50 Fun Facts About Hazbin Hotel

Who created Hazbin Hotel?

Better known online as VivziePop, she funded the pilot through Patreon and had built her audience with Kesha music videos on YouTube.

What is Charlie Morningstar's title in Hell?

She is the daughter of Lucifer and Lilith and was born in Hell, which makes her royalty rather than a sinner.

What is Charlie trying to help sinners do at her hotel?

Her clients are meant to 'check out' as redeemed souls, an alternative to Heaven's yearly purge of Hell's overpopulated sinners.

What is the name of Heaven's annual purge of sinners in Hell?

Angels called Exorcists carry it out with angelic weapons. In season one Adam moves the next one forward by six months.

On what date was the Hazbin Hotel pilot released on YouTube?

The date is Medrano's own birthday. The pilot had passed 100 million views by February 2024 and 123 million by May 2026.

On which streaming service did the first season premiere in January 2024?

It became the largest global debut for an animated series on the platform. The first episode also went up on YouTube for a limited time a day early.

Which film studio picked up Hazbin Hotel for a full series in August 2020?

The series is produced by Medrano's SpindleHorse with A24, Amazon MGM Studios and Bento Box Entertainment.

How many episodes did the first season have, a limit Medrano later called 'borderline-impossible'?

The 22-minute episode count was set for financial reasons because A24 picked the show up without a distributor. Season two's episodes all run longer.

Which Brooklyn Nine-Nine actress voices Vaggie?

Vaggie is Charlie's girlfriend and the hotel's manager. In season two she changes the spelling of her name to Vaggi.

Who voices Charlie Morningstar in the series?

She also hosted the one-night Hazbin Hotel: Live on Broadway concert in October 2025.

Which actor voices both Sir Pentious and Adam?

On stage he originated Beetlejuice and played Dewey in School of Rock.

Which veteran actor voices Husk, the hotel's bartender?

Husk is a cat demon and gambling alcoholic who was once an overlord until he sold his soul to Alastor to keep his powers.

Who voices Alastor in the series, replacing the pilot's Edward Bosco and Gabriel C. Brown?

Talai has described the character as embodying the 'Tumblr sexyman'. Alastor's voice carries a permanent radio-static effect.

What is Alastor's nickname?

He was a radio host in life and gained immense power quickly after arriving in Hell, overthrowing overlords who had ruled for centuries.

According to season two, how did Alastor die?

He was hiding a body in the woods at the time, having moonlighted as a serial killer while hosting a radio show.

Before dying, Alastor made a deal with which overlord to become the most powerful sinner in Hell?

The condition was that his soul belonged to her until he did something for her in return. Rosie runs an emporium in Cannibal Town.

How does Alastor finally void his deal with Rosie in the season two finale?

He cashes in the favor Charlie owed him from season one. Vox then touches Charlie's shoulders, which frees Alastor from that deal too on a technicality.

Which US city was Alastor from in life, according to Medrano?

She described him as a mixed-race Creole and an only child who died at some point in the 1930s.

How long had Alastor been absent from Hell when he reappears, according to Vox in season one?

Vox learns of his return in 'Radio Killed the Video Star' and loses a broadcast debate to him in the song 'Stayed Gone'.

What was Alastor's sexuality, confirmed by Medrano and alluded to in the episode 'Hello Rosie!'?

Critics have singled him out as one of the few canon asexual characters in animation.

What is Angel Dust's real first name?

He comes from an Italian-American criminal family and has a twin sister, Molly, who is in Heaven.

What kind of animal characteristics does Angel Dust have?

His twin sister Molly shares the spider look. He was the hotel's first patron, recruited in the prequel webcomic 'Dirty Healings'.

Who owns Angel Dust's soul in season one of Hazbin Hotel?

The film producer is one of the Vees. Angel finally tells him in 'Welcome to Heaven' that he has no control over him outside work.

Which song from 'Masquerade' debuted at No. 34 on Billboard's Hot Rock & Alternative Songs chart?

It racked up 2.7 million US streams in the week after the show's release. 'Happy Day in Hell' had been previewed at New York Comic Con.

Who voices Angel Dust in the series?

Michael Kovach voiced him in the pilot. None of the pilot's voice cast were asked back for the A24 series.

What was Charlie's surname in the pilot, before it became Morningstar?

It was a pun on Charlemagne. 'Morningstar', the Latin meaning of Lucifer, was popularised as the devil's family name by Neil Gaiman in 1989.

What was Charlie's establishment called in the pilot before Alastor renamed it?

Alastor renovated it in a musical number, fended off Sir Pentious and christened it the Hazbin Hotel.

Who kills Adam in the season one finale, 'The Show Must Go On'?

The tiny 1950s cyclops maid stabs him in the back after Sir Pentious's sacrifice. Alastor had been badly wounded fighting Adam himself.

What happens to Sir Pentious at the end of season one?

He sacrifices himself to stop Adam, proving Charlie's theory. In season two he tries to contact his friends from Heaven.

What kind of creature is Sir Pentious?

He is an inventor who was first sent by Vox to spy on Alastor, then given a second chance by Charlie.

What secret about Vaggie does Adam reveal in 'Welcome to Heaven'?

She had been betrayed by Lute and mutilated after sparing a demon child; Charlie found and fell in love with her without knowing.

Who voices Lucifer Morningstar, Charlie's father?

In 'Dad Beat Dad' he and Alastor compete over who is the better father figure in the song 'Hell's Greatest Dad'.

Which deadly sin does Lucifer represent?

He was an angel Heaven rejected as a troublemaker; convincing Eve to eat the Fruit of Knowledge released evil on Earth.

Who are the three members of the Vees?

The trio of overlords are the main antagonists of season two, when Vox builds a following and declares war on Heaven.

How did Vox die in his mortal life?

He was a TV weather presenter who murdered his way to the top of the business. In Hell he runs VoxTek and has a television for a head.

Who voices Vox?

The two-time Tony winner is one of many Broadway stars in the cast alongside Patina Miller, Jessica Vosk and Daphne Rubin-Vega.

Which overlord killed an Exorcist angel to protect her daughters, a secret Alastor uses to persuade Charlie?

She is a weapons dealer who salvages angelic weapons after each purge. Her daughters are Clara and Odette.

Who takes over as head of the Exorcist army in season two, after the first man is killed?

He is voiced by Fall Out Boy's Patrick Stump. Lute, still Adam's loyal second, plots revenge on Charlie by targeting Vaggie.

Which spin-off, set in the same universe, follows the assassination company I.M.P.?

Its pilot came out a month after Hazbin's, and its first season began on Halloween 2020. Blitzo, Moxxie, Millie, Loona and Stolas lead the cast.

What was the name of Medrano's webcomic whose 'Misfit Demon Gang' evolved into the Hazbin Hotel cast?

It ran from 2012 to 2016. Alastor first appeared unnamed on her DeviantArt around 2007.

At which New York institution did Medrano study, developing the characters there?

She graduated in 2014 with a thesis film called 'Timber', named after the Pitbull and Kesha song.

Which 2020 animated music video, based on a Silva Hound song, explored Angel Dust and Cherri Bomb's vices?

It reached No. 3 on the iTunes dance chart and No. 14 on the US Dance/Electronic Songs chart.

How many seasons has Medrano planned for the show, with the last one confirmed in April 2026?

Seasons three and four were confirmed in July 2024, and the fifth and final season in April 2026.

Where was Hazbin Hotel: Live on Broadway staged on October 20, 2025?

The cast performed songs from both seasons; a recording streamed the following month.

Which animation studio produces Hazbin Hotel alongside SpindleHorse, A24 and Amazon MGM Studios?

SpindleHorse is Medrano's own company; the pilot had been released on YouTube in October 2019.

Which Glee and Broadway star voices Saint Peter in Hazbin Hotel?

The cast is packed with Broadway names, including Patina Miller as Sera and Daphne Rubin-Vega as Carmilla Carmine.

Which Fall Out Boy frontman voices Abel and Hatchet in Hazbin Hotel?

Abel takes over the Exorcist army in season two.

Hazbin Hotel's creator Vivienne Medrano says which Disney film sparked her interest in animation as a child?

The Salvadoran-American animator grew up in Maryland and began drawing in MS Paint in third grade.

On what date did the Helluva Boss pilot appear on YouTube, a month after Hazbin Hotel's?

The full series premiered on Halloween 2020, and its second season arrived in July 2022.

What is the title of the 2025 reimagining of the Helluva Boss pilot released on Prime Video?

It arrived on Prime Video on September 10, 2025 with uncensored re-releases of the first two seasons, and hit YouTube 45 days later.