History YMMV / HelluvaBoss

** Stolitz, the pairing of Blitzo and Stolas. While some had lauded their relationship for being flawed and complicated (especially considering it was a homosexual relationship, which isn't common in animated shows), those who disliked it had a laundry list of why the pairing was terrible: from the power imbalance, the way Stolas treated Blitzo and other imps, and the full moon deal (which was an entire beast on it's own). This sentiment only grew with season 2, as detractors took umbrage with how much the writers were pushing the relationship (some arguing that it had taken over the focus of the show) and how it seems to ignore all the issues that were shown in season 1, especially regarding Stolas.

** Loona's a hellhound, not a wolf as much of the fandom believes her to be. Given that all the hellhounds shown throughout the series so far take clear inspiration from real-life canine breeds, this is an easy mistake to make.

* BrokenBase: Does the show not focus enough on the assassinations I.M.P. carries out? Some people say that I.M.P come off as a borderline case of ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything, and that since it's the premise of the series, there should be more episodes dedicated to the company pulling hits in the mortal realm. Others argue that doing so would run the risk of making the show [[StrictlyFormula overly formulaic]], while the more scattershot approach to episode subject matter lends itself well to {{worldbuilding}} and CharacterDevelopment. Furthermore, episodes that focus on I.M.P.'s assassinations such as "C.H.E.R.U.B." and "Unhappy Campers" tend to be among the show's most polarizing.

* BrokenBase:
** Does the show not focus enough on the assassinations I.M.P. carries out? Some people say that I.M.P come off as a borderline case of ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything, and that since it's the premise of the series, there should be more episodes dedicated to the company pulling hits in the mortal realm. Others argue that doing so would run the risk of making the show [[StrictlyFormula overly formulaic]], while the more scattershot approach to episode subject matter lends itself well to {{worldbuilding}} and CharacterDevelopment. Furthermore, episodes that focus on I.M.P.'s assassinations such as "C.H.E.R.U.B." and "Unhappy Campers" tend to be among the show's most polarizing.

** Also in "The Harvest Moon Festival", Millie's sister Sallie May quickly gained a sizable following despite only receiving a handful of scenes and lines. It helps that she has a gorgeous design, [[TheGloriousWarOfSisterlyRivalry hilarious quips]], and that she's a positively-represented UsefulNotes/{{transgender}} character. It helps that [[https://twitter.com/IgnisTwote/status/1388241945797922816 Sallie's voice actress is trans, just like her]]. She's so popular, in fact, that she's one of the few non-primary characters to receive official merchandise.

** The introduction of the Helluva Shorts. Some feel that they are completely pointless and the team should strictly make new episodes. Others gladly welcomed the shorts, feeling they are a great way to bridge the gap in-between new full length episodes and it would be nice to see what the characters get up to outside of the central plot.

* BrokenBase: Does the show not focus enough on the assassinations I.M.P. carries out? Some people say that I.M.P come off as a borderline case of ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything, and that since it's the premise of the series, there should be more episodes dedicated to the company pulling hits in the mortal realm. Others argue that doing so would run the risk of making the show [[StrictlyFormula overly formulaic]], while the more scattershot approach to episode subject matter lends itself well to {{worldbuilding}} and CharacterDevelopment. Furthermore, episodes that focus on I.M.P.'s assassinations such as "C.H.E.R.U.B." and "Unhappy Campers" tend to be among the show's most polarizing.

*** Loona. Despite being as prominent as the rest of I.M.P in the pilot and taking up a good portion of the series poster, only three episodes ("Spring Broken", "Truth Seekers", and "Queen Bee") gave her extensive focus, while most of the time she contributed almost nothing to the overall story; and even then, two of the episodes still focus more on other characters (Blitzo's rivalry with Verosika and Blitzo and Moxxie's capture, respectively). Made even worse is as of "MAMMON'S MAGNIFICENT MUSICAL MIDSEASON SPECIAL (ft. Fizzarolli)", Loona has only had a single focus episode that season, and is otherwise OutOfFocus, [[TheVoiceless not even speaking]].

* JerksAreWorseThanVillains: [[KnightOfCerebus Striker]] is shown to be one of the best villains in the series and was praised by fans due to his CreepyAwesome and EvilIsCool moments, but on the other hand, [[ManipulativeBastard Cash Buckzo]] and [[CausticCritic Alrick "Burnie" Burnz]] are more hated than him due to their MoralEventHorizon and EvilIsPetty.

* JerksAreWorseThanVillains: [[KnightOfCerebus Striker]] is shown to be one of the best villains in the series and was praised by fans due to his CreepyAwesome and EvilIsCool moments, but on the other hand, [[HateSink Stella]], [[ManipulativeBastard Cash Buckzo]], [[AbusiveParents Crimson]], and [[CausticCritic Alrick "Burnie" Burnz]] are even way more worse and hated than him due to their MoralEventHorizon and EvilIsPetty.

** A similar pairing is Keenie/Fizzarolli.

* JerksAreWorseThanVillains: [[KnightOfCerebus Striker]] is shown to be one of the best villains in the series and was praised by fans due to his CreepyAwesome and EvilIsCool moments, but on the other hand, [[Hate Sink Stella]], [[ManipulativeBastard Cash Buckzo]], [[AbusiveParents Crimson]], and [[CausticCritic Alrick "Burnie" Burnz]] are even way more worse and hated than him due to their MoralEentHorizon and EvilIsPetty.

* JerksAreWorseThanVillains: The random street performer from "Seeing Stars" who curses out Octavia and ''[[KickTheDog ''shoved her into oncoming traffic]]'' [[KickTheDog for no reason]] became instantly despised by fans.

* JerksAreWorseThanVillains: The random street performer from "Seeing Stars" who curses out Octavia and ''shoved her into oncoming traffic'' for no reason became instantly despised by fans.

* JerksAreWorseThanVillains: The random street performer from "Seeing Stars" who curses out Octavia and ''shoved her into oncoming traffic'' for no reason became instantly despised by fans.

* SugarWiki/HeReallyCanAct: Brandon Rogers, mostly known for his inappropriate, bizarre humor, gives an utterly heartbreaking performance for Blitzo's emotional breakdown in "OZZIE'S", the first time we've heard the usually clownish character sound so raw, vulnerable, and broken.

* UnintentionallySympathetic: Striker. On first appearance he was a competent hitman hired by Stella to assassinate Stolas as revenge for his cheating. It was revealed that Striker didn't much care about Stella, he just wanted to kill Stolas due to him being a royal, since royals/Overlords treat imps as an underclass. While initially portrayed as antagonistic due to being willing to hurt Millie and Moxxie while on the job, Striker later undergoes VillainDecay, becoming less of a credible threat with each appearance, with Blitzo even going as far as referring to him as a supremacist. While Striker showed unmistakeable internalized bigotry against imps in his first appearance (calling Moxxie weak, etc.) he [[StrawmanHasAPoint basically had a point about royals and Overlords in Hell]]. Nearly every time we see imps outside of I.M.P they are servants or waitstaff and they are frequently treated as the lowest on the totem pole of Hell with one demon calling Blitzo what was implied to be [[FantasticRacism a slur]]. Striker's assessment of Blitzo's relationship with Stolas is also dead-on: he is [[SexForServices forced to sleep with Stolas in order to keep his business going]], Stolas has treated him like a plaything and when kidnapped by Striker in a later episode, Stolas immediately mocks Striker for being poor and makes sexual comments about Blitzo, effectively proving Striker's point about him and his attitudes towards imps. Striker's [[WeCanRuleTogether recruitment speech to Blitzo on his initial appearance]] was effective because of how much truth there was in it.

*** In the same vein, "EXES AND OOHS" was seen as disappointing by some for not exploring Chaz's relationship with Millie at all. Much of the episode is focused on Moxxie and Chaz's falling out and Moxxie's strained relationship with his father, but the most that the audience sees of Chaz and Millie's history is her violent actions towards him, which are never elaborated on.

*** "OZZIE'S" also ends with Blitzo calling Stolas out for using him as a sex toy constantly. This was presented as a major falling out and led to Stolas having a MyGodWhatHaveIDone moment. Come the next time they see one another, neither act as though the conversation even happened and several episodes later, the initial fallout is addressed in a BlinkAndYouMissIt text exchange. Stolas has spent some of Season 2 getting Asmodean Crystals seemingly to break the full moon deal but some fans felt the lack of a change in their onscreen relationship in episodes like "Seeing Stars" was odd given what a dramatic moment it was presented as, which wasn't helped by the extended hiatus between "OZZIE'S" and "The Circus".

** "The Circus" revealing Stella was [[EnfantTerrible evil since childhood]] and [[DomesticAbuse nothing but abusive of Stolas]] long before his [[SympatheticAdulterer resulting infidelity]] had detractors feel it was trying too hard to excuse Stolas's wrongdoings and negated the moral grayness/ambiguity that made it compelling. It also became part of the series growing criticism of shafting female characters, reducing Stella to a one-dimensional HateSink decided any depth or agency beyond propping up male characters conflicts.

** Stolas, despite his royal status, is also quite the dork: he's a BumblingDad who loves doting on his daughter, and finds tons of joy in reading, contracts included. ("This will be fun! [[IncrediblyLameFun I love words]]!"). And when he's not trying to woo Blitzø by unsuccessfully trying to use dirty talk, he actually gets easily tongue tied and [[LuminescentBlush blushy]] when the imp tries to flirt with him: his flustered but excited reaction at being asked on a "date" by Blitzø is especially adorable.

* BrokenBase: Does the show not focus enough on the assassinations I.M.P. carries out? Some people say that I.M.P come off as a borderline case of ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything, and that since it's the premise of the series, there should be more episodes dedicated to the company pulling hits in the mortal realm. Others argue that doing so would run the risk of making the show [[StrictlyFormula overly formulaic]], while the more scattershot approach to episode subject matter lends itself well to {{worldbuilding}} and CharacterDevelopment. Furthermore, episodes that focus on I.M.P.'s assassinations such as "C.H.E.R.U.B." and "Unhappy Campers" tend to be most divisive and worst-received episodes of the show.

** Stella is often thought to be homophobic by the fanbase, sometimes openly portraying her as such in fan works. Despite the show implying she doesn't care about Stolas' orientation but instead is just classist.