MAMMON'S MAGNIFICENT MUSICAL MID-SEASON SPECIAL (ft Fizzarolli)

"We've certainly got some quality up here tonight, folks. Will Mr. 10 years running come out on top? Or is it time for fresh meat?"

- The announcer of the Greed's yearly clown pageant

MAMMON'S MAGNIFICENT MUSICAL MID-SEASON SPECIAL (ft Fizzarolli) is the seventh episode of the second season of Helluva Boss and is the fifteenth episode overall. It premiered on October 29, 2023, on Vivziepop's YouTube channel.

Synopsis

 * Mammon has a yearly clown pageant and things sure do happen!

Plot
The episode opens up on a concert in the Greed Ring hosted by the Sin representing Greed, the unsympathetic and egotistical Mammon. The venue is sold out and among the crowd are teenagers, Blitzo and Fizzarolli. When Mammon bombastically unveils himself, he announces a clown pageant, the winner of which will become the new face of his clown-themed brand (which he not-so-secretly just wants to use as an exploitative sales gimmick). In the crowd, Fizz is loving everything about it while Blitz remains skeptical.

When the event ends and Blitz and Fizz are walking home, Fizz tells Blitz that he’d like nothing more than to win that pageant and work with Mammon. However, Blitz states that it’s pointless compared to the fame and fortune they’ve already netted from their circus and it’s not worth becoming Mammon’s creepy mascot. Fizz elaborates that it’s not about the fame and fortune, but rather the chance to work alongside his lifelong idol.

The pair are ambushed by a Burnie Burnz, a fanatical imp, who proposes that Fizz and him work together and fulfill Burnz's obsession with Fizz. Fizz rejects this proposal and is then insulted by Burnz, before leaving with Blitzo.

In the present,

Characters

 * Blitzo
 * Seven Deadly Sins
 * Asmodeus
 * Mammon (debut)
 * Fizzarolli
 * Robo Fizz (pictured; mentioned)
 * Glitz and Glam (debut)
 * Burnie Burnz (debut)
 * Wally Wackford

Locations

 * Hell
 * Lust Ring
 * Asmodeus's Tower
 * Big Ozzie's Factory
 * Greed Ring
 * Mammon Theatre
 * Pride Ring
 * Blitzo's apartment

Objects

 * Fizzarolli's airhorn

Songs

 * "Juggling Iz Cool"
 * "Klown Bitch"
 * "Crooked"
 * "2 Minutes Notice"

Instrumentals

 * "House of Asmodeus"
 * "Klown Bitch"

Trivia

 * This episode has scenes shown in animatics and storyboards from the 2022 trailer, to which some shots were completed and improved.
 * This is by far the longest running episode of the season, lasting at least thirty minutes.
 * This episode features the guest voice of animator Michael Cusack as Mammon. Cusack is the creator of the Adult Swim series, YOLO, and the co-creator of the series, ''Smiling Friends',' alongside Zach Hadel. Hadel also contributed additional voices for the episode.
 * Some of the Hellaverse's voice alumni (e.g. Erica Lindbeck, Monica Franco) also contributed voices for Smiling Friends.
 * This episode, along with "Oops", features animation outsourced to Toon City Animation in Mandaluyong and Vancouver.
 * This is the first episode to feature production credits at the beginning and the end.
 * When Mammon claimed that women aren't funny, the "Written by Vivienne Medrano" credit appeared briefly.
 * This is the first episode to feature a diegetic musical number (specifically the song "Crooked") where the characters don't sing in a venue of sorts nor in a jingle but rather out in the open.
 * As previously implied by Robo Fizz, Asmodeus and his factory is responsible for creating the Robo Fizz sex toy line for Mammon, albeit the former dislikes the practice.
 * This is among four episodes where Moxxie and Millie aren't featured or mentioned, the others being "Queen Bee", "The Circus", and "Oops".
 * It is also revealed that Fizzarolli has the ability to communicate through sign language, shown when he speaks to a mute imp fan.
 * Closed captions appear at the bottom of the screen during scenes of Fizzarolli using sign language.
 * Due to YouTube's restrictions on profanity, the word "cunt", which Mammon kept using, was censored with a honk sound effect.
 * This is the first time two of the Seven Deadly Sins appear in one episode, and the first time there is conflict between two of them.
 * Fizzarolli and Asmodeus' ship name is called Ozzarolli. Before this reveal, the most popular fanmade ship name for the two was "Fizzarozzie".
 * Fizzarolli claim that Mammon been his hero since he was five.
 * It is also the first time Fizzarolli reveals his broken horns.

Cultural References

 * When the audience members look at their phones to tweet about Asmodeus' relationship with Fizz, one of them has a GIF of a Fizz-esque puppet waiving his arms. This is a nod to the infamous Kermit the Frog meme.
 * One of the users on the Clownporium messages goes by the name 'Doug_Dugs', a possible allusion to the Namco game .

Continuity

 * The teenage versions of Blitzo and Fizzarolli appear to be the same ones in the picture that was seen on Blitzo's phone in "Ozzie's, implying the flashback is on the night the picture was taken.
 * Blitzo is shown wearing his bodyguard outfit from "Loo Loo Land" when he is hired by Asmodeus as Fizzarolli's temporary security.
 * Asmodeus brings up the events of the previous episode "Oops" where Fizzarolli got kidnapped by Crimson and his mafia, and Striker for extortion.
 * One of the Imps in the audience during Fizzoralli's final performance is the impsona of Cécilia Goncalves, making this her third appearance in the series, the last two being in "Queen Bee" and "The Harvest Moon Fesitival"

Errors

 * In one scene (around 17:23), Blitzo is shown with his usual attire instead of his bodyguard outfit.

Transcript
View the episode's transcript here.

Gallery

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