Lyle Lipton

"Heaven?! You don’t make millions in technological advances by not experimenting on the poor!"

- Lyle Lipton, explaining why he is in Hell

Lyle Lipton is a character in Helluva Boss. In the season one episode, C.H.E.R.U.B, he becomes the target of assassination of I.M.P due to his old business partner, Loopty Goopty, wanting to prevent him from taking over the business they co-founded, Lyle-Loopty Robotics.

Appearance
Prior to the aging machine mishap, Lyle was a rather short white man with a mustache and indeterminate hair color. He wore gloves, an overcoat and what could be a tank top under the coat with brown pants and boots. After the mishap his nose and head underwent rather massive growths easily doubling in size. His mustache is all that remains of his hair, which is now grey. He now wears a pale blue shirt and a diaper.

After his death his arms took on a robotic appearance with his gloves returning. His skin became a turquoise color and his lower half was replaced by a ball he rolled around on. His teeth have taken on a piano like appearance.

Personality
Lyle is a greedy business man, with such insane greed that he has a stock photo of money (complete with water mark) that he says goodbye to. At first he is suicidal and unwilling to live with his old body before the intervention of C.H.E.R.U.B. In the end he saw the value in life after watching the cherubs and imps fight, realizing his life must be worth something if supernatural beings were fighting over it.

Skillset

 * Wide Intellect: Lyle is shown to be quite the genius, as he and his business partner invented an anti-aging machine, and co-founded a company that eventually grew into a technological empire.

Death
While C.H.E.R.U.B. was trying to stop Lyle from hanging himself,  I.M.P. tried to make him do it. During his final moments, C.H.E.R.U.B. took him to an opera concert, while Blitzo accidentally murdered the star with a falling light. C.H.E.R.U.B. began to fight with I.M.P on the rafters. On the ground, Lyle realized that he can buy anything with money, and that he doesn't have to kill himself. Cletus tried to kill Blitzo with a magical crossbow, but a stray arrow accidentally let loose a metal beam. The beam landed on a wooden plank, which catapulted a piano in the air, which crushed Lyle, killing him instantly.

Trivia

 * Lyle's demon form resembles that of Bigweld from the movie, Robots. He also partly resembles Dr, Eggman from Sonic the Hedgehog.
 * Lyle's demon teeth being piano keys is a nod to his cause of death.
 * It is also a possible reference to classic cartoons where a character, crushed by a piano, is then seen with keys having replaced their teeth.