Masquerade

"This is my escape. Where I can forget about it all. How much I hate… everything. A place where I can get high and not have to think about how much it hurts. And, maybe, if I can ruin myself enough in the process... if I end up broken, I won't be his favorite toy anymore. And, maybe, he'll let me go..."

- Angel, dropping his facade to Husk

Masquerade is the fourth episode of the first season of Hazbin Hotel, and the fourth episode overall. It premiered on January 19, 2024, on Prime Video.

Synopsis

 * Angel struggles to juggle his work and his time at the Hotel. Charlie decides it's time to put her 'Princess' status to use with Angel's boss.

Plot
TBA

Characters

 * Employees of the Hazbin Hotel
 * Charlie Morningstar
 * Vaggie (cameo)
 * Alastor (cameo)
 * Husk
 * Niffty (cameo)
 * Residents of the Hazbin Hotel
 * Angel Dust
 * Sir Pentious (cameo)
 * The Vees
 * Valentino
 * Vox (non-speaking cameo)
 * Velvette (pictured)
 * Travis (cameo)

Locations

 * Hell
 * Pride Ring
 * Pentagram City
 * Hazbin Hotel
 * V Tower

Objects

 * Husk's umbrella
 * Husk's playing cards
 * Husk's dice bombs
 * Angel's tommy guns

Songs

 * "Poison"
 * "Loser, Baby"

Trivia

 * It is revealed that Angel Dust sold his soul to Valentino.
 * Additionally, it is also revealed that Husk sold his to Alastor.
 * Husk reveals he was once an Overlord, before going to Alastor for help with his losing streak in gambling. And, thus, trading his status to him.
 * The film Angel Dust shows the gang at the beginning of the episode has him in his pilot outfit.
 * Portions of the dialogue between Angel and Valentino in the former's dressing room were partially adapted from the fan comic "Red Smoke" by Raphielle II (credited as Arielle Somerville), one of the series' main storyboard artists.
 * It is revealed that Valentino's coat is actually his pair of moth wings that he keeps wrapped around himself.
 * Travis is shown to be one of the directors of Valentino's studio. It is unknown if he switched jobs or is simultaneously juggling his job as a taxi driver.
 * Husk knows everything about everyone in the hotel:
 * Charlie wants to solve everyone's problems except for her own.
 * Vaggie judges everyone and everything because "she hates herself".
 * Sir Pentious is an "insecure buffoon" who watches everyone in the hotel while they sleep.
 * Husk did not explain about Niffty, saying "you don't even wanna know".
 * One of the poses Angel does on his bed during the Poison music sequence is a nod to the official artwork of his redesign announcement.
 * This is the only episode to receive a +18 rating (as opposed to the standard +16), as this episode contains graphic depictions of sexual abuse.

Cultural References

 * The Musicalis Interruptus trope is used during the music sequence for "Loser, Baby", wherein Angel Dust and Husk's song was interrupted because the loan sharks at the bar found where they were.

Continuity

 * Angel joking about how Valentino has poor eyesight may be a reference to the ADDICT music video wherein Valentino had exactly three paper bills he couldn't seem to stop counting.

Errors

 * During the scene where Angel Dust says he is going to "do all of you" his butt freckles disappear.
 * In some scenes, the black eye Angel received from Valentino earlier on in the episode disappears and suddenly reappears after he tells Husk that he knows more than just being a sex addict.

Transcript
View the episode's transcript here.

Gallery

 * Masquerade/Gallery