That's Entertainment

"That's Entertainment" is the first episode of the first season and the series premiere of Hazbin Hotel. It premiered on YouTube on October 28, 2019.

Summary
Follow Charlie,the princess of Hell, as she pursues her seemingly impossible goal of rehabilitating demons to peacefully reduce overpopulation in her kingdom. After a yearly extermination imposed by angels, She opens a hotel in hopes that patients will be "checking out" into Heaven. While most of Hell mocks her goal, her devoted partner, Vaggie, and their first test subject, adult film-star Angel Dust, stick by her side. When a powerful entity known as the "Radio Demon" reaches out to Charlie to assist her in her endeavors, her crazy dream is given a chance to become a reality.

Plot
The episode opens to Charlie singing about how she believes she is some sort of failure as the countdown to the next extermination resets for another year, and the demons go about their business.

Angel Dust exits a car after finishing up with his latest client. He tells them not to tell anyone he's hooking up with 'randos', only for the man to call him a slut. Angel Dust mocks him before going to purchase some drugs which are promptly stolen.

Sir Pentious starts demolishing territory as he attempts to conquer the turf with his Egg Bois. However, he is interrupted as Cherri Bomb throws a bomb into his ship and threatens him for starting a turf war with her.

At the new station, Charlie and Vaggie prepare for Charlie's interview on her new hotel, with Vaggie telling Charlie is not to sing and expressing doubt on Charlie's plan. As Charlie approaches the reporter, Katie Killjoy, Katie makes it clear she did not want Charlie on the show and she's only there because another segment got cancelled. The interview begins and Charlie explains that to fight overpopulation, she is opening a hotel to redeem guests to have them sent to Heaven. When the crowd is unimpressed, she bursts into song, which is mocked by everyone save Vaggie.

As Katie taunts her for having faith in demons, Charlie retorts that Angel Dust, her only patron, has gone clean for two weeks. This is immediately interrupted by a report on the ongoing turf war between Cherri and Sir Pentious, stating that Angel has now joined the fray, much to Charlie's dismay.

Angel aides Cherri in battling Sir Pentious, believing he will lose his reputation if he goes clean. He also states the only reason he went to the hotel was so he could stay rent-free. Angel makes a variety of sex jokes at Sir Pentious, all but one going over the snake demon's head as they fight. In the studio, Charlie, upset by Katie calls her a bitch, starting a fight between them.

Later, Charlie, Vaggie and Angel ride back to the hotel. Vaggie is enraged by Angel's behaviour, who is entirely unapologetic for his deeds. Charlie is saddened about the failure of the interview but attempts to remain cheerful.

At the hotel, Charlie sulks and goes to call her mom for advice, however Lilith does not answer. Charlie goes back inside before hearing a knock on the door. She discovers Alastor, the 'Radio Demon', and Vaggie warns her not to let him in. However, feeling it would go against what the hotel stands for, Charlie opens the door anyway.

Alastor tells Charlie he wishes to help her out with the hotel, but explains he does not believe that demons can be redeemed and he is only in it for the entertainment. Vaggie immediately dislikes him and explains to the ignorant Angel that Alastor appeared in Hell several decades ago and was somehow able to immediately take down Hell's most powerful demons, all the while broadcasting his carnage. Vaggie pleads with Charlie to make him leave, though Charlie decides can't turn him down and accepts his help, but heeds her father's words and refuses to make any deals.

Alastor gets to work in finding a staff for the hotel. First off, he brings in Niffty, a demon who rapidly begins to clean the place up. Then he teleports Husk into the building, who is furious at being dragged away from his poker game, though is convinced to help after Alastor bribes him with alcohol. Vaggie demands Alastor take down the newly made bar, only for Angel to tackle her to the floor, stating they will keep it.

Alastor launches into a musical number about how he'll help run the hotel, and how even though he still believes that the entire idea is worthless, the best they can do is change demons superficially. Just then, Sir Pentious arrives to ambush Alastor, only for the deer demon to use his powers and destroy the ship. The group then goes back to the hotel.

Characters

 * Charlie
 * Vaggie
 * Angel Dust
 * Alastor
 * Husk
 * Niffty
 * Sir Pentious
 * Egg Bois
 * Cherri Bomb
 * Katie Killjoy
 * Tom Trench
 * Razzle and Dazzle
 * Travis
 * Crymini (cameo)
 * Baxter (cameo)
 * Mimzy (cameo)
 * Lucifer (cameo)
 * Lilith (portraits/mentioned)
 * Vox (cameo)
 * Rosie (cameo)
 * Valentino (cameo)

Cast

 * Jill Harris - Charlie
 * Elsie Lovelock - Charlie's singing voice
 * Monica Franco - Vaggie
 * Michael Kovach - Angel Dust
 * Edward Bosco - Alastor
 * Gabriel C. Brown - Alastor's singing voice
 * Stamper - Sir Pentious
 * Mick Lauer - Husk
 * Michelle Marie - Niffty
 * Krystal LaPorte - Cherri Bomb
 * Faye Mata - Katie Killjoy
 * Joshua Tomar - Tom Trench
 * Joe Gran - The Egg Bois
 * Maxwell Atoms - Pickpocket/Audience Member/Cameraman
 * Don Darryl Rivera - Travis
 * James Monroe Iglehart - Bar Patron
 * Dave Capdevielle - Alastor's Microphone
 * Amin Elgarch - Screams
 * Perry Hull - Audience/Razzle and Dazzle's Backup Vocals

Additional Voices

 * Maxwell Atoms
 * Sara Fisher
 * Raymond Hernandez
 * Vivienne Medrano
 * Xander Mobus

Video
HAZBIN HOTEL (PILOT)

Trivia

 * This is the pilot episode of Hazbin Hotel.
 * This episode has three musical numbers: "I'm Always Chasing Rainbows" and "Inside of Every Demon is a Rainbow" (both of which are sung by Charlie), and "Alastor's Reprise", (which is sung by Alastor).
 * The pilot is 30 minutes long.
 * Vivziepop confirmed in her Vivzie Stream #4 live stream that the Pilot is technically a little over 30 minutes, but the pilot is 30 minutes long.
 * According to Vivziepop in her Vivzie Stream #5 live stream, there was originally a Nazi joke in the original draft of the Pilot, but they cut it because they "didn't want to go there".
 * Vivziepop confirmed in her Vivzie Stream #9 live stream that fans are able to see the Pilot for free.
 * Selective scenes that are shown in the released clips will also be re-worked and redone upon both request by Vivziepop and the will of the animators, to help improve the quality of the pilot. Some animators, such as Ashley Nichols, have made streams or posts showing their progress or comparison with their old take on their shots. Also, as this is the master composition, additional sound effects were added to the scenes that were released that didn't have any such as Alastor having tap-dancing shoes sounds whenever he walks and some scores were replaced such as the bar scene. Other animators, such as selective Helluva illumine, were also included for the final composition to fix any final revisions.
 * A clip of Dan Backslide from "The Dover Boys" is shown on one of the bar's TV screens in the pilot.
 * Coincidentally, Vivienne did a Dan Backslide shot for the Dover Boys Reanimate Collab, which was hosted by Hazbin cleanup artist Josh Palmer.
 * The white sprinkles shown in Razzle and Dazzle's pink donut is a direct reference to the infamous LOSS minimalist meme from Ctrl+Alt+Del. That reference was implanted by animator Ashley Nichols.
 * "Alastor's Reprise" might be a reference to Disney's 2009's movie, "The Princess and the Frog". Alastor dresses Charlie in a 30's style dress, while making her dream come true, much like Dr. Facilier, the villain of said movie.
 * Alastor also casts shadow demons from the fireplace during the song, a reference to the Dr. Facilier's "friends" from the "other side".
 * During the 666 news, the screen showing Sir Pentious in hipster skateboard attire is a direct reference to 30 Rock episode "The Tuxedo Begins".


 * The puppy that Charlie was cuddling in the "Inside of Every Demon is a Rainbow" musical number is a caricature of storyboard artist Perry Hull's dog. That particular scene was drawn by Hull himself.

Gallery

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