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* [[0% Approval Rating]]: As might be expected, nobody except Vaggie (maybe) seems to think Charlie's idea will work. Even Alastor - who is funding the project - is only doing so because he thinks it has entertainment potential.
** While [[Word of God]] claims the pilot remains canon, it seems that in season 1, this is downplayed a bit. Charlie does seem to get quite a few takers, and some Overlords support her project; although, this may not be out of a desire to see sinners redeemed, but rather because they want the annual purge to end. Some, like Vox, seem far more anxious to see Charlie and her friends slaughtered, [[For the Evil|if only for entertainment.]]
* [[Actor Allusion]]: If you didn't know the history of the show, it's easy to assume that Husk is a role that was specifically made for [[Keith David]] (the character is just so… ''him''). While not true, the role does make references to some other roles he's played in the past, being a demon with red and black color palette (''[[Spawn]]''), a cat (''[[Coraline (animation)|Coraline]]'' ), and a man who is in debt
* [[Adorable Evil Minion]]:
** Razzle and Dazzle, two cute goat demons who work for Charlie, sometimes providing the music for her singing routines. [[Word of God]] says they are gifts from her father and can quickly go from friendly to ferocious if Charlie is threatened, but for now we can only assume that.
** The Egg Boiz, Sir Pentious' goofy henchmen, kind of like five [[Expies]] of [[SpongeBob SquarePants|Patrick Star]] but not as annoying.
* [[Age-Inappropriate Dress]]: Downplayed. In episode 3, when Angel Dust tries to introduce BDSM to the Hotel as "physical therapy", Niffty quickly joins in, dressing in leather dominatrix gear -
* [[Affably Evil]]:
** Rosie, the leader of Pentagram City's Cannibal Town. If you can get past the fact that she is, well, a cannibal (implied to take ''requests'' regarding who the others want to eat), she is actually a polite, gracious, and hospitable woman (just avoid her offers of hors d'oeuvres) who is willing to give friendly advice to any of her guests or underlings. In fact, most residents of the cannibal district of the city are the same [[Screw Politeness, I'm a Senior!| (except Susan).]]
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** There's also the question of what exactly happened to Eve. She is mentioned twice (in the backstory of the first episode, and in the season one finale) but has not been seen in person. It seems odd that Adam is such an important character but Eve is nowhere to be found.
* [[Anti-Anti-Christ]]: Charlie; the actual daughter of Lucifer, she is more benevolent than most demons, her goal being to find a path to redemption for sinners. Quite likely, she is the complete opposite of a typical anti-Christ.
* [[Anti-Hero]]: Vaggie and Lucifer are Type 2, Angel Dust usually fits Type 3, Cherri Bomb, Sir Pentious, Husk, and Niffty hover between Type 3 and Type 4, Carmilla and Rosie are either type 4 or 5 (depending on one's interretation), while Alastor is Type 5, occassionally moving into the whiter side of [[Anti-Villain]].
** By the end of season 1, {{spoiler| Angel Dust and Pentious are upgraded to type 2 at leasr.}}
* [[Author Avatar]]: Vivziepop has neither confirmed nor denied this, but it seems to be true for Vaggie. The [[Only Sane Man|Only Sane Person]] in the cast in most cases, Vaggie is Salvadorian, like Vivzie is, and wears a black choker, which Vivzie has worn in most interviews.<ref>To be fair, similar chokers are worn by Loona and Verosika in [[Helluva Boss| the sister series]], but nothing says the author can't have more than one avatar.</ref>
* [[Badass Gay]]: Charlie is bisexual, Vaggie and Angel Dust are both gay, Alastor is "aromantic asexual", and Husk is pansexual ([[Word of Saint Paul|something revealed by Faustisse, one of the show's illustrators]]); LGBT themes seem common in this show.
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* [[Big Brother Instinct]]: Angel Dust is very protective of Niffty. She shares his [[Nightmare Fetishist]] tendencies but also tends to bite off more violence than she can chew. When Valentino offers to hire Niffty, Angel Dust says absolutely not because she's inebriated and she's not selling her soul to anyone again.
* [[Big Sister Instinct]]: Charlie has this for Niffty in the season finale, telling her to stay out of sight {{spoiler|from the angels but to stab any that come close. Turns out Niffty can take care of herself, as she stabs Adam in the back, repeatedly.}}
* [[Bigger Bad]]:
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** Vivzie has also hinted that the true leader of the Exorcists (and orchestrator of the plot) may be [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azrael Azrael], but this character has yet to be seen.
* [[Bittersweet Ending]]: How season one ends: {{spoiler|Adam trashes the hotel, badly wounding Alastor and killing Sir Pentious as well as all but one of his Egg Boiz. Though Lucifer soundly beats Adam, allowing Niffty to deliver the killing blow, he makes it clear the angels are allowed to retreat only because Charlie asked for mercy.}} Charlie views the devastation and mourns it. Lucifer, however, sees that Charlie's project actually made progress in showing souls could change and {{spoiler|helps her rebuild. He and the hotel staff make a new, bigger Hazbin and Lucifer officially moves in to show his support.}} The Vs plan for their next move, and {{spoiler|Alastor, rather than faking his death, returns to help Charlie while planning to break the bond on him. Sir Pentious also ends up in heaven as an angel, proving to [[Oh Crap|Sera]] and [["Hell Yes!" Moment| Emily]] that Charlie's project worked! Oh, and Lilith is in Heaven for some reason.}}
* [[Bizarre Taste in Food]]: While it is stated in the comic book adaptation that Alastor's favorite food in venison, his idea of breakfast is a rotting deer corpse; but at least he uses a knife and fork.
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* [[Breakout Character]]: While Charlie is the protagonist, Alastor pretty much steals the show halfway through the pilot.
* [[Breakout Villain]]: Sir Pentious was originally just going to be a one-shot character [[The Chew Toy| for Angel Dust and Cherri Bomb to pound on]], but he became so entertaining that Viv decided to expand his role.
* [[Bullying a Dragon]]:
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** There is also Alastor trolling Lucifer, the King of Hell, and hijacking his song. Considering what Lucifer does to {{spoiler|Adam}} in the first season finale, Alastor is either really brave or really stupid.
* [[Call Back]]: Deer-like [[Petting Zoo People]] appear frequently in ''[[Zootopia]]'', obviously the inspiration for Alastor.
* [[Canada, Eh?]]: VivziePop claimed in one livestream that this version of Hell has a town specifically for Canadians for... reasons.
* [[Cartoon Bomb]]: Cherri Bomb seems able to pull these out of [[Hammerspace]].
* [[Cassandra Truth]]: Both Vaggie and Lucifer warn Charlie that angels can't be reasoned with, or trusted. {{spoiler|Adam calls out Vaggie on the latter point since she hid from Charlie that she was a Fallen Angel.}}
* [[Cats Are Mean]]: Husk is a rude cat-like Sinner with a foul mouth. Supposedly, he used to be a soldier, he gambles, and is easily bribed by cheap booze. Later it is revealed he is a former Overlord who lost his position and power to Alastor in a game of cards.
* [[Chaos Is Evil]]: Vaggie claims Alastor is an unpredictable force of Chaos, the reason he's dangerous.
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* [[Crapsack World]]: You expected differently from Hell? Gang wars are so common, the results are broadcast on the news with the way you'd expect them to report the weather. While cities seem to be loosely ruled by Overlords, those positions are only held so long as they can defend them from others. And then there are the annual purges...
* [[Creepy Child]]: Niffty; her teeth are nastier-looking than even Alastor's, her single eye throbs with veins when she is excited, and her affectionate way of greeting Sir Pentious is combined with body-language that suggests she wants to eat him or something; Charlie [[False Reassurance|assures him]] "We're about 80% sure she's harmless..."
** That was actually rather accurate. Niffty injured Valentino and {{spoiler| killed Adam}}, but didn't harm the eight other characters she has interacted with (Charlie, Vaggie, Angel Dust, Husk, Alastor, Cherri Bomb, Sir Pentious, and Lucifer), meaning she is ''exactly'' 80% harmless!
* [[Cruel Mercy]]: {{spoiler| Lute does not fare well in against Vaggie in the season one finale, losing her left arm in a brutal and bloody battle. Despite telling Vaggie to [[Get It Over With]], Vaggie refuses, telling her to begone and live with her failure.}}
* [[Curb Stomp Battle]]: {{spoiler| In the season one finale, when Lucifer decides to intevene and engage Adam, he spends a minute or so cajoling and trolling the now-furious villain, but when Adam's rage destroys the Hotel and injures Charlie, Lucifer stops playing and ''one punch'' from the King of Hell sends Adam plummeting to the ground and forming a crater on impact. Charlie actually has to hold her angry father back.}}
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* [[Easy Road to Hell]]: Possibly, seeing as many characters identified as damned souls have not been seen doing anything truly bad. Angel Dust is a drug addict, prostitute, and drag queen, but he seems decent overall; Vaggie, aside from occasional rudeness and snarkiness doesn't seem evil at all. One of the biggest controversies of this show is the suggestions that some characters are Hell simply for being gay. Possibly because Heaven isn't as "good" as it used to.
* [[Elderly Sensei]]: Zestial, who appears in epsiode 3, is a ''very'' old and experienced Overlord (so much that he talks with [[Flowery Elizabethan English]]) who seems to be this to the other Overlords, including Alastor. While his reputation is such that civilians are utterly terrified of him, he is [[Older and Wiser]] than the younger Overlords, advising them to show restraint during the troubling actions by the Exorcists.
* [[Electronic Speech Impediment]]:
** Alastor's voice sounds like a scratchy old radio speaker, fitting given his moniker as the Radio Demon.
** While not as much as Alastor, Vox does this too occassionally (usually when he is angry) his voice sounding like the audial from an actual television, sometimes including sound effects like a jackpot bell from a game show.
* [[Enemy Mine]]:
** Subverted with the Vees. Although Velvette had posited that Hell should rise and fight the angels, {{spoiler|she's happy to sit back and watch Charlie do that. It never occurred to her that if Charlie had lost, the Overlord would have possibly been the next targets.}}
** Played straight when {{spoiler|Carmilla tests Vaggie about her love for Charlie and reason to fight before telling her how one kills an angel. Turns out she knew Vaggie was a fallen angel all along, and wanted to see if she was truly committed to protecting the hotel for Charlie. Once Vaggie passes, Carmilla gives her the info about celestial weapons.}}
* [[Even Evil Has Standards]]: {{spoiler|While Adam clearly has a foul mouth - more foul than any other character on the show - and makes ample use of the word "cunt", he clearly thinks Lute telling the other Exorcists to "Tear Vaggie's cunt out through her ass!" is ''too'' foul.}}
* [[Evil
* [[Evil Luddite]]: Alastor really, really hates television claiming calling it off “noisy picture box” and insisting that radio is “the proper medium to express oneself”. Obviously, this is the biggest reason for his enmity with Vox. In episode 1, he makes a deal with vagi (not that kind) agreeing to help her make a proper commercial if she promises never to get him involved with television again.
* [[Eyepatch of Power]]: Vaggie has one over her left eye with a big "X" on it. No explanation was given in the pilot, though later on, it does seem rather familiar...
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** Still, even if Heaven ''is'' willing to accept redeemed souls, Charlie might have a hopelessly difficult task. Her overall goal, by her own admission, is to stop the annual purges and to do that, enough sinners would have to leave to keep the population of Hell stable. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TLmbJSCGeQ As this fanmade video shows], even if her hotel blossomed into a chain that was as successful as the Marriott, she'd still have hardly scratched the surface.
* [[Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain]]: Sir Pentious; a [[Breakout Villain]], yes, but in the pilot alone he gets his ass handed to him ''twice''. And it seems those were hardly the first two times.
* [[Ink Suit Actor]]: When he loses his mask in the season 1 finale, Adam is a dead ringer for VA [[Alex Brightman]].
* [[Large Ham]]: Alastor's most prominent trait.
* [[Laughably Evil]]: All evil characters to date, especially Alastor.
* [[Let's Get Dangerous]]: The Hazbin Hotel staff and residents demonstrate this in the finale when {{spoiler|they prepare to defend themselves against Adam's army. It's the first time the Purges have a body count on the angel's side, with Alastor providing a forcefield that allows everyone to shoot at leisure. Husk shows that he is a master with magic cards, while Angel packs leads and is a crackshot. Sir Pentious serves as the lookout and launches a doomed but noble effort to fire Adam out of the sky. Vaggie wins her first round with Lute, resulting in the angel losing her arm. Even Charlie gets her moment when she makes Adam bleed and helps her dad punch him into the ground.}}
* [[Light Is Not Good]]:[[Our Angels Are Different| The Exorcists and their leaders Adam and Lute]], they are sadistic and violent [[Knight Templar]]s. (Vivzie [[Word of God| has confirmed that they are bloodthirsty killers]], very unlike any common depictions of angels.) Adam is as rude to Charlie as Katie was in the pilot, and are actually scheming to sabotage her efforts. He admits to her face that the annual purges are done for entertainment and at the end of episode 1, reveals he plans nothing less than genocide in retribution for the death of one of his soldiers.
* [[Mad Bomber]]: Cherri Bomb is more like a [[Crazy Awesome|Crazy Awesome Bomber]].
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** In a [[Fantastic Racism]] version of [[Kill the Poor]], the Vees seem to have a low opinion of the lower class sinners; after {{spoiler| Alastor is presumed dead in "The Show Must Go On", all three of them are delighted at the prospect of claiming "ownerless cattle", referring to the souls that they assume are free due to Alastor's death. Clearly, they view such souls as little more than animals.}}
* [[The Purge]]: Hell seems to have an overpopulation problem that causes the forces of Heaven do this annually. The first episode starts with a clock (and later an hourglass) counting down the days until the next one, suggesting a time limit on Charlie's project...
* [[Reasonable Authority Figure]]: Carmilla as overlord. While she has no loyalty to Charlie or Lucifer, she is willing to {{spoiler|train Vaggie on how to kill an angel, after Vaggie proves that she is fighting not just to protect the hotel, but also her girlfriend. Carmilla refuses to put herself or her people on the frontlines for pragmatic reasons, but on hearing that the Hazbin Hotel will be the next Purge's target, she is willing to provide necessary support. When Vaggie's wings grow back after their sparring session, Carmilla gives a [[Grin of Audacity]] and supplies more than enough angelic weapons with her black market contacts.}}
* [[Red and Black and Evil All Over]]: These are the prevalent colors in the series, with both clothes and architecture in Hell almost exclusively red and black. This is even the case with more benevolent characters, like Charlie and Vaggie. Ironically, Lucifer himself is an exception, wearing a white suit. Interestingly, this was a case of [[Real Life Writes The Plot]], as the show started with one YouTube web animation where the developers had a limited budget and consequently, limited art resources.
* [[Riddle for the Ages]]:
** In-universe, it's revealed that ''no one'', not even the angels, know {{spoiler|how a soul gets into heaven. If Sera knows, she's not revealing it and justifies to Emily that things are more complicated than they seem.}}
** There is also how the heck Adam became such a douchebag. As the First Man, his worst sin was eating an apple when it was forbidden. He wasn't even the first murderer in life; that honor goes to his son Cain.
* [[The Rival]]: When Lucifer and Alastor first meet in episode 5, it takes them all of 15 seconds to despise each other, not helped by Alastor insinuating that he would be a better father to Charlie then Lucifer himself.
* [[Rousseau Was Right]]: Charlie truly seems to believe this, at least in regards to humans. Sadly, most of Hell has more of a Machiavellian outlook.
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** Charlie's last name - Morningstar - is a reference to ''[[The Sandman]]'', where the Devil is called Lucifer Morningstar.
** Carmilla's two daughters are named Clara and Odette, named after the protagonists of ''[[Swan Lake]]'', fitting seeing as Carmilla herself wears a dress that resembles what a ballerina would wear.
** Episode five, during the quarreling duet with Alastor, Lucifer briefly plays a golden violin, a clear reference to “The Devil Went Down to Georgia” by the Charlie Daniels
* [[Sissy Villain]]: Valentino; cross an atypical pimp with a demon and you have a general idea of his appearance and personality. Being an ''actual'' pimp, plus a pervert, crime boss, trafficker, and (probably) rapist puts him squarely in "villain" territory.
* [[Slasher Smile]]: Pretty much everyone can sport one if they have to, even Charlie.
* [[Spicy Latina]]:
** Vaggie; [[Word of God]] claims she is Salvadoran.
** Probably Carmilla (as she can speak Spanish and her dance-battle theme is flamenco music) but not confirmed.
* [[Stupid Evil]]:
** Adam isn't very bright. Granted, he is a decent fighter and field leader, and a dire threat to demon-kind, but that is clearly not due to his intellect. Sure, he managed to convince Sera (with Lute’s help) that it was in her best interests to continue the annual purges, but his big problem is, this is marred by his arrogant, impulsive, egotistical attitude. In layman's terms, he wants to solve every problem immediately as it comes up, and always the way he believes he should, reasons and possible consequences be damned. In episode 6, when he sees Charlie and Vaggie and in Heaven, he wants to assault them right then and there, Lute having to hold him back while reminding him of the possible consequences of assaulting two guests in front of dozens of witnesses. Even worse, later in the same episode, his big mouth reveals the entire conspiracy to the rest of Heaven, which is specifically what Sera had told him not to do just a few scenes earlier. Eventually, this impulsiveness is what does him in when, during the season one finale, he decides to attack the hotel itself, breaking a deal made with Lucifer, and enabling the now-angry King of Hell to come after him with no restraint.
** The Vees - especially Vox - fall into this in the season one finale, wasting time watching the assault on the Hotel on television (Vox eagerly cheering them on, hoping the battle will result in Alastor's death) while they should be securing themselves in a bunker or something. They don't seem to figure out that should Charlie and her friends lose, the Exorcists would likely be coming for ''them'' next, and without any angelic weapons, they'd (and the other Overlords) would be slaughtered.
* [[Terrible Trio]]: Vox, Valentino, and Velvette, three Overlords who are allies and possibly friends. Vox and Valentino are even hinted to be romantically involved, with Velvette encouraging them as such. Most fans assume that the reason they have achieved their lofty positions is because they have each others' backs.
* [[Time Abyss]]: Three verified examples; Adam (the [[Big Bad]]) is ''the'' Adam from the Biblical story of Eden, and Lilith (Charlie's mother) is Adam's first wife, meaning both are as old as humanity. Charlie's father Lucifer is even older, the backstory saying he is older than the Earth and predating the creation of Hell.
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* [["The Villain Sucks" Song]]: "Stayed Gone" is an [[Evil Versus Evil]] example, where Vox takes to the airwaves to smear Alastor with [[Malicious Slander]]. However, Alastor turns the tables on him and hijacks his signal in order to do it to ''him'', ultimatley killing the power to his studio and humiliating him.
* [[Villain Takes an Interest]]: The plot is kicked off when Alastor decides to get involved in Charlie's project, which seems doomed to failure beforehand.
* [[What Happened to the Mouse?]]: Eve was a part of how Lucifer's and Lilith's plan of giving humanity free will which led to Hell being created. There is now mention of her in Heaven or Hell despite how important her role had been.
* [[When You Coming Home, Dad?]]: Charlie’s mother has been away on some sort of business for the past seven years. {{spoiler|(The final episode of season 1 throws the reasons into question.)}} Her father has been distant too, but finally contacts her in episode one, arranging for a meeting with Adam, and finally reconnects with her (appearing in person) in episode 5.
* [[Wicked Stepmother]]: Adam is a creepy, wicked stepfather to Charlie; she's technically his stepdaughter since she's Lilith's daughter, and Lucifer outright says that Adam and Lilith were married. He hits on Charlie during their first meeting and pranks her, and even when Charlie tries to be nice and say a project of rehabilitating the damned would look great for him if he signed off on it, Adam informs her that he kills for fun and doesn't find value in any sinner. {{spoiler|He also plans to kill her in the finale after destroying her hotel, purely out of spite.}}
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