Hell's Belles

"There's always room in my life for my sister, Sallie May. I'm sorry I ain't been back home as much as I'd like. I'll try harder. But, you know, the boys are older now. Ma and Daddy got plenty of extra hands at the ranch. You could come visit more often, too."

―Millie, to Sallie May

Hell's Belles
Series	Helluva Boss
Season	Helluva Shorts
Episode	1
Air date	April 26, 2024
Writer	Morgana Ignis
Director	Vivienne Medrano
Episode guide
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Hell's Belles is the first episode of Helluva Shorts. It premiered on Vivziepop's YouTube channel on April 26, 2024.

Synopsis

Join Sallie May and Millie as they spend a sisters day in Imp City!

Plot

The short opens with Millie waiting at the bus stop and checking her phone, getting as excited as a puppy when she checked her phone the second time. A bus from the Wrath Ring stops and the doors open. Millie squeals with glee and hugs a confused stranger, only for her sister, Sallie May to get her attention. Realizing her mistake, Millie shoos the stranger off and hugs her little sis. Millie is happy that after asking Sallie May a billion and one times, she finally came to Pride.

Millie tells Sallie May that she's got a day planned for the two of them, but Sallie May asks Millie if she's going to Earth with her husband. Millie assures her she's not, since Moxxie and Blitzo got it under control, due to business being slow lately, much to Sallie May's satisfaction. Millie suggests that they should start at the day spa, since Sallie May smells like hog's ass. Sallie May denied it at first, but agrees with her sister after smelling herself. Millie takes Sallie May with her to tear the town to shreds, and Sallie May excitedly joins.

At Bathory's Day Spa, Sallie May and Millie are enjoying a mud bath, though Sallie May questioned having to pay to bathe in mud. Millie informs her that it's special mud and that it's relaxing, much to Sallie May's chagrin.

Later, they go to Cryptic Couture, where Sallie May tries on a few sets of attire. After receiving disapproval from Millie for the first two clothes, the first one being a cowgirl outfit, which has too much western flair to it, the second one being a big, sparkly, pink, bow-covered dress. Millie gives a thumbs up to Sallie May's last outfit, which is an open-breast shirt and plaid skirt.

Next, they head to Wacky Wally Wackford's Fun Time Emporium, where Millie and Sallie May play some games and end up accidentally burning the place down afterwards, much to Wally's horror.

At a club, Millie and Sallie May boogie on the dance floor, but suddenly get touched by a stranger. Hissing in anger, the two sisters brutally beat up the creep and throw him into a mirror. The bartender, impressed by their response, gives them two beers on the house.

Millie and Sallie May later stand on the roof of I.M.P Headquarters, where Millie is proud to see her sister enjoy herself. Sallie May admits that Imp City isn't a bad place, and Millie tells her that there's so much more to show her, which Sallie May says might be the reason why Millie doesn't make her way back home in Wrath. Sallie May then explains that she thinks the Wrath Ring isn't as thrilling and exciting compared to what she's seen in time she spent with her sister today. Millie reminds her that she came to Wrath for the Harvest Moon Festival, but Sallie May says that was only because Millie was only there for a job with Stolas, Blitzo, Moxxie and Loona, and makes Sallie May wonder how she can fit into her sister's new life that she made.

When Millie admits things get pretty insane in Imp City, mostly because of her and her crew, Sallie May tells her that she had to manage things on her family's ranch herself, which made everything just as busy for her ever since Millie left. However, she tells Millie the day they had was amazing and it reminded her of the fun they used to have almost every day before Millie joined I.M.P, but is worried it would be longer before they cross paths again.

Millie tells her that she misses that as well, and there's always room in her life for her sister, and apologizes for not being around at home so much, and promises to try harder and make time for her sister, especially since Millie's older brothers can help her parents handle the ranch just fine, and could give Sallie May an opportunity to visit more often, which Sallie May is happy to agree to. Millie and Sallie May then get into a playful brawl and end up breaking more than a few of their bones in the process.

Later at home, Moxxie arrives to find Sallie May and Millie, bandaged up from their fight, watching TV. Moxxie heads into his bedroom as he takes one last glance at the two sisters, and is happy to see them spending time together. The short ends with Millie and Sallie May munching popcorn and laughing together.

Features

Characters

• Employees of I.M.P
  • Blitzo (indirectly mentioned)
  • Moxxie (non-speaking cameo)
  • Millie
• Millie's family
  • Sallie May
  • Joe (pictured; mentioned)
  • Lin (mentioned)
  • Millie and Sallie May's brothers (mentioned)
• Wally Wackford (non-speaking cameo)
• Employees of Lyle-Loopty Robotics (pictured)
  • Lyle Lipton
  • Loopty Goopty
• Verosika Mayday (pictured)
• Stolas (indirectly mentioned)

Locations

• Earth (mentioned)
• Hell
  • Pride Ring
    • Imp City
      • Moxxie and Millie's apartment (cameo)
      • Bathory's Day Spa (debut; cameo)
      • Cryptic Couture (debut; cameo)
      • Wacky Wally Wackford's Fun Time Emporium (debut; cameo)
      • Evileye (debut; cameo)
  • Wrath Ring (mentioned)
    • Rough n' Tumbleweed Ranch (mentioned)

Trivia

• It is revealed that this is Sallie May's first visit to the Pride Ring.
• Morgana Ignis wrote the short on her own with the idea to establish what Sallie May and Millie's relationship is really like, but she did consult with Vivziepop and Adam Neylan to make sure it didn't mess with any canon they were writing.
• For the "Hell's Belles" short, because like how the members of I.M.P got new outfits in the Wrath Ring for "The Harvest Moon Festival", for Sallie May who's normal outfit in Wrath is her work clothes, Morgana thought that logically if she's going to the city she wanted to give Sallie a new look that worked a little more for the city.
• This is the first Helluva Boss installment that Blitzo does not make a physical appearance.

Cultural References

• The first game Sallie May and Millie play, Greed Theft Auto, is a reference to the Grand Theft Auto video game series.
  • The third game they play, Chainsaw Mama, may be a spoof of the Cooking Mama franchise.
• The billboard featuring Lyle and Loopty is a reference to the real-life "Injured? Good". meme. The meme was also previously referenced in the episode "C.H.E.R.U.B".
• Bathory's Day Spa is a reference to Elizabeth Báthory, a noblewoman who legends say bathed in the blood of young virgin women under the belief it would retain her youth and beauty.
  • After Millie's comment about the spa mud being special, Sallie May frowns and a sound effect similar to the frown sound effect in Spongebob Squarepants is heard.
• Sallie May's cowgirl outfit is reminiscent of the cowgirl outfit Margot Robbie's character Barbie wore in the Barbie film.
• The title of the short is a reference to Hell's Belles, an all-female AC/DC tribute band from Seattle, Washington, formed in 2000.
• The three playbills in Moxxie and Millie's living room reference the musicals Cats, Phantom of the Opera, and Hello, Dolly.

Continuity

• The events of "The Harvest Moon Festival" are mentioned.

Errors

• TBA

Transcript

View the episode's transcript here.

Gallery

• Hell's Belles/Gallery

Video

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