The Human Lives of the Hazbin Hotel Characters Explained! 

I remember hearing a theory that Vox had epilepsy and died of a seizure, which ties into him glitching out of anger and blacking out Pentagram City.

You know, I think specifically, Sir Pentious was cut in half by shrapnel. Like how Alastor has an "x" where he was shot, Sir Pentious doesn't have legs because he lost them.

I always assumed Alastor’s mother was in heaven

I have my own headcanon for how Nifty died. She’s obsessed with bad boys and keeping things clean, and she is very unstable. I think when she was alive, she was married to an abusive man that would punish her if she didn’t clean up after him. She eventually snapped and killed him in a rage and killed herself afterwards.

Nifty being a psycho hyperactive obsessed housewife who died because of Police shooting her because she went off the rails is my theory.

My Personal theory is that Nifty (along with general 50’s house wife aesthetic) is inspired by “Grease” and “The Heathers”. So her story would probably go something like: Nifty always wanted a husband, kids, and a picket fence. And she thought she found that in a studly bad boy hunk. They were inseparable, but he asked to her to do things for him. Like steal, vandalism… and maybe even murder. One day they just ran off with each other, the start of their new married life, only for it not to be picturesque at all. More and more went wrong, maybe he became abusive, and she even lost a baby. Eventually, she snapped. She killed the husband who was supposed to be perfect, destroyed the shack they lived in, and ended her own life in the grief. In fact, my personal theory is that the reason she looks so young is because she is still grieving the family she never got to have.

Al likely also has the deer theme for the modern depictions of the Wendigo, the curse of cannibalism in it's depiction.

Alastor’s mom is The seamstress who fixed his suit after pension, ripped it. It makes so much sense, The reason why nifty didn’t fixed it, because he would rather have his mom fix it instead.

Part of me wonders if Vaggie was always intended to be an angel and Viv just made up a backstory to hide the twist.

I am so excited to see the Hazbin Crew in Human forms! Especially if their are the same like the the Humans Forms seen in some concept art like Angels Human Form from 2016! ❤

Charlie and Veggie should go visit the human world to learn more about how sinners essentially came to be. Is it because of her father or a humans inherently evil

Also!! Niffty was stated to be a Japanese-American, and died in the 1950’s at 22. That would’ve meant she would have had to be in the concentration camps in the 1940’s as a child, which may explain some of her behavior

I wonder if Niffty might have died in an insane asylum. During the time she supposedly lived it was common for woman who didn't meet the standard of what was considered normal for that time to be sent to the asylums for treatment. There they were subject to what amounted to torture. Niffty could have been a little bit outside the norm of society, she could even have a learning difference or be neurodivergent in some way, was sent to an asylum. What ever treatment she received there killed her and turned her into the little chaos gremlin we all know.

I think Niffty hasn't learned the evolution of the camera and that's why she just stares when Vaggie tries to record her for the commercial

For Husk I see one of two possibilities A: He was in a downward spiral from messed up life events and died of alcoholism (with his presumed age of death he would be vulnerable to heart problems) B: His gambling obsession led to him getting into trouble with debt collectors or a gang he messed with so he was hunted down I did hear somewhere he hated cats in life. So cats had to have somehow played a big role in his death with his entire appearance being a cat

I have a theory on the egg boys: either they're stupid natives of hell or just easy-to-controll souls.

It's crazy how I just noticed this.. But Charlies Earlier Design had a big demonic right hand, similar to the demonic hand/arm Charlie used in the fight against Adam in the show..” I could be wrong tho- lol

I had a theory that Sir pentious was a noble in the French army during the Napoleonic era. Because the way he acts and the outfit he wears during the battle with the exorcists reminds me of a French general. Hell even the paint of him that the crew made to memorialize him kinda looks similar to a famous painting of Napoleon. And the reason he was in hell was because he betrayed his soldiers. (That's also why he's a snake) Maybe he sold them out to the enemy or maybe given how cowardly he is maybe he ran away from a battle leaving his men to die.

"That makes these livestreams as old as the neolithic ice age" -crumbles to dust-

I remember, back when I was watching the pilot, Sir Pentious called Angel Dust his son after Angel called him “Daddy”. I think he might have a son who’s in heaven.

i've seen people theorizing that nifty was lobotomized which wasn't an uncommon practice around the time she lived and that this is wy she only has one eye, one of the ways of performing this procedure being sticking an ice pick throught someone's eye to their brain

Okay, I need to point something out; at 7:51, you said that Angel died in the 1930s, but as far as we're all aware he died in the 1940s, which you yourself mentioned earlier in the video. at least during the time the pilot came out, Angel Dust was said to have died of a drug overdose in 1947 when he was in his 30s. Husk meanwhile was said to have died in the late 1970s after the end of the Vietnam War, though he himself was not a veteran of that conflict. Alastor died in his 30s in 1933, while Nifty died sometime during the 1950s, and Sir Pentious was in his 40s when he died in 1888.

Hopefully season 2 confirms if Vaggie was either previously human, born in heaven, or creatd by sera and the other elder angels after sera approved the exterminations. I'm itching to know!

Adam mentioned naming Vaggie, which would imply that he made her and she didn't have a human life, but she doesn't agree with the pronunciation of her name, so it makes it kind of hard to say for sure. Maybe it's more like a cult thing where people take a new name when they join. She could have manifested in heaven, ended up being recruited for the exorcists, and then Adam gave her a new name when she finished training and the line of "I made you" could have been referring to making her who she was through training and indoctrination.

Those Hazbin anime thumbnail are terrifying

I think that Niffty is like that cause she had a labotamy and/or shock therapy due to being a "difficult wife" and being sent to an insane asylum, as was unfortunetly commen for women back in the 50s (even for minor stuff like "not wanting sex" or "cleaning to much") her design actually backs this up cause her main weapon is a needle and she only has one eye labotamys used to be done through the eye with surgical needles (since you can reach the brain directly through the eye) and back then they would just keep pushing the needles in and poking around until something happend and I think thats how she died and is the reason why she is so messed up in the head to the point Alester feels the need to comment on it like medical history from pre-2000s is just horror story after horror story and since every charakter seams to comment on a diffrent theme, having Nifftys theme be medical trauma based makes more sense to me then the more commen "housewife with abusive husband" theory I have seen floating around since Angle covers that one already with his abusive relationship with Valentino

Angels old humanoid design was so cute

My theory is that nifty died via lobotomy. She has one eye, and obsession with needles, and just how she is in general.

I have some theories on how some characters died Sir Pentious: Died after trying to take over London with his blimp and got stabbed by the point of the clock tower due to flying to low over it Niffty: Death by firing squad after murdering her whole family whom she deemed as a mess that she needed to rid of. Also, the firing squad were called due to her taking too much time cleaning her electric chair Husk: I feel he either died of alcohol poisoning or perhaps a magic act gone wrong Cherri Bomb: She liked blowing s*it up while she was alive. Enjoying causing chaos all over Australia. Until one day, she got too carried away and a piece of shrapnel from an explosion ended up in her eye that she left untreated and died from an eye infection that spread throughout her body Valentino: Since he’s a pimp in hell, I assume he was a pimp in his previous life. So, either he died of an overdose or got shot and killed by a rival pimp or one of his girls Vox: Since he died in the 1950’s, the great television boom in America. I assume, he might have been a TV executive only caring about revolutionising the future of TV rather than the art that comes from it. Until one day, when a technical malfunction was interfering with a broadcast, he tried to fix it himself. But when the power came back on, he was electrocuted Velvette: I assume she was a self absorbed social media influencer who liked to take pictures of herself to make herself look good. Until one day, she got so obsessed with taking the perfect picture that she failed to look where she was standing and tripped, causing her to fall backwards and to hit the corner of a table, causing her to bleed out due to a terrible head injury

I’m actually so excited about finding out about each characters (earthborn) backstory on earth. How they look like when alive, and how they were.

i also heard a theory that alastor was mauled by dogs belonging to the hunter who killed him and that the shot in the forehead, where we can see an x was just to end him. not only making his death far for tragic and painful but also explaining why he has stitches all over his body and can make movements that would break regular human's joints (such as turing his head 180 degrees) as well as his hatred for dogs

I hope they keep Al’s backstory. I have a strong connection to the comic as an SA survivor, and his stuff is weirdly helpful for me - like having a cannibalistic guardian demon lol. I just appreciate it a lot 😊

I can't be sure but I think Vaggie might have once been human, and Adam whipped her memory to make her a more loyal soldier. My claim for this is that Adam claims to have been her creator giving her, her name. Even if he pronounces it differently then her. But that does mot explain why she speaks bits of Spanish verses straight English like most of the Angels. This might just be a personal choice of her Latina voice actress, but maybe it hints that she was once from Latin America when she was alive.

I would love to see a theory video on the Angelic weapons! Like where did they come from, what are they made of, why were they made, etc. 😊💜

I love the backstories (both Canon and Earlier) for these characters!

Alastor- he was radio show host in the 1940's and possibly studied fudu magic and been well known cannibal and murderer Angel dust- well to be a in the mob family in 1950's died in a overdose of drugs Husker- a fallen soilder during he's time during world war one Nifty- once a regular house wife but then went insane and gunned down Sir pentious- revolutionary inventor and made military styled weapons then sentenced to be executed

It's quite ironic how the hebrew translation of the word Adina is gentle.

Sir Pentious was in Zoophobia by the name of Xanthos, a gangster along side with Angel's father Henroin why do people keep missing that

Vaggie was definitely a human on earth before being an angel. She's also shown being Hispanic

great video as always!

Personally I just wanna know what happened to Alastor's lifeless body.

Could Alastor’s mysterious deal with Lilith or who ever predate his death? If so, that would explain why he’s already so powerful when first appearing in hell.

I could be wrong on this, but I think we can expect to see more of these callbacks to their past lives in season 2.

Great video as always! I know this might be off topic, but talking about humanity and Sin in the Hellaverse: I've noticed in Helluva Boss that when Martha from 'Murder Family' and Agent 1 of DHORKS ('Truth Seekers') both reference to Satan when talking about Hell and demons instead of Lucifer. Could be possible that Satan had a more direct influence on Earth history instead of Lucifer (considering the Fallen Angel disappointment and disdain for humanity and sinners)? Maybe related to the Imps potentially influencing human conflicts as theorized?

I think Vaggie had a human life because how would she know spanish?

Sir Pentious definitely gives me British naval or army commander vibes. Didn't he refer to himself as "Admiral Pentious" in the show? It would definitely explain his obsession with war machines and weaponry, and why he enjoys having subordinate egg bois. It would be cool if he died commanding a ship in a naval battle.

Need to head to work...ooww new vid...guess I be a tad late

I sincerely doubt Adam would have bothered to create a bilingual person. Just saying.

I thought it was confirmed Alastor wasn't a cannibal on earth, but gained that trait in Hell?

I read somewhere that aside from being mistaken for a deer and shot in the head, Alastor's death also involved dogs hence why he hates them (maybe as much as fears them). My guess is that the initial shot did not kill him outright, and the hunter's dogs showed up to finish him off. And on top of Alastor's demon form having a deer theme for that brief moment when he went from being a predator to the prey, I think his skin tone is another manifestation of something he didn't like about himself. My theory is kinda dark, but given the time period he would've been born, what if Alastor's mother was SA'd by a white man and he was the product of that? And by the time he was fully grown, being a radio show host was probably the only way he could get into entertainment because no one would know it was someone of mixed heritage behind the mic. And if Alastor hated that part of himself because of the crime committed onto his mother as well as how they were treated by society at the time, it makes sense that his demonic form is so pale. And as for the cannibalism aspect, I think that was something Alastor got into after he showed up in Hell, and that's mainly after reading the comic "A Day In The Life Of Alastor". Granted, I only read it once, so my memory might not be great.

been waitng for this video a long time tho

Hm, how very interesting, it all could be possible, we’ll have to wait and see. By the way, about Nifty, I have been thinking, what if she became the way she is, not due to her experiences on Earth, but rather due to her experiences in Hell after she died? She could’ve still been flawed enough to be sent to Hell, but perhaps she wasn’t as bad as she is now when she was alive.

This is what I'm most excited to explore in the show!

I love IMP CUT SO MUCH❤💖💞

Wishful thinking on my part, I know, but I'd like to think that Pen may have inspired or designed various tools for various villains of his time. Like Spring heeled Jack, the deep sea damsel. Or provided the machines for Dr. Jekyll and Dr. Frankenstein.

I like to point out you can tell Alastor got shot cuz there's an small "x" on his forehead & possibly on the back of his head too showing it went through & through

Husk's character theme resembles him being a gambling addict and alcoholic when he was alive... I imagine he probably died in the 80's or 90's from alcohol poisoning, gambling debt being "collected", or suicide due or one or both reasons... When he went to hell he gambled his way to Overlord status, but like most gamblers his luck likely ran dry, when he crossed paths with Alistor and made a deal.

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4:53 Man, Now I Want Adina As Another Character In Hazbin Hotel, Even Though It Already Has Sera.

I wouldn't look over Nifty's design so casually. It could very well imply, that her small childlike body either means, that she may have been an actual child-wife, or drilled/manipulated at a young age to never actually grow mentally past a child

If I have to guess Nifty was the typical Stepford wife who wanted to please her husband, but said husband was probably such an abusive cheating bastard that one day she just snapped.

WOW I'M THINKING GOING TO PUT ANGEL DUST FAMILY ON MY MANGA STORIES.

Regarding Sir Pentious, after the final episode I headcanon he could be a military commander or at least had military education.

We dont speak about that tier list ever again.

Niffty sold her soul to Alastor because she likes a really bad boy and she wanted to belong to one. Even Alastor doesn’t understand her, but he appreciates her unbridled, one-directional enthusiasm. She’s his extremely warped Tinker Bell. Vaggie’s situation is a mystery, probably even to her. She was a Heavenly being who was stripped of her wings and halo. She was abandoned in Hell, but she got a second chance with Charlie. She grew her wings back, which suggests redemption on some level. Still, she would stay with Charlie forever. Does she have a soul? Does Charlie have an angelic soul that could ascend her? So many questions.

The creator says Alastor was shot because he was mistaken for a deer, but the fandom/character site says his cause of death was a ‘dog related incident’

Vaggie has a military type feel. Especially the way she is commanding the crew when Charlie asks her to help save Pentious. I just got the feeling she is ex-military somehow.

My theory for what could have killed Angel “Anthony” Dust was either crack or coccaine.

Niffty being immune to fire and coming out of the fireplace, could be connected to her death. My theory for her is that after murdering her abusive husband she tried to frantically cleaned up the crime scene but ended up burning down the house instead with herself still inside.

Hey Imp cut. Like your channel and stuff but you could stand to be a little sillyer. Speaking of silly, I have a theory or whatever as to why Alastor doesn't like to be touch and I would love for you to make it into a video or whatever. And that theory is Alastor is very ticklish. Especially his tail! And that's why he doesn't like to be touch because his ticklish and doesn't like to be tickle and of course doesn't want anyone knowing his ticklish. Especially Vox! And maybe Vaggie and Lucifer.. This is what I like to happen next season. Al's injury he got from Adam, really bothers him and Charlie finds out and trys to help Alastor and accidentally finds out his ticklish and maybe that he has a ticklish tail..

I was wanting to see hazbin hotel characters should go visit the human world to learn more about how sinners essentially came to be. 😊❤❤

Another reason for the cannibal serial killer theory, Alastor has sharp teeth just like every other person in cannibal town, which is also most likely why he know Rosie so well.

I have a headcannon that sir pinteous is a reverent and he did some messed up stuff like the Salem with trails and he tried to kill a snake because it’s the devil’s creature and the snake bit him and he died

nice video🙂

5:18 i want to see this in some form in show

I don't think Alastor would speak french, he would speak creole. It's sort of a mix of French and African. It's because some Creole people were french, and others migrated from Africa, so their languages kind of blended together over time if I remember correctly, and now they have Creole.

its crazy how alike Alastor and the bad guy from the princess and the frog are alike

It would be a great sort of introduction to their lives before by using Sera’s looking glass that they used to watch Angel in Hell in like a “review” process in season 2

Question: In episode 6, Velvette spoke of bring the war to the angels but, since Zestial was against it because of their lack of knowledge about how the angel died, what's stopping demons like Zestial and Velvetter from going to war now that pretty much all of hell now knows how the angels can be killed and why is no one talking about it?

I came up with an OC for a Hazbin Hotel fanfic I’m writing. He’s a character who died during the advent of AR and VR video game technology on earth. In this story, my OC aims to become an overlord of the video game industry in Hell, but is struggling to do so. It’s been fun so far but coming up with a full background for this character isn’t easy.

Deep cut! I just got something in my freaking mind! I dont know if you know it or maked a video about it yet, but , trust me! There a poem , i think was the poem of Dante , maked back in 14th century maked in Italy, about the after life . The poem has three parts inferno * hell* porgatorio * purgatory* and paraíso * heaven * so , i think that not only sinner can get forgiven and redemded but maybe hellborn ( im not sure about this part of the hell born) so, hell is described as a place of torment and suffering for sinners, and hell has 9 infernal circles Limbo, Lust , gluttony, greed, Wrath Heresy violence fraud pride . But hell in Hazbin hotel and Helluva boss got only seven , well, in the poem says that Dante , went to the purgatory, shows the souls that are being judged, live in each ring, for example, if someone was lazy, he goes to the sloth ring and had tried to be Forgiven for the sin of laziness, so, I think at the Hazbin hotel, actually It is not heaven or hell but heaven and purgatory! I think redemption is 100% true! Because I think God made hell (purgatory) a place where forgiveness is something that works! And I thought that the pentagram city is a place where sinners are trapped and cannot leave to avoid hurting the hell-born but if that was the case then why would imps and hellborns go there? I think the pentagram city is another place of redemption! it would make sense for them to be trapped (at least to me) and I thought, but why then if hell is a a purgatory, so why are the other circles of hell where sinners are only in one? I think hellborn can be redeemed! Maybe I don't know because they don't have a soul But anyway, I think that if the seven sin kings and princes of hell who were normally angels , maybe its because they can be redemed! And if the seven sins are there maybe Lúcifer, Satan , Beelzebuff, mammon , Asmodeus, leviathan, belfegor , paimon * maybe stolas* and lilith or evem Charlie can go to heaven! Im feeling like a scientist rigth now lol ( sorry about my wonderfull English)

My niffty theory: Niffty was born in japan but at an young age moved to England. This was an normal thing for people to do at this time. Her family was probably abusive and She became a yandere girl for a boy. One day she breakes into the boys house and starts cleaning and cooking. The boys call the police ( Understandable ) And the police shots her 3 times. ( The 3 red pobably blood spots on her dress) When she comes to hell the first thing she hears is Alastors radio show and thinks: BAD BOY! she asks everyone on the street who that is and where he is. Someone says something like: Thats alastor but you shouldnt go to him he is very dangerous. But Niffty runs away To find him. When Niffty finds Alastor in the middle of his job comes Niffty in the room. Alastor tries to take her out gently but after she ignores his request does Alastor make an ad pause. Niffty and Alastor talks and Alastor starts to like her ( NOT ROMANTICALY ) Alastor comes up with the soul deal and Niffty happliy says yes. Alastor takes Niffty to The hotel and the show starts.

Angel probably had same backstory as Moxie but it will probably change a bit

Not my account btw! THEORY OF ALASTOR'S DEATH: Alastor was formerly a southern radio addendant and a serial killer. He was in the woods, dressed up as a deer, hiding a body he killed, when a hunter shot him. It is popularly theorized that Alastor is a wendigo, a cannibalistic deer like-creature.

So I have a theory about Emily and Charlie being half sisters. Their shared parent as Lucifer. Emily's mom I believe to be Sara, and of course Charlie's as Lilith. If you look they do look alike as well as almost the same height and body type. Also their voices are similar. It could also be why Emily has been given the easy job of making everyone happy in haven. It also might explain that when Emily is truly happy she makes a noise close to a rubber ducky.

I always assumed Vaggie must have been a human cuz she speaks Spanish, I didn’t really see the logic in her being a native to heaven who just happens to know a human language, Carmilla also speaks Spanish too and she was human as well

Just a thought and a little observation, I believe that someone had killed nifty because on her outfit there is 3 spots on her outfit that look like gunshot wounds, suggesting that someone killed her by shooting her multiple times.

Well I guess since it’s been revealed that Vaggie’s an angel I’ll have too take down my Vaggie death theory oh well

Niffty reminds me of a side character from Lord of Illusions the insane house wife who kills her family to join Nix a cult leader. (It's in the director's cut of the movie)

I had a theory that vaggie was a soldier and died in combat, saving lives. That's how she got to be an executor in heavenpp

Nifty misht have been influenced by the story "lamb to slughter". I think you should do a vide9 about that. If you feel like it

My current theory for Vaggie and the other exterminators is actually that they’re Adam’s children with Lilith. One thing you can’t help but notice about the exterminators is they’re all female, and one of the traits of Lilith as a demon is she only gives birth to female offspring. This would make the exterminators similar to the daughters of Aku from Samurai Jack in that all of them are the daughters of the main antagonist who have been raised to fight against the protagonist only for one of them to develop a change of heart and feelings for the protagonist. Nifty is wearing a poodle skirt, something that was popular amongst young unmarried women in the 50s. I don’t think she was married but rather was someone who dreamed of finding her special guy only to end up betrayed, SA’d and murdered by him. My impression is her friendship with Alastor is based on him having a lot of the traits she wants in a guy, he’s kind, considerate and protective towards her, while at the same time having no sexual interest in her making him safe.

I have a question I watched it in some videos and fan furious that Camilla is a fallen angel and that’s why she knows so much about angels and their weapons and how they fight. Can we get a video about her?

Have a weird theory bout getting redemmed. Did anyone own sir pentious soul? Can a sinner who's soul is owned be redemmed?

I just need season 2 to happen... sooner than later🤣😅

Even though Emaly and Charlie are from 2 different realms, I believe that are half-sisters. this is noted when Sara makes the comment about that she should not be such a "Free-Thinker" like Charlie (and Lucifer) and chances the fate of being cast out of Heaven. But she explains it to her in a way that she herself suffers of Love lost at some point and cannot face it again. Lucifer was an angel himself before being cast out for his free will thinking, so he may as well be Em's "Baby Daddy" and Sara carries that secret in her heart. That may be the reason Lucifer backed off from joining Charlie going to Heaven, knowing that he would have to face that heartache on a whole different level again.

I'm also super curious about the names these characters could have had as humans, esp the Vees. I feel like Valentino is probably the only one out of the Vees who was already using that name as a human. Maybe he was born with it or changed it as an adult when he started working in the sex industry? Vox and Velvette probably had different names as humans. Jack? Olivia? I'd like to think that Velvette was prob a lower-to-mid-tier worker in the fashion industry who abused those below her, despite not being that powerful/privileged herself. Her puppet form could be a cruel reminder of her status as a human, still being controlled by those above her even if she would have loved to be the one on top. Similar with Vox. He could have been an anchorman at a regional tv station (maybe one for a specific US State, or even smaller, city/district) which would have resulted in him having a lot of power on a regional basis but not really outside of his district or state. He def had a wife and kids because it was the 50s. And perhaps his sinful behaviour mostly stemmed from abusing his workers and from coercing various people in professional settings into sexual acts (#MeToo), blackmailing them, etc. Not sure if he committed murder - maybe as a one-time thing to get rid of a rising, much younger and more charming fellow anchorman at his station. He was surely quite obsessed with his looks and the tv head must have been a horrible embarrassment for him when he first manifested in hell. That being said, these are just my headcanons!

Alastor is French AFRICAN!? No wonder he is the absolute most fabulous.

I have a headcanon that Vox idolized Alastor while alive, and a child. And Alastor inspired Vox to take up broadcasting.

Since Charlie is the daughter of lucifer, a fallen angel, and Lilith a woman of earthly plane. She is a girl born in he'll who is there having commited no sin. Nor has sue faced judgement. She views he'll as her home, loves her parents, and idolizes what they tried to do. She is struggling with her own existsnce. Since everyone hates it there but she views it as her home and a place where she was surrounded by loving parents she is apologetic to those around her. "Yeah it sucks here but there is love too". She is naive trying to validate her own existence by bridging the path from he'll to heaven.