- "Now that is a magical song... Tom, did you get all that gay shit?"
- ―Katie Killjoy, to Tom Trench, when Pentagram City is saved from destruction
Katie Killjoy is a sinner demon and the head anchor of 666 News, Hell's premiere news station. She is a supporting antagonist who made her debut in the Hazbin Hotel pilot.
Appearance
Katie is a tall, very thin, white-skinned humanoid demon with a long neck that mirrors her torso. She has a large round head and short blonde hair in a neck-length bob cut styled to flair out into an almost fan-like shape with lighter-colored streaks, and bangs that are swept to the side.
Her eyes have rose-colored sclera and normally non-visible white pupils, and she also has red lipstick on her lips for makeup, as well as rose red-polished nails.
Her attire consists of a set of pearl earrings, a matching pearl-choker necklace around her neck, a black-trimmed rose red blazer with a sweetheart neckline and enclosed by two black buttons, a black pencil skirt with white bell-bottom pants worn over it, and crimson heels.
Full Demon Form
In her full demon form, she reveals four extra pairs of eyes, which, alongside her original pair of eyes, glow bright red. She also summons two extra pairs of black spider leg-like limbs from behind her back with sharp, red ends similar to blades. She also gains sharp teethed underbite.
Pilot
In the pilot, Katie's overall appearance is exactly the same, only her outfit consisted of a long-sleeved rose red minidress with matching heels.
In her full demon form, she only gained one extra pair of eyes, sharper teeth, and her extra limbs were completely red.
Personality
Katie is arrogant, selfish, and narcissistic. She openly derides Charlie's plan to rehabilitate demons. She cares mostly about her own image, the hottest stories, and the latest gossip. Katie is aggressive and seems to always be on edge. She deliberately spills hot coffee on Tom's crotch, while insulting and threatening Charlie. At the same time, Katie does not tolerate insults in her direction, and when Charlie snaps and calls her a bitch, Killjoy instantly falls into a rage and rushes at the princess with her fists.
She has also been shown to be homophobic, refusing to even shake hands with Charlie, claiming she "does not touch the gays" due to her "standards", although did immediately proceed to poke the latter several times. In "It's A Deal", when Charlie confronts her due to her homophobic behavior, Katie denies it and instead says that she "just hates gay people", thus showing Katie's hypocrisy.
Like many sinners, she doesn't seem to care about, or even acknowledge Charlie's royal position in Hell, and openly expresses contempt for her and her ventures. In "The Show Must Go On", she was willing to acknowledge Charlie, Lucifer, and Charlie's friends for fighting against the angels and having the Extermination Day cancelled, saying that they were "useful for once".
In "New Pentious", it is shown that Katie is equally infatuated and intimidated by Vox, to the point of showing fear at his discontent, while also repeatedly making sexual advances towards him.
Katie often displays emotional expressions, reacting with elation after seeing the Hazbin Hotel staff and the Overlords sing Hear My Hope to contain the Might of Lilith, although she later mocks it by calling it "gay shit".
Abilities
- Immortality - As a sinner, Katie is biologically immortal, being unable to die from illnesses and unable to age, remaining the same age as when she died, thus can not die of old age and other natural causes. She also cannot die from any kind of damage to the body, and will recover from any injury, however, she can only be permanently killed with angelic weaponry.
- Demon transformation - Killjoy has the ability to transform into a more demonic form when angered.
- Body distortion - Katie is capable of distorting her own body. She can crack and distort her own neck and snap it back in place with ease and have no lingering side effects afterwards.
Skillset
- Hand-to-hand combat - Killjoy is shown to go all-out when she engages in hand-to-hand combat. Her skills are well known by Trench as he quickly escapes the scene after Charlie angers her.
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Trivia
- Her last name, Killjoy, means "a person who deliberately spoils the enjoyment of others through resentful or overly sober behavior".
- According to Vivziepop, Katie is "probably straight" and sleeps with a lot of men.[4] This may be backed up with how she "hates gay people" and is shown trying to convince Vox to sleep with her.
- In the main series, she shares her voice actor with Blitzo and Loopty Goopty from Helluva Boss, being voiced by Brandon Rogers.
- She shares her pilot voice actor, Faye Mata, with Glitz and Glam in Helluva Boss.
- In the Russian dub, she shares her first voice actor, Sephiz, with Deerie from Helluva Boss, and she shares her second voice actor, Max Mann, with Blitzo, Alastor, Angel Dust, and Adam.
- Her body makes creaking and cracking sounds when she moves.
- Katie has been shown to be a smoker, both in the pilot and in "Overture".
- Vivziepop explains that, even though "It's A Deal" reintroduces Katie, due to the pilot spiritually being canon, she likes to think that Katie just doesn't remember she's met Charlie already and barely remembers her name.[5]
- Regardless of the pilot, in Alastor's advertisement for the Hotel in "Overture", Charlie is shown to be in the 666 News Studio alongside Katie.
Development
- Vivziepop cites the newscaster character, Gail Hailstorm, from Scary Movie as one of her biggest influences when designing Katie, describing her as a perfect "wound-up, up-tight bitch lady", who could also act as a punching bag for the main characters.[6]
- Katie bears some similarity, such as her main series outfit, to one of Brandon Rogers' own characters, Bryce Tankthrust. According to Brandon Rogers, Katie Killjoy is directly inspired from and based off of this character.[7]
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