Valentino

"What have I told you countless times, sweetheart? Regarding you, work, and my affairs?"

- Valentino, to Angel in the prequel comics

Valentino is one of the many Overlords of Hell, as well as the owner of Porn Studios. He is Angel Dust's boss and one of the main antagonists of Hazbin Hotel.

Appearance
Valentino is a slender moth demon with greyish-lavender skin and cerise-pink eyes, over which he is always depicted wearing gold-rimmed heart-shaped sunglasses with cerise-pink lenses.

He has a wide mouth full of sharp, pointed teeth and possesses a single golden fang that sits to his far left of center, a feature he shares with his employee, Angel Dust.

Valentino has black hands, or perhaps gloves, that taper to a lighter gradient at the fingertips.

Valentino's stature is tall, estimated to be around 10 ft, which he emphasizes with long black heeled boots. He wears a floor-length vivid-red coat, which features a white fur trim at the wrists, as well as black and white striped fur trim down the coat center-front to the bottom hem.

A large fluffy white 'collar' decorated with small red love-hearts is wrapped around his neck - this plumes up from his coat's break-line, although it is unclear whether this collar is attached to his body or the coat.

His coat is pinned with a gold chain and gold love-heart shaped broach fastenings at the breast.

Valentino accessorizes with a matching vivid-red top hat, that has a wide, asymmetrical zebra-print hat-band. Two appendages sprout from the band of the hat: on his left, one black spiked antennae, and on his right, what appears to be a large black and white striped feather.

According to Faustisse, Valentino wears fishnets under his coat and is bald.

Personality
Valentino has been described as being charming and roughly as level-headed as his fellow Overlord, Vox.

Valentino is depicted as being controlling and abusive, specifically towards one of his star employees, Angel Dust. He also displays sadistic tendencies, appearing to take enjoyment in overidding Angel's consent, and remains seemingly unbothered by the trauma he is inflicting.

Valentino is frequently surrounded by a collection of the girls who work for him. He is ostentatious in displaying both his profession and status. Faustisse bluntly described him as "a huge fuckboi".

Natural Abilities

 * Charisma: Valentino possesses a flamboyant and vivacious charm that allows him to persuade others of his authority.

Skillset

 * Weapon Proficiency: As shown in the prequel comic, Valentino is easily able to shoot a moving target with accuracy from a notable distance away.

Unique Abilities

 * Smoke Manipulation: In the "ADDICT" music video, Valentino exhales a strange red smoke from his cigarettes that has the ability to twist and form different shapes, entering the bodies of other demons, as Valentino directs it. However, a similar smoke is also present in a cigarette Angel smokes, making it unknown whether this is an ability natural to Valentino or just a particular type of the cigarette he has in his posession.

Concept & Creation
Valentino was a very late addition in the development of Hazbin Hotel, with Faustisse noting that the character was still being worked on, even past the release of the pilot.

He makes his first appearance within the pilot.

Gallery

 * Valentino/Gallery

Trivia

 * Valentino is an Italian name, meaning "brave or strong". It can also mean "a ladies' man", which is fitting considering his status as a pimp.
 * According to Sam Miller, background artist and HR of Spindlehorse, Valentino was Hispanic when living.
 * Faustisse thinks that Valentino may have died in the 1970s.
 * When asked about Valentino's sexuality, Faustisse replied, "full pansexual".
 * Vivziepop thinks that Valentino would be the kind of person to have a collection of canes.

Development

 * Within their characters' Voxtagram accounts, Valentino was depicted in a romantic on-off again relationship with fellow Overlord, Vox. One that appeared, at times, to be physically abusive. Whether this relationship is reflective of their canon dynamic at all is currently unknown, as the actual events of the Instagram story arcs themselves are not.
 * According to Valentino's account, the fur collar around his neck is supposedly a part of his body. It is also unknown whether this is reflective of canon.
 * Valentino was also depicted as owning a creature named Queef, which he kept as a pet before killing it with a gun for simply annoying him. This same species of animal can be found in the background of the Loo Loo Land episode of Helluva Boss.