Baxter is an inventor/mad scientist, and a sinner demon who appears as a cameo in Hazbin Hotel.
Appearance
Baxter's skin is a blue-grey tone. The fish fins on the side of his head, which resemble ears, share the same color, and another fin on the back of his head with the same color scheme as his hair. He has three cyan freckles dotted on both of his cheeks underneath his eyes.
His hair is a dark royal blue, with blue-grey streaks and cyan dots running through it, styled short and swept back. He has pointed cyan teeth and his mouth curls at the sides when he grins.
He has cyan sclera with coral pink irises, and his eyelids are a dark royal blue. Baxter wears goggles; the frames are coral pink and the lenses are mid-yellow. Baxter also wears a full-length green-grey laboratory suit; it has mid-yellow buttons down the length of it.
He wears a tiny greenish grey hat with an esca attached to it. The "light" is a yellow gradient, and there are two cyan stripes above it. He wears dark greenish grey gloves with two small cyan dots on the top of both and boots.
Personality
Baxter's personality is considered still in development, but Vivziepop likens him to the character Myron Reducto from the show Harvey Birdman in his mannerisms. He is a screechy, neurotic, fidgety, anti-social "gremlin" and an all-round mess. He is introverted and wants nothing to do with anyone, preferring to do science alone in peace.[3][4]
Abilities
- Immortality - As a Sinner, Baxter is biologically immortal, being unable to die from illnesses and unable to age, remaining the same age as when he died, thus can not die of old age and other natural causes. He also cannot die from any kind of damage to the body, and will recover from any injury, however, he can only be permanently killed with angelic weaponry.
- Bioluminescence - Baxter has a lure, which means he can make his own natural light.
Skillset
- Enhanced intellect - TBA
- Inventing - TBA
History
Past
Nothing is known about Baxter's past except that he died by drowning aboard a large ship that sunk in the 1910s.[1]
Hazbin Hotel Season 1
"Radio Killed the Video Star"
Baxter can be seen on one of Vox's screens sitting in the meeting room of V Tower.
"The Show Must Go On"
Baxter can be seen viewing the 666 News about the cancellation of the Extermination.
Gallery
Trivia
- Baxter is a nerdy mad scientist. Dave Capdevielle joked that he would have beaten him up in high school.[5]
- Being a scientist, Baxter likes laboratories. When asked if Baxter has a laboratory in the Hotel, Vivziepop stated that he doesn't have one yet, as he's not a focal character in the pilot, but may be in the future, mentioning that Baxter would "probably make sure that happened".[6]
- According to Faustisse, Baxter has an underbite,[note 1] referencing one of the traits that anglerfish commonly have.
- Despite being male, Baxter possesses the trademark features of a female anglerfish, specifically the lure on his head.
- He is the first character from the Hazbin Hotel series to have official merchandise before his actual debut. In his case, an enamel pin.
Development
- In 2015, Vivziepop's headcanon voice for Baxter was Myron Reducto from the series Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law.[7]
- Baxter was redesigned during development for the pilot due to his resembling other characters, specifically certain ZooPhobia characters and Alastor. Vivziepop wished to have more variation in height and look within the main cast and so decided to lean harder into Baxter's "mad scientist" theming.[8]
- When asked if Baxter died in the sinking of the Titanic, Vivziepop answered that the Titanic was how he was originally planned to have died, but after reassessing how closely she wanted to tie the show to any real-world events, specifically tragic ones. To avoid being insensitive, this was changed to a more fictional approximation of the Titanic, instead being a large ship appropriate to the 1910s.[1]
References
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- Notes