In the landscape of modern animation, few properties have caused a seismic shift quite like Hazbin Hotel . Created by Vivienne Medrano (VivziePop), this musical adult comedy series has journeyed from a humble YouTube pilot funded by Patreon donations to a full-fledged Amazon Prime Video original series with a legion of devoted fans and A-list voice talent.
It is impossible to discuss Hazbin Hotel without mentioning its sister series, . Also created by Vivienne Medrano, Helluva Boss takes place in the same "Hellaverse" but follows a different cast: IMP (Immediate Murder-Possession), a startup company of imps who assassinate living humans for revenge-seeking sinners in Hell. Hazbin Hotel
Furthermore, the show is aggressively inclusive. The main couple is lesbian (Charlie and Vaggie). Angel Dust is gender-nonconforming and pansexual. The show never makes a joke of their identities; rather, it uses the horrors of Hell as a metaphor for the real-world horrors of addiction, trauma, and systemic violence. In the landscape of modern animation, few properties
The story is set in a vibrant, chaotic version of Hell where sinners face an annual "" carried out by angels from Heaven to control the population. To save her people, Charlie opens the Hazbin Hotel —originally called the "Happy Hotel"—as a place where sinners can seek redemption and eventually "check out" into Heaven. Also created by Vivienne Medrano, Helluva Boss takes
The Hazbin Hotel fandom, colloquially called the "Hazbins," is one of the most creative and prolific on the internet. Driven by the show's vibrant character designs and moral ambiguity, fans produce thousands of pieces of fan art, cosplay, and fan fiction daily. However, the fandom is also known for being protective. The wait between the 2019 pilot and the 2024 season was long, leading to intense speculation and "radio silence" theories. Now that the show is active, the fandom is enjoying a renaissance.
