Vox

"♪ Welcome home. I'm gonna make you wish that you'd stayed gone. Say hello to a new status quo. Everyone knows that there's a brand new dawn, turn the TV on! ♪"

- Vox, about his medium in Stayed Gone

Vox is one of the many Overlords of Hell and is a major antagonist in Hazbin Hotel. He is the owner and CEO of VoxTek and a member of the Vees alongside Valentino and Velvette.

A technology-savvy businessman, Vox pulls the strings of Hell's news and media and is determined to keep his iron grip over Pentagram City's citizens from Alastor, his rival in influence and technology.

Appearance
Vox is a slim, technology-themed demon, standing at approximately 7 feet with a flat-screen TV for a head. The monitor projects two eyes with red sclera and light blue pupils, the outline and wrinkles of his left eye being cyan, and a mouth with sharp teeth that glows light blue.

His skin is dark grey and his fingers are light blue from the second knuckle.

He wears a dark blue tuxedo with lighter stripes and a black and red striped shirt. He has a red bow tie and a light blue undershirt with an upside-down broadcast symbol.

On his head, Vox wears a black top hat with red and blue designs reminiscent of a broadcast symbol and radio wave symbol, respectively. His TV antennae stick out the top of the hat, the right one bent into a zigzag.

Personality
Vox is an egotistical, charismatic, and manipulative showman of an Overlord who craves attention. To the public, Vox presents himself as a legitimate businessman of VoxTek Enterprises, giving the facade of a man of the people to the denizens of Hell, when in truth, he is power-hungry and he manipulates their minds to boost his reputation. He is very intelligent and technology-savvy, and he is always keeping up with the latest trends and technology.

Despite his egocentric nature, Vox is loyal to the interests of his fellow Overlords and seeks to maintain their collective image of power. As the most level-headed member, Vox often acts as the de facto leader of the Vees. Claiming the Vees' brand to be "perfection", he is often frustrated or outright angered if someone can jeopardize it, such when he reigns in his fellow Vee, Valentino, from attacking the Hazbin Hotel in response to Angel Dust living there. Another element that earns his ire is his rival, Alastor, whom he utterly despises and might be intimidated by as he sees Alastor as a threat to his plans. However, despite his immense hatred for Alastor, Vox doesn't let it override his more pragmatic side. He is fully aware of Alastor's power and doesn't risk underestimating him.

Abilities

 * Electrokinesis - Depending on his emotions, Vox possesses the ability to control electricity. If he's angered, he can potentially make it so that a Hell-wide blackout happens, which happened to Pentagram City in "Radio Killed the Video Star" when he was upset.
 * Electricity transformation - Vox can turn into electricity, which he can use to move around or enter and travel through electronic devices such as security cameras, watches and television monitors that he can control as he pleases.
 * Scrying - As shown in the prequel comic, A Day in the Afterlife, Vox is seemingly able to see through other screens, appearing to stare directly at Alastor while projecting into the TV display of a window-fronted store.
 * Hypnosis - In "Radio Killed the Video Star", it is shown that with his left eye he uses hypnosis to keep his audience drawn in to his program and keep their interest.
 * Clone Creation - Vox is able to make clones of himself. However, he only uses that ability on television. This is shown in "Radio Killed the Video Star" during the song "Stayed Gone". It is unknown if he can do that physically.

Gallery

 * Vox/Gallery

Trivia

 * His name may refer to the word "vox", a shortened form of the word "vocals", or from the Latin word "vox", meaning "voice". It may also be a portmanteau of "video" and "aux" (an abbreviation of audio), which are the two main components of television.
 * Vivziepop and pilot co-writer Dave Capdevielle confirmed that Vox is one of the bigger antagonists in the series.
 * Faustisse described Vox as being a dominating force when it comes to technology.
 * Faustisse stated that Vox was Caucasian while living, later also joking that he was "white, like really emphasizing the phlegm in your throat white".
 * According to Vivziepop, Vox and Alastor do not get along due to their opposing views on technology, with Alastor disliking anything invented after his death in the 1930s, and Vox embracing new technology.
 * Faustisse described Vox as having something of a fixation on Alastor and that he is interested in having Alastor notice him. Alastor does not have the same interest in return.
 * Voot floop.jpeg's company was first revealed in the Alastor prequel comic, albeit unnamed at the time. It was also shown that it sells products that start with the letter "V", including a cereal named "Voot Floops", a candy bar named "VV", a speaker named "Valkyrie", and a music app named "Vogitek".
 * He's also shown to be one of the rare beings that can make Alastor swear. He hijacks a TV signal to make his face appear across a store front display that Alastor is watching. Alastor leaves, quietly swearing under his breath in a tirade against Vox.
 * According to Faustisse, Vox can play videos on his screen/face.
 * When asked what TV shows Vox would like, Vivziepop stated Vox does not have a specific favorite when it comes to his preferences for TV shows, but that he likes to watch commercials and enjoys game shows.
 * Prior to its archiving on Instagram, Vox was the manager of the non-canon in-universe social media app, Voxtagram, which depicted him in non-canon activities and events.
 * In these posts, Vox was depicted in a romantic on-off again relationship with fellow Overlord, Valentino. One that appeared, at times, to be physically abusive. Whether this relationship is reflective of their canon dynamic at all is currently unknown, as the actual events of the Instagram story arcs themselves are not.
 * Vivziepop's headcanon voice actor for Vox was.
 * Faustisse has described Vox as not being a polite person, but whether this is true or not is unknown.
 * Pissyboy.jpeg seen in "Radio Killed the Video Star", Vox's left eye turns into a circle spiral whenever he feels strong emotion. This is a reference to his old design in the pilot.

Development

 * Alastor and Vox sketch.jpg Vivziepop mentioned in a tweet that when she thinks what kinds of music to inspire a character that Alastor might actively hate or oppose, Dubstep is the only genre that pops into her head. She added in a reply that she started listening to Knife Party again and included a picture of Vox with an older-style television head beside Alastor, which may be an earlier iteration of Vox, or may allude to an older appearance of his as he died before flat-screen televisions were invented.
 * Faustisse talked about Vivziepop using music artists such as ' and ' as inspiration for Vox's design. Both of these are artists who do in fact appear in Vivziepop's official Hazbin Hotel Spotify playlist.