Queen Bee

"Y'all ready to party with the Queen Bee of Gluttony!"

- Beelzebub

Queen Bee is the eighth episode of the first season of Helluva Boss, the eighth episode overall, and a special that is the second part of the first seasons finale.

It premiered on June 24, 2023 on Vivziepop's YouTube channel after being delayed for over a year.

Plot
Loona is sitting in a cab when she gets a call from Blitzo. She ignores it and nervously steps out in front of a honeycomb like mansion with the party already in swing. Loona texts Vortex that she's arrived and fixes herself up in time for him to greet and let her in.

Inside, Vortex introduces Loona to the other patrons and leaves to get her a drink. Loona tries to join a conversation with a group of hellbeasts but their leader recognizes her as "Lunatic Loona" and mocks her for actually showing up at a party after throwing up at the last one. She then comments on Loona's aggressive vibe and Loona calls her a "Massive Bitch" earning shocked expressions from everyone nearby... she learns that she can't really say that word. Vortex returns with Loona's drink and notices something is wrong but Loona brushes it off as nothing. Then the party-goers are introduced to the hostess, Beelzebub, who livens up the party by singing "Cotton Candy".

After the song, Beelzebub greets Vortex and gushes at how "cute" Loona is, excusing her laughter from taking in all of the positive energy from the party and apologizing that it wasn't bigger for her since Belphegor refused to let her use any more of her drugs and locking them up so she couldn't steal any. Vortex also introduces Beelzebub as his girlfriend.

Loona blurts out that she thinks Beelzebub is "Really Hot" and the demon is impressed with how honest she was, calling Loona her new favorite person. After a bit of rambling about the time she saw Satan remove his shirt, Beelzebub tells Loona to enjoy the party and leaves to check on the other guests. Embarrassed, Loona immediately decides to leave, despite Vortex asking her to stay for a drink, she steps outside and texts Blitzo, who is now at home after his night out, to come pick her up.

Blitzo arrives in his van when another imp recognizes him, thinking he is here for the party. Blitzo clarifies that he's only here to take his daughter home. Loona, who notices that Blitzo is, fondly, recognized, and after another hellhound calls her a "hottie", reconsiders her decision and convinces Blitzo to let her try the party again. Blitzo agrees to stay for "one" drink.

A full kegger later, Blitzo asks for a bigger challenge. Beelzebub obliges and challenges him to a keg drinking contest with her strongest stash of beelzebub juice. With encouragement from Loona, Blitzo downs the keg quickly and is graciously crowned the winner by the demon. After Blitzo is carried away, Beelzebub senses that something is off.

Later on, Loona is chatting with some guests when Vortex and Beelzebub walk over, suggesting that she check on her dad to make sure he is alright. Beelzebub says that she feels like he is trying to cause trouble on purpose and may be hurting. Loona insists that Blitzo is fine and gets defensive when Beelzebub insists that something may be wrong, claiming that everyone likes her. This angers the demon but Loona agrees to check on Blitzo when she notices how uncomfortable Vortex is. Beelzebub apologizes to Vortex about her behavior and then brings him to the dancefloor.

Loona searches for Blitzo and finds him making out with another imp. Blizo is only concerned that Loona saw him until he remembers the imp's name. Blizo shoos "Dennis" away and asks for a Monica or Alejandro to make out with. Loona punches out an imp who obliges the offer and then carries Blitzo out of the party, waving goodbye to her new friends and driving back home.

Back home, Loona carries Blitzo to the couch and gets him a glass of water and a blanket. Blizo admits that he had a bad day and says Fizzarolli was right about him dying alone, asking Loona to be with him when the time comes and drunkenly falls asleep. Loona tucks Blitzo in and goes to her room, closing the door behind her after giving her dad one last look. Immediately after, Blitzo throws up the Beelzejuice, realizing that he really did need to throw up.

Characters

 * Employees of I.M.P
 * Blitzo
 * Loona
 * Moxxie (pictured & mentioned)
 * Millie (pictured & mentioned)
 * Stolas (mentioned)
 * Barbie Wire (pictured)
 * Vortex
 * Beelzebub (debut)
 * Belphegor (mentioned)
 * Satan (mentioned)
 * Fizzarolli (mentioned)
 * Dennis (debut; cameo)
 * Vikki (debut; cameo)
 * Loo Loo (pictured)

Locations

 * Hell
 * Gluttony Ring (debut)
 * Beelzebub's mansion

Objects

 * I.M.P. company van
 * Loona's phone
 * Beelzejuice

Songs

 * "Cotton Candy"
 * "Monster's Ball"

Instrumentals

 * "Stolas Speaks"

Trivia

 * This is the first episode that does not feature a synopsis in the video's description, in its place is a message from Vivienne Medrano.
 * This episode features the guest voice of American singer, Kesha Sebert, as the voice of Beelzebub. Sebert also co-wrote the episodes' song "Cotton Candy" with Drew Pearson. Beelzebub's singing voice was provided by Rochelle Diamante.
 * Beelzebub's design may be inspired by the Zoophobia character JayJay, who is known for appearing in Medrano's well-known animated music video adaptation of Ke$ha's song, "Die Young". The brief lighting shot, where Bee's fur temporarily changed to blue, also indicates the homage.
 * Prior to this episode, Vivziepop stated multiple times that she would want Ke$ha, her favorite singer, to star one day in an episode of any shows she created.
 * This is the first, and so far, only episode to not feature the warning screen at the beginning.
 * Two of the valley-girl hellhounds have a striking resemblance to Vaggie and Velvette from Hazbin Hotel, with the former even having the same hairstyle.
 * The voice of the off-screen hellhound that shouted "You can't say that." was provided by animation director Skye Henwood albeit uncredited.
 * According to Vivziepop, "Queen Bee" was the most challenging/longest episode to make.
 * This episode also took the longest to be released, being meant to release after the first season's seventh episode, "Ozzie's", and before season two began, but due to copyright reasons it was postponed. The episode released one year, seven months, and twenty-three days total after it's previous episode, resulting in its release being after the second season's fourth episode, "Western Energy".
 * In a reply to a question about how the continuity may have changed without the episode releasing when it was supposed to, Vivienne states the episode just exists on its own and will fit in after "Ozzie's".
 * In a tweet update about the series, it was stated that the seventh episode was the "real story finale of the season" and further explaining that episode eight was created as a bonus episode, anyway.
 * According to Vivziepop, episode eight is "very much spectacle", with a simple story as a direct follow up to another episode.
 * This is the first time wherein Loona calls Blitzo her dad without hesitation.
 * As opposed to the Belphegor in real-life demonology, the Hellaverse's Belphegor is also a girl, like Beelzebub herself.

Cultural References

 * The valley girl hellhounds that use the remark "So fetch!" is a reference to both the film and the musical, Mean Girls. Coincidentally, Barrett Wilbert Weed, voice of Octavia, played Janis Ian in the Broadway musical and Erika Henningsen, who plays Cady Heron in the musical, is also contributing voices in the Hazbin Hotel series adaptation.
 * An imp is wearing a shirt saying Voxflix and Chill, a reference to "Netflix and Chill" as well as the character Vox himself.
 * Coincidentally, the "Voxflix" brand frequently appeared in the non-canon Voxtagram stories.

Continuity

 * This episode takes place roughly after the events of "Ozzie's", as Loona is attending the party she mentioned in the episode.
 * One of the imp partygoers is the impsona of Cécilia Goncalves whom Striker kicked away in "The Harvest Moon Festival", still wearing an arm sling due to the injury.
 * When Loona was filling up a glass of water, a magnet of Loo Loo can be seen on the fridge.
 * Like the previous episode, "Ozzie's", this episode's title card does not feature any characters, as it simply shows the demonic sigil of Beelzebub.

Errors

 * Loona pronounces Beelzejuice as "Beezlejuice" (bee-zel-juice).

Transcript
View the episode's transcript here.

Gallery

 * Queen Bee/Gallery