Overture

"My dad just called, he said the leader of the angel army wants to meet, he asked if I, could go, instead!"

- Charlie to Vaggie after the phone call from Lucifer

Overture is the first episode of the first season of Hazbin Hotel, and the first episode overall. It premiered on January 19, 2024, on Prime Video, and a week earlier on the A24 app as part of pre-ordered packages.

Synopsis

 * Charlie pitches Heaven her plan to save sinners by way of redeeming themselves through her Hotel. Vaggie enlists the staff to make a commercial to promote the hotel.

Plot
TBA

Characters

 * Employees of the Hazbin Hotel
 * Charlie Morningstar
 * Vaggie
 * Alastor
 * Husk
 * Niffty
 * KeeKee (debut; cameo)
 * Razzle and Dazzle (cameo)
 * Clients of the Hazbin Hotel
 * Angel Dust
 * Exorcists (debut)
 * Adam
 * Lute
 * The Royal Family (silhouettes only; mentioned)
 * Lucifer Morningstar
 * Lilith
 * Humans
 * Eve (silhouette only)
 * Anchormen of 666 News (cameo)
 * Katie Killjoy
 * Tom Trench

Locations

 * Hell
 * Pride Ring
 * Pentagram City
 * Hazbin Hotel
 * Heaven Embassy

Objects

 * "The Story of Hell" book

Songs

 * "Happy Day in Hell"
 * "Hell is Forever"

Trivia

 * It is revealed via Charlie's telling of the "Story of Hell" that Adam's first wife was to be Lilith before she was replaced by Eve after the former fell in love with Lucifer and both descended into Hell.
 * Additionally, Adam reveals that he is the same Adam who was the first human to be ever created.

Cultural References

 * The episode title, Overture, refers to an orchestral piece at the beginning of an opera, suite, play, oratorio, or other extended composition.

Continuity

 * The episode takes place seven days after the Hazbin Hotel pilot, as seen when the clock tower countdown has "358" days while the pilot had "365" immediately after the yearly extermination.
 * Angel sarcastically complimenting Vaggie by saying "You're doing great, Vagina" is a callback to Angel's prequel comic, Dirty Healings.

Errors

 * When Charlie starts singing Happy Day in Hell, a jumpcut edit is made where Vaggie briefly disappears.

Transcript
View the episode's transcript here.

Gallery

 * Overture/Gallery