Queen Bee

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

- Beelzebub

Queen Bee is the eighth episode of the first season, the eighth episode overall, and the finale of the first season of Helluva Boss.

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. A moment later, Blitz throws up the beelzebub juice, 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)

Locations

 * Hell
 * Gluttony Ring

Objects

 * I.M.P. company van

Songs

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

Transcript
View the episode's transcript here.

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 Vivienne Medrano's well-known animated music video adaptation of Kesha'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 second episode to not have any characters appear in the title card, following "Ozzie's".
 * This is the first, and so far, only episode to not feature the warning screen at the beginning.
 * This is also the first, and so far, only episode to not feature "Things sure do happen" on the episode synopsis.
 * This episode was originally meant to be released following the first season's seventh episode, "Ozzie's" on October 31, 2021, but due to copyright reasons it was delayed. The episode was postponed 1 year, 7 months and 23 days total, resulting in its release following the second season episode "Western Energy".
 * 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.

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 imp caricature 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 Loo Loo Land magnet is seen on the fridge.

Errors

 * TBA

Gallery

 * Queen Bee/Gallery