.
** Loopty also threatened to kill Blitzo if they failed, as we can see from Blitzo's text messages near the end.
* Why did Loopty claim that he wanted revenge on Lyle despite actually wanting to see him again? Simple: I.M.P is a business for revenge. Blitzo probably wouldn't have tried to do the job or cared about it had he known Loopty's real motive. So Loopty lied to them and paid them, not revealing the truth until after the job was complete.
** With this in mind, there's a moment in Loopty's introduction that makes a lot more sense on a [[RewatchBonus rewatch]]: when Blitzo asks Loopty why he wants Lyle dead, he pauses, like he's been put on the spot.
** Also note the ExactWords, he never says he wanted to hurt Lyle. When Blitzo warns him that Lyle may end up in Hell and be with Loopty forever, Loopty just says "I'm counting on it...", then showed off the weapons he had. He never actually says he'll hurt Lyle.
** In addition, Loopty's reasoning for why he wants revenge is very flimsy at best. This because he doesn't actually want revenge on Lyle and just came up with what he could think of so that I.M.P would take the job.
* Why didn't C.H.E.R.U.B think that their meddling in the lives of humans makes them hypocrites? Ever heard of the term GuardianAngel?
** Also consider, since C.H.E.R.U.B are meant to be an opposite version of I.M.P, whose business is very under the table at best, outright illegal at worst, their business may be sanctioned by Heaven and thus perfectly legal by their authority's laws. Thus they feel perfectly entitled to do their work because it's Heaven approved.
* The opera still being heard during the fight between I.M.P and C.H.E.R.U.B despite the singer being accidentally murdered by Blitzo earlier isn't just an audio gag. It is a play on the phrase "It ain't over till the fat lady sings", a saying which means don't assume the outcome until the process is actually over. In this case, "It ain't over until the old man is dead/saved."
** It's a common joke regarding operas that a main character never dies instantly, with them always getting one last aria before truly biting it.
* Blitzo considers cherubs to be "Heaven's table scraps", implying that they are possibly low ranked in the Angelic hierarchy, which puts them on the same level as imps in Hell. Judaism ranks Cherubim as second last on the list to Ishim (mortal) angels. C.H.E.R.U.B is tasked with helping and protecting people, and cherubs in biblical text help mortal people with dealing with their sin in hopes of being closer to God. Ironically, Christianity ranks Cherubim second highest to Seraphim angels, making them one of the top ranks and closest to God than others, and are tasked with worshipping Him. If the Jewish version is any indication, it would explain why Deerie casually decides to kick Cletus, Colin, and Keenie out of Heaven, implying that cherubs can be treated the same as imps, if not a little bit better.
** Of course Deerie would treat C.H.E.R.U.B. like this. Imps, who are already at the bottom of Hell’s social ladder, don’t care about knocking each other down a peg because there’s nowhere lower for them to sink and everyone in Hell is already a {{Jerkass}} anyway. Heaven, on the other hand, has been implied to be a repressive CrapsaccharineWorld with strict rules. Cherubs are their own society’s “table scraps” but they are able to fall from grace at any moment, even inadvertently. Naturally in this environment they would be passive aggressively nasty to each other. Higher tier angels likely stomp all over them in the same way, so to see their peers fail is probably one of the few forms of entertainment they get to have!
* Why are so many angels lambs? In real life, sheep and lambs are very prominent in Christianity. Also, remember what happened to the lambs when the 10th plague arrived in Ancient Egypt. Saving all those Hebrew children must have earned them a place in Heaven.
** On that note, and pointed out by the HB wiki, the C.H.E.R.U.B trio all have names from a country known for shepherds and sheep--"Cletus" is Greek in origin, while both "Keenie" and "Collin" are Irish names.
* When Wally crashes into the I.M.P headquarters, he pronounces the O in Blitzo's name. It seems odd since only Blitzo's enemies have been shown doing this, and Wally doesn't seem to harbour any ill-will towards Blitzo in particular. But maybe Wally wasn't trying to be cruel after all -- in his first appearance, he worked for or in Loo Loo Land, and we know Blitzo has a history with the place. Chances are Wally knew Blitzo back when they worked together and the O wasn't silent. He just didn't get the memo.
* Collin seems to generally be the only one in group with actual pure intentions, but is still treated poorly by I.M.P and even his own group. Could Collin actually be the BlackSheep (or WhiteSheep since they're {{Fallen Angel}}s now)?
* Why C.H.E.R.U.B doesn't accept money from clients?
** Accepting money would bring to mind the possibility that you are OnlyInItForTheMoney, leaving a bad impression.
** Heaven doesn't need any form of currency to contrast Hell which has its own currency (see Moxxie when he was trying to win Millie a prize in Loo Loo Land) and/or mortal money is no good there anyway.
** Given how [[EasyRoadToHell ridiculously stringent Heaven is]] regarding their entry conditions, the silver lining to all this is that the people who ''do'' make it there must have been ''absolute saints''. Asking them to pay for the services of C.H.E.R.U.B would make Heaven as a whole hypocritical regarding the phrase "It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God". That and not having to pay for their services is part their hard earned reward.
* I.M.P not killing Lyle directly may seem unusual considering their line of work. But remember, this was an unusual job. Before, I.M.P was just killing with no stipulation on where the soul went. This job specifically requires Lyle to end up in Hell, and suicide is considered by some as a one way ticket. I.M.P trying to convince Lyle to commit suicide is not them being lazy with the job, it's the only way to guarantee Lyle ends up in Hell.
** This may also be why I.M.P thought they failed initially. Just before his death, Lipton declared his newfound desire to live. Depending on how much they heard over the brawl, I.M.P may have thought his declaration meant he had fully repented, thus his death would send him to Heaven instead. Thankfully for them he is an unrepentant RichBastard and thus had an automatic ticket to Hell to begin with.
** Loopty's story also made them openly doubt that Lyle had done anything strictly evil, so while they had a bad opinion of him, they needed him to sin before they killed him or it might've been a toss-up on if he ended up in Hell.
* Given their dismay at the realization that agents of Heaven just descended to earth, another reason for I.M.P not attempting to just straight up kill Lipton when C.H.E.R.U.B shows up, is that they know they are inherently outmatched by holy beings (even if they are just "Heaven’s table scraps"), and that the cherubs would likely rush to defend Lyle against the imps. When the cherubs finally lose their temper and instigate the shootout at the opera, the only thing that allows I.M.P to fight toe to toe with C.H.E.R.U.B, is that they are CrazyPrepared, [[CombatPragmatist resourceful]] ''professionals'', like their company name states. Despite this, the cherubs' ability to fly and instantly conjure holy weapons with [[BottomlessMagazines unlimited ammo]] would have turned the fight against the I.M.P crew in the former's favor... had they not been in a location where the imps could swing & jump around with ease to avoid them.
** Despite I.M.P winning the "competition", their fight against C.H.E.R.U.B actually ended in a ''draw''. Had it gone on long enough, the cherubs may have actually ''won'', as the imps have limited ammo.
* While both Loopty and Lipton seem to share semi-robotic forms as demons as a way to show how their robotics empire got them in hell, Lyle Lipton's demon form has one trait unique to him. Upon close inspection, robo-Lipton's teeth look like piano keys. And how did he die? Being crushed by a falling piano!
* In the C.H.E.R.U.B jingle montage, there's a human helped by the group who seems to have just gotten into a car wreck. There's actually a hint as to the cause of the wreck, too! In the passenger seat to the left of the driver, there can be seen what looks to be a bottle labelled "The Holy Spirit", as well as a turned on phone with "Chirper" on it. Looks like someone may have been drinking, texting, and driving.
* Why is Lyle's mansion lacking in any form of security for a ''trillionaire''? He most likely fired them all as he is hoping that one of his many enemies made during his career would take advantage of his old age [[ThanatosGambit to kill him]]. Also, security ain't cheap.
* Moxxie pulls an absolutely ''ridiculous'' amount of weaponry out of his coat when offering Lipton a way to off himself. Aside from being CrazyPrepared and the weapons expert of the group, there's another reason for him to be packing that many weapons. In the jingle in the pilot there's the phrase "we'll even let you keep the knife". He probably keeps a lot of weapons on hand so that, in the event that a client requests to keep the weapon that killed the object of their revenge as a souvenir, he can hand it over more easily.
* How did Loopty find out about I.M.P almost immediately upon arriving in Hell? In the previous episode, the imps performed a lot of assassinations both swiftly and for cheaper prices, so naturally they built a rep for good results amongst Hells’ denizens. That or Loopty simply saw the billboards shortly after arriving. Either way, I.M.P’s actions (ad campaign or simply word-of-mouth) are making them a household name in the Pride Ring. Which also means that Blitzo's impulsive way of running his business isn't completely crazy.
* Many viewers wondered why Lyle [[MundaneSolution didn't try to use the machine to make himself young again]]. It is proven to be working correctly, the only mistake they made was because they used the wrong setting. However, when you look at the Loopty's flashback again, you notice that the machine worked ''[[RapidAging too well]]''. If Lyle tried to use it again, he would be reduced to a fetus if the machine is stopped one millisecond late, making it a risk that he is not willing to take unless he wants to use it to [[DeathByDeAging kill himself]].
* Having an "Old" setting in the first place seems like a rather blatant case of InventionalWisdom for two tech geniuses. They probably installed it in case they made themselves ''too young''. You can't exactly run a corporate empire if you are a little baby.
* At first it seems odd that C.H.E.R.U.B. seems to make no attempt to uphold the masquerade, never bothering to hide the fact that they are glowing babies/lambs with wings, but then you realize that Hell's fridge reason for upholding the masquerade applies conversely to Heaven; if people know that Hell is real, then they'll do everything in their power to avoid eternal damnation, but if they know Heaven is real, then people will do more good deeds trying to get their eternal reward.
** This in turn, might also be another reason why there are so many people in Hell as well. Because people think that Heaven is real while Hell is made up, [[DidntThinkThisThrough this gives them free reign to do whatever they want in life with no morals because everyone is going to Heaven anyway, unaware that Hell is also real and they just damned themselves there instead]].
* The entire episode is essentially [[StealthPun Lyle being guided by]] [[GoodAngelBadAngel angels and devils on his sides]].
* Keenie calls the imps "nothing but dirt that shitty dead people tread on!". At first glance, this is simply her FantasticRacism at work. However according to WordOfGod, inhabitants of Hell who died become part of the local landscape aka dirt that shitty dead people tread on! What she is saying isn't hyperbole.
* When Loopty gets near and the ground starts shaking, Loona is the first one to notice the ruckus. Well, dogs tend to notice earthquakes happening faster than people!
* It might seem weird that Keenie and Collin get kicked out with Cletus when it was the latter's stray arrow that ultimately killed Lyle. But not only did neither of them try to stop him, Keenie was the one who started the fight by attacking Millie while Collin helped Cletus escalate things by shooting at Moxxie and Blitzo. While Cletus fired the shot, Keenie and Collin were just as responsible for what happened by helping it get to that point.

[[folder:The Harvest Moon Festival]]
* From what we see of Wrath, it makes some sense why so much of Hell's farmland is there. It has volcanoes and fire all over, and [[Franchise/TheIncredibles volcanic soil is among the most fertile on Earth]] (or in Hell).
** As a bonus, volcanoes are sometimes seen as a form of Nature's wrath.
* Earlier, in "Spring Broken," Verosika mentions Blitzø took her credit card to the Wrath ring for horseback riding lessons. If Hell's farmland is in Wrath, it makes sense that that would be the best place to find horses.
* Moxxie and Millie hailing from the Ring of Wrath explains why both of them are so into violence, both as a job and as pleasure.
** Moxxie's desire to get in good with the in-laws makes sense after Vivienne said his mother hailed from Wrath, and that he always felt closer to that side of his heritage. If he can fit in with Wrath imps, he can prove--to himself, at the very least--that he's got more of his mom in him than his dad.
* Of course it was Stella who hired a hit out on Stolas. It's the only place he could've gotten the gun! No commoner could have easily gotten their hands on a weapon capable of killing royalty. Not unless they were connected to another royal. Only royals would likely be allowed to own such weapons, as safeguards against other royalty.
** Striker could have gotten the rifle (and his pistol seen at the end of the episode) off the black market, since there's a thriving trade of reforged angelic weapons in Hell. All the better for Stella so there isn't a trail leading back to her purchasing/acquiring said weapon/s.
* It seems rather convenient that Blitzo just happens to show up to stop the assassination attempt when he was just going to the house to get away from the crowd, considering that he was completely in the dark about Striker's true purpose when we last saw him. He probably discovered it by accident just like how Moxxie did with the gun's glow attracting his attention and was probably was planning on asking Striker what happened to his two now missing employees, apparently since he was the only other imp shown in the house.
** Or alternatively, Moxxie told Blitzo everything after he escaped, which explains how Blitzo figured Striker was going for Stolas and was able to intercept him before Moxxie. Besides, the way Blitzo switches his expression when Moxxie arrives implies that he was just playing along to distract Striker.
* Many of Striker's lines and actions are accompanied by the sound of a rattlesnake. A subtle and deliberate sign that he's a lying snake.
* Moxxie’s tangent about angelic technology being used in Hell’s weaponry is PlayedForLaughs because he’s being a gun nerd in front of his disapproving in-laws. But this foreshadows the reveal of Striker’s holy weapons, making this a literal ChekhovsGun setup.
* Stella yelling into the phone about Stolas' assassination is PlayedForLaughs, but think about it. Why did Stolas invite Blitzo and company to the Harvest Moon festival? It could have just been to flirt with Blitzo, like last time. Except last time, he invited him to protect himself, just like how he protected Stolas this time. He probably already knew about Stella's assassin from her phone calls, since she clearly doesn't even try being subtle about it, and brought I.M.P to find the assassin.
** And since it was officially a friendly invitation and not an official hiring, he doesn't have to pay them (money, anyway). That's clever.
** There’s also the possibility that Stolas just wanted to spice things up. He says early on that the Harvest Moon festival is “The same every year” with an almost disappointed tone. So he knows what happens at the festival, like the Pain Games. Stolas could’ve banked on Blitzo partaking and add a bit of excitement to the predictable events. Look at how excited he is at watching Blitzo wrestle Striker to the ground. Guy couldn’t be happier with the outcome thus far.
* Striker's dialogue offers RewatchBonus for the episode after the reveal. Him laughing at Blitzo's joke ("I'm good at killing people, might as well get paid for it.") and Striker replying that not many imps have the guts to start their own business. He is talking about assassination business.
** Also good for a rewatch is Stella's FiveSecondForeshadowing--she doesn't say "I want ''that'' asshole dead!", she says "I want ''this'' asshole dead!"...while staring right into the camera, and thus directly at Stolas seated across the table from her.
* Moxxie is several times stated to be from the Ring of Wrath, so why is he so proficient with guns, which aren't especially appreciated from what we see? Well, the Ring of Wrath is clearly based on the Old West, and a key element to any western movie would be gunslinging. Moxxie is probably from a different part of the ring based around that aspect of the wild west.
** Then again, the very obvious dislike Millie's parents have for Moxxie - not to mention everything else we know about the guy - seems to indicate that Moxxie was one of those unfortunate kids who "came out a little different" despite growing up in a rough-and-tumble rural community. Being born and raised in a place is never a guarantee you'll fit in there; Moxxie, who loves musical theatre and is an avid student of the history of warfare and modern weaponry with little care for hand-to-hand combat, probably knows that firsthand.
** Alternatively, Wrath seems based on the Deep South, which has a strong class divide and a quasi-aristocratic upper class that was fond of pistol duels before it was outlawed.
** "Exes and Oohs" reveals that his mother from Wrath got married to a mob boss in Greed, where he is got his skills and his inability to fit in Wrath. While he may not be from the "gunslinging" part of the Ring or moved to Greed as an infant, ''his mother'' might have been, which explains why would she marry a mob boss in the first place.
* Striker trying to kill Moxxie by suffocating him might seem a touch odd and maybe even personal for someone he looks down on, when he could just as easily kill him with a knife or somesuch. But remember, all throughout the episode, Striker has been associated with snakes (hence the sound of a rattlesnake rattle in so many of his scenes). Though not a method of killing for rattlesnakes, what's another method commonly employed by snakes on their prey? Constriction to cause suffocation!
** Additionally, the venom of some species of rattlesnakes actually causes death via respiratory paralysis.
** Not to mention he might not have actually wanted to kill Moxxie. When he has him and Millie at his mercy, he locks them in the storm cellar rather than finishing them off, implying he just wanted to knock out Moxxie and take him captive.
* When Striker refers to Blitzo as a "rodeo clown", it's not just a reference to one of the latter's past jobs. A rodeo clown is a performer whose job it is to distract a bull, thus getting the rider out of harm's way. This foreshadows how Blitzo (clown) ends up protecting Stolas (rider) from Striker (bull).
* A small one, but notice that Blitzo dropped his flintlock pistol in the beginning of his fight with Striker. When he and Moxxie corners Striker later, Blitzo reaches into his vest to procure his gun again (he wasn’t shown retrieving it). A fluke in the animation perhaps, but it is also likely Blitzo learnt to keep another gun on him in case he has not reloaded it like he did in "C.H.E.R.U.B." when he tried to shoot Cletus and it just went “click”.
* Blitzo and Stolas share what could be a joint in the first scene. An old nickname for marijuana was "the devil's lettuce".
* Picking Stolas to be the sort-of Goetia ambassador for the Harvest Moon Festival is a really smart move- Other than his abilities that would let him "curse" the festival with the use of his grimoire, he has an established affinity for imps, the main species inhabiting Wrath. This makes it less likely that he will start a dangerous (mostly for him) situation with a snooty comment or visible disgust due to closeness to such a "plebian" species. In the first scene, Blitzo clearly doesn't see the festival as anything worthwile and calls people of Wrath "Inbred chucklefucks", while Stolas considers the celebration "charming", proving that he has a much more positive outlook on the festival than even an actual imp.

[[folder:Truth Seekers]]
* Why can't Loona read the grimoire when the lights are flashing red? Dogs, like most non-primate mammals, have dichromatic vision and can't see into the red range. Secondly, the grimoire ''itself'' is written in red. In this situation, she might as well be reading a blank piece of paper.
* The times where I.M.P ''wasn't'' caught on camera was when Loona was wearing her human disguise. Looks like Loona's complaint is very much valid. This is even proven at the end of the episode where the demons' ''undisguised'' rampage being caught on camera gets used as indisputable proof.
* This episode gives us another reason why Loona stays behind in Hell. ''Someone'' needs to stay in Hell with the grimoire to read it, as I.M.P can't risk losing it in the human world, in order to open the portals and that role is shown throughout the previous episodes to be part of her job. As for why it is only her instead of another employee like Moxxie or Millie, she is also the one out of the quartet who is the least willing to go on missions. Combined with her overprotective dad, this makes her the perfect choice as gatekeeper. "Spring Broken" is the exception because she brought the grimoire with her.
** It's also practical to keep someone in the demon world with the book because out in the field may not always be conducive for opening the portal. Such as the flashing red lighting in the interrogation room making it impossible for Loona to read it. We know that Blitzo can contact Loona in the demon world by phone (as he did in episode 1 to let her know the mission was complete), and Loona said Blitzo told her to not open the portal until some point, though Millie interrupted her and ''demanded'' she open the portal anyway. So it's likely the normal plan is for Loona to wait for Blitzo to escape and call her for the all clear to pick them up when it's safe. And that if she ''doesn't'' hear from him, it means he's either 1) dead, or 2) in a position where rescuing him would be too dangerous regardless.
* This episode explains why Striker [[KnowWhenToFoldEm decided to retreat]] when Loona showed up since the fight revealed that she may be the most dangerous member of I.M.P.; Striker may be StrongAndSkilled for an imp but not as strong [[NormalFishInATinyPond as a hellhound]]. This also explains why Blitzo was so quick to back down when Vortex confronted him.
* The truth gas literally made Blitzø and Moxxie face their inner demons.
* Blitzo's dream reveals much about his psyche along with why he acts the way he does:
** Take note of how Hallucination!Verosika treats Blitzo. Striker and Fizzaroli throw around and mock him for his loneliness, while she crawls towards him and calls him out for pushing away those that get close, at most grabbing his face for emphasis. This hints heavily that Verosika really loved Blitzo and Blitzo knew, but then he sabotaged the relationship.
** The hallucinations of Striker, Fizzaroli, and Verosika speak with Blitzo's voice rather than those of their voice actors. Blitzo is criticizing ''himself'' for his own insecurities and toxic behavior.
** Adding to the above, Moxxie's voice is unchanged--his body, however, flickers between his normal art style and the crude, childish drawing style Blitzo's used in the past. While the other hallucinations speak to Blitzo's insecurities about himself, Moxxie just blathers on in overly-fancy language without really saying anything of value. Much as Blitzo wants to think that that's how Moxxie is, he knows it isn't true, hence the flickering between real and unreal.
*** Why is Moxxie phasing in and out of Blitzo's drawing style? Looks like Blitzo is still upset about [[CallBack Moxxie criticizing his art skills...]]
** None of Blitzo's family shows up during the hallucination, not even his disapproving father who would presumably be a big source of Blitzo's insecurity. That's because his interactions with Robo-Fizz, Verosika, and Striker were all very recent, meaning that the emotional wounds they inflicted were still fresh in Blitzo's mind. Not to mention that the Truth Bomb gas dissipates fairly quickly. It's possible that it could have dredged up Blitzo's family had it lingered for longer.
** Blitzo's mind is drenched in mud. Aside from signifying how Blitzo feels lower than dirt, mud in dreams symbolizes insecurity, uncertainty, and an inability to find your footing. All things that Blitzo has been struggling with. The mud disappears once Stolas arrives, though some of it coats the staircase for a little longer. Stolas is a reassuring presence in Blitzo's life on some level, but Blitzo still isn't one hundred percent sure if he will stick around.
** Blitzo climbs the golden stairs to get away from Fizzaroli, Verosika, and Striker only to see Stolas waiting at the top, being fanned by two clones of himself. Rather than run in another direction though, Blitzo keeps climbing, almost crawling towards him. The clown outfit that Blitzo had been wearing is replaced by his normal outfit, but golden chains form around his wrists and neck, led by a chain pulled by Stolas. This single scene explains so much about Stolas and Blitzo's relationship to one another; Blitzo gained a new life and dignity (the clothes) thanks to Stolas, but his entire assassination business is now dependent on Stolas' grimoire, making Blitzo feel trapped (the chains) under the owl's whims. Stolas might actually be in love with Blitzo, but because of this dynamic, Blitzo feels like it's nothing more than a master toying with their pet. It also explains why Blitz seemed so reluctant to be near Stolas in the past: his self-deprecation and tendency to push people away makes him believe that once Stolas grows bored of him, he'll discard him and he'll lose everything, so he doesn't want to get attached.
* Moxxie's dream also reveals a few things about him:
** Unlike Blitzo's dream, which is heavily populated, Moxxie's dream only has Blitzo in it. And, much like in Blitzo's dream, Moxxie needs to climb a long flight of stairs to get to him. It shows that, for all of the personal questions and harsh critiques that he endures, Moxxie still considers his boss as one of the most important people in his life.
** Blitzo is dressed as ''Theatre/ThePhantomOfTheOpera''. It's quite a fitting outfit for him, considering that the Phantom is described as a man who hides his true self behind a mask, while only wishing to be loved. Moxxie is aware of this side of his boss and even calls him out for pushing people away with his "toxic routine."
** Moxxie is shown climbing the stairs throughout the entire song whenever he blames or insults Blitzo. It's only when he admits that he hasn't been honest about his feelings and his fear of rejection that he's able to come close and sit next to Blitzo, with the two promising to be better to one another.
** Moxxie's hallucination of Blitzo is noticeably less caricaturized than Blitzo's of Moxxie - complete with Hallucination!Blitzo calling Moxxie a bitch and taking time out of their duet to tease Moxxie about his wife pegging him. Even still, Moxxie resolves to be a better friend to Blitzo, and his hallucination mixes encouragement with teasing by telling him that "the world is [his] anus, so peg it with honesty," showing that for all of their chafing, Moxxie is able to accept Blitzo and call him a friend with [[WartsAndAll the whole of his personality taken into account]].
* When Blitzo starts climbing the ornate staircase with white feathers scattered all over, it easily comes across as angelic imagery for a split second. Then we remember that Stolas is basically I.M.P's [[StealthPun angel investor]]. In this case, more of a OneWingedAngel investor, but still.
* Stolas making Agent 2 do an ExorcistHead isn't just a pop culture reference. He is also doing it as an ''owl'' demon who can naturally rotate their heads past 180 degrees.
* Why is Blitzo's go-to question for Moxxie whether or not he gets pegged? Blitzo has repeatedly shown interest in a more physical relationship with the couple and wants to know logistically where in the arrangement he would fit.
** And it's another CallBack to a line from episode 3!
* It may seem odd that D.H.O.R.K.S. isn't taken seriously despite all the footage they have, and some may question why they think the footage they collected during the episode would be enough for them to be taken seriously ''this'' time, but there may be an explanation. What we see before are random, out-of-context, low-quality snippets along the lines of the controversial [[BigfootSasquatchAndYeti Patterson-Gimlin bigfoot footage]] which are too inconclusive to definitively prove anything and could be brushed off as fake. The footage they collected during the episode, however, is in-depth, clean, and extensive, not only showing the whole of I.M.P. in a combat situation, but also Stolas in both his regular and more powerful form. Overall, what they have now is something that could be accepted as definitive proof far more easily, unlike what they have before which many could dismiss as flimsy or even a series of hoaxes, and which even people inclined to believe in demons would probably say isn't solid enough evidence to prove their theories even if they think it's likely genuine. Not to mention it would be hard to brush off the corpses and destruction in the facility.
* Why does no one in D.H.O.R.K.S fight with guns? Because they’re [[StealthPun dorks]] who believe Edo period Japanese weapons are much cooler than firearms for purely aesthetic reasons. Hence why no one takes them seriously.
* Why does Loona bother keeping up her human disguise while she's inside the D.H.O.R.K.S. facility? She's not supposed to be in there either way. Maybe she was planning to steal a uniform but never got the opportunity.
** Loona probably wanted to keep up the disguise as long as she could just in case. Say, if she pretended to just be a normal human girl being forced to help a bunch of demons escape, she might get in trouble but has the opportunity to escape and come up with a new plan if she and Millie got caught. As Millie is the one to do most of the fighting on their way in, Loona would always have some plausible deniability. Loona only returns to her true form, presumably the one she can fight best in, when it's time to actually bust in and save them.
* Blitzo's plan to make the agents too angry to think straight worked perfectly when you think about what happens after Blitzo tells Moxxie his intentions. The agents pump truth gas into the room, but they're so focused on trying to humiliate back the imps that ''they completely forget to use the opportunity to question Blitzo and Moxxie''. Secondly, thanks to the subsequent MushroomSamba leaving Blitzo and Moxxie [[DidntSeeThatComing incapacitated]], the agents ''couldn't'' interrogate the imps even if they wanted too.
* Why isn't Stolas worried about Agents 1 and 2 spilling the beans about Hell and the agents of it that go into the mortal world even though he should know those monitors were connected to cameras recording the facility? Because he has connections in the mortal realm that can make such evidence, and probably the two agents, disappear. He mentioned an associate in the pilot that could benefit from a climate change activist being killed, so either a fossil fuel businessman or a government leader. On that note, the rich and powerful might not care about Hell since they’re already probably satanists, and have more reason to keep knowledge of Hell away from the general public.
* Stolas going through the trouble of summoning himself through a possessed Agent 2 isn't just for horror. According to general demon and Ars Goetia lore, the demon lord summoned is at the whims of the summoner while being trapped in the summoning circle/symbol. By possessing Agent 2, using her as the "summoner" while placing her in the symbol, ''[[LoopholeAbuse Stolas summoned himself and escaped the summoning circle at the same time, keeping his own free will]].'' [[https://www.reddit.com/r/HelluvaBoss/comments/pc9swp/stolas_is_much_smarter_then_we_give_him_credit_for/ Original source]].
* Moxxie and Blitzo are directly responsible for getting truth serum sicced on them. Moxxie explains to Agents 1 and 2 that physical torture is a terrible interrogation technique, but he doesn't even attempt to dissuade them from using psychological torture (despite the fact that Moxxie was the one who brought up the topic of psychological torture to begin with). Blitzo then seals their fate by admitting on camera that his strategy against the Agents is to mess with their heads. These two were practically asking for it by the time Agents 1 and 2 retaliated with their own psychological warfare.
* When Stolas was asked regarding how he knew I.M.P is in danger, he said "I have my ways". It is highly likely that he was spying on Blitzo in his bathtub like in "Murder Family" watching the carnage and decided to help when I.M.P could no longer bail themselves out. While it is LooseCanon, Blitzo also posted his selfie with the dead agent head on his [[https://www.instagram.com/p/CS2EQxGFixA/ blog]] and Stolas may have seen it.
* There's a subtle focus on Blitzo's face and the symbolism behind it in this episode.
** His ''Theatre/ThePhantomOfTheOpera'' appearance in Moxxie's hallucination isn't just a clever shoutout and reference to the figurative "mask" he wears (see above). Apparently when imps get scars, they appear white on their skin. Blitzo's facial scar resembles the Phantom's mask and is also on the left side, so of course Moxxie (being the musical theater buff he is) would make that connection. An I.M.P office poster in earlier episodes shows that Blitzo didn’t have this scar during his circus career, so it’s symbolic of not only the “mask” he wears, but also of his new life and identity.
** Blitzo's hallucination has the white scarring show more prominently on the left side of his face because it's in the form of circus clown makeup (there’s even a teardrop mark under his eye on the left side). The visual split on his face shows the opposing sides to his personality. He's aloof and clownish but he's deeply sad inside. He craves affection but pushes people away. He has strong ambitions but is self-destructive.
** Both Blitzo and Moxxie's hallucinations show Blitzo with a broken heart forehead mark instead of his regular one. Even Moxxie can tell Blitzo has some sort of a heartbreaking history.
** When Blitzo starts making out with Stolas, the left side of his face is turned toward the audience. His scarred/masked side. He's fully "Blitzo with a silent o" again and whatever his inner feelings are, he's content with it for the moment. He even ''resembles'' Stolas to a striking degree while they’re flirting and kissing: Blitzo’s white scarring matches Stolas’ facial coloring and their character designs both happen to have similar eyelid markings. It just hammers home how in sync they are for once.
* While Millie states she's only five years older than Loona when being called an "old lady", Loona might have been thinking in dog years, which'd make Millie about 35 years older than the Hellhound. Sort of a stealth FurryReminder.
* Blitzo mentioning having taken a load of tranquilizers in college has an extra meaning to it, as it’s not just used in drug abuse, but tranquilizers are also a prescription drug used to treat anxiety, fear, tension, agitation, and mental disturbances (such as psychosis). For Blitzo to take the drug medicinally while attending college (where it’s a great advantage to be functional enough mentally to even get an education) makes perfect sense, especially since he exhibits several symptoms of the ailments in the present.
** This leads into the realm of FridgeHorror, when remembering that Blitzo’s taken so many tranquilizers that he’s developed a resistance to them, and thus likely aren’t taking them anymore, or any other anti-psychosis drug for that matter. Suddenly a lot of Blitzo's behavior and character traits begin to make a frightening lot of sense. Even the follow-up comment of being "strapped nipples first to a car battery once" could have been an impromptu attempt at ECT (Electroconvulsive therapy) which is used against mental disorders.
* Blitzo tells Stolas to unclench his "bird puss". As ridiculous as his choice of words are, it's pretty in line with how you'd expect someone to describe a cloaca if they had slept with an anthropomorphic bird person several times without ever really learning the correct terms for avian biology.
* The confirmation that Moxxie is into getting pegged makes Loona's "sit on a dick" insult from the pilot take on a whole new meaning.
* Moxxie immediately guessing that the interrogation room was filling with a truth serum is pretty out there. However, he was already under its effects, which made him blurt out the first thing that came to mind.

[[folder:OZZIE'S]]
* Why doesn't Stolas defend his relationship with Blitzo during the song?
** He is still unsure of the kind of relationship he has with the latter. Blitzo already confirmed his view in "Truth Seekers". Stolas has yet to do the same and was probably trying to use the date to figure it out.
*** Blitzo, meanwhile, reminds him that their relationship is strictly beneficial, not intimate. Stolas had set this up gets some love and excitement in his life from the imp that his wife couldn't provide, and Blitzo has access to his book for his job.
** If we follow Ars Goetia lore, Asmodeus is numbered ''much higher'' than Stolas numerically wise (Asmodeus is number 32 while Stolas is 36) and in the hierarchy, he is a '''King''' of Hell (1st tier) compared to '''Prince''' (3rd tier) Stolas. Stolas' OhCrap when finding out that OZZIE'S is ran by Asmodeus leads credence to this.
*** This even leads to a StealthPun about the hierarchy and why a lot of Demon Royalty are avian: there's a strong ''pecking order'' within their upper class circle.
*** Even within the show's universe, Asmodeus is also one of the Seven Deadly Sin royalty, a group that answers only to ''Lucifer'' himself. (And Lucifer is one of them, as the embodiment of Pride)
* The difference in responses between the two heckled couples' respective loves foreshadow how their night would end. Millie who rose up to defend Moxxie and finish the song together only got them kicked out after it is over. Stolas ''hid'' throughout the rest of the song after being torn into emotionally, which led to both him and Blitzo bummed out in their own homes rather than in each other's embrace.
** To elaborate, one viewer [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWV-1v6jDjM&lc=UgwKTywb_MBlhFsjeuZ4AaABAg noted]] the difference between the Moxxie/Millie and Blitzo/Stolas parts. The former couple just kept to each other, no matter how much the outside world wanted to influence them. The latter pair kept piled on by outsiders, being afraid of what the others think until all they could do is shut up in embarrassment. Eventually, the former couple won as they finished their song that is only meant for each other, resulting in TheBigDamnKiss to a ''cheering'' audience. Meanwhile, all the latter pair could do is quietly leave in disgrace.
* Why did Blitzo turn down Stolas' offer to stay at his mansion for the night? The latter not defending the former when he was being heckled likely confirmed to Blitzo that Stolas really does just see him as a sex toy and nothing else.
** There might be another reason, as well. Look at Blitzø's face when Asmodeus brings up how thoroughly the affair has wrecked Stolas' life. It looks as though this is the first time Blitzø has been made to realize what an impact his deal with Stolas has had on the prince. Maybe he was trying to put some distance between them in an effort to protect what status and reputation Stolas has left?
** Adding to this, Blitzo is also a father himself. So finding out that he contributed to Stolas's relationship with Octavia deteriorating probably added an extra layer of guilt.
* The crowd may have been heckling Moxxie's song not just out of derision, but ''jealousy''. Life in Hell is generally miserable for everyone with compassion and emotional vulnerability being seen as a weakness. Many of the demons at the club likely either don't have healthy, loving relationships like Moxxie and Millie's, or they do but can't show it for fear of being ridiculed by Hell's society and powerful figures of authority like Asmodeus. The fact that there was applause following Moxxie's performance shows that there were at least some demons brave enough to praise this display of genuine affection.
* The symbolism behind the scene in Stolas' front yard. As a viewer [[https://www.reddit.com/r/HelluvaBoss/comments/qkluw4/parallels_between_ep6_and_ep7/hix80hk/ stated]], Blitzo climbed ''up'' the staircase towards Stolas in his hallucination only to end up in chains in "Truth Seekers", while in here Stolas ends up at the ''bottom'' of the staircase, cause he was ready to get down towards Blitzo, offering him comfort, only to be pushed away.
* Fitting how the episode to villainize the physical embodiment of lust is the one to boil down the characters and relationships to their real components, when they are unable to hide behind sex jokes and innuendo.
** Moxxie and Millie's relationship is constantly the butt of jokes about Moxxie's sexual ability. But in the end, Moxxie and Millie truly love one another, being one of the only married couples in the show. Their marriage is held together by love, not lust.
** Stolas and Blitzo's relationship, on the other hand, is only held together by making love. Stolas is quite fond of talking down, and dirty, to Blitzo, and Blitzo repeatedly states he is only using Stolas for the book. This relationship seems to only be held together by lust and sex. Or so they believe.
*** Blitzo was confirmed in the last episode to be afraid of intimacy, yet also crave it. He is also implied to have a DarkAndTroubledPast. This is why he denies any romantic feelings towards Stolas, out of fear of being judged or hurt, even when strongly implied to have romantic feelings about him. At the end of the episode, we see exactly where this left him. Alone and crying.
*** Stolas's half of the relationship has been mostly flirting and dirty talk, but there have been strong implications that he feels real love for Blitzo, and in this episode, it is finally revealed without a doubt that he is smitten with him. He wants to have something real with Blitzo, but hides vulnerability behind sex jokes, unless Blitzo shows interest first. This is why he wasn't nearly as teasing as regularly, this was his first real opportunity with Blitzo. Too bad Blitzo was only using him. Blitzo himself probably realised that by using Stolas, he himself was contributing to this relationship by using Stolas to sneak into his employees' anniversary.
* It seems like a simple case of HypocriticalHumor for Asmodeus to seem so distraught at Fizzarolli getting hurt when the two of them have been mocking Moxxie relentlessly for showing affection to Millie, but it makes perfect sense when you consider what we know of demon royalty. For the elites in Hell, appearances are EVERYTHING. After all, Stella is willing to have Stolas assassinated merely because his flings with Blitzo could ruin their reputation. Considering that Asmodeus and Fizzarolli sit in the same booth to watch Moxxie perform, seem genuinely happy to sing a duet together, and are cuddling in each other's arms at the end of the song, it seems like the two have a romantic attraction for each other. However, Asmodeus is the Lord of ''Lust,'' and since appearances are everything, he can't be seen showing romantic affection, nor can he allow it to be sung about uninterrupted. Therefore, to everyone else in OZZIE's, Fizzarolli is merely a showman and Asmodeus is simply his boss, and while it's usually pretty easy to hide their real relationship, Fizzarolli getting hurt allowed us to see [[BeneathTheMask beneath Asmodeus' mask.]]
** Reinforced in ''The Circus'' where it's revealed that the Goetia are assigned their role and don't have any say in the matter. It's Asmodeus's job to be the embodiment of Lust, and any personal feelings are moot in the face of that.
* While sinners are mostly to blame for them being in Hell and staying there, if Asmodeus' attitude towards love is a hint, it means the demons higher up will actively encourage sin and punish any display of goodness like real love. So even if the sinners weren’t being their own worst enemies, the very cultural environment of Hell created by demons like Asmodeus will make any possible HeelFaceTurn far harder to accomplish.
** [[FridgeHorror Which invites all sorts of]] [[SarcasmMode "wonderful"]] [[FridgeHorror implications about Charlie’s efforts for rehabilitation]].
* Asmodeus guilting Stolas by complimenting his lust shows that nobody is safe from Hell's tortures. In Hell, even the demons are tortured with the sinners.
* Why doesn't Asmodeus flay Moxxie and Millie alive for daring to show love in a place of lust while only telling them to get out? After all, he is among Hell's top demon royalty which wouldn't have been out of character. It is because the whole performance was ''applauded'' by his customers and in the grand scheme of things, it is just one instance of love in a ocean of lust. To keep up appearances as a host, he had to let them leave unscathed but not before probably banning them for life. If he did attack them, he would look like a jealous/ungrateful host who is angry over an act ''he allowed to happen in the first place''. After all, he is the Embodiment of Lust, not Envy. Speaking of envy, he may have been secretly jealous that the lowest of the low can openly display what they actually feel while even he, one of the Seven Deadly Sins, has to hide his own true feelings.
** It also helps that Fizzaroli bounced back fairly quickly after getting hit by Millie. Had he been more seriously hurt, then Asmodeus would have had more of a reason to get violent.
** Moxxie and Millie also ended up actually disproving part of Asmodeus' critique of their relationship; early in the song, he mocks Moxxie for having an "unsatisfied bride"; not only does that result in Blitzo finally having enough and standing up to him to explain they make even basic sex look exciting, Millie brained Fizz so that Moxxie could finish the song; as much as they mock the sentimentality, Asmodeus and Fizz can tell there's actual passion there, [[VillainRespect which at least means they get the idea]]. Hence, just letting them off with a warning.
* Fizzaroli not knowing that Blitzo was the one to burn Loo Loo Land down makes sense when looking back at how the fight with Robo-Fizz went down. Blitzo's shooting at an assassin scared away the crowd, meaning that nobody else was inside the tent to see Blitzo and Robo-Fizz's confrontation. The fire that broke out shortly afterwards caused further panic and everybody was probably too busy running from the flames to pay attention to their fight. And to top it off, Robo-Fizz is eaten by a dragon, so there was no way for the Loo-Loo Land employees to examine his memory banks for the identity of the attacker/arsonist.
* After getting cleaned up for his date, Stolas has a more pronounced grey streak in his hair just like the female imp from the Hella-novella he was watching earlier. And also like her, he ends up being spurned by his lover.
* Asmodeus isn't exaggerating when he said Stolas "selling his life for a thrust" is the true spirit of lust. What's more valuable for the demonic embodiment of a sin: the rampant indulge in carnal desires by two (or more) ''consenting'' individuals without the attachment of feelings, or being so consumed by your basic urges that you don't consider future consequences for the acts you committed? You just need to look at all the sexual scandals in society to see how much damage lust can actually cause to a person's life and why it's considered a deadly sin.
* All the way back in "Loo Loo Land", Blitzo [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=peEaoyvFajo calls]] Fizzaroli "an overrated sellout jester". Here, it is revealed that the latter became a showman for a club in the Lust Ring, supposedly under the thumb of another demon.
** What's more, during "Loo Loo Land" the Robo Fizz heckled Blitzo for not doing a very good job working as a clown at that establishment. In Blitzo's drug-induced epiphany in "Truth Seekers," Hallucination Fizzarolli taunted him for "trying to go it alone," only to end in failure. Given that Blitzo was a CircusBrat and his phone PhotoMontage reveals that Blitzo and Fizz were ChildhoodFriends (if not [[ChildhoodFriendRomance teenage boyfriends]]), there might also be a level of jealousy and resentment to his "overrated sellout" comment: Fizzarolli wound up being ''far'' more successful in both his career and love life (a rich, famous, beloved jester; and lover of one of Hell's most powerful demons) than Blitzo ever could have been.
* When Asmodeus sees Stolas as Blitzo's date, he wastes no time airing his dirty laundry in public; pointing out how Stolas gave up his marriage and life for an affair with a lowly imp. So, how did Asmodeus know all this off the top of his head? Well, Stella being a RichBitch {{Socialite}} who isn't exactly quiet about things that annoy her, it's possible that she complained to anyone who would listen that she was leaving her husband because of his cheating, but would have left out that it was with an ''imp'' to save face. However, once Asmodeus (another powerful demon in or near her social circle) spotted Stolas at his lounge with an imp shortly after he and Stella split, Asmodeus would put two-and-two together and realize ''this'' was the one Stolas cheated on Stella with.
* It makes perfect sense for Verosika to accuse Blitzo of being a bad lover. After all, they were at a sex-centered restaurant in the Lust Ring. Regardless of what other ways he might've made a substandard boyfriend, sex is what the others there would've been interested in. She wasn't just insulting him to vent, she was insulting him to ''damage his reputation''.
** Extra brilliance here: They are in the Lust ring. The highest "virtue" in that ring is doing everything and anything to satisfy your lust. Therefore, helping somebody else satisfy their lust is also a virtue and expected behavior. So doing opposite of that, denying somebody their satisfaction, is the greatest sin one can commit in the Lust ring. Add in that they are in Hell, which is looking at most things through the lense of transactions, and the behavior of which Blitzo is accused makes him look not only inattentive substandard lover but straight out thief and fraud. Because Verosika did her expected part of the deal and Blitzo didn't do his. Nobody in Lust would care if he stole her money and car, but breaking her heart ("heartbreaking freak" part of the song) after not giving her anything in return for all the things she did to satisfy his lust? Horrible "sin" in that ring.
* When Asmodeus is mocking Stolas during his song, he mostly focuses on Stolas's crumbling marriage rather than the fact that Blitzo is an [[FantasticRacism imp]], and almost seems proud of him for it ("You sold your life for a thrust! Now, that's the spirit of lust!"). Apart from the fact that Asmodeus is just doing his job as the King of Lust, the pictures in Blitzo's phone show that Fizzarolli is an imp too. Of course he doesn't care that Stolas is with an imp; ''he's doing the exact same thing.''
** So far, it doesn't appear that Asmodeus has a spouse and a child/children. As far as he is concerned, he isn't ruining the lives of his loved ones by being in a secret romantic relationship with Fizzarolli.
* Loona opening a portal by setting a booze bottle on a page of the Grimoire shows why they need the book so badly. It's not a book of spells so much as a collection of touch-activated sigils.

[[folder:Queen Bee]]
* For all her friendliness, Bee's lyrics noticeably contain one rather worrying line: " I'm what you want, ''not what you need.''" This is a subtle way to remind viewers that, despite how incredibly friendly and benevolent Bee may ''seem'' to be in this episode, she's still the [[DemonLordsAndArchdevils Queen of Gluttony]]. All the things she gives people are things they want, but not what they actually ''need''.
** This is also reflected in her song, ''Cotton Candy'', and her seeming preference for it; cotton candy, while delicious, has basically no nutritional value, and is actively ''bad'' for you given the amount of sugar it contains. Appropriate for a being of Gluttony...
*** As a bonus, the sugar rush induces an instant high. In other words, [[StealthPun a buzz]].
*** On that note, how perfect is "Sour Cream" as Bee's offensive nickname for Loona during the scene when she gets angry and huge?
** It could also imply that she's fully aware of the difference between a person's wants and their needs, such as later in the episode when she notices Blitzo isn't partying for fun, rather to drown his sorrows.
* Bee, the Demon Lord of Gluttony, serves as a Foil to Asmodeus in several ways.
** Firstly, the two episodes they feature in are SimultaneousArcs, both featuring Blitzo to boot.
** As noted above, Bee's line "I'm what you want, not what you need" shows that she is aware of the difference between wants and needs, and she doesn't consider her own domain, Gluttony, above the importance of well being. This is in stark contrast to Asmodeus, who actively discourages displays of non-sexual love, and even encourages putting sexual desire above other relationships, such as family.
** The sins they represent are opposites as well. While Gluttony and Lust are most commonly defined as desire for food and sex respectively, the former is literally the want for physical consumption, and the latter the want for immaterial things.
** The blatant disclaimer behind Bee's lyrics ("what you want, not what you need") spells disaster for Blitzo. They echo his disregard for consequences and the general vibe during OZZIE'S. These realms are all fun and games for those who are hungry (for fun, sex, food, etc.), but those who are ''emotionally starving'' are in for a bad time.
* Though in a more subdued manner than the absolute beatdown he faced during OZZIE'S, the past comes back to haunt Blitzo when some members of Bee's party recognize him. It's kind of amazing that Blitzo has managed to lead a life significantly removed from all of his past baggage for a while (as far as we've known him, at least).
* Bee encourages people to get drunk...or ''buzz''ed, if you will.
* Both of the things Loona refuses when offered--the sweets Bee conjured, and the alcohol--are things that can cause nausea or even full-on vomiting in excess. Considering the embarassing photo [[AlphaBitch Vikki]] has on her phone, and the fact that Bee's powers almost force excessive consumption, it makes sense Loona would be looking to avoid any potential triggers for a repeat event.
* Unlike many of the past members of Hell's royalty that we see, Bee is very down to earth and sweet. But then you realize that, while she is a Ring Monarch, she's also physiologically similar to Hellhounds, one of the lowest classes in Hell. She is able to empathize with the lowest of the low in Hell, which makes her much more able to be so down to earth compared to the other Ring Monarchs.
** A second reason might come down to how she does her parties. She has an interest in catering ''to'' her party guests, and if the party we see is any indication, most of her guests are Imps and Hellhounds, so she has to be able to see them as individuals and understand them if she wants to make the best party possible.
* It's a common misconception that dogs don't know when they're full, and will continue eating as long as someone puts food in front of them. It's likewise a common misconception that the sin of gluttony refers to eating a lot of food, even after you've had your fill. Small wonder the Gluttony ring seems to attract so many hounds.
* Why does Tex still work for Verosika, a succubus idol, despite the reveal in here that his girlfriend is the ''Lord of Gluttony''? As shown with Blitzo and Fizz, relationships between (vastly) different social classes is frowned upon in Hell and Hellhounds are considered just as lowly as Imps. Vortex and Bee mostly hang out during the latter's parties in where the partygoers, who are Imps and Hellhounds, are too busy indulging in food and/or drugs to notice while her passes at him can easily be taken as part of her general extroverted self. Vortex signed up as a lowly bodyguard to act as his alibi when not partying to prevent bringing any scandals to Bee. This could be also the reason why aside from being a party guest, he doesn't seem to ask for anything else from her which will definitely get noticed by others.
** Considering Verosika enjoys Bee-elzejuice, Vortex may have ''met'' Bee while Verosika was at such a party, and he maintains the job as a cover (as the above point presents) and/or for other reasons.
* Back in "Spring Broken", Vortex says that his girlfriend throws the "sickest parties". Now we know how.
* At first it seems that Bee breaks the Circus theme that the Seven Sins seem to have, but then you realize she can also represent the confectionery and candy sellers you often found in circuses and fairs. And just like candy sellers, while part of the circus, they're not considered as important as the Ringmaster and the Big Tent attractions, just like Bee, as despite being a Deadly Sin, she's also resembles and acts like a Hellhound.
** It is later [[https://archive.is/13pdb clarified by Viv that she represents the animal acts of the circus]]. What better way to fit this by being similar to the one race that is treated like an ''animal'' in Hell?
* At first it seems like the AlphaBitch mocking Loona said "oh my god" after she was called a bitch, but actually she said "oh my ''dog''". It's brilliant in three ways: not only she avoids mentioning {{God}} in hell, but also "dog" is "god" spelled backwards, and it's appropiate because she's a hell''hound''.
* Bee's specialty seems to be producing sugary treats and candy, and most of her party guests are dogs. While dogs are omnivorous and have sweet taste buds, sugar is (while not toxic) not recommended for them to eat frequently. So Bee is actually indulging her guests in a literal vice that can be detrimential for them.
** Bee isn't seen making a lot of chocolate pastries during the party; chocolate is highly toxic for dogs
* During her song, Bee says "your Queen Bee brings the sweet stuff, so keep making me that mother fucking honey!" All her guests are partying inside a rave building designed like a "hive" and they're producing tons of good vibes because of their consumption and fun, so they're basically acting as her worker bees by helping her to create her "honey", which are her special confections and Beelze-juice. Bee can literally "taste the flavor of people at [her] parties", so it makes sense that these emotions would be her nectar for the creation of honey.
** Bonus: what are gods known to eat? Ambrosia and nectar! So not only is Bee feeding everyone around her, she's also always being fed and kept happy, like a real queen bee.
** This can also explain why Bee-elzejuice is so addictive to other demons. It is literally liquid fun and happiness!! Of course, since this is ''demonic'' happiness, this only applies to other demons. Just ask the unfortunate fish in the "Spring Broken".
* Why does her parties mainly consist of only Imps and Hellhounds? Not only do the other demons not want to associate with them, given how informal and rowdy her parties are, the higher class would also consider it too plebian and "politely" refuse to go. This also drives away any nobles who might want to get any dirt on her like say, discovering that she has a Hellhound boyfriend.
* Bee's sigil is that of Bael, one of the Kings of the Ars Goetia. They aren't the same figure, but they are both derived from the same entity, the Canaanite god Baal.
* Why is Loona's usage of "bitch" considered bad while Bee can use it and no one bats an eye? The former is intended as an ''insult'' while the latter is a ''casual greeting''. That difference was what really set the others off.
* Queen Bee's design is very over the top compared to the other characters. You can say that her design is ''[[MeaningfulAppearance overindulged]]''.
* If this is Loona's first time at a party by Queen Bee given that she no idea who the latter is, where did the picture of her vomiting come from? The previous party she attended was likely held at another place without Vortex's invitation.
* Why are Bee and Tex more open and affectionate than the other two {{Unequal Pairing}}s seen in the series? Financial independence.
** Fizzarolli is an employee of Asmodeus, he acts at Ozzie's club, his likeness turned into sex bots, he's sold himself body (which Ozzy has partially replaced) and soul to the Prince of Lust. Even if there is some love between Fizz and Ozzy it's secondary to their employee-boss relationship.
** Vortex on the other hand works for a demon in an entirely different ring from the one his girlfriend rules. If they broke up he'd still have his job.
** Blitzo and Stolas don't have a direct employee-employer relationship, but Blitzo's business would not exist without Stolas' grimoire. We saw in "Truth Seekers" that Blitzo is worried about being chained to Stolas (like Fizz to Ozzy), and he won't admit that their relationship is anything more than SexForServices as seen in the previous episode. Even when Stolas tries to take their relationship further the grimoire hangs over them.

!FridgeHorror

[[folder:General]]
* With the confirmation that the series takes place in the same universe as ''WebAnimation/HazbinHotel'', it's possible that I.M.P's contract killings and demons like Stolas, who for some reason want more people to go to Hell, are at least part of the reason why Hell is suffering an overpopulation problem.
** For that matter, how will Charlie react when she finds out? Will she go apeshit on Blitzo, or sic Alastor on Stolas?
*** All things considered, that'd be more [[LaserGuidedKarma karmic than horrifying.]]
*** This work is declared ExiledFromContinuity due to differing production, so the idea of both sides clashing over this contrast won't be happening ever. But fanfics say otherwise...
*** The demons might not even have to put in much effort towards procuring more sinners since nearly all of the humans in this series are dim-witted jerks. The pilot showed I.M.P getting kicked out of the hospital window just for not having health insurance and the news ticker mocks a grieving mother's drawing skills during an interview. When you add in especially terrible people like Martha and her family and Lyle and Lypton, [[CrapsackWorld is it any wonder Hell has an overpopulation problem?]]
** We also don't have any confirmation on whether or not I.M.P or Stolas and his family are exempt from the annual exterminations.
*** Considering that the souls of sinners are stuck in the Pride ring of Hell, while other demons are able to travel between them, it's likely that the exterminations are restricted to the Pride Ring, because that's where the overpopulation issue actually is, while the demons who can travel between rings and aren't exempt move to a different ring while it happens.
* The show's very premise is pretty disturbing in hindsight. If someone with a grudge against you dies and ends up in Hell, they can hire a team of demons to enter the living world and brutally murder you at any moment. Best exemplified by the client who mentions wanting to kill a jogger for reporting a murder [[NeverMyFault he committed]]. Try to see justice done? [[NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished The culprit might decide to get revenge from beyond the grave.]]
* If there is an EasyRoadToHell in this 'verse, it's likely that whoever hires I.M.P to kill someone will end up meeting that person they wanted dead in hell. While most people who hire I.M.P probably [[DidntThinkThisThrough just didn't think of that]], the FridgeHorror comes from wondering [[{{Yandere}} about those who]] ''[[TakingYouWithMe did]]'' [[BestServedCold think of it.]]
** Even worse if some demons plan ahead and order the hit so that the target arrives in Hell right before the Yearly Extermination.....
* With the right book, demons can access the mortal world anytime.
** This can even include ''a Church'' if the montage from the pilot is to be taken seriously. The fact that Demons can show up on holy ground suggests that Churches are either ''not safe from demonic influence'', or that there are varieties of demon magic strong enough to bypass their protection altogether.
** As we find out in the actual series, Demons must avoid being discovered while Earth. This means that the I.M.P team would've had no choice but to kill everyone in that Church to preserve TheMasquerade.
*** EarlyInstallmentWeirdness aside, they had ''no idea'' that there a masquerade that needs to be upheld in the first place until "Spring Broken". It is safe to assume that I.M.P just scrammed back to Hell unless the church is where their target is. This also explains why they dumped the kid's corpse on live television later on.
* The show frequently implies that Hellhounds, depicted here as fully sapient and humanlike, are viewed less as citizens of Hell and more as pets. This being Hell, it's probably a bit of a given that the ethical implications of keeping a sapient entity equal to you in intelligence as a pet so far haven't been addressed, but it still raises a bevvy of unsettling questions about the lives both Loona and Vortex could've led, to the point that Blitzo acting like an overbearing and annoying dad to Loona almost feels like a blessing in disguise compared to how he ''could'' have been.
* If you combine info from this show and ''Hazbin Hotel'', Heaven itself has flaws of its own. At best, it could be a well-meaning but autocratic state, and at worst it could be an incompetently run totalitarian state that sets impossibly high standards for others to follow. Specific evidence being:
** The existance of the Exorcists, angels whose whole purpose is the extermination of sinners, which they do with demented smiles. Now granted the residents of Hell are not completely undeserving of punishment, but this extermination seemingly targets low-level sinners while leaving high-ranking demons like Alastor around to cause more mayhem.
** The ease at which three loyal angels are effectively booted out of the place for the accidental death of a human, with no ability to launch any kind of appeal or to challenge their action in court, combined Deerie's utter ''[[SugaryMalice cheerfulness]]'' when expelling the three clearly remorseful angels implies that the denizens of Heaven, while on the surface nicer, are just as cruel and mean as the denizens of Hell. When Blitzo, a professional assassin, can show more kindness to his employees than a resident of Heaven can show to her own employees...
*** It is noted that they were unrepentant jerkasses even if they didn't deserve what happened to them however, so it's possible that Deerie just hated them and [[MakeItLookLikeAnAccident and said they fell.]]
** Heaven's eagerness to save a cruel dying capitalist over trying to help a more deserving soul implies Heaven is also a deeply classist society. We don't know how missions are assigned however, so [[GloryHound C.H.E.R.U.B could have selected him on their own.]]
** The inability of Heaven's forces to ''stop'' I.M.P. from assassinating people implies that Heaven isn't all-knowing and thus capable of making mistakes- but because it's heaven these mistakes have horrible consequences.
** Just the fact ''you can be born in Hell'' in this universe seems extremely unfair. Imps like Striker and Blitzo might be remorseless killers, but what chance did they have to be anything else considering [[CrapsackWorld the world]] they grew up in?
* "C.H.E.R.U.B." suggests that Heaven might be [[HellOfAHeaven just as bad as Hell]] underneath its veneer of purity. And I.M.P.'s adventures on Earth show that at least some parts of Earth are just as bad as Hell as well (Blitzo outright says Los Angeles is just like home). With this level of [[CrapsackWorld Crapsack Universe]], Charlie's dream somehow seems even more of a childish fantasy. After all, redemption is a very time-consuming process with no guarantee of sticking, if it is even reached in the first place, meaning only a few Sinners will realistically be sent up to Heaven over a long period of time when ''thousands'' of new Sinners fall in ''per day''. And there's the very real chance that Heaven will see the redeemed as tainted and lock them out regardless.
* While native demons can generally die of natural causes, it's heavily implied from Lucifer's continued survival that this is ''not'' true of the Lords of Sin, possibly because of their rank and/or power, possibly because they're {{fallen angel}}s. At a bare minimum, it seems like they live an ''incredibly'' long time. So assuming their relationships last, Asmodeus and Beelzebub are going to respectively have to watch Fizz and Vortex [[MayflyDecemberRomance grow old and pass away]].

[[folder:Pilot]]
* When calling Moxxie out on possibly trying to crush his dreams, Blitzo says "Right now, all I see is just my dad's asshole talking to me.", as if he specifically correlates his father squashing his interests in musical theater with said father's asshole.
* In the hospital, an injured kid is launched out a non-ground floor window just because he doesn't have insurance. In the news segment with the missing kid's mom, the only person who actually ''cares'' that the kid is missing is the mother herself. No wonder Hell is having an overpopulation crisis- [[WorldOfJerkass the mortal realm is apparently full of jerks]].
* At the end of the pilot, Eddie's father is nowhere to be seen while his mother pleads for help finding Eddie on the news. It's possible that I.M.P was hired to kill Eddie [[OffingTheOffspring by his father]], as a way of [[RevengeByProxy taking revenge on the mother.]]
** That would explain where Eddie gets his jerkassery from, since his dad would be in Hell.
** And, assuming this is actually the case, he didn't have to pay anything to off his kid because '' ♪ kids die for freeeee ♪ ''
** Alternatively, the kid never was the target. Think about it: Loona suddenly gets a text message ''after'' the kid insulted her, saying they were meant to kill him? Seems like quite a coincidence.
* Given that Stolas put a hit on a human climate change activist to help ensure global warming isn't stopped, the implication is that any number of the world's problems are being orchestrated or influenced by demons behind the scenes, and it's unlikely that humanity at large will ever find out or be able to do anything about it.
* Unless Loona was simply being [[{{Troll}} herself]], being struck by syphilis isn't something to laugh about. If anything, her being a hellhound means that she will be stuck dealing with it for practically eternity before being given the sweet release of oblivion due to her physiology.

[[folder:Murder Family]]
* Stolas was apparently given the grimoire that I.M.P uses by someone else and mentions that it's not really legal for him to lend it out. What if someone, like one of I.M.P's customers, realizes that and rats them out?
** On that point, Stolas reveals that he himself actually uses the grimoire for work instead of it being a random book in his library he keeps for fun. What could he be doing with it?
*** Considering the sheer size of it, it's likely that there are a lot more spells in it than just the one that opens a portal to Earth.
* While Blitzo is running for his life from a demented housewife with a shotgun, he gets a call from Stolas asking to renegotiate their agreement. Since Blitzo is being shot at he agrees to Stolas' blatantly unfair terms just to end the call quickly.
* Martha and her family will no doubt end up in Hell. They'll no doubt be out for revenge, unless they end up in a different part of Hell than I.M.P.
** Granted, killing people is their business, and they don't always bother with going the stealthy route, so I.M.P likely has plenty of enemies in Hell that they sent there personally. That said, only time will tell if some future stories will end up involving said enemies taking revenge.
** Also, while I.M.P likely will be cultivating plenty of their own enemies, they are still a group of reasonably skilled contract killers with connections to the top echelons of demon society. Between that and Hell being a chaotic gangland filled with other psychos, a lot of their targets are probably dealing with too many issues to focus on I.M.P when they arrive.
** Additionally, Sinner Demons are all restricted to the Pride Ring. So even if some of them did come looking for payback, it wouldn't be too difficult for the I.M.P. crew to leave and lie low in another ring for awhile.
* The fact that Moxxie straight up told Martha's family that he is going to call the police on them means that it is possible that they may have ran away the moment he left, making Moxxie guilty of setting a family of satanist cannibals loose on an unsuspecting populace.
** Not quite. Martha and her family were already preying upon innocent people before I.M.P came along, so letting them escape doesn't really change anything. Even if Moxxie unintentionally allowed them to escape, the fact that he notified the police ensures they will be hounded by law enforcement for the rest of their lives. And everyone already knows what they look like thanks to all the media attention Martha got earlier, which will make staying hidden even harder for them.
* Mrs. Mayberry was heartbroken at her husbands cheating since she wanted to have a family. Even if she does find a new lover in hell, she will unfortunately never get to have that family she wanted since Sinner Demons cannot reproduce.
** She could still adopt a hellborn demon. However, there is still the possibility that Mrs. Mayberry could leave her potential adopted child orphaned if she is killed during an Extermination. And while it's still unknown just how long hellborn demons live, sinners can't die from anything other than an angel's weapon. So any sinner who adopts a hellborn child [[OutlivingOnesOffspring is setting themselves up for heartbreak.]]
* Moxxie downright prevents Blitz from shooting Martha in front of her children. It's an understable moral objection, and Moxxie explains it that he "panicked". [[spoiler: But this becomes more horrific as well as a TearJerker when "Exes and Oohs" reveals that not only did Moxxie's father kill his mother when she tried to stand against him for her son's sake, he later brought Moxxie to that same lake that he murdered her in, had Moxxie kill someone there the same way his ''own mother'' was killed, and then threatened ''him'' with the same fate should he ever cross him. Moxxie having difficulty breathing immediatly after deflecting Blitz's shot may have been because of a ''genuine'' PSTD-linked panic attack]].
** Another moment in this episode that takes on a more unnerving light after seeing "Exes and Ooh" is that Blitzo snaps to Moxxie's objections that no one is innocent because everyone enters the world as a parasite leeching off their mother's tits. Knowing [[spoiler: that Moxxie's mother was a better parent towards him than his father and what became of her]], Blitzo's comment in retrospect comes off as all shades of insensitive.

[[folder:Loo Loo Land]]
* Stolas turning a demon to stone has frightening implications. Normally, demons can't really die permanently in Hell except through special means. But turning one to stone might not count as 'dead' to them. The demon might be stuck that way for quite a while. And depending on the nature of the petrification, this may even qualify as AndIMustScream.
** Pretty sure that was an imp, and imps are established as being able to die. That being said, if Stolas can use his power on a demon that can't die, then the theory is still a possibility.
* While being more than able to protect himself, this doesn't change the fact that Stolas and his family are being constantly targeted when going outside in the first place, by ''imps'' no less.
* Moxxie's fear of theme park mascots is played for laughs, but with him immediately jumping to the accusation of one being [[PaedoHunt a pervert]], it begs the question of if there's a...''[[FreudianExcuse deeper]]'' reason he'd be so afraid of them. Also, the fact that he turns out to be ''right'' about Loo Loo is fridge horror in and of itself.
** We've got partialy the explanation in "Exes and Ooh", when we learn that [[spoiler: Moxxie's father is a mafia boss who uses an abandoned Loo Loo Land park to hide a part of his activities, including the torture and/or the murder of other demons, even of some members of his own organization.]] And since we don't know the totality of what happened in this perticular Loo Loo Land, there is also a possibility that something set to this park directly physicaly hurt Moxxie himself.
* A FreezeFrameBonus reveals the Robo Fizz, in addition to being a park animatronic, is also a sexbot. This just opens up so much horror--
** Based on his responses to Blitzo, the robot is clearly more sapient than the average animatronic. Does he have any free will when it comes to his...other function? Would anyone care, [[WhatMeasureIsANonHuman given his status as a robot]]?
** There's something deeply unsettling about a robot that can have sex being used to ''entertain children''.
** Dampening the above horror and opening a whole new issue, it's possible that factory Robo Fizz mentioned made more than one of him for different purposes. Which means we may not have seen the last of the impish clownbot...
*** [[spoiler: Confirmed by the real Fizarolli in OZZIE'S; he says the "child entertainer" model was much more popular than the sexbots.]]
* What's Mammon going to do to Blitzo if he finds out he destroyed his amusement park?

[[folder:Spring Broken]]
* The fish demon monster. ''Just swimming in it made that''. What the fuck was in that drink? What if ''humans'' drank it?
** Ask [[Anime/PantyAndStockingWithGarterbelt the Daemon sisters]].
* The fact that you can get ''punished'' by Hell's higher-ups for not using a human disguise (I.M.P) and/or causing an overt incident (the sea monster attack) raises a lot of implications.
** It's quite likely that the incident caused by I.M.P and Verosika's bet will end up attracting unwanted attention; the kind that comes possibly from guardian angels secretly living among humans or human demon hunters that are either [[VideoGame/DevilMayCry self-employed]] or working closely with the Church. The elite demons in Hell won't need a lot of time to know they are bad for business.
* The partygoers locked Moxxie inside a barrel full of beer while thinking he's a possum. They would do something so awful to what they thought was just a harmless animal.
* What would have happened to Loona had Blitzo not adopted her? She said she was nearly 18 so either way Blitzo was her last chance, either at a comfortable life, or even a life at all.
** Presumably aged out of whatever passes for a foster care/adoption system they have in hell. Then gone on to find work and a place to live. But without the support of any kind of adoptive parent like she has with Blitzo.
** Alternative is that, if hellhounds are viewed similarly to dogs in shelters that euthanize after a certain point, she could have been killed.
** Or the institution that dealt with the adoption, could have simply sold Loona to a kennel for [[BreedingSlave breeding more hellhounds]] for future adoption and sale, which is even worse. Not unlikely since she’d be legal at the time and hellhounds are sold as pets and labor in Hell.
* Also why did Josh specify go after Loona out of every one there? Did he know that she was a member of I.M.P? If so that's just terrifying.
** Alternatively he just didn't see Loona transform, or just didn't note the similarities between her two forms.
** No real reason to think he went after her specifically for any reason. That was a big, wild crowd with a lot of people mulling about whom the succubi were all looking to seduce because they were ''there''. It's entirely possible he had no idea she was a demon in human disguise and thought she was just another potential mark in the crowd.
** Or he thought Loona was easier mark than most. She is dressed as a goth girl and Josh is wearing similar clothes himself, as if he is Loona's "soulmate" . No need for extra magic mojo if you are already dressed the part.
* At the end of the episode, when Verosika and her team are surrounded by police, Vortex can be seen and heard groaning with the rest of them at Verosika's instruction to "get ready to suck a lot of pig dick." If Vortex's automatic response is to immediately resign himself to doing the same work as his employer, it's a reasonable assumption that this isn't the first time he's partaken in Verosika's sex work. Now think back to the fan he knocked out and dragged away from the stage earlier. Going by the music, Loona found him alone way too swiftly for him to have done anything to the poor guy, but it's still enough to raise goosebumps on a rewatch...
** This may be particularly more disturbing to think about if you consider the fact that Verosika and her crew were planning to rape Moxxie, even if they didn't actually get that far into doing so. They've clearly done that sort of thing before.
** Keep in mind that, unlike the rest of Verosika's crew, Vortex is not a succubus, but a Hellhound. While the rest of the succubi are likely more comfortable with the idea of molesting a stranger, he has less of a reason to really want to. And from the exact wording of the deal, it only matters that the ''succubi'' were able to seduce more people than I.M.P could kill. And he's stated himself that he has little to no reason to care about the bet, aside from he's paid to be there and do his job as her bodyguard. In all likelihood all he did was drag the fan out of the crowd and toss him on a pile of sand somewhere so as to not let an unconscious body be somewhere underfoot and capable of tripping someone, as well as being a general mood killer to the developing orgy.
** Alternatively, his groaning may not be due to him having to participate, but rather that he'll have to sit through it all. As Verosika's bodyguard, he has to accompany her at all times, and groans because he just found out that he needs to work an extended shift that night.
* Considering [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil what Verosika’s posse did to Moxxie]] and the general characters of the beach goers, Blitzo was right to be concerned for Loona when she wandered off on the beach and to get in between her and Vortex when he found her, as Blitzo didn’t have any reason to believe the male hellhound wouldn’t do the same to his daughter. Considering his fears, it’s a miracle Blitzo didn’t try to kill Vortex then and there.

[[folder:C.H.E.R.U.B]]
* The ending displays just how easy it is to be BarredFromTheAfterlife. While the C.H.E.R.U.B trio accidentally killing their target Lyle is a reasonable cause of this punishment, and Lyle was going to Hell anyway, the one delivering the bad news sheepishly says there's no way to come back to Heaven. The trio are now {{Fallen Angel}}s, and who knows what will become of them if they aren't sent to Hell yet.
** Additionally, because of how sensitive they are to I.M.P.'s malicious antics and because of their affiliation with Heaven, C.H.E.R.U.B would be ''eaten alive'' by Hell's ruthless, machiavellian society.
** A FreezeFrameBonus for the C.H.E.R.U.B ad reveals a poster near a working Colin, with a message from "God" that says: ''"Surround yourself with people who will lift you up, so ditch your loser friends who you can't use."'' Mean-spirited as that sounds from The Almighty, this seems to imply that angels can fall if they aren't pure enough to support Heaven. Deerie has no issue banning the trio when they lose their purity, because they no longer meet God and His followers' standards.
*** This can also make Charlie's efforts a lot more complicated than they already are. If Heaven denizens are always this unforgiving ''to their own'', especially since Cletus and the others are ''heavenborn'', how would they act towards former sinners providing any will to even be able to redeem themselves?
** Although it’s possible these rules only apply to angels and those born in Heaven, with humans having a different set of rules.
* It's a good thing that none of C.H.E.R.U.B's arrows ever hit I.M.P, when you remember that holy weapons can actually kill demons permanently.
** Well, that only really applies to Sinners, AKA people who died and went to Hell. WordOfGod has mentioned that hellborn demons like I.M.P can be killed by pretty much any normal method (except fire as shown by Episode 1), no holy enhancement necessary. That being said, [[HolyBurnsEvil being hit by holy arrows may be several times worse than being hit by a normal bullet]].
* C.H.E.R.U.B may be a HorribleJudgeOfCharacter, but this doesn't change the fact that the world just lost three {{Guardian Angel}}s. This means that more people are going to be sent to Hell without them helping people see the light or save them from their own stupidity. While they themselves are simply BarredFromTheAfterlife instead of losing their powers, their job is going to be much harder now.
** On that note, it is noted that you can hire angels to become guardian angels. The problem is that if C.H.E.R.U.B is the standard, it means that they don't let background checks affect their stance on their protectorate. Imagine other people like Lyle having them as well. Makes you question your belief in a fair and just God now, wouldn't it?
*** Not quite, they were trying to convince him to change his ways. It didn't change what he did in the past, but they had good intentions.
* Loopty and Lyle being united in Hell may seem heartwarming at first (well as heartwarming as it can be for two slimeball businessmen), until you remember that this is the same universe as ''WebAnimation/HazbinHotel''. What’s going to become of the other one if one of them ends up killed in one of the annual purges, assuming that both of them won’t get killed at the same time and that Charlie won’t succeed in her goal in less than a year?
* C.H.E.R.U.B trying to save someone as unrepentantly evil as Lyle should make someone suspicious of their true motivations. Would saving Lyle be viewed as just a boost to their reputations or are the ultra-rich high priority targets that Heaven just wants to keep?
** Even if Cletus and co. managed to save Lyle from death, he's still a greedy billionaire and all-around terrible person, and these things would probably send him to Hell in the end anyway. C.H.E.R.U.B gets to pat themselves on the back for fulfilling the customer's wish, while not doing anything towards actually saving the soul in question so that he can get into Heaven.
* If Lyle and Loopty had set the machine to youth, would they have been subjected to DeathByDeaging? Is that why Lyle didn't think of using the machine to turn himself back?
* The fact that [[EasilyCondemned even C.H.E.R.U.B can be condemned]] and BarredFromTheAfterLife might make [[WebAnimation/HazbinHotel Charlie's]] plan to rehabilitate sinners more of a fool's errand than it first appears, even ''with'' the very existence of I.M.P clashing with the Hotel.
* The I.M.P have a relatively easy job--hunt target, kill em dead, payday. But the C.H.E.R.U.B commercial shows a bunch of people being injured and killed by unforseeable and unpredictable forces, like a parachute failing to open or a boulder falling on a hiker. Unless souls in Heaven are gifted with clairvoyance or time travel and can see what awful fates will befall their loved ones well in advance, there's no way the cherubs can save 100% of the clients they're tasked with protecting--how many others have been kicked out of Heaven because they failed to save their human or humans?
** At the very least it's not likely failure would result in an instant booting. Deerie's specific wording was that their ''actions'' resulted in the death of a human. Even if she only counted Lyle, who was killed because Cletus's stray bolt shot resulted in him getting pancaked by a piano, the fight itself was caused by the Cherubs snapping and starting an all out brawl with the Imps. Even Keenie technically made the first move by tackling Millie. Even if every single human killed by stray gunshots was attributed to the imps, and not them for starting a fight, Cletus is still directly responsible for Lyle's death.
* Now they’re both in Hell, there’s nothing that prevents Lyle and Loopty from experimenting on the poor like they did in the living world. And given how indifferent demons are to the suffering of others, the amount of homeless in Imp City and common demons' [[MadeOfIron durability]], Lyle and Loopty’s operation could become much grander and more horrible.
** As seen in Hazbin Hotel, Lyle and Loopty are far from the only evil geniuses or supervillains in Hell. Which means that they'll make Hell's gang warfare problem even ''worse'' by becoming additional players in the competition for territory.
* The Cherubs may have been kicked out of Heaven not just for interrupting a man's death, but for numerous other reasons as well. Their commercial, while happy, catchy and quite frankly adorable shows numerous people dying violently. Apart from what was immediately stated, the problem lies within that the angels seemingly ''recorded these deaths happening for their commercial''. This implies that they could've stopped these deaths from occurring but simply chose not to for their commercial. You know, assuming they weren't faked, which is unlikely considering they put Collin in harms way of a bunch of feral giant cats. There's also the big implication that C.H.E.R.U.B. stole the jingle and overall style from I.M.P., which might be seen as a bad thing up in Heaven. [[WildMassGuessing They might not actually be in trouble for actually interrupting someones death but rather, for corporate reasons]].

[[folder:The Harvest Moon Festival]]
* It's played completely for laughs, but the fact that Sally Mae is freely roaming around Hell killing a lot of random people is...not encouraging.
* Stella's hit only failed due to the I.M.P. Imagine if they weren't hired by Stolas and/or didn't notice Striker...
* While Moxxie and Blitzo looked to have Striker on the ropes, he is a slippery bastard and could have easily disarmed Moxxie again. If Loona was just a minute slower and walked into Striker killing Blitzo and Moxxie, how would she react knowing she could have stopped him but didn't out of teenage apathy?
* Stolas looked awfully chill and calm about Stella vocally plotting to murder her husband ''right in front of him at the dinner table''. Almost as if she has attempted to murder him multiple times beforehand, and he's used to her attempts by now, but is unable to do anything about it.
* If Stolas dies, Octavia loses the only parent who cares about her. Worse, if Stella's willing to murder her own husband, there's no guarantee she won't [[OffingTheOffspring take it a step further]]...
* Holy weaponry left by the Exorcists can be reforged to more modern variants. According to Moxxie, this has been the case for quite some time.
* Striker's hatred of Hell's royalty [[TheStarscream may not bode well for Stella]] if he succeeds in killing Stolas. And even if you think [[AssholeVictim Stella]] would have it coming, there's still the matter of this effectively making Octavia an orphan (not to mention the very real possibility that Striker [[WouldHurtAChild wouldn't be above disposing of her next]] to ensure that they don't leave an heir behind).
* Considering how strong and agile he's proven himself to be (certainly more than enough to have snapped Moxxie's neck or slashed his throat without raising the alarm,) Striker's chosen method of attempted murder while trying to silence Moxxie sure does clash with his repeated claims and insinuations that Moxxie is pathetic or unworthy of attention/trouble. Strangulation - especially with one's bare hands - is an incredibly personal way to off somebody, as well as torturously slow, painful, and frightening for the victim. Worse, Striker seems to be enjoying himself a great deal both times he tries it...
** On the other hand, since he throws Moxxie and Millie in a storm cellar and says he wants to keep them alive so he can have leverage with Blitzo, it's very possible he was trying to just knock Moxxie out, not kill him. Though that doesn't negate the disturbing enjoyment he seemed to take in doing so...
** And then you remember Moxxie's obvious unpopularity compared to Striker, which gives extra reasoning on why he didn't immediately kill Moxxie when his plan was exposed. Just knock him out, carry out with Stolas's assassination, and place the holy rifle near the poor, unconscious imp to frame him. Sure, Blitzo and Millie will take his side, but everyone else, ranging from Millie's parents to the [[OhCrap grand rulers of Hell]] will buy Striker's alibi and be outraged at the act. While Millie did interfere, it's still a pretty uncomfortable thought that Moxxie, and by extension the rest of I.M.P., would have been ''that'' close to a ruined reputation and becoming the biggest bounty in Hell.
** As mentioned in the NightmareFuel page, Striker's charm and charisma contrasted with his massive ego, emotional manipulation, lack of empathy and rather...intimate ways of trying to kill his prey are all very prominent traits of serial killers in the ''real world.'' Did he become an assassin just to find an excuse to kill or at least make his killings "legitimate?"
* The very concept of flaming twisters that terrorize the Wrath Ring. The way Moxxie and Joe speak about them shows that it’s not just a normal phenomenon, but that the inhabitants of the Wrath Ring live in constant fear of running into one. It gets worse when considering that Imps are not affected by normal fire, but a flaming twister can easily kill them, which implies that the twisters are either compromised of hellfire, or the victims are torn apart by the winds.

[[folder:Truth Seekers]]
* Stolas messed up at the last minute by not killing the last two agents and/or wiping their security footage, thinking that [[CassandraTruth nobody would ever believe them]]. If Hell is exposed, it's pretty much his fault and he would have to deal with his peers and superiors.
** An even more horrifying thing to consider; What if Stolas KNOWS it was all recorded? One can only imagine what purpose that could serve him, but it can't be good - for D.H.O.R.K.S.
** It won't just be bad for Hell. Anyone who's seen Anime/DevilmanCrybaby can tell you that exposing undeniable proof of the existence of demons will ''devastate'' human society. Heaven most certainly would have to get involved to try and mitigate the damage or to punish Hell for such a massive screw-up.
* During Blitzo's hallucination, almost everyone wields power over him. Moxxie corners him aggressively, Fizz and Striker hit him, and Stolas pulls on his chain. The exception is Verosika, who arrives crawling on her hands and knees, crying, and with her legs melting as if she were sinking. When you think about it, this seems to indicate that Blitzo fears he may have done some serious damage to Verosika. Does this imply that the circumstances of their breakup were actually worse than just him stealing her credit card and spending her money?
** And then you remember that Verosika is an alcoholic and Blitzo knew that she was in rehab. Did Blitzo's cruelty drive her to drink? Was she already having problems and Blitzo just made them worse?
* As stated on the NightmareFuel page, three imps and a hellhound--the lowest creatures in Hell's food chain--were able to kill dozens of highly trained government agents, which does not bode well for humanity if Lucifer decides to [[HellOnEarth pull a]] VideoGame/{{Doom}} on humanity. However, the Fridge Horror could easily swing the opposite way: The four demons in question were armed with either guns or melee weapons going up against agents [[AwesomeButImpractical armed with Edo era weaponry]]. If those agents had swallowed their pride and [[BoringButPractical used guns themselves]], I.M.P. might not have survived the encounter.
* Doubling as a moment of fridge brilliance, but as pointed out by Reddit user Jonjoejonjane, Stolas summoned himself using a ritual meant to "cage the demon to demands of the summoner but stolas was the summoner and so he dictated how his own cage work." The Goetia Prince took a ritual created by humans as a method to control demons and turned it into a means to travel between Earth and Hell without the use of portals or the Grimoire. While he has made some poor choices as of late, Stolas is by no means an idiot.

[[folder:OZZIE'S]]
* Stolas mentions that Octavia is with Stella at the moment. At best, Via and Stella may have just left for the weekend without needing Stolas. At worst, this mention may hint that they have recently divorced and Stella got custody of their daughter. Knowing what a neglectful sociopath Stella is (such as not caring how much her daughter will be emotionally scarred if her father is killed), it makes you really concerned for Octavia, especially since we know from Loo Loo Land that being separated from her father is her biggest fear. No wonder Stolas looked so depressed at the beginning.
* Look at how Fizzaroli and Verosika approach Blitzo. [[https://www.reddit.com/r/HelluvaBoss/comments/qkluw4/parallels_between_ep6_and_ep7/ Looks rather familiar, doesn't it?]] Now look at Blitzo's acid trip in the previous episode. '''His nightmare came true.'''
** The only one missing from this is Striker. And then you remember that this episode is only part one of the finale. [[OhCrap And that Striker still has a holy revolver capable of killing demon royalty while Stolas is currently alone without IMP around for protection.]]
* The real Fizzarolli's discomfort towards his LoonyFan may be played for laughs, but it's entirely possible he's been stalked or even sexually assaulted by creepy fans in the past.
** In the picture she took with Blitzo, Verosika was wearing a short dress that reads "No" near the bottom. While it's awesome that Verosika seems to be of the mindset that skimpy clothes does ''not'' equal consent, it does make one wonder if, even as a succubus, she too faced harassment that made her decide to wear the message so bluntly.
* Back in episode 2, Blitzo calls Robo Fizz an "overrated sellout jester". Here, we see that the current real Fizzarolli is a cyborg with extendable robotic limbs. We don't yet know the circumstances behind this transformation but the term "sellout" for Fizz has ''disturbing'' implications.
* Now that Asmodeus has blown the lid on Stolas and Blitzo's relationship, it won't be long that someone will put this and I.M.P's "special access to the living world" together and figure out that the company is going there with Stolas' help. Once this gets out to the rest of Hell, especially the higher-ups like the other Sins, Lucifer and ''Charlie'', our beloved demons are possibly going to get utterly '''screwed'''.
* Asmodeus and Fizzarolli make it VERY clear that Ozzie's is a club dedicated to lust and that acts of true love will not be tolerated, but Fizzarolli mentions that Ozzie's puts the sickest of desires out on display and even mentions "depravity" and "savagery" in his verses. Given this is ''Hell'' that we are talking about, stuff like "butt stuff", "piss play", and "bondage" are probably not the most extreme things going down in that club...

[[folder:Queen Bee]]
* Bee can sense people's emotions, she may have lost the drinking contest against Blitz because she was distracted by his distress.
** Even the average drunken reveler would want to pace themselves when offered special (presumably much stronger) alcohol from the Queen of Gluttony herself. Blitzø, on the other hand, did not care one bit for his own safety. Bee might not have been the one he was trying to hurt in the contest...
* With how much alcohol Bee's guests were shown drinking, have people died of alcohol poising before? Or hell, have people ''drowned'' in the giant pits of liquor shown around the place?
* Mixed with Squick is that the patrons might be drinking booze that was swam in or contaminated with other bodily fluids, assuming Bee doesn't swap out the tubs. And Bee herself even takes a dip in the "honey" at one point.
** To say nothing of where honey usually comes from, how exactly does Bee make that honey?
*** Well, Bee does tell the guests to "keep making [her] that motha'-fucking honey!" just after she conjures up the punch bowl. It could be some sort of spritual energy that takes the form of honey, like the collective energy of all of the partygoers given physical form. But that's a little WMG.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:The Circus]]
* Considering how abusive Paimon is, one shudders to imagine what happened when he found out Blitzo robbed the palace and Stolas even helped him.
** Potentially worse, Paimon might never have even noticed because he's such a completely absentee parent and it's fairly clear that particular palace was home to Stolas and precisely none of his siblings.
* The photo of [[EnfantTerrible Stella]] that Paimon shows Stolas depicts her [[BadPeopleAbuseAnimals strangling a dog]] in a fit of rage. Which summons a few questions:
** If that picture was meant to endear Stolas to the prospect of marrying her, it suggests either that Paimon has no qualms about animal abuse or that said cruelty has become ''normalized'' in the Goetia household.
** If the picture was meant to be cute, then it would imply that it's one of Stella's ''better'' traits and that she is even ''worse'' in person.
** The dog ''not'' being strangled has tears in its eyes. Which implies that Stella does this ''regularly.''
* Paimon casually buying a young Blitzo as a playmate for Stolas is ''deeply'' disturbing on a number of levels, implying that the demon king is not above [[SlaveryIsASpecialKindOfEvil buying or owning others as property,]] regardless of age.
** It gets far worse, as judging from Cash’s belief that it was Fizzarolli that Paimon wanted, then Cash was perfectly willing to sell somebody else’s’ child to a complete stranger and was just calculating a price (quite possibly having Fizz steal for him too and then take the blame if he got caught) which could imply that the circus performers are little more than slaves and Cash, as the ringmaster, can do with them as he pleases.
** Fizzarolli's parents are never seen or mentioned, and the way Blitzo's father tries to put a hefty price tag on him when Paimon asks about a playmate for Stolas seems to imply that Cash has primary custody over Fizz. Which begs the question - what happened to Fizzarolli's parents? Are they dead, and Cash took Fizz in? Or was he another "transaction" Cash partook in?
* Stolas downing entire bottles of absinthe just to put up with living with Stella and her constant emotional abuse. Absinthe is a kind of alcohol that has, for more than a century and a half, has had a reputation for being strong, addictive and even ''psychoactive.'' Stolas even wakes up hungover next to an empty bottle of absinthe after his breakup with Blitzo. Considering these drinking habits and how easily he expected Stella's attempt to slap him across the face, their marriage must be ''physically'' abusive as well.
** Also consider: to drink absinthe, you pour a small amount into a glass, then essentially dilute it with a sugar cube and a '''lot''' of cold water. Stolas drinks it straight out of the bottle. Even the imp serving it to him just pours it directly into a shotglass, implying he does this often enough his servants are used to it.
* It was not clear how old Stolas is meant to be exactly, but he doesn't look much older than ten or eleven during the flashback to his childhood. The flashback to when he met Blitzo; takes place twenty-five years later in the near-present, making Stolas approximately 35 years old. Octavia is explicitly stated to be 17 in this episode...meaning Stolas and a similarly-aged Stella would have been pushed to have a child as teenaged parents. Apparently, 18 is considered being an adult in Hell.
* The way Paimon and later Stolas refer to the latter's potential children as "precautionary" heirs--Paimon was using this term since Stolas' childhood, meaning he's always toyed with the possibility of ''something'' nasty happening to his son(s). Which might explain why he has so many in the first place.
* Stella states that Stolas is "terrible in bed" and that he just lies there while she "does all the work". Stolas obviously isn't enjoying himself, and if he consented, it's clear that he does that just to produce an heir. Regardless of if he consented unenthusiastically or worse, he didn't at all, there's a high chance that Octavia is a ChildByRape.
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[[folder:Seeing Stars]]
* It's clear Octavia has never traveled anywhere outside of Hell. So what would have happened to her if the grimoire didn't interpret, "take me to the stars" as placing her in Hollywood? She could have ended up someplace far worse than the human realm and maybe someplace even her father couldn't reach. Stolas even tells her he hasn't taught her any spells yet.
* The pilot episode implies Loona has syphilis, but her awkwardness around Vortex in "Spring Broken" suggests she's inexperienced. Now, this contradiction could be brushed off as another case of EarlyInstallmentWeirdness. Then this episode came along and showed just how terrible the place Blitzo adopted her from was, how utterly terrified she was there, and how male and female hellhounds could apparently share rooms. [[RapeAsBackstory You do the math]].
* If Blitzo hadn't adopted her, Loona would apparently have "aged out of the system" and been "out of the kennel's hair". This could simply mean that Loona would be kicked out, but given a mix of how scared she looked, the way hellhounds are treated in this setting and what sometimes happens to real dogs when they're deemed too old for adoption…
* The hellhounds at the adoption center seem to be quite aggressive with each other as one of them challenges Loona to a fight with a bloody bat covered in nails. Obviously, Loona had no trouble swatting the pup away given she was much bigger, but she probably wasn't as lucky when she was a child.
* More like Fridge Sadness, but part of the reason Loona was hunched so far back in her "bed" when Blitzo came by her cell? The walls are just metal bars, and Hellhounds have above-average hearing--she could hear the caretaker explain her attitude problems to Blitzo, who had specifically, out loud, requested a "family friendly" hound. What's more, her beating another hound into the wall would probably be seen as a very family-''un''friendly action, meaning that--even if it was self-defense--Loona would think her chances with this potential adopter were officially tanked. No wonder she looks so upset.
* The meteor shower Octavia wanted to see was called "Azathoth's Tears". Problem is, Azathoth and the rest of the Franchise/CthulhuMythos was created as a relatively recent work of fiction (Creator/HPLovecraft first conceived of him in 1919), yet he's mythical and/or historical enough in Hell to have an extremely rare and dazzling cosmic event named after him. So [[CosmicHorrorStory do Azathoth and the rest of his ilk actually exist out there?]] If so, why would God create such monstrosities?
** It could be that Azathoth is more a mythical/legendary figure to the denizens of Hell, and Lovecraft somehow learned about Hell's mythology. Though ''how'' he did might be Fridge Horror in itself.
* Blitzo and Stolas may have been in disguise while up on Earth, but Moxxie, Millie, and Octavia weren't. D.H.O.R.K.S could very well have gotten more footage of them from hidden cameras or social media. And if they learn about Stolas's connection to Octavia, [[IHaveYourWife that might factor into a future plan for how they can potentially capture Stolas.]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x92P52WJIUg&t=246s This video]] points out that in Loona's side of her cell at the orphanage/pound we see crude drawings you would expect a young child to draw of her with what seems to be a previous owner/father. What happened? At this point, do we even want to know?
* Considering how long she has been in foster care and how utterly hostile she is to nearly everyone around her (even by Hellhound standards), it's unlikely that she has any ability to survive on her own without Blitzo as her guardian. What would happen to her if Blitzo, Moxxie and Millie were killed or otherwise unable to return home from the living world?
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Exes and Oohs]]
* Based on the ending scene, we know that Crim mounts the remains of his various victims as trophies in his home; at least the ones significant enough to earn such an unfortunate fate. So, there's a decent chance that whatever was left of Moxxie's mother after Crim had her killed is displayed somewhere in the mob boss' home in a similar manner.
** It gets worse: Many of the trophies are hung in the dining room, meaning Moxxie may have spent his childhood eating his meals in full view of his own mother's ''scalp and horns,'' knowing full well what he was looking at. And what it may mean for him if he ''ever'' tried to stand up to his father.
*** Made better (or worse) if we assume Crimson wouldn't bother putting in the effort to dredge up her body after her cement shoes treatment in the lake.
*** Remember the victim we saw Moxxie dump in? Their horns were sawed off already. Crimson wouldn't need to recover a body when he's already taken the trophies he wants from it.
* Looking closely at Crimson's walls, it's not just imp horns and shark jaws hung up. There are Hellhound collars, horns and candles from Baphomet demons, wings and heart chokers from succubi...not even the higher or stronger classes are safe from this psychotic imp's wrath if he decides they need to go.
** How many Hellhounds got killed bodyguarding someone who crossed Crimson?
* There’s a true testament to [[AbusiveParents how horrible Crimson has been to Moxxie]] in that, even when Moxxie is not only an independent adult, but also an assassin who carries a small arsenal on his person on a regular basis, he’s still so scared of his father that he doesn’t think to actually shoot him until he threatens to do so [[CallingTheOldManOut when he stands up to him.]] The flashbacks we saw? They only offer a ''glimpse'' into what his childhood and early adulthood was like. What ''other'' horrors has the poor guy experienced at Crimson’s hands since he was barely a toddler to still leave him almost paralyzed with fear around him as a grown man?
** Or maybe, on some subconscious level, he can’t bring himself to ''actually'' kill his Dad - Despite all of the abuse, he is still his father, so perhaps he’s gotten it beaten into his head that having an evil, abusive monster of a parent is better than having no family at all.
* If the forced marriage between Moxxie and Chaz had gone through, would Crimson, who has been shown to be rather traditional, have forced it to be [[MaritalRapeLicense consummated]]?
* It's horrifying that sweet, gentle little Moxxie was forced to participate in his father's business dealings. However, the thought of what he'd be like if he ''did'' take after dear ol' dad is even more unsettling...
** Moxxie's mother died knowing that her son was going to be left with nobody but his psychopathic father and no way to be sure whether or not Moxxie would remain the sweet imp she loved so much under those horrible conditions.
** If she even knew or thought Crimson would [[OffingTheOffspring let Moxxie live]]...
* Crimson spared no expense in trying to marry Moxxie off to Chaz, going as far as to install retractable dildos throughout the house, put up tons of suggestive photographs of Chaz and even have a nuptial room custom-built for the two of them. Crimson cares more about Chaz's value as an asset than he has ever valued Moxxie as his own ''son.''
** If Crimson sees his own son as a bargaining chip for his mafia dealings, then imagine the kind of lows he's willing to stoop to in the name of revenge against I.M.P. for foiling his plans.
* Now that I.M.P has a whole mafia gunning for them, they better be prepared, or they are going to be wearing CementShoes in the future. And Hell is practically ''run'' by organized crime. Even if they didn't have to deal with Striker, Verosika, C.H.E.R.U.B, D.H.O.R.K.S, Fizzarolli or Asmodeus, I.M.P. may be ''hopelessly'' outgunned.
* How did Chaz die? Scamming a sadistic and ruthless mafia boss like Crimson, and nearly succeeding at that, isn't likely to get him a quick death. And he likely didn't get the CementShoes treatment, since he's a shark demon. So however he went out, it was probably even more unpleasant and gruesome than drowning at the bottom of a (toxic) lake.
* The ''only'' reason Crimson kept his son alive was to get rich by selling him off in marriage to alleged millionaire Chaz. But now that Chaz is dead? God knows what Crimson could be plotting to get even with Moxxie and I.M.P.
* Moxxie's addressing Blitzo with "Sir" isn't just because he is professional. It is a subconscious VerbalTic from his time under his father's thumb.
** Worst of all, it may mean that Moxxie sees Blitzo as a father figure in the worst way possible - a father figure that openly spies on him and his ''wife'' for shits and giggles.
* Also, this episode is a CerebusRetcon machine:
** Remember the Pilot where Moxxie had a dream about his parents being murdered? And how his mother was the only one who showed him any kind of parental love or concern? This means that he regularly dreams about taking revenge against Crimson for his mother's murder.
*** Reinforced by "Murder Family", when Moxxie says that the only family he's willing to slaughter is a mafia family. In fact, Moxxie's freak-out while Blitzo is trying to take aim at Martha may have been triggered (no pun intended) by the memory of his late mother. In fact, it may give a hint as to how she was murdered.
** "Loo Loo Land": Moxxie expresses how theme parks disturb him. Given how close it is to his house and how it may have been used as a front by Crimson for his activities, it makes you wonder what kind of awful things young Moxxie saw there.
** "Spring Broken" and "Harvest Moon Festival" has Moxxie getting attacked by fish, with the latter being a ''shark''. Considering the kind of demons his father hires...
* Potential Fridge {{Squick}}: During Moxxie’s CallingTheOldManOut, he calls [[DepravedBisexual Chaz]] ”Herpes The Clown”. Now, this is ''probably'' (hopefully) just a general insult as a jab at [[CasanovaWannabe Chaz’s]] promiscuity, sleaziness and low standards… But if Chaz ''does'' have, or did have, herpes, how would Moxxie know that? Did Chaz give him an STD in the past?
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Western Energy]]
* While convincing Stella to not kill Stolas, Andrealphus states "eternity is a long time, my dear", implying Goetias are immortal. We have no idea if imps are too, so Stolas may end up outliving Blitzo.
* Stella gets absolutely nothing if Stolas dies only because Octavia would inherit everything. But if [[OffingTheOffspring Via were out of the picture]]...
** Stella might not be bright enough or have the foresight to realize the implications of this. Andrealphus, however, may very well have already thought it over. With Stolas incapacitated and Striker still on the loose, Octavia could be in some serious danger.
** Worse still is that Stolas has yet to teach Octavia any spells and it's still unknown if she can access a full demon form like her father. So if Andrealphas does decide to send Striker or any other assassins after Octavia, she'll be a sitting owl.
** Even worse is that Striker clearly ''knows'' about Octavia already. Meaning that he also most likely knows where to find her...
* Hopefully, that used needle Loona was injected with didn't give her ''more'' diseases. On that note, the doctor is probably infected with a whole bunch of illnesses now.
* As demonstrated throughout the show, imps and hellhounds are considered the lowest of the low in Hell. In here, Striker is revealed to be at the absolute bottom of the barrel, not even having a proper roof over his head and having to make do with some abandoned caves, which was implied to be the fault of the Goetias or Hell's other higher-ups. Any wonder why he is pissed at Stolas?
* Crosses into FridgeSadness, but how is Octavia going to react to Stolas' injuries, especially once she learns that her mother is the reason he's like that?
* Stolas has two sets of eyes, and Striker only has one set of hands. If he did get to gouging out Stolas' eyes, Stolas could watch it happen. Worse, it would last twice as long for him as it would a normal demon.
* Considering how quickly the doctors rushed to Stolas' aid when he arrived, as an Ars Goetia, there's likely security on his floor for being a VIP. But those lists usually have a list of people who are allowed to see him. Stolas has likely made sure that Stella and Andrealphus are on a list of "DO NOT ALLOW ENTRY", but how easy will it be for them to gain access with the money and power they have at their disposal, especially since Stella is still technically Stolas' wife? And considering they're planning on extorting as much as they can from Stolas, how long before they stop focusing on his wealth and focus on using custody of Via as a bargaining chip, since she's not yet 18?
* Andrealphus is all but stated to have lustful feelings for his own sister, something [[EvenEvilHasStandards she's visibly uncomfortable with]]. It's possible this is a recent development, but it's just as likely he's had these feelings for a long time, perhaps going into the time when they lived together in their parents' palace. Additionally, if he has these feelings for Stella, what about [[CreepyUncle Octavia]]?
* Andrealphus and Stella's casual and playful attitude to towards the hit on Stolas implies that usage of holy weapons on rivals within the Goetia is commonplace, and it would be ''more'' surprising that things were resolved non-violently.
* In the song they sing, the mariachis mention that Striker likes to eat Pate. Pate is usually made from ''birds''. Was Striker planning to [[SapientEatSapient eat Stolas after killing him]]?
* Loona's [[AfraidOfNeedles fear of needles]] isn't just a silly irrational phobia. Consider that she grew up in what is essentially a [[PoundsAreAnimalPrisons dog pound]], and how close she was to being ''euthanized'' (presumably via lethal injection) before Blitzo adopted her. And since it's Hell, they have no problem lying to the hellhounds so they won't resist and make things difficult for their handlers. How many people had she seen "Just going out to receive a yearly hell-bies shot" that never came back?
** A FridgeLogic alternative to this is that it's perfectly in line with the orphanages' nature to not bother with getting their charges the shots at all. Loona likely had no idea what the shot entailed or how she'd react to it.
** Or it could be both. Only those about to be adopted out receive hellbie shots, those who are to be euthanized are just told they are about to be adopted and then they get killed by lethal injection. Its a gamble for the hellhound.
* The existence of hellbies in general. Rabies, although extremely rare in the industrialized world, remains one of the most feared viruses known to man. A carrier is already ''dead'' when they start showing symptoms of the virus, which is why rabies shots are always preventative. Hellbies must be many times worse. How do we know? Even in Hell's lazy, greedy, ultracapitalistic, "no respect for sanctity of life" dystopia, hellbie shots are provided free of charge, yearly. How horrible are the hellbie symptoms if a bunch of greedy psychopaths are ready to spend a lot of time and effort for prevention?
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Unhappy Campers]]
* Barbie Wire claims she's only on heroin when Blitzo asks her, he (after a moment of relief) says it "barely gets rid of a headache" so there's little point in dealing it (or being on it for that matter). Just how much stronger are the drugs in Hell since heroin is seen as weak? And how much worse was Barbie's addiction for her to get into rehab in the first place?
** The fact that the nurse who was stonewalling Blitzo [[ReasonableAuthorityFigure was competent and concerned for Barbie]] implies it's even worse - whatever it was, it's something even ''[[EvenEvilHasStandards Belphegor]]'', who is heavily implied to be Hell's drug magnate, devotes effort to competent rehab. Read that again: the ''[[LazyBum Queen of Sloth]]'' thinks it's so bad [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness she makes sure the doctors actually do their part]].
** Blitzo being worried about Barbie being addicted to "H-8" and being ''relived that it was just heroin''. While it might be a FantasticDrug for Hell, according to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNFgWk_wAwk&lc=UgxCu2V0i3npI3PJ_dV4AaABAg this comment]], it is highly likely that he might be actually referring to the painkiller [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydromorphone hydromorphone hydrochloride]], which is sometimes referred to as "H-8". This drug has ''five times'' the potency of morphine and is mainly reserved for dealing with ''cancer-inflicted'' pain, without Hell possibly making it even stronger. If Barbie is really addicted to this, no wonder everyone dealing with her is worried about her relapsing. This is also brings the issue as to why she would be addicted to this drug in the first place...
* The simple fact that drug-dealing is considered an honest job in Hell.
** And that it's apparantly normal for demons to get their drugs in the human world, which they pay suppliers for. That makes Barbie's profession as much of a danger to exposing that hell is real as I.M.P is, only on a much larger scale because despite how messy I.M.P is, they leave no witnesses unless interfered with and is limited to one company, whereas drug dealing demons are logically much greater in number, and likely to get high on their own supply, increasing the danger of getting caught.
** That being said, Barbie is pretty pissed that her supplier got killed and says she's out of a job now. One would think she would try covering up the murder, hiding the body, and then delivering the drugs herself, but instead she escapes back to Hell and takes nothing with her for fear of suspicion and getting caught. Also, this is the Sloth ring we're talking about; if any place would be inefficient in their employment and planning for contingency, that would be it.
* Being a "recovering" addict, who openly states she's addicted to the very drug she's dealing, there's a big chance that Barbie will have a relapse if she continues in the business.
** It makes sense why Barbie would find a job almost adjacent to the place which helped her become clean (by Hell's standards, at least), but that makes it awfully easy for her to slide back into her old ways, thereby almost guaranteeing her re-admission into rehab. Talk about a vicious cycle in Hell. This may also explain why Blitz wanted to check up on her after hearing that she was clean.
* Stressors and an inability to manage one's emotions as a result of those stressors are a major reason for why addicts relapse. Barbie left rehab, got an honest job and was working on rebuilding her life. She obviously has very negative feelings towards her twin (even without her screaming at him to leave her alone, the X over her family crest on her forehead gives that away) and he screws up the job she had. Moxxie and Millie helped, but Blitz was there and even though he wanted to help, he took away a major part of her support system. If she doesn't find another job soon, she could relapse again and that would be yet another thing to feel guilty for. He clearly wants to make amends, but it's also very clear that Barbie has no intention of making that a possibility. And given that we're probably going to see Fizz again soon, not to mention he hasn't visited Stolas, it looks like Blitz is about to have a very difficult next couple of episodes.
* Blitzo calling Moxxie a "fucking disgrace" in the end is [[KickTheDog harsh and cruel enough,]] especially since he baited him with supposed praise first. But it manages to become even worse when you consider that Moxxie has likely heard similar sentiments before from [[AbusiveParents Crimson]] - Since there are some implications that Moxxie might see Blitzo as a bit of a father figure, that's one more session of verbal abuse from somebody who he's tried so hard to gain the approval of. Combined with the HumiliationConga, it's not surprising if Moxxie walks away from all of this with his self-esteem worse than ever.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:General]]
[[FridgeBrilliance/HelluvaBoss Has its own page.]]

* Why does nobody living react much to the imps? Because, as indicated by Charlie's line about "fallen super heroes" it's a [[StandardSuperHeroSetting superhero universe]] and mutants or outright supernatural things are not unheard of.
** "Spring Broken" reveals that they are supposed to keep hidden, as Loona is shocked that she is the only one at I.M.P to have a human disguise. It is only through a combination of RefugeInAudacity, [[MistakenForDog being mistaken for something other than an imp]] and the setting itself that I.M.P didn't get themselves exorcised by priests.
* Blitzo may come off as an oddball but then you look closely at the background when he’s taking the phone call with Stolas in his office and his harlequin-like appearance. Blitzo apparently used to be a circus performer so that could explain his strange behavior.
** Outright confirmed in "Loo Loo Land", where he's not only revealed to have originally worked as a clown, but that his workplace was the terribly crappy ripoff Loo Loo Land, where he was forced to work alongside the utter {{Jerkass}} that is Robot Fizzarolli, showing where both his bizarre behavior and heavy commitment to maintaining his paying job as a hitman came from.
* It is [[https://twitter.com/IMPmurderpros/status/1337287692082503680 revealed]] that sinners can only exist in the ring/circle of Pride. This means that Imp City, where I.M.P is located, has to be in the same ring as them otherwise they can't conduct business if their customers cannot even reach them. It seems rather odd at first, but there are multiple reasons upon thinking about it, both practical and symbolical.
** Pride is considered mainly as the "original sin", effectively becoming a one-size-fits-all for every sinner when they were alive which saves the trouble of having to sort them out.
*** a) This lines up with the kind of clientele I.M.P attracts. Every client has fallen somewhere in the NeverMyFault category (from the Pilot's Ohio man who blames the jogger who caught him hiding the body of the wife he murdered, to even the sympathetic Mrs. Mayberry feeling cheated for ending up in Hell due to "one measley little massacre"), and their Pride is what Blitzo exploits for his business. b) In Christianity, it's believed that Pride is the worst sin of all, since Jesus would help even the most wretched souls if they were just humble enough to admit they did wrong and ask for deliverance, while those too proud to admit they messed up or ask for help (like, most famously, Theatre/DoctorFaustus or Theatre/{{Faust}}) end up in Hell.
** It keeps all of the sinners in a single place. As they make up the majority of Hell's population, the Exorcists in turn could do their job at max efficiency. It also prevents them from disguising as a native and hide in the other rings during the exterminations.
** It allows all sorts of sinners to enter I.M.P's doorstep with quick convenience. Having their more remote customers go through multiple circles of Hell just to reach them might dissuade any potential business.
** It also allows for the hellborn to have an escape for when the Exorcists arrive for the purge. If even the lowest of imps want to escape danger, all they have to do is relocate to another ring temporarily so they don't get caught up in the chaos with all the sinners. And presumably the majority of demon royalty, save Lucifer's family, don't live in Pride. So they're less likely to have any of their property damaged every year.
* Stolas being so powerful fits nicely into the world-building of the series if you know about his lore. According to Viv, angels are more powerful than demons which is why Lucifer is Hell's ruler and according to the ''Literature/ArsGoetia'', Stolas himself if also a FallenAngel who was cast down in Lucifer's failed rebellion. Granted, "The Circus" put that idea to rest but the overall point still stands as Stolas is still of heaven descent.
* It may seem strange that Imp City is located in the Pride Ring even though the imps are capable of traveling to any ring of Hell... but keep in mind that they're also at the bottom of Hell's pecking order. This means that higher ranked natural born demons are very likely going to treat them like trash due to their lower status. Sinners, on the other hand, are former humans which means that they wouldn't care that much about the imp's rank, so while they may be [[HatesEveryoneEqually generally awful to everybody]], they aren't going to single the imps out in particular.
* Reasons why I.M.P have been able to operate so openly without repercussions from the authorities in Hell, despite doing business 'less than legally' as Stolas put it:
** Blitzo and co. are clearly nobodies in Hell so it's very unlikely they are on any kind of watchlist. Not to mention Stolas is likely doing a bit of covering for them.
** It's easy to forget, but thanks to Stolas's grimoire, I.M.P most likely have ''far'' easier access to the mortal world than most demons, likely allowing them to completely bypass all of the more monitored ways that demons can go to earth.
** Surprisingly, Blitzo and co. have actually done a very good job of covering their tracks. Despite being literal Demons from Hell, the weapons and methods I.M.P use to carry out their assassinations are all entirely mundane; guns, knives, poisons, explosives, etc. In other words, all things that could easily be attributed to ''human'' killers. This becomes especially notable in "Spring Broken", as Verosika mutating a fish into a giant {{Kaiju}} with booze that clearly could ''only'' come from Hell is quite a bit harder to explain away as all the more mundane stabbings and shootings that Blitzo and co. have been doing.
* "Spring Broken" reveals that Loona was "almost 18" when Blitzo adopted her, yet he still treats her like his baby. So, why ''did'' Blitzo adopt a young woman about to become an adult, and then wonder why she acts like she doesn't need him? Well, in the pilot Blitzo implies he grew up in (at best), an authoritarian household (his dad crushed his musical theatre dreams), and Blitzo clearly [[IJustWantToBeLoved wants to be loved]] and treats I.M.P like his FamilyOfChoice. It's possible that Blitzo wanted to give a loving home to an older teen about to age out of the system, before they were too old to ever get one. (Especially if Blitzo ever secretly wanted to be adopted out of his shitty family but never did, and is now too old to join a new family, and so tries to make one with I.M.P instead.)
** Loona being adopted at an older age also explains why she's so reluctant to view Blitzo as her new dad, since her old parents might still be fresh in her memory. Overlapping with FridgeHorror or Fridge TearJerker, it may also explain her HairTriggerTemper, as whatever happened to her parents was recent enough that the trauma gave her serious attitude problems.
** Additionally, if Loona was put in the adoption system at an early age (whether due to her parents dying or abandoning her), in RealLife most foster systems are notorious for abusing/neglecting kids in their care, then leaving them out to dry the second they turn 18. Countless RealLife former foster kids end up homeless, couch-surfing, drug-addicted, and/or struggling in working poverty for ''years'' after aging out of the system. An adoption system in ''Hell'' would likely be ''even worse'', especially since Hellhounds are treated as literal pets for demons to buy. So, Loona would likely have had to put up walls and learn to take care of herself from an early age, hence her "I didn't need you then, asshole. I don't now." Blitzo adopting her when she was almost 18, while well-meaning, wouldn't magically erase years of trauma, abuse, and/or trust issues that she likely experienced in the system, and Loona still needs time to learn to open up to Blitzo.
* Blitzo's dynamics with Moxxie and Millie are... odd. He alternates between treating Moxxie like a very close friend and a nuisance, and while he does show a lot of trust in Millie, he also has a habit of demeaning her. Why? Considering the heavy implications that Blitzo [[IJustWantToBeLoved really wants to be loved]], it's very possible that this has something to do with their [[HappilyMarried deeply loving relationship]]. While he's trying to insert himself into their relationship (as shown by him barging into their home), sometimes his jealousy at their luck in love gets the better of him.
* Why is Blitzo so hostile towards Stolas? Stolas is rich, hot, and compliments him all the time! Because to Blitzo, Stolas is a walking reminder of his failures. It's heavily implied that he became an assassin because he failed to establish himself as a performer, and he was only able to take up killing mortals for a living because he has access to Stolas' grimoire. That "fancy book" is what enables him to work as a hitman, and he only gets to use it in exchange for sexual favors like a "day hooker", which he resents being seen as. Not helping matters is the fact that Stolas, despite constantly hitting on him, never says anything positive about who he is as a person, only his genitalia and his ability to pleasure him. At least in Blitzo's eyes, Stolas only likes him for his body, and doesn't actually care about him. Whether correctly or not, Blitzo probably thinks Stolas only sees him as a sex toy, an object to use to pleasure himself and ignore when he's not using him for that purpose. And that's not the kind of relationship Blitzo wants. This was even shown in his DisneyAcidSequence in "Truth Seekers", in where his hallucination of Stolas has him drag Blitzo by the neck and arms with ''gold shackles''.
* Hell's currency being called "Souls" makes a lot of sense. Their money can very well translate to owning people.
** Traditionally, a DealWithTheDevil would strip humans of their soul either immediately or after death, so most powerful demons are also the richest because they've literally accumulated their wealth out of thousands of years of being in business.
** Souls can also translate as "worker force" for those Sinners on the Pride Ring who might own their power to the Goetia nobles.
** As Vivianne has revealed, the souls of Sinners become part of Hell's very structure and landscape after the exterminations, explaining why so many things seem to be alive, so it's not unlikely that all of the upper class' material goods are literally made of Sinner Souls.
* Quite a number of imps we've seen so far have stereotypical Southern accents; Millie, Wally Wackford, the imp in the mascot costume and the cheating game operator at Loo Loo Land. This makes sense when you clean up the idiom used for an activity or event that's beginning to go poorly, or when anything looks to be in trouble in the very near future. Dirty, the idiom is that it's going to Hell. Cleaned up, it's going South.
** It could also be due to the fact that the Imps, being the bottom of the barrel of the natural hellborn, are typically born from families living in the Wrath ring. While not ''all'' Imps would necessarily be from Wrath, considering it seems to be largely a farming heavy area whose crops seem to supply the majority of the food in Hell, there would definitely be a lot of imps born there. Large families with multiple children like the one Millie is from may well be the general rule in Wrath, and thus eventually a bunch would filter out into the other rings when they get older if they decide to leave. Hence there would be a sizeable population of imps who share the same accent from Wrath.
* Why does Blitzo have a personal Flintlock Pistol he likes to use? Apart from RuleOfCool it's also the perfect weapon for assassins since, due to the lack of rifling in the barrel of the gun because of its muzzle-loading nature. The bullet can't be traced back to a singular weapon. Though it also has the drawback of being AwesomeButImpractical due to it only being a single shot weapon and it's minute long reload process if you miss. Which actually shows his ineptitude at the job since he only carries one while other assassins would probably carry 3 or 4 to counter the long loading process and to remove its biggest drawback.
* Sinners, AKA people who died and went to Hell being ranked ''higher'' than many kinds of demon originally from Hell makes little sense at first and at the same time goes against practically every afterlife portrayed. The reason for that is because WordOfGod has mentioned and shown in the series proper that hellborn demons like imps and hellhounds can generally be killed by pretty much any normal method (except fire as shown by Episode 1), no holy enhancement necessary while sinners can only stay dead when killed by holy weapons. This gives them a ''massive'' advantage over the hellborn. The reason behind such an advantage existing is likely due to the sinners' bodies being mainly comprised of their souls since they died and left their bodies behind while the hellborn's bodies are still physical in nature.
* Why does I.M.P have a tendency to be constantly in need of cash? On top of their huge weapons spending for a company their size, Blitzo constantly uses and loses smartphones instead of using more cheaper burner phones on missions, buys many sets of [=TVs=] just to shoot at them for fun and has a very poor track record of advertising his company. It is already a miracle that I.M.P is still afloat!
** Blitzo has very poor spending habits in general. As we've seen he also makes a bunch of frivolous purchases with the money earned from their jobs, such as a tank full of electric eels, or the small horse figurine he purchased with ''all'' the money they were paid for Loopty Goopty's job.
* In the pilot episode, Blitzo, while espousing his love for musical theater, makes the comment that they're "basically doing a musical". He hasn't been wrong. As the entire series, there's rarely been an episode where a character or characters haven't burst out into some sort of song. Helluva Boss is basically a musical in webseries form!
* Many of the imps, hellhounds, and succubi have odd names like Blitzo, Loona, Moxxie, Verosika, Vortex, and Fizzarolli. Then you remember that most Western names are derived from Hebrew, the language of the Israelites, the people of God and the angels. Many names directly reference Biblical heroes, saints, and angels, while others praise God directly! From a human standpoint, this would be like naming a kid Satan, Judas, or Apollyon, so no wonder Hell has to get creative with what they name their kids!
* Why is it spelled "Loona" and not "Luna"? Because Blitzo--who ''can't spell worth shit''--was the one to fill out her adoption paperwork.
* Despite generally being normal people off-duty, I.M.P still has few reservations and even less guilt over assassinating people. While it could just be ComedicSociopathy and a VillainProtagonist status (along with being demons), they live in the afterlife where humans can only [[DeaderThanDead be permanently wiped out]] with angelic weaponry. It's no wonder they're so blasé about their hitmen job-death's [[DeathIsASlapOnTheWrist practically a slap on the wrist]] from their perspective if you're not a naturally-born demon.
* There are many, in-universe and out, who question how Blitzo was able to pull Verosika, even if their relationship didn't last. Simple: Blitzo projects a lot of outward confidence and a devil-may-care attitude. Those go a long way in initial attraction, even if his deep insecurities and self-sabotage ruined any chance at a healthy long-term relationship before it had even started.
* Verosika's bitterness over how her relationship with Blitzo fell apart takes on a new dimension when one remembers that she's a ''succubus''. She was ready and willing to go against her nature by entering a ''committed, monogamous relationship''. It's easy to imagine that, for a succubus (or incubus), doing something like that is a ''very'' big deal. Which means the fact that Blitzo threw it away must have cut her deep.
* One of Blitzo's choice phrases is "Christ on a stick", which doesn't really make sense for a demon. However, using Christ's name that way is a minor blasphemy, so it could fit.
* While Loona being a hellhound has been confirmed many times, there's no denying that she looks a lot like an anthropomorphic wolf, especially since episodes like "Queen Bee" or "Seeing Stars" have shown that most hellhounds resemble domestic dog breeds. If Loona was based on a wolfhound (a mix of wolf and domestic dog), then a lot of her behavioral issues make even more sense. Wolfhounds are notoriously difficult to raise, because their wolf traits make them skittish, aggressive and less likely to cooperate with humans. They make terrible pets period, but the only person that could feasibly raise one is someone with experience and proper training, and someone who will always accept that the wolfhound will never be a cuddly pet and will always stay a little wild. If this is true in Loona's case, then her being adopted and given back multiple times would sadly mirror the way a lot of wolfhound adoptions go in real life- people want one as a status symbol or don't know how difficult raising one is, and then promptly surrender them once raising one proves too difficult. A lot of wolfhounds also end up with terrible behavioral issues like aggression due to severe neglect and lack of proper training, which once again mirrors Loona's problems in the show.
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[[folder:Pilot]]
* The commercial for I.M.P has a demon who was surprised to end up in Hell. This makes a lot of sense, because the first step to becoming a better person is admitting your faults, so the worst kind of people, the ones you would find in Hell, have a NeverMyFault attitude. Furthermore, people like this would feel entitled to revenge and be the perfect customers for I.M.P.
* As horrifying as the implication is that someone in hell would want a child murdered, if you really think about WHY Eddie was the I.M.P's target things start to make sense. First of all, they only take clients from those in hell, and secondly Eddie is shown to not only be a jerk, but openly analytical about those he's around, with the capacity to plot just to save his own skin. Traits wholly in line with a schoolyard bully. It's entirely possible Eddie got someone killed and covered his ass well enough to come off scot free...at least until I.M.P got hired.
* Of course Blitzo doesn’t know what insurance is. Denizens of hell are extremely resistant and can’t be killed by anything that isn’t an angel’s weapon. They likely have no need for something like medical insurance because almost any injury won’t be fatal and will heal on its own. As for other types of insurance, well, Hell is full of jerks, the insurance companies wouldn't ever want to pay anyone.
** Alternatively, maybe Blitzo is so baffled by the notion of health insurance because [[EvenEvilHasStandards even Hell]] wouldn't stoop to the tight-fisted depravity of a healthcare system that just leaves you to die if you can't pay.
*** [[WordOfSaintPaul According to Faustisse on a stream]], Hell doesn't have healthcare due to [[{{Satan}} Lucifer]] not giving a shit about his subjects. So, one could say that Hellborn citizens wouldn't know anything about how any healthcare system works at all.
* Of course Millie would verbally retaliate against Loona and not Blitzo even though both insulted Moxxie. Because the latter is her ''boss'' and the former is her ''co-worker''. She'll get in trouble for yelling at a co-worker but she could be ''fired'' for doing the same to her boss.
** Actually, she's probably ''not'' at much of a risk for being fired; Moxxie himself has yelled at Blitzo once or twice ''during'' work, after all.
** Alternatively, Millie retaliates against Loona because she has beef with her for hanging up when she called after getting stabbed.
** She likely was used to Blitzo's insults, and knows that he isn't actually being serious. As opposed to Loona, who likely does actually mean everything she says, and has not been there as long as Blitzo has.
* Blitzo's position over Moxxie's body, just after he woke up from a bad dream, can be a reference to the old belief that nightmares were caused by monsters or ''demons'' sitting on top of you, as seen in Henry Fuseli's [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nightmare#/media/File:John_Henry_Fuseli_-_The_Nightmare.JPG The Nightmare]].
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[[folder:The Circus]]
* It makes sense why Paimon is Stolas's father in the show's setting. In the ''Literature/ArsGoetia'', Paimon is a king and Stolas a prince. The son of a king is a prince.
* Being raised by a staff of servant imps and even having an imp-like plush doll to sleep with may have contributed heavily to Stolas's affinity for them.
* Stolas crying after seeing Stella's photo. Not only he's sad over the ArrangedMarriage but, as seeing later in his knowledge of horse ailments, Stolas likes animals and Stella was ''strangling a dog'' in the picture.
* Blitzo's improv about a horse with laminitis could have been inspired by how much time he spends around the circus horses, one of whom might have even suffered from the condition. Given how rundown the circus appears to be, it's no surprise that the animals aren't being well-cared for.
* Blitzo speeding ahead of Stolas in the hallways as the young prince struggles to catch his breath. As a young acrobat, Blitzo would be well-accustomed to physical exertion. Meanwhile Stolas likely isn't used to so much exercise due to his more privileged upbringing and how he spends most of his time reading.
* Of course an anniversary party is called a "Not Divorced" party in hell: the sanctity of marriage surely is not acknowledged in hell, marriage is but a mere contract to produce pure blooded heirs, with actual love being a rare luxury; the fact that you managed to stay together with your UnwantedSpouse for so long, for whatever reason, despite the readily available option of divorce is something worth acknowledging.
* This episode gives some context to the phone call at the end of "The Harvest Moon Festival", or rather Stolas' lack of reaction to it. Stella's been shown to have a habit of badmouthing Stolas to party guests and over the phone, even when she knows full well that he's right there and can hear every word she's saying--after years of such nastiness, Stolas would have learned to tune it out once Stella got going.
* Stolas laments that he is an "owl in a cage". Owls in real life need large spaces to live in to avoid stress.
* Blitzo's fascination with pirates could be the reason why his Weapon Of Choice would be a flintlock pistol, the main firearm used by pirates in the UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfPiracy. His act is also the trapeze, something that emulates pirate boarding maneuvers. Combine that with all the crimes he commits...
* The lengths that Blitzo and Stolas go through for their daughters stem from their own parental neglect/abuse.
** Conversely, they seem to have repeated some of their father's mistakes too, namely the lack of consideration for their children. Blitzo's father interrupts Blitzo playing with his friend after a show to demand that he steal from the Goetia he just finished pawning Blitzo off on. Similarly Blitzo prevents Loona from socializing with Tex just so he can use her to win the bet with Verosika. Meanwhile, Stolas brings Octavia to Loo Loo Land under the misconception that it will cheer her up just like how Paimon took him to the circus. Despite Stolas being genuinely dedicated to making Octavia happy, he still overlooked just how much she hated being there like how Paimon did with him.
* From what we've seen, all of the Goetia demons are [[FeatheredFiend avian in form]], despite the Ars Goetia describing them as coming in a variety of forms, from horses, to humanoids, to even a living pentagram. However, Paimon rapidly shapeshifting in his introduction implies he doesn't actually look like an owl, and this was just a form to communicate with Stolas in particular and he takes on a different guise when talking with his other children. Several of the forms he moves through are distinctly not birdlike, such as a hydra, a ram, an elephant, and a winged eyeball. His later comments on Stolas being "the owl boy" and him apparently siring "so fucking many" kids starts to make a bit more sense if an owl isn't his true form.
* During Loo Loo Land, compared to most other people, Blitzo treats Octavia with respect and gentleness. Since the only portrait Blitzo saw in Stolas's home where he was smiling was with Octavia, he likely surmised how much Octavia means to Stolas. Therefore, he's not as snarky nor deprecating with her.
* Blitzo tries to perform a NeckSnap on Stolas to steal the book. While it doesn't work because [[FurryReminder Stolas is an owl demon]], it would have failed anyway because he's also a Goetia; like the Sinners they're above in Hell's totem pole, they can shrug off anything that isn't a hit from a holy weapon. It also makes sense why Blitzo would try to pull off that move since he kills humans, so he's most certainly murdered someone by twisting their head 180 degrees, plus ''imps'' can't survive that.
* Why does Stolas say that imps want his family's money and bodies back in "Loo Loo Land"? He is speaking from personal experience!
* While the difference in reception between Blitzo and Fizzaroli's acts shows just how the former is outclassed by the latter in the circus, another possible reason for the cold reception is that the audience thought that the whole thing is a ''double act'' and Blitzo's performance is just the first half. They are probably still waiting for the punchline!
* It's revealed that Stolas started to call Blitzo "Blitzy" the first time they had sex. By rule of first mention, it means that "Blitzy" isn't much a cute term of endearment, but Stolas' way to call him "Daddy". No wonder Blitzo doesn't like it.
* In Stolas' pictures, he is happy but Blitzo is annoyed. However in Blitzo's picture, he is happy but Stolas is asleep. They're both happy when the other is around, but neither of them can see that the other party is happy as well. A succinct visual metaphor for their relationship. Source [[https://www.reddit.com/r/HelluvaBoss/comments/wt9phs/stolas_and_blitzo_looking_at_pictures_of_each/il3l2tp/ here]].
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[[folder:Seeing Stars]]
* Stolas says his powers are limited in the mortal world without his grimoire. That might explain why he possessed Agent 2 and summoned himself in "Truth Seekers" as it counted as "in Hell."
* Stolas drinks from the water bottle and it's treated as regular water. But when he throws it onto the producer, it burns him because it's 98% acid. Given Stolas is a demon and has likely ingested far worse than acid, of course he'd be unaffected.
* People confusing Blitzo for Brandon Ragers goes a long way to explain why I.M.P didn't even realize they needed disguises; after all, the fact that Ragers doesn't have horns doesn't seem to phase his fans.
* "OZZIE’S" showed that Blitzo sleeps on the couch while the only bedroom in his apartment seemingly goes to Loona. Back at the hellhound adoption agency, Loona shared a cramped cell with other hellhounds and only had a wooden bench with a couple pillows to sleep on. Blitzo likely gave up his bedroom just so Loona could have a real space of her own to sleep after who knows how long.
* Octavia's disgust at the Kanye West stand-in making out with the Jeffree Starr stand-in isn't just another potshot at celebrities. Seeing a rich man whose relationship with his wife or girlfriend is on the skids getting sexual with another man would no doubt be emotionally painful considering her own situation at home. It doesn't help that the woman is also taking the child with her and the last thing Octavia wants is to be separated from her dad.
* A [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OuhJBjtv-tA&lc=Ugx9UbeAmjyO15Lv20R4AaABAg comment]] notes that Loona's circumstances before getting adopted explains her attitude towards Blitzo and Moxxie.
** Blitzo's adoption of her before she aged out ensured her eternal gratitude and was why she didn't leave him. But years of hardship have made it hard for her to properly open up to him.
** While not unwarranted, Moxxie's constant complaints subconsciously reminds her of the ''fat'' caretaker's constant belittling. As such, her first instinct is to lash out. Suddenly, her constantly calling him fat takes on a whole new meaning...
* Stolas' short back-and-forth with Blitzo after he complained about Stolas not memorizing a disguise spell have loads of fridge logic and brilliance.
** While it may seem ironic that Blitz can't remember Moxxie's phone number, people with cellphones have numbers saved on their phones, and Blitz has a stock of extra phones for emergencies, so he logically doesn't need to remember Moxxie's phone number, or anybody else's for that matter. That Blitzo responds with a "Fuck you" instead of a logical rebuttal is because it's his usual response to people talking back to him, angry cursing.
** Stolas on the other hand mainly uses a dial telephone, and would bother with remembering phone numbers. Likewise, Stolas doesn't need to remember a disguise spell for multiple demons as he normally works alone.
* Easy to miss on a first viewing (especially for younger viewers), but the little girl in the "Sweetie I'm In the House!" episode looks and acts an awful lot like [[WesternAnimation/CatsDontDance Darla Dimple.]] No wonder she set Blitzo; off.
* At one point, Octavia walks straight through a grisly murder scene. While it was partially because she was brooding about the situation she's found herself in, she's also a native of Hell, where stuff like this is commonplace.
* Why does Loona keep referring to Moxxie as fat when he really isn't? This episode shows that his descriptions of her are very similar to those given by the woman who showed Blitzo around the orphanage/pound she used to live in, and that woman was noticeably overweight. She's most likely projecting her unresolved issues with that lady onto Moxxie.
* Moxxie's song for Millie in "OZZIE'S" features a line "I've always got you around/To laugh at my stupid jokes". In "The Circus" we can see that baby Stolas was the only one who found Blitz's "worm horse" routine funny, and now he was the only person who laughed when Blitz went off the script during the sitcom segment. Given that Moxxie's ballad was a manifest on how much he geniuinely loves Millie and being with her, it's possible that the song might also refer to Stolas' and Blitz's relationship in a metaphorical sense, and it might be what Blitz geniuinely feels for Stolas but is unable to spit out due to past bad experiences and being out of touch with his emotions.
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[[folder:Exes and Oohs]]
* Several demons in the Greed Ring, including Chaz, are shark demons. [[LoanShark What's a criminal whose unscrupulous activity is primarily based around money?]]
* Moxxie says Crimson called Chaz a "friendless horsefucker" once, which Blitzø misquotes as a "horseless friendfucker". Thing is, given the context of the episode, Blitzø's actually more correct in his description--Chaz is deep in debt and living in his car (not likely to own horses), and he later fucks Blitzø (who can be considered a friend to Moxxie and Millie).
** Why would he get mixed up like that? FreudianSlip--Blitzø might still be turning the whole "slept with both my friends" thing over in his mind, hence the word swap.
** Another possibility: Blitzo has been shown to be quite fond of horses and displays a desire to get one of his own; he may have intentionally switched the words around to avoid speaking of his favorite animal in such a vulgar way (and because he sees not owning a horse as a negative).
* Chaz's outfit incorporates a skeleton motif, with one piece stuck sideways right above his groin. Because, yunno, [[StealthPun he likes to bone]].
* How was Chaz able to capture Blitzo the ''exact'' second after the latter found out about his plans? He was probably woken up by the "beep beep" sound when Blitzo clicked the car keys in the bedroom.
* Overlaps with FridgeHorror, but Moxxie's backstory explains why he was so afraid to kill a mother all the way back in “Murder Family”. Aiming the gun at Martha probably triggered a flashback to his ''own'' mother being killed.
** Also as far back as "Murder Family", when listing off who he considers to be acceptable people to kill, Moxxie briefly does what seems to be a generic Italian accent while mentioning a "Mob Family". Now knowing his familial background, that wasn't just a generic accent, he was specifically mimicking the way his ''father'', a ''Mob Boss'' speaks.
** Right before this, he mentions "a shitty dad" as an acceptable target as well. Moxxie sees no problem killing an abusive dad because he already hates his own.
* Besides being an obstacle to the ArrangedMarriage plan, there's another reason Crimson would dislike Millie. Being from Wrath just like Moxxie's mom, it's likely her accent, at the very least, reminds him of his wife.
* Moxxie is actually [[SuperiorSuccessor a better mobster than his father]], due to his [[EvenEvilHasStandards standards]]. One of the rules classic [[TheMafia Italian organized crime]] adheres to is ''never'' abusing your wife, on pain of expulsion. While [[HappilyMarried Moxx and Millie never have had this be an issue]], Crimson is all but stated to have ''murdered'' his wife, if he didn't force Moxx to do it. In a classic mob family, it's very likely Crim would have been killed and his son quietly taken in by another made man, which explains why Angel Dust wants absolutely nothing to do with the organized crime even Hell is disgusted with despite having been a member of the Chicago outfit in life, who clearly don't even have his lacking morals. That and Angel Dust is [[{{Gayngster}} proudly homosexual]] while Crimson is [[PoliticallyIncorrectVillain someone who decorated his house with dildos to insult his son]] probably isn't making Angel especially receptive to him either.
** Another big reason why Crim is fails at this is that he makes the big mistake of trying to ''induct'' instead of just ''introducing'' his son to the family business when he is clearly too young for that, as shown in the flashback where Moxxie is already ''[[ChildrenForcedToKill executing people]]'' at an age where his biggest worries should be getting cooties and Fs. Most of the successful crime families in history are noted to have even ''hidden'' their dirty business from their children until adulthood, some even reaching ''40'' before being taught about the truth. Others just straight up even encouraged them to go legit in exchange for some "special access".
** So why did he go through all the trouble? He saw Moxxie's sharpshooting skills and wanted to immediately capitalize on it without thinking it through. Like a certain [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender Fire Lord]], he did this early to erase Moxxie's goodness which he got from his mother to prevent it from getting in the way of work and mold him into a second Crimson.
* If Hell years work differently than Earth years (as indicated by Vivienne herself), Moxxie's "It's been 84 years..." line might not be an exaggeration or just a reference after all.
** It's impossible for it to not simply be a reference, otherwise it screws up the whole timeline. We know from ''The Circus'' that Blitzo was a small child ''25'' years ago, and he's an adult who had already adopted Loona when he and Moxxie meet in prison. The only way it makes sense if he meant 84 ''Earth'' years which seems somewhat unlikely.
* Before Millie begins her massacre, you can see that, unlike Crimson, Chaz is very clearly beginning to panic even before she starts killing people. He did date her after all, and thus would know about both her fighting skills as well as her fearsome temper meaning that he knew damn well that his and Crimson's plans were about to fall apart.
* A kind of Fridge Humor--of course Crimson's mad about Chaz's money being fake. Yes, he's probably upset he lost a lot of hired muscle to Millie's rampage. But the fact that he has neither Moxxie's assets or Chaz's under his control means that--whether it was Chaz or Moxxie he was trying to impress with the "decorations" in the walls and chairs--it was all for nothing. Homophobic Crimson now has a house full of fake dicks ''for absolutely no reason'', and seeing Chaz choking on one probably reminded Crim of this fact. Anyone would be murderous after that.
* Way back in the pilot, Moxxie made a crack about wanting to get back to sleep as he found his dream of his parents being murdered comparatively more pleasant than Blitzo stalking him. After meeting [[AbusiveParents his father]], there's a roughly even chance [[NotHyperbole he wasn't being sarcastic]]. In fact, this can actually go both ways now that we know what his parents were like:
** If he is referring to his mother, it is that he would rather dream of her drowned by his father than to deal with the stalking.
** If he is referring to his father, Blitzo just interrupted one of, if not the, biggest fantasy he is dreaming of.
* Being the son of a mob boss explains how in the hell Moxxie, as an ''imp'', was able to enjoy the arts and higher life.
* Crimson's ControlFreak tendencies are so bad, that his response to being saved from a fraud is to [[UngratefulBastard plan vengeance on the ones who exposed the fraud and saved him from being scammed]]. Why would he do so? Aside from the need to control, which can be justified by being a ''mob boss'', it is because said exposure cost him at least a dozen of his men. That and, Moxxie ''didn't'' get to relinquish his assets (if he actually had any), which was the second reason for the wedding. It is noted that [[EvenEvilHasStandards he himself clearly didn't like Chaz either]]. He must have really needed the non-existent money if he is willing to call in his abandoned son. [[ShaggyDogStory So the whole affair left him worse off than before.]]
** The entire episode wouldn't have even happened if Crimson had just ''checked'' that Chaz was actually rich. That's another reason to silence Moxxie: [[HeKnowsTooMuch he can't let it get out that he was swindled.]] It took Blitzø 10 minutes, maybe 15, to figure out that Chaz was in debt. Other crime lords would rightfully laugh Crimson out of the Greed Ring if they found out.
* WordOfGod reveals that Moxxie's mother is a Wrath ring native which may partially explain his attraction to Millie since it's common for people to gravitate towards partners who have similar traits to their parents. Millie's longer hair in her wedding photo even gives her a stronger physical resemblance to Moxxie's mom.
* Moxxie's lack of experience with hands-on direct killing as shown in the "Harvest Moon Festival" despite being born in the ring of Wrath is explained in this episode. While he was born in the ring of Wrath, he was raised in the ring of Greed for his entire childhood and most of his early adult life.
* May cross with TearJerker or NightmareFuel, but when he first meets Blitzø in prison, Moxxie doesn't begin smiling until the instant Blitzø mentions ''needing to get home to his daughter, who's been left with a sitter.'' Blitzø won Moxxie's loyalty by being a better father than Crimson.
** Blitzø mentions "the sitter will kill [him]" if he doesn't get back. Loona would be close to eighteen at this point if she hadn't hit it alteady, so she can take care of herself if the babysitter decides to call it quits when Blitzø doesn't come home. However, the sitter would then need to try getting paid, and with the parental unit in jail, it would be on Loona--moody, aggressive, misanthropic teenaged Loona--to pay the sitter. Not a chance many would dare take.
* Moxxie is told that his life as a mafiaso can never be left behind. Now consider all the shenanigans that remind him of that in some form throughout the previous episodes...
* Moxxie is [[DraggedIntoDrag forced to wear a wedding dress]] for the ShotgunWedding rather than a tux or his usual suit. Now, the obvious ''main'' reason for this is because it comes right at the heels of [[CallingTheOldManOut Moxxie defying Crimson and refusing to play along,]] so Crimson probably wanted Moxxie to be married off not only BoundAndGagged to ensure his ”cooperation”, but also in a girl’s outfit to humiliate him [[EvilIsPetty for daring to stand up to him.]] However, there might also be a second reason; [[PoliticallyIncorrectVillain Considering just how homophobic and sexist Crimson is,]] he likely sees any couple, married or not, as having one designated ”man” and ”woman”, and while he thought Moxxie and Chaz’s relationship was ”sissy” overall, he probably found Moxxie to be the bigger ”sissy” of the two and therefore the designated ”woman”, thus the one who ”should” be wearing the dress. Which is probably one more reason why Crimson thinks of Moxxie as an InadequateInheritor, considering just how much the former looks down on women.
* During Millie’s massacre at the wedding, she’s in fully-focused TranquilFury mode rather than the frothing-at-the-mouth rage she’s demonstrated previously; Both earlier in the episode when finding out about Chaz ditching Moxxie during a heist, and when she lost it completely back when she walked in on Striker strangling him during the Harvest Moon Festival. This could be because (as far as she knew) Moxxie wasn’t in ''mortal'' danger this time around, or it could be a great showing of subtle CharacterDevelopment; She probably remembered what happened [[BlindedByRage the last time she blew her lid]] and didn't want a repeat of that.
* Millie's threats to Chaz that she was going to kill him ended up being true, just not directly. Her interrupting the wedding lead to Blitzo revealing the truth about Chaz being broke which in turn resulted in Chaz's death.
* Possibly Fridge Heartwarming: The sweater that child Moxxie wears is shown to have a small bowtie, or at least a bowtie pattern, on it. Since [[AbusiveParents Crimson]] is unlikely to have cared enough about him to even do something as simple as getting him clothes, it's probably an educated guess that [[GoodParents his mother]] is the one who bought/made that shirt for him. Furthermore, Moxxie is the only member of his father's mafia shown to wear a bowtie, at least on a regular basis. Moxxie's preference for the accessory might've been a way for him to pay tribute to his mother all along!
* Blitzo is pretty much useless during the final fight, which might seem strange considering his usual fighting prowess. However, if you consider the circumstances, it actually makes quite a bit of sense: Earlier, Chaz knocked him out with a drug, meaning he is likely still dealing with the effects from that, he smashed a car through a wall and he has no weapons on him at the time. All and all, it's impressive he was even able to do what he did during that brawl.
* Before Chaz starts his attempted serenade of Moxxie, he mentions that Moxxie used to love that back when he and Chaz were dating. Considering that it's been shown several times that Moxxie enjoys musicals and that he also enjoys serenading Millie, it's highly likely that he did, at the very least, appreciate Chaz's attempts to sing to him.
* Moxxie and Millie not realizing that the other dating Chaz as well makes a lot more sense when you realize that since both of their relationships with him ended on ''very'' bad terms, they're not exactly going to bring him up all the time.
* Chaz' demise at the end of the episode was actually foreshadowed in one of the "good times dating Moxxie" flashbacks before we get to see the last one about the failed heist. In there, the couple are referencing the famous Titanic scene of Jack painting Rose wearing nothing but a collar, with Moxxie acting as Rose and Chaz being Jack. Like Rose, Moxxie says the "It's been 84 years" line and gets to live at the end. Chaz, much like Jack on the other hand...
* It probably wasn’t [[ContrivedCoincidence a coincidence]] that Millie ran into Chaz at the beginning of the episode; Crimson most likely sent him to the Pride Ring to scout out the I.M.P offices and make sure that everyone, Moxxie in particular, was there so that Crimson could summon them to him.
* If one thinks about it, Crimson was ultimately HisOwnWorstEnemy when it came to his plan. Namely, he could have easily just married Chaz himself, taken his supposed wealth and then killed him as soon as that transaction was over. His homophobia and ControlFreak nature caused him to drag Millie and Blitzo, two completely unknown variables, into the mix and that is what led to his plans failing even harder than if he had just done it himself.
* Crimson ''insists'' that [[NoBisexuals Moxxie is gay, even after the latter makes it clear that he's bisexual]]. While it's yet another case of him being a homophobic abusive parent, remember that Crimson is a mob boss. TheMafia have always had a very rigid and narrow-minded view of male sexuality, and any man who isn't "straight enough" (read: not 100% in some cases) is gay to them. By those rigid standards, of course Moxxie would be gay, since he's been in a long-term same-sex relationship before.

[[folder:Western Energy]]
* Andrealphus makes some disturbingly romantic comment towards Stella, his own sister. This makes some twisted sense, considering [[RoyalInbreeding a certain stereotype]] surrounding royalty.
* With the IncestSubtext Andrealphus has towards Stella, Stolas has even more reason to be alienated from her; [[EveryoneHasStandards there is kink, and then there is just depraved]], and he can tell Stella regards him as a third wheel to begin with.
* It makes sense that Loona's doctor is a Baphomet demon, and that, by his admission, he's "never had a problem" with treating Hellhounds. Baphomet (singular) is traditionally known as the Prince of Beasts.
* Why didn't Stolas use his stone gaze in the café? It would've petrified the other customers as well. By the time he got outside, he was bound by the blessed rope.
* Of course Blitzo could not comprehend the idea of Stolas getting actually hurt until now. The latter shrugged off anything that that doesn't involve holiness, including a full-on ''NeckSnap''. This mindset was compounded by his father drilling in him about how big and tough they were and the fact that holy weapons are supposed to be illegal and rare. This also explains his disregard for Stolas' welfare in previous episodes, thinking that he can shrug off anything with his power and wealth.
** As for saving his life back in "Harvest Moon Festival" and knowing that Stolas is going to get killed, it seems like a SeriesContinuityError at first. Remember that Blitzo only knew about the blessed ''sniper rifle'' which was taken by Moxxie, so he chalked it as an exception. He has no idea about the ''other'' holy weapons Striker has. When he was saying the statement "He can get hurt?", he was ''just'' realizing that this time, Striker had more holy weapons on him and Stolas was in real mortal danger.
* According to Blitzo, it took five years to get an appointment for Loona to get a shot she needs to get yearly. This is likely meant to be a jab at the real world process of scheduling medical appointments, but it makes even more sense when you remember that, according to the show's official Twitter account, the hospital is located in the Ring of ''Sloth''. Aka, the sin representing laziness, procrastination, apathy and just plain giving up. Of course it would take far too long for them to schedule an appointment! This could also explain why the receptionist can't read or write — Sloth probably doesn't have the best education system. It would also explain why the doctor pulls out the syringe for Loona's Hellbies shot out of a bin of ''used'' needles.
* The fact that Blitzo [[EvenEvilHasStandards catches himself from using the r-word]] when he regularly uses arguably worse profanity makes sense when you realize that particular insult is increasingly associated with mocking autism; given how much of a CloudcuckooLander he is, insulting the genuinely neurodivergent is probably one of the few lines Blitzo has, as a lot of that would be aimed at himself.
* In "The Harvest Moon Festival", Moxxie was stated and shown to not be a physical fighter, yet here, he takes on a gang of cowboys without a weapon. It's possible that, since then, Moxxie decided to train himself so that, if he was without a weapon, he could actually defend himself. Especially considering how "Exes and Oohs" [[DistressedDude went down for him]].
* Stella's first attempt on Stolas' life had her just want him dead, yet now she wants him tortured before he's killed. Considering that Stolas stood up to her and is in the process of divorcing her, chances are that Stella is now even more pissed at him and wants him to suffer before Striker finally kills him.
* Overlapping with FridgeHorror. Striker's beef against the nobility of Hell and the social gap they created among the hellborn is reinforced in the second last scene. Blitzo who is an imp needed to book ''5'' years in advance for an ''annual'' jab for his hellhound daughter. When Stolas got hurt, even taking his condition into account, the hospital in the Sloth Ring ''immediately'' rushed him to a VIP suite with special doctors wheeling him in from the I.M.P van, complete with news reporters already on the scene. It is highly doubtful if anyone less than a Goetia would've gotten the same treatment if they underwent similar injuries.
* Loona's GiantMedicalSyringe may simply be just a case of RuleOfFunny at first. A more reasonable explanation would be that her dosage is increased exponentially due to it being her first time at such an advanced age. It is safe to assume that younger puppies would be given a much smaller shot.
* Striker having a more comedic tone in here is because we are seeing him [[WhatYouAreInTheDark in the privacy of his own home]], where the only supposed witness (Stolas) to his less intimidating quirks is going to be dead anyway. Stella altering the hit dragged things out until M&M showed up. Suddenly, him gouging out Stolas' eyes makes a whole lot more sense. He doesn't want anyone else describing what his home looks like and how he acts outside of his professional side in "Harvest Moon Festival".
* In this episode we see just how varied in size imps can be - some are [[FunSize tiny enough to hold up teapots and fit inside of purses!]] It adds more context to how Hell’s aristocracy views imps as literal accessories to their daily lives and why it would be considered taboo to have romantic/sexual relationships with them.

[[folder:Unhappy Campers]]
* In the pilot of "Hazbin" Angel Dust could buy PCP from a vending machine and in "Loo-Loo Land" Moxxie casually offered Octavia morphine in the same sentence as ibuprofen. It makes sense that heroin would also be a "minor" drug in Hell.
** This makes Barbie's "honest" job a little less hypocritical. If drugs like morphine and heroin are equivalent to ibuprofen in Hell, then Barbie dealing them is no less illegal or morally worrisome than a pharmacist selling aspirin.
* One of the things the campers criticize about "Moxxine" is "her" legs. In addition to wearing tighter, curve-accentuating leggings, Moxxie is digitigrade, with legs that curve like an animal's--it is ''very'' noticeable that something isn't quite human there. "Millerd's" legs are straighter and more human in design with plantigrade feet, leading to less of an uncanny valley.
** Also, it's much easier for an adult woman to impersonate the voice of a preteen boy than it is for an adult man to perfectly imitate a young girl--look at the voice acting industry in real life. Moxxie's falsetto was probably not sounding too convincing to the girls, while Millie's higher tones can be waved off as a boy going through puberty.
* The toxicity and scummy behavior we see in the camp would explain why the camp counselor who sought out I.M.P.'s services ended up in Hell in the first place.
* Why is Moxxie so dead-set on using disguises over sneaking around unseen? He's a fan of the theatre--of course he'd leap at the chance to dress up and pretend to be someone else, it's ''acting''.
* Barbie's rehab clinic is located in the Sloth ring, as is the pharmacy where she works. She explicitly stated that she wants to be as far away from Blitzo as possible. Judging by the [[https://hazbinhotel.fandom.com/wiki/Rings_of_Hell rainbow color scheme of Hell's rings]], pink Sloth truly is the furthest one away from red Pride, which is where I.M.P. and thereby Blitzo is located.
** Also, we see Barbie using what looks to be an Asmodeus crystal in a bracelet design. The Lust ring is much closer to Sloth than it is to Pride, which explains why denizens of that ring would be more likely to use them for travel to Earth. It also explains why some Sloth creatures, like the Baphomet demon receptionist from the previous episode, would be hybrids with mixed features from Envy as well as Lust since members of those rings are technically neighbors (it's pretty heavily implied that the sea creature aesthetic is from Envy).
* Why doesn't Barbie's job just make the drugs in-Ring, instead of risking detection in the human world? Because it's located in ''Sloth''--taking the route that requires less actual labor would fit the description perfectly.
** It's also possible that Hell just isn't able to make drugs of weaker strength - why would they? The whole point of Hell's culture is to make everyone get as messed up as possible - and therefore Sloth must rely on Earth's drugs in order to keep demon addicts stable.
* Why did Moxxie's attempt at singing fail? Aside from becoming narcissistic due to a combination of jealousy at Millie's popularity and his ValleyGirl cover turning the lyrics into an IAmGreatSong, as talented as he is, not even he can sing like a completely different person.
* Millie's need for adoration from other people stems from the fact that the Wrath Ring deemed her a pariah for murdering at least nine people during the Pain Games, with only her family and I.M.P supporting her. As much as she enjoys killing people, she also wants to be seen as a normal person rather than TheDreaded.
* As frustrating as it is, Moxxie dragging out the hit for a week which led to a mutual confrontation was a NecessaryFail with Barbie Wire taken into context. If M&M went after the target immediately after Millie's discovery, Barbie would be pissed at losing her supplier and Blitzo's investigation would be AllForNothing as she has long left the camp. If they ran into Barbie (which is very likely [[FreezeFrameBonus as you can see Barbie's eye when Millie is spying the boat shed Jimmy just went into]]), the brawl might end with her dead without Blitzo informing them about their relationship and his reaction won't be pretty when he finds out. Moxxie may have taken a bullet to his self-esteem but he dodged the ''rocket'' that is his boss going after him and Millie. The only time where Barbie may not be around is when Jimmy is alone in his cabin as Millie suggested after her first song.
* Moxxie's AcquiredSituationalNarcissism, as frustrating as it is, makes a depressing amount of sense when you consider the circumstances of his life. From childhood to early adulthood, he was kept isolated and under [[AbusiveParents Crimson's]] thumb, which implies that [[FriendlessBackground he had no friends growing up,]] with the only person showing him genuine affection having been killed by his father when he was barely out of toddlerhood. In the present day, [[ButtMonkey he receives the lion's share of verbal and physical abuse and humiliation from Blitzo, Loona and other people alike,]] not to mention that [[ObnoxiousInLaws his in-laws clearly don't like him, but just tolerate him for Millie's sake.]] In other words, even after meeting Millie, he's clearly not received much in the way of ''platonic'' love and appreciation in his life. The poor man must be [[IJustWantToBeLoved so starved for affection and approval]] that he overcompensates when he sees a chance to get it - [[WellDoneSonGuy He just wanted to make Blitzo proud of him,]] and that desire most likely bled into his attempt at an AlphaBitch persona to get the kids at the camp to like him.
* Moxxie doubles down on trying (and failing) to act like an AlphaBitch despite it clearly not working out for him. Why doesn't he change tactics or even try to [[BeYourself be himself]] when he sees that it works wonders for Millie? There could be two reasons;
** The first one is that, as somebody who is a fan of theatre and movies, he knows that the AlphaBitch is a "popular girl"-type, so he probably tries to apply movie logic to his situation despite being unable to pull it off.
** As for the second one? Well, it's not like he's received much in the way of appreciation for being himself ''before'', has he? And while it doesn't excuse or justify his behavior, it might explain [[GreenEyedMonster why he gets jealous of Millie instead of happy for her:]] He sees her effortlessly blending in and becoming LovedByAll simply by being herself [[FailureIsTheOnlyOption whereas he seems to end up becoming a pariah or a punching bag no matter where he is and what he does.]] It must've done a number on his self-esteem.
* The small bit of Loona we see this episode, she's sound asleep at the conference table at I.M.P Headquarters. Aside from fitting her normal lazy worker personality, given the amount of medicine and chemicals that went into her system in the previous episode (in which Blitzo takes her to get her hellbies shot), it's not surprising she'd be drowsy and out of it not long after it.
* For as disturbing and unsettling it was for the humans to watch "Moxxine and Millerd" have [[BrotherSisterIncest "incestuous sex"]] on implied national television, it was the best course of action for I.M.P. Millie was in her way to become a human influencer; now imagine that suddenly a popular internet celebrity disappeared as fast as "he" appeared: people will wonder, investigate and try to find "him", which would reveal that "Millerd" doesn't even exist. Cutting off "Millerd's" budding fame with such a big of a scandal was the perfect way to be so cancelled, "he" won't only fall into obscurity, "he" will be [[{{Unperson}} erased from internet history]]. Not only that, such a scandal is the perfect excuse for "Moxxine and Millerd" to go off the grid, creating a perfect alibi for the lack of info on them online and cover their tracks.
* The reason why D.H.O.R.K.S wasn't around to investigate despite "Millerd's" visibility is because, as seen on "Truth Seekers", they can't look beyond the imps' PaperThinDisguise so to them, "Millerd" was a completely normal kid.

!FridgeHorror

[[folder:General]]
* With the confirmation that the series takes place in the same universe as ''WebAnimation/HazbinHotel'', it's possible that I.M.P's contract killings and demons like Stolas, who for some reason want more people to go to Hell, are at least part of the reason why Hell is suffering an overpopulation problem.
** For that matter, how will Charlie react when she finds out? Will she go apeshit on Blitzo, or sic Alastor on Stolas?
*** All things considered, that'd be more [[LaserGuidedKarma karmic than horrifying.]]
*** This work is declared ExiledFromContinuity due to differing production, so the idea of both sides clashing over this contrast won't be happening ever. But fanfics say otherwise...
*** The demons might not even have to put in much effort towards procuring more sinners since nearly all of the humans in this series are dim-witted jerks. The pilot showed I.M.P getting kicked out of the hospital window just for not having health insurance and the news ticker mocks a grieving mother's drawing skills during an interview. When you add in especially terrible people like Martha and her family and Lyle and Lypton, [[CrapsackWorld is it any wonder Hell has an overpopulation problem?]]
** We also don't have any confirmation on whether or not I.M.P or Stolas and his family are exempt from the annual exterminations.
*** Considering that the souls of sinners are stuck in the Pride ring of Hell, while other demons are able to travel between them, it's likely that the exterminations are restricted to the Pride Ring, because that's where the overpopulation issue actually is, while the demons who can travel between rings and aren't exempt move to a different ring while it happens.
* The show's very premise is pretty disturbing in hindsight. If someone with a grudge against you dies and ends up in Hell, they can hire a team of demons to enter the living world and brutally murder you at any moment. Best exemplified by the client who mentions wanting to kill a jogger for reporting a murder [[NeverMyFault he committed]]. Try to see justice done? [[NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished The culprit might decide to get revenge from beyond the grave.]]
* If there is an EasyRoadToHell in this 'verse, it's likely that whoever hires I.M.P to kill someone will end up meeting that person they wanted dead in hell. While most people who hire I.M.P probably [[DidntThinkThisThrough just didn't think of that]], the FridgeHorror comes from wondering [[{{Yandere}} about those who]] ''[[TakingYouWithMe did]]'' [[BestServedCold think of it.]]
** Even worse if some demons plan ahead and order the hit so that the target arrives in Hell right before the Yearly Extermination.....
* With the right book, demons can access the mortal world anytime.
** This can even include ''a Church'' if the montage from the pilot is to be taken seriously. The fact that Demons can show up on holy ground suggests that Churches are either ''not safe from demonic influence'', or that there are varieties of demon magic strong enough to bypass their protection altogether.
** As we find out in the actual series, Demons must avoid being discovered while Earth. This means that the I.M.P team would've had no choice but to kill everyone in that Church to preserve TheMasquerade.
*** EarlyInstallmentWeirdness aside, they had ''no idea'' that there a masquerade that needs to be upheld in the first place until "Spring Broken". It is safe to assume that I.M.P just scrammed back to Hell unless the church is where their target is. This also explains why they dumped the kid's corpse on live television later on.
* The show frequently implies that Hellhounds, depicted here as fully sapient and humanlike, are viewed less as citizens of Hell and more as pets. This being Hell, it's probably a bit of a given that the ethical implications of keeping a sapient entity equal to you in intelligence as a pet so far haven't been addressed, but it still raises a bevvy of unsettling questions about the lives both Loona and Vortex could've led, to the point that Blitzo acting like an overbearing and annoying dad to Loona almost feels like a blessing in disguise compared to how he ''could'' have been.
* If you combine info from this show and ''Hazbin Hotel'', Heaven itself has flaws of its own. At best, it could be a well-meaning but autocratic state, and at worst it could be an incompetently run totalitarian state that sets impossibly high standards for others to follow. Specific evidence being:
** The existance of the Exorcists, angels whose whole purpose is the extermination of sinners, which they do with demented smiles. Now granted the residents of Hell are not completely undeserving of punishment, but this extermination seemingly targets low-level sinners while leaving high-ranking demons like Alastor around to cause more mayhem.
** The ease at which three loyal angels are effectively booted out of the place for the accidental death of a human, with no ability to launch any kind of appeal or to challenge their action in court, combined Deerie's utter ''[[SugaryMalice cheerfulness]]'' when expelling the three clearly remorseful angels implies that the denizens of Heaven, while on the surface nicer, are just as cruel and mean as the denizens of Hell. When Blitzo, a professional assassin, can show more kindness to his employees than a resident of Heaven can show to her own employees...
*** It is noted that they were unrepentant jerkasses even if they didn't deserve what happened to them however, so it's possible that Deerie just hated them and [[MakeItLookLikeAnAccident and said they fell.]]
** Heaven's eagerness to save a cruel dying capitalist over trying to help a more deserving soul implies Heaven is also a deeply classist society. We don't know how missions are assigned however, so [[GloryHound C.H.E.R.U.B could have selected him on their own.]]
** The inability of Heaven's forces to ''stop'' I.M.P. from assassinating people implies that Heaven isn't all-knowing and thus capable of making mistakes- but because it's heaven these mistakes have horrible consequences.
** Just the fact ''you can be born in Hell'' in this universe seems extremely unfair. Imps like Striker and Blitzo might be remorseless killers, but what chance did they have to be anything else considering [[CrapsackWorld the world]] they grew up in?
* "C.H.E.R.U.B." suggests that Heaven might be [[HellOfAHeaven just as bad as Hell]] underneath its veneer of purity. And I.M.P.'s adventures on Earth show that at least some parts of Earth are just as bad as Hell as well (Blitzo outright says Los Angeles is just like home). With this level of [[CrapsackWorld Crapsack Universe]], Charlie's dream somehow seems even more of a childish fantasy. After all, redemption is a very time-consuming process with no guarantee of sticking, if it is even reached in the first place, meaning only a few Sinners will realistically be sent up to Heaven over a long period of time when ''thousands'' of new Sinners fall in ''per day''. And there's the very real chance that Heaven will see the redeemed as tainted and lock them out regardless.
* While native demons can generally die of natural causes, it's heavily implied from Lucifer's continued survival that this is ''not'' true of the Lords of Sin, possibly because of their rank and/or power, possibly because they're {{fallen angel}}s. At a bare minimum, it seems like they live an ''incredibly'' long time. So assuming their relationships last, Asmodeus and Beelzebub are going to respectively have to watch Fizz and Vortex [[MayflyDecemberRomance grow old and pass away]].

[[folder:Pilot]]
* When calling Moxxie out on possibly trying to crush his dreams, Blitzo says "Right now, all I see is just my dad's asshole talking to me.", as if he specifically correlates his father squashing his interests in musical theater with said father's asshole.
* In the hospital, an injured kid is launched out a non-ground floor window just because he doesn't have insurance. In the news segment with the missing kid's mom, the only person who actually ''cares'' that the kid is missing is the mother herself. No wonder Hell is having an overpopulation crisis- [[WorldOfJerkass the mortal realm is apparently full of jerks]].
* At the end of the pilot, Eddie's father is nowhere to be seen while his mother pleads for help finding Eddie on the news. It's possible that I.M.P was hired to kill Eddie [[OffingTheOffspring by his father]], as a way of [[RevengeByProxy taking revenge on the mother.]]
** That would explain where Eddie gets his jerkassery from, since his dad would be in Hell.
** And, assuming this is actually the case, he didn't have to pay anything to off his kid because '' ♪ kids die for freeeee ♪ ''
** Alternatively, the kid never was the target. Think about it: Loona suddenly gets a text message ''after'' the kid insulted her, saying they were meant to kill him? Seems like quite a coincidence.
* Given that Stolas put a hit on a human climate change activist to help ensure global warming isn't stopped, the implication is that any number of the world's problems are being orchestrated or influenced by demons behind the scenes, and it's unlikely that humanity at large will ever find out or be able to do anything about it.
* Unless Loona was simply being [[{{Troll}} herself]], being struck by syphilis isn't something to laugh about. If anything, her being a hellhound means that she will be stuck dealing with it for practically eternity before being given the sweet release of oblivion due to her physiology.

[[folder:Murder Family]]
* Stolas was apparently given the grimoire that I.M.P uses by someone else and mentions that it's not really legal for him to lend it out. What if someone, like one of I.M.P's customers, realizes that and rats them out?
** On that point, Stolas reveals that he himself actually uses the grimoire for work instead of it being a random book in his library he keeps for fun. What could he be doing with it?
*** Considering the sheer size of it, it's likely that there are a lot more spells in it than just the one that opens a portal to Earth.
* While Blitzo is running for his life from a demented housewife with a shotgun, he gets a call from Stolas asking to renegotiate their agreement. Since Blitzo is being shot at he agrees to Stolas' blatantly unfair terms just to end the call quickly.
* Martha and her family will no doubt end up in Hell. They'll no doubt be out for revenge, unless they end up in a different part of Hell than I.M.P.
** Granted, killing people is their business, and they don't always bother with going the stealthy route, so I.M.P likely has plenty of enemies in Hell that they sent there personally. That said, only time will tell if some future stories will end up involving said enemies taking revenge.
** Also, while I.M.P likely will be cultivating plenty of their own enemies, they are still a group of reasonably skilled contract killers with connections to the top echelons of demon society. Between that and Hell being a chaotic gangland filled with other psychos, a lot of their targets are probably dealing with too many issues to focus on I.M.P when they arrive.
** Additionally, Sinner Demons are all restricted to the Pride Ring. So even if some of them did come looking for payback, it wouldn't be too difficult for the I.M.P. crew to leave and lie low in another ring for awhile.
* The fact that Moxxie straight up told Martha's family that he is going to call the police on them means that it is possible that they may have ran away the moment he left, making Moxxie guilty of setting a family of satanist cannibals loose on an unsuspecting populace.
** Not quite. Martha and her family were already preying upon innocent people before I.M.P came along, so letting them escape doesn't really change anything. Even if Moxxie unintentionally allowed them to escape, the fact that he notified the police ensures they will be hounded by law enforcement for the rest of their lives. And everyone already knows what they look like thanks to all the media attention Martha got earlier, which will make staying hidden even harder for them.
* Mrs. Mayberry was heartbroken at her husbands cheating since she wanted to have a family. Even if she does find a new lover in hell, she will unfortunately never get to have that family she wanted since Sinner Demons cannot reproduce.
** She could still adopt a hellborn demon. However, there is still the possibility that Mrs. Mayberry could leave her potential adopted child orphaned if she is killed during an Extermination. And while it's still unknown just how long hellborn demons live, sinners can't die from anything other than an angel's weapon. So any sinner who adopts a hellborn child [[OutlivingOnesOffspring is setting themselves up for heartbreak.]]
* Moxxie downright prevents Blitz from shooting Martha in front of her children. It's an understable moral objection, and Moxxie explains it that he "panicked". [[spoiler: But this becomes more horrific as well as a TearJerker when "Exes and Oohs" reveals that not only did Moxxie's father kill his mother when she tried to stand against him for her son's sake, he later brought Moxxie to that same lake that he murdered her in, had Moxxie kill someone there the same way his ''own mother'' was killed, and then threatened ''him'' with the same fate should he ever cross him. Moxxie having difficulty breathing immediatly after deflecting Blitz's shot may have been because of a ''genuine'' PSTD-linked panic attack]].
** Another moment in this episode that takes on a more unnerving light after seeing "Exes and Ooh" is that Blitzo snaps to Moxxie's objections that no one is innocent because everyone enters the world as a parasite leeching off their mother's tits. Knowing [[spoiler: that Moxxie's mother was a better parent towards him than his father and what became of her]], Blitzo's comment in retrospect comes off as all shades of insensitive.

[[folder:Loo Loo Land]]
* Stolas turning a demon to stone has frightening implications. Normally, demons can't really die permanently in Hell except through special means. But turning one to stone might not count as 'dead' to them. The demon might be stuck that way for quite a while. And depending on the nature of the petrification, this may even qualify as AndIMustScream.
** Pretty sure that was an imp, and imps are established as being able to die. That being said, if Stolas can use his power on a demon that can't die, then the theory is still a possibility.
* While being more than able to protect himself, this doesn't change the fact that Stolas and his family are being constantly targeted when going outside in the first place, by ''imps'' no less.
* Moxxie's fear of theme park mascots is played for laughs, but with him immediately jumping to the accusation of one being [[PaedoHunt a pervert]], it begs the question of if there's a...''[[FreudianExcuse deeper]]'' reason he'd be so afraid of them. Also, the fact that he turns out to be ''right'' about Loo Loo is fridge horror in and of itself.
** We've got partialy the explanation in "Exes and Ooh", when we learn that [[spoiler: Moxxie's father is a mafia boss who uses an abandoned Loo Loo Land park to hide a part of his activities, including the torture and/or the murder of other demons, even of some members of his own organization.]] And since we don't know the totality of what happened in this perticular Loo Loo Land, there is also a possibility that something set to this park directly physicaly hurt Moxxie himself.
* A FreezeFrameBonus reveals the Robo Fizz, in addition to being a park animatronic, is also a sexbot. This just opens up so much horror--
** Based on his responses to Blitzo, the robot is clearly more sapient than the average animatronic. Does he have any free will when it comes to his...other function? Would anyone care, [[WhatMeasureIsANonHuman given his status as a robot]]?
** There's something deeply unsettling about a robot that can have sex being used to ''entertain children''.
** Dampening the above horror and opening a whole new issue, it's possible that factory Robo Fizz mentioned made more than one of him for different purposes. Which means we may not have seen the last of the impish clownbot...
*** [[spoiler: Confirmed by the real Fizarolli in OZZIE'S; he says the "child entertainer" model was much more popular than the sexbots.]]
* What's Mammon going to do to Blitzo if he finds out he destroyed his amusement park?

[[folder:Spring Broken]]
* The fish demon monster. ''Just swimming in it made that''. What the fuck was in that drink? What if ''humans'' drank it?
** Ask [[Anime/PantyAndStockingWithGarterbelt the Daemon sisters]].
* The fact that you can get ''punished'' by Hell's higher-ups for not using a human disguise (I.M.P) and/or causing an overt incident (the sea monster attack) raises a lot of implications.
** It's quite likely that the incident caused by I.M.P and Verosika's bet will end up attracting unwanted attention; the kind that comes possibly from guardian angels secretly living among humans or human demon hunters that are either [[VideoGame/DevilMayCry self-employed]] or working closely with the Church. The elite demons in Hell won't need a lot of time to know they are bad for business.
* The partygoers locked Moxxie inside a barrel full of beer while thinking he's a possum. They would do something so awful to what they thought was just a harmless animal.
* What would have happened to Loona had Blitzo not adopted her? She said she was nearly 18 so either way Blitzo was her last chance, either at a comfortable life, or even a life at all.
** Presumably aged out of whatever passes for a foster care/adoption system they have in hell. Then gone on to find work and a place to live. But without the support of any kind of adoptive parent like she has with Blitzo.
** Alternative is that, if hellhounds are viewed similarly to dogs in shelters that euthanize after a certain point, she could have been killed.
** Or the institution that dealt with the adoption, could have simply sold Loona to a kennel for [[BreedingSlave breeding more hellhounds]] for future adoption and sale, which is even worse. Not unlikely since she’d be legal at the time and hellhounds are sold as pets and labor in Hell.
* Also why did Josh specify go after Loona out of every one there? Did he know that she was a member of I.M.P? If so that's just terrifying.
** Alternatively he just didn't see Loona transform, or just didn't note the similarities between her two forms.
** No real reason to think he went after her specifically for any reason. That was a big, wild crowd with a lot of people mulling about whom the succubi were all looking to seduce because they were ''there''. It's entirely possible he had no idea she was a demon in human disguise and thought she was just another potential mark in the crowd.
** Or he thought Loona was easier mark than most. She is dressed as a goth girl and Josh is wearing similar clothes himself, as if he is Loona's "soulmate" . No need for extra magic mojo if you are already dressed the part.
* At the end of the episode, when Verosika and her team are surrounded by police, Vortex can be seen and heard groaning with the rest of them at Verosika's instruction to "get ready to suck a lot of pig dick." If Vortex's automatic response is to immediately resign himself to doing the same work as his employer, it's a reasonable assumption that this isn't the first time he's partaken in Verosika's sex work. Now think back to the fan he knocked out and dragged away from the stage earlier. Going by the music, Loona found him alone way too swiftly for him to have done anything to the poor guy, but it's still enough to raise goosebumps on a rewatch...
** This may be particularly more disturbing to think about if you consider the fact that Verosika and her crew were planning to rape Moxxie, even if they didn't actually get that far into doing so. They've clearly done that sort of thing before.
** Keep in mind that, unlike the rest of Verosika's crew, Vortex is not a succubus, but a Hellhound. While the rest of the succubi are likely more comfortable with the idea of molesting a stranger, he has less of a reason to really want to. And from the exact wording of the deal, it only matters that the ''succubi'' were able to seduce more people than I.M.P could kill. And he's stated himself that he has little to no reason to care about the bet, aside from he's paid to be there and do his job as her bodyguard. In all likelihood all he did was drag the fan out of the crowd and toss him on a pile of sand somewhere so as to not let an unconscious body be somewhere underfoot and capable of tripping someone, as well as being a general mood killer to the developing orgy.
** Alternatively, his groaning may not be due to him having to participate, but rather that he'll have to sit through it all. As Verosika's bodyguard, he has to accompany her at all times, and groans because he just found out that he needs to work an extended shift that night.
* Considering [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil what Verosika’s posse did to Moxxie]] and the general characters of the beach goers, Blitzo was right to be concerned for Loona when she wandered off on the beach and to get in between her and Vortex when he found her, as Blitzo didn’t have any reason to believe the male hellhound wouldn’t do the same to his daughter. Considering his fears, it’s a miracle Blitzo didn’t try to kill Vortex then and there.

[[folder:C.H.E.R.U.B]]
* The ending displays just how easy it is to be BarredFromTheAfterlife. While the C.H.E.R.U.B trio accidentally killing their target Lyle is a reasonable cause of this punishment, and Lyle was going to Hell anyway, the one delivering the bad news sheepishly says there's no way to come back to Heaven. The trio are now {{Fallen Angel}}s, and who knows what will become of them if they aren't sent to Hell yet.
** Additionally, because of how sensitive they are to I.M.P.'s malicious antics and because of their affiliation with Heaven, C.H.E.R.U.B would be ''eaten alive'' by Hell's ruthless, machiavellian society.
** A FreezeFrameBonus for the C.H.E.R.U.B ad reveals a poster near a working Colin, with a message from "God" that says: ''"Surround yourself with people who will lift you up, so ditch your loser friends who you can't use."'' Mean-spirited as that sounds from The Almighty, this seems to imply that angels can fall if they aren't pure enough to support Heaven. Deerie has no issue banning the trio when they lose their purity, because they no longer meet God and His followers' standards.
*** This can also make Charlie's efforts a lot more complicated than they already are. If Heaven denizens are always this unforgiving ''to their own'', especially since Cletus and the others are ''heavenborn'', how would they act towards former sinners providing any will to even be able to redeem themselves?
** Although it’s possible these rules only apply to angels and those born in Heaven, with humans having a different set of rules.
* It's a good thing that none of C.H.E.R.U.B's arrows ever hit I.M.P, when you remember that holy weapons can actually kill demons permanently.
** Well, that only really applies to Sinners, AKA people who died and went to Hell. WordOfGod has mentioned that hellborn demons like I.M.P can be killed by pretty much any normal method (except fire as shown by Episode 1), no holy enhancement necessary. That being said, [[HolyBurnsEvil being hit by holy arrows may be several times worse than being hit by a normal bullet]].
* C.H.E.R.U.B may be a HorribleJudgeOfCharacter, but this doesn't change the fact that the world just lost three {{Guardian Angel}}s. This means that more people are going to be sent to Hell without them helping people see the light or save them from their own stupidity. While they themselves are simply BarredFromTheAfterlife instead of losing their powers, their job is going to be much harder now.
** On that note, it is noted that you can hire angels to become guardian angels. The problem is that if C.H.E.R.U.B is the standard, it means that they don't let background checks affect their stance on their protectorate. Imagine other people like Lyle having them as well. Makes you question your belief in a fair and just God now, wouldn't it?
*** Not quite, they were trying to convince him to change his ways. It didn't change what he did in the past, but they had good intentions.
* Loopty and Lyle being united in Hell may seem heartwarming at first (well as heartwarming as it can be for two slimeball businessmen), until you remember that this is the same universe as ''WebAnimation/HazbinHotel''. What’s going to become of the other one if one of them ends up killed in one of the annual purges, assuming that both of them won’t get killed at the same time and that Charlie won’t succeed in her goal in less than a year?
* C.H.E.R.U.B trying to save someone as unrepentantly evil as Lyle should make someone suspicious of their true motivations. Would saving Lyle be viewed as just a boost to their reputations or are the ultra-rich high priority targets that Heaven just wants to keep?
** Even if Cletus and co. managed to save Lyle from death, he's still a greedy billionaire and all-around terrible person, and these things would probably send him to Hell in the end anyway. C.H.E.R.U.B gets to pat themselves on the back for fulfilling the customer's wish, while not doing anything towards actually saving the soul in question so that he can get into Heaven.
* If Lyle and Loopty had set the machine to youth, would they have been subjected to DeathByDeaging? Is that why Lyle didn't think of using the machine to turn himself back?
* The fact that [[EasilyCondemned even C.H.E.R.U.B can be condemned]] and BarredFromTheAfterLife might make [[WebAnimation/HazbinHotel Charlie's]] plan to rehabilitate sinners more of a fool's errand than it first appears, even ''with'' the very existence of I.M.P clashing with the Hotel.
* The I.M.P have a relatively easy job--hunt target, kill em dead, payday. But the C.H.E.R.U.B commercial shows a bunch of people being injured and killed by unforseeable and unpredictable forces, like a parachute failing to open or a boulder falling on a hiker. Unless souls in Heaven are gifted with clairvoyance or time travel and can see what awful fates will befall their loved ones well in advance, there's no way the cherubs can save 100% of the clients they're tasked with protecting--how many others have been kicked out of Heaven because they failed to save their human or humans?
** At the very least it's not likely failure would result in an instant booting. Deerie's specific wording was that their ''actions'' resulted in the death of a human. Even if she only counted Lyle, who was killed because Cletus's stray bolt shot resulted in him getting pancaked by a piano, the fight itself was caused by the Cherubs snapping and starting an all out brawl with the Imps. Even Keenie technically made the first move by tackling Millie. Even if every single human killed by stray gunshots was attributed to the imps, and not them for starting a fight, Cletus is still directly responsible for Lyle's death.
* Now they’re both in Hell, there’s nothing that prevents Lyle and Loopty from experimenting on the poor like they did in the living world. And given how indifferent demons are to the suffering of others, the amount of homeless in Imp City and common demons' [[MadeOfIron durability]], Lyle and Loopty’s operation could become much grander and more horrible.
** As seen in Hazbin Hotel, Lyle and Loopty are far from the only evil geniuses or supervillains in Hell. Which means that they'll make Hell's gang warfare problem even ''worse'' by becoming additional players in the competition for territory.
* The Cherubs may have been kicked out of Heaven not just for interrupting a man's death, but for numerous other reasons as well. Their commercial, while happy, catchy and quite frankly adorable shows numerous people dying violently. Apart from what was immediately stated, the problem lies within that the angels seemingly ''recorded these deaths happening for their commercial''. This implies that they could've stopped these deaths from occurring but simply chose not to for their commercial. You know, assuming they weren't faked, which is unlikely considering they put Collin in harms way of a bunch of feral giant cats. There's also the big implication that C.H.E.R.U.B. stole the jingle and overall style from I.M.P., which might be seen as a bad thing up in Heaven. [[WildMassGuessing They might not actually be in trouble for actually interrupting someones death but rather, for corporate reasons]].

[[folder:The Harvest Moon Festival]]
* It's played completely for laughs, but the fact that Sally Mae is freely roaming around Hell killing a lot of random people is...not encouraging.
* Stella's hit only failed due to the I.M.P. Imagine if they weren't hired by Stolas and/or didn't notice Striker...
* While Moxxie and Blitzo looked to have Striker on the ropes, he is a slippery bastard and could have easily disarmed Moxxie again. If Loona was just a minute slower and walked into Striker killing Blitzo and Moxxie, how would she react knowing she could have stopped him but didn't out of teenage apathy?
* Stolas looked awfully chill and calm about Stella vocally plotting to murder her husband ''right in front of him at the dinner table''. Almost as if she has attempted to murder him multiple times beforehand, and he's used to her attempts by now, but is unable to do anything about it.
* If Stolas dies, Octavia loses the only parent who cares about her. Worse, if Stella's willing to murder her own husband, there's no guarantee she won't [[OffingTheOffspring take it a step further]]...
* Holy weaponry left by the Exorcists can be reforged to more modern variants. According to Moxxie, this has been the case for quite some time.
* Striker's hatred of Hell's royalty [[TheStarscream may not bode well for Stella]] if he succeeds in killing Stolas. And even if you think [[AssholeVictim Stella]] would have it coming, there's still the matter of this effectively making Octavia an orphan (not to mention the very real possibility that Striker [[WouldHurtAChild wouldn't be above disposing of her next]] to ensure that they don't leave an heir behind).
* Considering how strong and agile he's proven himself to be (certainly more than enough to have snapped Moxxie's neck or slashed his throat without raising the alarm,) Striker's chosen method of attempted murder while trying to silence Moxxie sure does clash with his repeated claims and insinuations that Moxxie is pathetic or unworthy of attention/trouble. Strangulation - especially with one's bare hands - is an incredibly personal way to off somebody, as well as torturously slow, painful, and frightening for the victim. Worse, Striker seems to be enjoying himself a great deal both times he tries it...
** On the other hand, since he throws Moxxie and Millie in a storm cellar and says he wants to keep them alive so he can have leverage with Blitzo, it's very possible he was trying to just knock Moxxie out, not kill him. Though that doesn't negate the disturbing enjoyment he seemed to take in doing so...
** And then you remember Moxxie's obvious unpopularity compared to Striker, which gives extra reasoning on why he didn't immediately kill Moxxie when his plan was exposed. Just knock him out, carry out with Stolas's assassination, and place the holy rifle near the poor, unconscious imp to frame him. Sure, Blitzo and Millie will take his side, but everyone else, ranging from Millie's parents to the [[OhCrap grand rulers of Hell]] will buy Striker's alibi and be outraged at the act. While Millie did interfere, it's still a pretty uncomfortable thought that Moxxie, and by extension the rest of I.M.P., would have been ''that'' close to a ruined reputation and becoming the biggest bounty in Hell.
** As mentioned in the NightmareFuel page, Striker's charm and charisma contrasted with his massive ego, emotional manipulation, lack of empathy and rather...intimate ways of trying to kill his prey are all very prominent traits of serial killers in the ''real world.'' Did he become an assassin just to find an excuse to kill or at least make his killings "legitimate?"
* The very concept of flaming twisters that terrorize the Wrath Ring. The way Moxxie and Joe speak about them shows that it’s not just a normal phenomenon, but that the inhabitants of the Wrath Ring live in constant fear of running into one. It gets worse when considering that Imps are not affected by normal fire, but a flaming twister can easily kill them, which implies that the twisters are either compromised of hellfire, or the victims are torn apart by the winds.

[[folder:Truth Seekers]]
* Stolas messed up at the last minute by not killing the last two agents and/or wiping their security footage, thinking that [[CassandraTruth nobody would ever believe them]]. If Hell is exposed, it's pretty much his fault and he would have to deal with his peers and superiors.
** An even more horrifying thing to consider; What if Stolas KNOWS it was all recorded? One can only imagine what purpose that could serve him, but it can't be good - for D.H.O.R.K.S.
** It won't just be bad for Hell. Anyone who's seen Anime/DevilmanCrybaby can tell you that exposing undeniable proof of the existence of demons will ''devastate'' human society. Heaven most certainly would have to get involved to try and mitigate the damage or to punish Hell for such a massive screw-up.
* During Blitzo's hallucination, almost everyone wields power over him. Moxxie corners him aggressively, Fizz and Striker hit him, and Stolas pulls on his chain. The exception is Verosika, who arrives crawling on her hands and knees, crying, and with her legs melting as if she were sinking. When you think about it, this seems to indicate that Blitzo fears he may have done some serious damage to Verosika. Does this imply that the circumstances of their breakup were actually worse than just him stealing her credit card and spending her money?
** And then you remember that Verosika is an alcoholic and Blitzo knew that she was in rehab. Did Blitzo's cruelty drive her to drink? Was she already having problems and Blitzo just made them worse?
* As stated on the NightmareFuel page, three imps and a hellhound--the lowest creatures in Hell's food chain--were able to kill dozens of highly trained government agents, which does not bode well for humanity if Lucifer decides to [[HellOnEarth pull a]] VideoGame/{{Doom}} on humanity. However, the Fridge Horror could easily swing the opposite way: The four demons in question were armed with either guns or melee weapons going up against agents [[AwesomeButImpractical armed with Edo era weaponry]]. If those agents had swallowed their pride and [[BoringButPractical used guns themselves]], I.M.P. might not have survived the encounter.
* Doubling as a moment of fridge brilliance, but as pointed out by Reddit user Jonjoejonjane, Stolas summoned himself using a ritual meant to "cage the demon to demands of the summoner but stolas was the summoner and so he dictated how his own cage work." The Goetia Prince took a ritual created by humans as a method to control demons and turned it into a means to travel between Earth and Hell without the use of portals or the Grimoire. While he has made some poor choices as of late, Stolas is by no means an idiot.

[[folder:OZZIE'S]]
* Stolas mentions that Octavia is with Stella at the moment. At best, Via and Stella may have just left for the weekend without needing Stolas. At worst, this mention may hint that they have recently divorced and Stella got custody of their daughter. Knowing what a neglectful sociopath Stella is (such as not caring how much her daughter will be emotionally scarred if her father is killed), it makes you really concerned for Octavia, especially since we know from Loo Loo Land that being separated from her father is her biggest fear. No wonder Stolas looked so depressed at the beginning.
* Look at how Fizzaroli and Verosika approach Blitzo. [[https://www.reddit.com/r/HelluvaBoss/comments/qkluw4/parallels_between_ep6_and_ep7/ Looks rather familiar, doesn't it?]] Now look at Blitzo's acid trip in the previous episode. '''His nightmare came true.'''
** The only one missing from this is Striker. And then you remember that this episode is only part one of the finale. [[OhCrap And that Striker still has a holy revolver capable of killing demon royalty while Stolas is currently alone without IMP around for protection.]]
* The real Fizzarolli's discomfort towards his LoonyFan may be played for laughs, but it's entirely possible he's been stalked or even sexually assaulted by creepy fans in the past.
** In the picture she took with Blitzo, Verosika was wearing a short dress that reads "No" near the bottom. While it's awesome that Verosika seems to be of the mindset that skimpy clothes does ''not'' equal consent, it does make one wonder if, even as a succubus, she too faced harassment that made her decide to wear the message so bluntly.
* Back in episode 2, Blitzo calls Robo Fizz an "overrated sellout jester". Here, we see that the current real Fizzarolli is a cyborg with extendable robotic limbs. We don't yet know the circumstances behind this transformation but the term "sellout" for Fizz has ''disturbing'' implications.
* Now that Asmodeus has blown the lid on Stolas and Blitzo's relationship, it won't be long that someone will put this and I.M.P's "special access to the living world" together and figure out that the company is going there with Stolas' help. Once this gets out to the rest of Hell, especially the higher-ups like the other Sins, Lucifer and ''Charlie'', our beloved demons are possibly going to get utterly '''screwed'''.
* Asmodeus and Fizzarolli make it VERY clear that Ozzie's is a club dedicated to lust and that acts of true love will not be tolerated, but Fizzarolli mentions that Ozzie's puts the sickest of desires out on display and even mentions "depravity" and "savagery" in his verses. Given this is ''Hell'' that we are talking about, stuff like "butt stuff", "piss play", and "bondage" are probably not the most extreme things going down in that club...

[[folder:Queen Bee]]
* Bee can sense people's emotions, she may have lost the drinking contest against Blitz because she was distracted by his distress.
** Even the average drunken reveler would want to pace themselves when offered special (presumably much stronger) alcohol from the Queen of Gluttony herself. Blitzø, on the other hand, did not care one bit for his own safety. Bee might not have been the one he was trying to hurt in the contest...
* With how much alcohol Bee's guests were shown drinking, have people died of alcohol poising before? Or hell, have people ''drowned'' in the giant pits of liquor shown around the place?
* Mixed with Squick is that the patrons might be drinking booze that was swam in or contaminated with other bodily fluids, assuming Bee doesn't swap out the tubs. And Bee herself even takes a dip in the "honey" at one point.
** To say nothing of where honey usually comes from, how exactly does Bee make that honey?
*** Well, Bee does tell the guests to "keep making [her] that motha'-fucking honey!" just after she conjures up the punch bowl. It could be some sort of spritual energy that takes the form of honey, like the collective energy of all of the partygoers given physical form. But that's a little WMG.

[[folder:The Circus]]
* Considering how abusive Paimon is, one shudders to imagine what happened when he found out Blitzo robbed the palace and Stolas even helped him.
** Potentially worse, Paimon might never have even noticed because he's such a completely absentee parent and it's fairly clear that particular palace was home to Stolas and precisely none of his siblings.
* The photo of [[EnfantTerrible Stella]] that Paimon shows Stolas depicts her [[BadPeopleAbuseAnimals strangling a dog]] in a fit of rage. Which summons a few questions:
** If that picture was meant to endear Stolas to the prospect of marrying her, it suggests either that Paimon has no qualms about animal abuse or that said cruelty has become ''normalized'' in the Goetia household.
** If the picture was meant to be cute, then it would imply that it's one of Stella's ''better'' traits and that she is even ''worse'' in person.
** The dog ''not'' being strangled has tears in its eyes. Which implies that Stella does this ''regularly.''
* Paimon casually buying a young Blitzo as a playmate for Stolas is ''deeply'' disturbing on a number of levels, implying that the demon king is not above [[SlaveryIsASpecialKindOfEvil buying or owning others as property,]] regardless of age.
** It gets far worse, as judging from Cash’s belief that it was Fizzarolli that Paimon wanted, then Cash was perfectly willing to sell somebody else’s’ child to a complete stranger and was just calculating a price (quite possibly having Fizz steal for him too and then take the blame if he got caught) which could imply that the circus performers are little more than slaves and Cash, as the ringmaster, can do with them as he pleases.
** Fizzarolli's parents are never seen or mentioned, and the way Blitzo's father tries to put a hefty price tag on him when Paimon asks about a playmate for Stolas seems to imply that Cash has primary custody over Fizz. Which begs the question - what happened to Fizzarolli's parents? Are they dead, and Cash took Fizz in? Or was he another "transaction" Cash partook in?
* Stolas downing entire bottles of absinthe just to put up with living with Stella and her constant emotional abuse. Absinthe is a kind of alcohol that has, for more than a century and a half, has had a reputation for being strong, addictive and even ''psychoactive.'' Stolas even wakes up hungover next to an empty bottle of absinthe after his breakup with Blitzo. Considering these drinking habits and how easily he expected Stella's attempt to slap him across the face, their marriage must be ''physically'' abusive as well.
** Also consider: to drink absinthe, you pour a small amount into a glass, then essentially dilute it with a sugar cube and a '''lot''' of cold water. Stolas drinks it straight out of the bottle. Even the imp serving it to him just pours it directly into a shotglass, implying he does this often enough his servants are used to it.
* It was not clear how old Stolas is meant to be exactly, but he doesn't look much older than ten or eleven during the flashback to his childhood. The flashback to when he met Blitzo; takes place twenty-five years later in the near-present, making Stolas approximately 35 years old. Octavia is explicitly stated to be 17 in this episode...meaning Stolas and a similarly-aged Stella would have been pushed to have a child as teenaged parents. Apparently, 18 is considered being an adult in Hell.
* The way Paimon and later Stolas refer to the latter's potential children as "precautionary" heirs--Paimon was using this term since Stolas' childhood, meaning he's always toyed with the possibility of ''something'' nasty happening to his son(s). Which might explain why he has so many in the first place.
* Stella states that Stolas is "terrible in bed" and that he just lies there while she "does all the work". Stolas obviously isn't enjoying himself, and if he consented, it's clear that he does that just to produce an heir. Regardless of if he consented unenthusiastically or worse, he didn't at all, there's a high chance that Octavia is a ChildByRape.

[[folder:Seeing Stars]]
* It's clear Octavia has never traveled anywhere outside of Hell. So what would have happened to her if the grimoire didn't interpret, "take me to the stars" as placing her in Hollywood? She could have ended up someplace far worse than the human realm and maybe someplace even her father couldn't reach. Stolas even tells her he hasn't taught her any spells yet.
* The pilot episode implies Loona has syphilis, but her awkwardness around Vortex in "Spring Broken" suggests she's inexperienced. Now, this contradiction could be brushed off as another case of EarlyInstallmentWeirdness. Then this episode came along and showed just how terrible the place Blitzo adopted her from was, how utterly terrified she was there, and how male and female hellhounds could apparently share rooms. [[RapeAsBackstory You do the math]].
* If Blitzo hadn't adopted her, Loona would apparently have "aged out of the system" and been "out of the kennel's hair". This could simply mean that Loona would be kicked out, but given a mix of how scared she looked, the way hellhounds are treated in this setting and what sometimes happens to real dogs when they're deemed too old for adoption…
* The hellhounds at the adoption center seem to be quite aggressive with each other as one of them challenges Loona to a fight with a bloody bat covered in nails. Obviously, Loona had no trouble swatting the pup away given she was much bigger, but she probably wasn't as lucky when she was a child.
* More like Fridge Sadness, but part of the reason Loona was hunched so far back in her "bed" when Blitzo came by her cell? The walls are just metal bars, and Hellhounds have above-average hearing--she could hear the caretaker explain her attitude problems to Blitzo, who had specifically, out loud, requested a "family friendly" hound. What's more, her beating another hound into the wall would probably be seen as a very family-''un''friendly action, meaning that--even if it was self-defense--Loona would think her chances with this potential adopter were officially tanked. No wonder she looks so upset.
* The meteor shower Octavia wanted to see was called "Azathoth's Tears". Problem is, Azathoth and the rest of the Franchise/CthulhuMythos was created as a relatively recent work of fiction (Creator/HPLovecraft first conceived of him in 1919), yet he's mythical and/or historical enough in Hell to have an extremely rare and dazzling cosmic event named after him. So [[CosmicHorrorStory do Azathoth and the rest of his ilk actually exist out there?]] If so, why would God create such monstrosities?
** It could be that Azathoth is more a mythical/legendary figure to the denizens of Hell, and Lovecraft somehow learned about Hell's mythology. Though ''how'' he did might be Fridge Horror in itself.
* Blitzo and Stolas may have been in disguise while up on Earth, but Moxxie, Millie, and Octavia weren't. D.H.O.R.K.S could very well have gotten more footage of them from hidden cameras or social media. And if they learn about Stolas's connection to Octavia, [[IHaveYourWife that might factor into a future plan for how they can potentially capture Stolas.]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x92P52WJIUg&t=246s This video]] points out that in Loona's side of her cell at the orphanage/pound we see crude drawings you would expect a young child to draw of her with what seems to be a previous owner/father. What happened? At this point, do we even want to know?
* Considering how long she has been in foster care and how utterly hostile she is to nearly everyone around her (even by Hellhound standards), it's unlikely that she has any ability to survive on her own without Blitzo as her guardian. What would happen to her if Blitzo, Moxxie and Millie were killed or otherwise unable to return home from the living world?

[[folder:Exes and Oohs]]
* Based on the ending scene, we know that Crim mounts the remains of his various victims as trophies in his home; at least the ones significant enough to earn such an unfortunate fate. So, there's a decent chance that whatever was left of Moxxie's mother after Crim had her killed is displayed somewhere in the mob boss' home in a similar manner.
** It gets worse: Many of the trophies are hung in the dining room, meaning Moxxie may have spent his childhood eating his meals in full view of his own mother's ''scalp and horns,'' knowing full well what he was looking at. And what it may mean for him if he ''ever'' tried to stand up to his father.
*** Made better (or worse) if we assume Crimson wouldn't bother putting in the effort to dredge up her body after her cement shoes treatment in the lake.
*** Remember the victim we saw Moxxie dump in? Their horns were sawed off already. Crimson wouldn't need to recover a body when he's already taken the trophies he wants from it.
* Looking closely at Crimson's walls, it's not just imp horns and shark jaws hung up. There are Hellhound collars, horns and candles from Baphomet demons, wings and heart chokers from succubi...not even the higher or stronger classes are safe from this psychotic imp's wrath if he decides they need to go.
** How many Hellhounds got killed bodyguarding someone who crossed Crimson?
* There’s a true testament to [[AbusiveParents how horrible Crimson has been to Moxxie]] in that, even when Moxxie is not only an independent adult, but also an assassin who carries a small arsenal on his person on a regular basis, he’s still so scared of his father that he doesn’t think to actually shoot him until he threatens to do so [[CallingTheOldManOut when he stands up to him.]] The flashbacks we saw? They only offer a ''glimpse'' into what his childhood and early adulthood was like. What ''other'' horrors has the poor guy experienced at Crimson’s hands since he was barely a toddler to still leave him almost paralyzed with fear around him as a grown man?
** Or maybe, on some subconscious level, he can’t bring himself to ''actually'' kill his Dad - Despite all of the abuse, he is still his father, so perhaps he’s gotten it beaten into his head that having an evil, abusive monster of a parent is better than having no family at all.
* If the forced marriage between Moxxie and Chaz had gone through, would Crimson, who has been shown to be rather traditional, have forced it to be [[MaritalRapeLicense consummated]]?
* It's horrifying that sweet, gentle little Moxxie was forced to participate in his father's business dealings. However, the thought of what he'd be like if he ''did'' take after dear ol' dad is even more unsettling...
** Moxxie's mother died knowing that her son was going to be left with nobody but his psychopathic father and no way to be sure whether or not Moxxie would remain the sweet imp she loved so much under those horrible conditions.
** If she even knew or thought Crimson would [[OffingTheOffspring let Moxxie live]]...
* Crimson spared no expense in trying to marry Moxxie off to Chaz, going as far as to install retractable dildos throughout the house, put up tons of suggestive photographs of Chaz and even have a nuptial room custom-built for the two of them. Crimson cares more about Chaz's value as an asset than he has ever valued Moxxie as his own ''son.''
** If Crimson sees his own son as a bargaining chip for his mafia dealings, then imagine the kind of lows he's willing to stoop to in the name of revenge against I.M.P. for foiling his plans.
* Now that I.M.P has a whole mafia gunning for them, they better be prepared, or they are going to be wearing CementShoes in the future. And Hell is practically ''run'' by organized crime. Even if they didn't have to deal with Striker, Verosika, C.H.E.R.U.B, D.H.O.R.K.S, Fizzarolli or Asmodeus, I.M.P. may be ''hopelessly'' outgunned.
* How did Chaz die? Scamming a sadistic and ruthless mafia boss like Crimson, and nearly succeeding at that, isn't likely to get him a quick death. And he likely didn't get the CementShoes treatment, since he's a shark demon. So however he went out, it was probably even more unpleasant and gruesome than drowning at the bottom of a (toxic) lake.
* The ''only'' reason Crimson kept his son alive was to get rich by selling him off in marriage to alleged millionaire Chaz. But now that Chaz is dead? God knows what Crimson could be plotting to get even with Moxxie and I.M.P.
* Moxxie's addressing Blitzo with "Sir" isn't just because he is professional. It is a subconscious VerbalTic from his time under his father's thumb.
** Worst of all, it may mean that Moxxie sees Blitzo as a father figure in the worst way possible - a father figure that openly spies on him and his ''wife'' for shits and giggles.
* Also, this episode is a CerebusRetcon machine:
** Remember the Pilot where Moxxie had a dream about his parents being murdered? And how his mother was the only one who showed him any kind of parental love or concern? This means that he regularly dreams about taking revenge against Crimson for his mother's murder.
*** Reinforced by "Murder Family", when Moxxie says that the only family he's willing to slaughter is a mafia family. In fact, Moxxie's freak-out while Blitzo is trying to take aim at Martha may have been triggered (no pun intended) by the memory of his late mother. In fact, it may give a hint as to how she was murdered.
** "Loo Loo Land": Moxxie expresses how theme parks disturb him. Given how close it is to his house and how it may have been used as a front by Crimson for his activities, it makes you wonder what kind of awful things young Moxxie saw there.
** "Spring Broken" and "Harvest Moon Festival" has Moxxie getting attacked by fish, with the latter being a ''shark''. Considering the kind of demons his father hires...
* Potential Fridge {{Squick}}: During Moxxie’s CallingTheOldManOut, he calls [[DepravedBisexual Chaz]] ”Herpes The Clown”. Now, this is ''probably'' (hopefully) just a general insult as a jab at [[CasanovaWannabe Chaz’s]] promiscuity, sleaziness and low standards… But if Chaz ''does'' have, or did have, herpes, how would Moxxie know that? Did Chaz give him an STD in the past?
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[[folder:Western Energy]]
* While convincing Stella to not kill Stolas, Andrealphus states "eternity is a long time, my dear", implying Goetias are immortal. We have no idea if imps are too, so Stolas may end up outliving Blitzo.
* Stella gets absolutely nothing if Stolas dies only because Octavia would inherit everything. But if [[OffingTheOffspring Via were out of the picture]]...
** Stella might not be bright enough or have the foresight to realize the implications of this. Andrealphus, however, may very well have already thought it over. With Stolas incapacitated and Striker still on the loose, Octavia could be in some serious danger.
** Worse still is that Stolas has yet to teach Octavia any spells and it's still unknown if she can access a full demon form like her father. So if Andrealphas does decide to send Striker or any other assassins after Octavia, she'll be a sitting owl.
** Even worse is that Striker clearly ''knows'' about Octavia already. Meaning that he also most likely knows where to find her...
* Hopefully, that used needle Loona was injected with didn't give her ''more'' diseases. On that note, the doctor is probably infected with a whole bunch of illnesses now.
* As demonstrated throughout the show, imps and hellhounds are considered the lowest of the low in Hell. In here, Striker is revealed to be at the absolute bottom of the barrel, not even having a proper roof over his head and having to make do with some abandoned caves, which was implied to be the fault of the Goetias or Hell's other higher-ups. Any wonder why he is pissed at Stolas?
* Crosses into FridgeSadness, but how is Octavia going to react to Stolas' injuries, especially once she learns that her mother is the reason he's like that?
* Stolas has two sets of eyes, and Striker only has one set of hands. If he did get to gouging out Stolas' eyes, Stolas could watch it happen. Worse, it would last twice as long for him as it would a normal demon.
* Considering how quickly the doctors rushed to Stolas' aid when he arrived, as an Ars Goetia, there's likely security on his floor for being a VIP. But those lists usually have a list of people who are allowed to see him. Stolas has likely made sure that Stella and Andrealphus are on a list of "DO NOT ALLOW ENTRY", but how easy will it be for them to gain access with the money and power they have at their disposal, especially since Stella is still technically Stolas' wife? And considering they're planning on extorting as much as they can from Stolas, how long before they stop focusing on his wealth and focus on using custody of Via as a bargaining chip, since she's not yet 18?
* Andrealphus is all but stated to have lustful feelings for his own sister, something [[EvenEvilHasStandards she's visibly uncomfortable with]]. It's possible this is a recent development, but it's just as likely he's had these feelings for a long time, perhaps going into the time when they lived together in their parents' palace. Additionally, if he has these feelings for Stella, what about [[CreepyUncle Octavia]]?
* Andrealphus and Stella's casual and playful attitude to towards the hit on Stolas implies that usage of holy weapons on rivals within the Goetia is commonplace, and it would be ''more'' surprising that things were resolved non-violently.
* In the song they sing, the mariachis mention that Striker likes to eat Pate. Pate is usually made from ''birds''. Was Striker planning to [[SapientEatSapient eat Stolas after killing him]]?
* Loona's [[AfraidOfNeedles fear of needles]] isn't just a silly irrational phobia. Consider that she grew up in what is essentially a [[PoundsAreAnimalPrisons dog pound]], and how close she was to being ''euthanized'' (presumably via lethal injection) before Blitzo adopted her. And since it's Hell, they have no problem lying to the hellhounds so they won't resist and make things difficult for their handlers. How many people had she seen "Just going out to receive a yearly hell-bies shot" that never came back?
** A FridgeLogic alternative to this is that it's perfectly in line with the orphanages' nature to not bother with getting their charges the shots at all. Loona likely had no idea what the shot entailed or how she'd react to it.
** Or it could be both. Only those about to be adopted out receive hellbie shots, those who are to be euthanized are just told they are about to be adopted and then they get killed by lethal injection. Its a gamble for the hellhound.
* The existence of hellbies in general. Rabies, although extremely rare in the industrialized world, remains one of the most feared viruses known to man. A carrier is already ''dead'' when they start showing symptoms of the virus, which is why rabies shots are always preventative. Hellbies must be many times worse. How do we know? Even in Hell's lazy, greedy, ultracapitalistic, "no respect for sanctity of life" dystopia, hellbie shots are provided free of charge, yearly. How horrible are the hellbie symptoms if a bunch of greedy psychopaths are ready to spend a lot of time and effort for prevention?
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[[folder:Unhappy Campers]]
* Barbie Wire claims she's only on heroin when Blitzo asks her, he (after a moment of relief) says it "barely gets rid of a headache" so there's little point in dealing it (or being on it for that matter). Just how much stronger are the drugs in Hell since heroin is seen as weak? And how much worse was Barbie's addiction for her to get into rehab in the first place?
** The fact that the nurse who was stonewalling Blitzo [[ReasonableAuthorityFigure was competent and concerned for Barbie]] implies it's even worse - whatever it was, it's something even ''[[EvenEvilHasStandards Belphegor]]'', who is heavily implied to be Hell's drug magnate, devotes effort to competent rehab. Read that again: the ''[[LazyBum Queen of Sloth]]'' thinks it's so bad [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness she makes sure the doctors actually do their part]].
** Blitzo being worried about Barbie being addicted to "H-8" and being ''relived that it was just heroin''. While it might be a FantasticDrug for Hell, according to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNFgWk_wAwk&lc=UgxCu2V0i3npI3PJ_dV4AaABAg this comment]], it is highly likely that he might be actually referring to the painkiller [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydromorphone hydromorphone hydrochloride]], which is sometimes referred to as "H-8". This drug has ''five times'' the potency of morphine and is mainly reserved for dealing with ''cancer-inflicted'' pain, without Hell possibly making it even stronger. If Barbie is really addicted to this, no wonder everyone dealing with her is worried about her relapsing. This is also brings the issue as to why she would be addicted to this drug in the first place...
* The simple fact that drug-dealing is considered an honest job in Hell.
** And that it's apparantly normal for demons to get their drugs in the human world, which they pay suppliers for. That makes Barbie's profession as much of a danger to exposing that hell is real as I.M.P is, only on a much larger scale because despite how messy I.M.P is, they leave no witnesses unless interfered with and is limited to one company, whereas drug dealing demons are logically much greater in number, and likely to get high on their own supply, increasing the danger of getting caught.
** That being said, Barbie is pretty pissed that her supplier got killed and says she's out of a job now. One would think she would try covering up the murder, hiding the body, and then delivering the drugs herself, but instead she escapes back to Hell and takes nothing with her for fear of suspicion and getting caught. Also, this is the Sloth ring we're talking about; if any place would be inefficient in their employment and planning for contingency, that would be it.
* Being a "recovering" addict, who openly states she's addicted to the very drug she's dealing, there's a big chance that Barbie will have a relapse if she continues in the business.
** It makes sense why Barbie would find a job almost adjacent to the place which helped her become clean (by Hell's standards, at least), but that makes it awfully easy for her to slide back into her old ways, thereby almost guaranteeing her re-admission into rehab. Talk about a vicious cycle in Hell. This may also explain why Blitz wanted to check up on her after hearing that she was clean.
* Stressors and an inability to manage one's emotions as a result of those stressors are a major reason for why addicts relapse. Barbie left rehab, got an honest job and was working on rebuilding her life. She obviously has very negative feelings towards her twin (even without her screaming at him to leave her alone, the X over her family crest on her forehead gives that away) and he screws up the job she had. Moxxie and Millie helped, but Blitz was there and even though he wanted to help, he took away a major part of her support system. If she doesn't find another job soon, she could relapse again and that would be yet another thing to feel guilty for. He clearly wants to make amends, but it's also very clear that Barbie has no intention of making that a possibility. And given that we're probably going to see Fizz again soon, not to mention he hasn't visited Stolas, it looks like Blitz is about to have a very difficult next couple of episodes.
* Blitzo calling Moxxie a "fucking disgrace" in the end is [[KickTheDog harsh and cruel enough,]] especially since he baited him with supposed praise first. But it manages to become even worse when you consider that Moxxie has likely heard similar sentiments before from [[AbusiveParents Crimson]] - Since there are some implications that Moxxie might see Blitzo as a bit of a father figure, that's one more session of verbal abuse from somebody who he's tried so hard to gain the approval of. Combined with the HumiliationConga, it's not surprising if Moxxie walks away from all of this with his self-esteem worse than ever.
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* Why does Tex still work for Verosika, a succubus idol, despite the reveal in here that his girlfriend is the ''Lord of Gluttony''? As shown with Blitzo and Fizz, relationships between (vastly) different social classes is frowned upon in Hell and Hellhounds are considered ''even'' lower than Imps. Vortex and Bee mostly hang out during the latter's parties in where the partygoers, who are Imps and Hellhounds, are too busy indulging in food and/or drugs to notice while her passes at him can easily be taken as part of her general extroverted self. Vortex signed up as a lowly bodyguard to act as his alibi when not partying to prevent bringing any scandals to Bee. This could be also the reason why aside from being a party guest, he doesn't seem to ask for anything else from her which will definitely get noticed by others.