Mission: Weeaboo-boo

"She shipped Scrimbleson with Shawnathan instead of Blorbinzo seven years ago, and it's basically incest or something, not really but dis bitch seems really upset about it."

―I.M.P mission report

Mission: Weeaboo-Boo
Series	Helluva Boss
Season	Helluva Shorts
Episode	3
Air date	August 31, 2024
Writer	Adam Neylan ADDITIONAL Skye Henwood
Director	Vivienne Medrano
Episode guide
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Mission: Weeaboo-boo is the third episode of Helluva Shorts. It premiered on Vivziepop's YouTube channel on August 31, 2024.

Synopsis

IMP MISSION: WEEABOO-BOO

Plot

Blitzo is hiding in the bushes on a mission to assassinate a target; during which he's on the phone with Millie, who he thinks is trying to get out of watching a musical with Moxxie.

Upon seeing her parents distracted, Blitzo enters the target's room and tries to kill her, only to blocked by a holy force field generated by a pendant she is wearing; merch from an anime she enjoyed that reportedly "protects it's wearer from demons".

The target, Emberlynn Pinkle, after realizing Blitzo is a demon, begins to lust after him, much to Blitzo's annoyance. It turns out Emberlynn is a weeaboo and hyperfixated on sexual relations involving demons and monsters with humans. After she acts out the current situation like a fanfiction, Blitzo, even after explicitly explaining that he's there to kill her, is able to convince her to remove her necklace with his knife in order to "meet him on the other side". He then stabs her dead as she moans sexually, much to Blitzo's disgust as he promptly leaves using his crystal.

Back in Hell, Blitzo is at the I.M.P Headquarters, on the phone with the client to let them know the target is dead. Blitzo then hears a yell of "BLITZY-KUN~!", and is visibly disturbed to see Emberlynn, now as a sinner demon, who explains that she saw one of his billboards and tracked him down to "be by his side forever".

Features

Characters

• Employees of I.M.P
  • Blitzo
  • Millie (mentioned)
  • Moxxie (indirectly mentioned)
  • Loona (non-speaking cameo)
• Satan (mentioned)
• Pinkle family (debut)
  • Emberlynn Pinkle
  • Mr. and Mrs. Pinkle

Locations

• Earth
  • Rockview, U.S.A. (debut)
• Hell
  • Pride Ring
    • Imp City
      • I.M.P Headquarters

Objects

• Blitzo's knife
• Akuma no Otto pendant
• Blitzo's Asmodean Crystal

Trivia

• The episode title is a reference to the term "weeaboo", a primarily derogatory slang term for a Western person who is obsessed with Japanese culture, especially anime.
• At the beginning of the short, it shows an anime poster of Akuma no Otto (悪魔の良人 in kanji) on Blitzo's desk. In English, this translates as "Demon Husband" or "Devil Husband".
• A bootleg plush of Charlie Morningstar from Hazbin Hotel can be seen on Emberlynn's shelf.
• The anime merch pendant Emberlynn has suggests that human-made items can fend off demonic powers/entities. Though, it is unclear as to how or why the object has this ability.
• The Cthulhu body pillow was designed by @LadyMathou and Cécilia Goncalves.
• What Emberlynn writes on her computer while ranting about a scenario involving her, Blitzo, and Blitzo's make-believe wife, reads:
  "The mysterious demon snarled in defiance before Satan. Heat radiated off of him and his glowing eyes blazed with fury. As my demon lover took a stand against his Lord, I felt my love for him burn even hotter than the fiery depths of Hell.
  "I won't let you have her," my demon hissed with a mutinous glare. "You took my wife from me, Satan. Never again! Emberlynn Light'ness Demoanya Pinkle is mine."
  Satan growled, baring his sharp fangs. My knees trembled at the staggering size of them. He was so close that I could feel his hot breath on my skin, which was exposed as a result of my sacrificial outfit (Satan's concubines are forced to wear lace bras, leather miniskirts, combat boots, eyeliner, and a smokey eyeshadow look. Also black lipstick. Also I was wearing fishnets.)
  "You dare defy me?" Satan roared, his hulking body towering above us. "Hand over the sexual sacrifice so I may have my way with her."
  "No!" I cried, throwing my arms around my demon lover. "Please don't let him ravish me over and over! My body belongs to you!"
  "She's mine to ravish over and over!" my demon declared, holding me close."
  • This text is repeated when the page begins scrolling very quickly.
• One of the faces Blitzo makes was boarded by Amanda Heard specifically to look like a picture of a baby pelican from a tumblr post.

Cultural references

• The play that Moxxie and Millie were watching is likely a reference to Les Miserables.
• Mr. Pinkle mentioning how Emberlynn watches "hen-tays" refers to the Japanese genre of "hentai", which involves anime, manga and games that have pornographic content. In actual Japan, this media is referred to as "ero" or erotic media, with "hentai" being a western term for it that means "pervert" or "perverted" in Japanese.
• Emberlynn's fixation is known as "Teratophilia", or sexual attraction to monsters, which is also known colloquially in fandom circles as being a "monster-lover" or "monsterfucker".
• A toy pony resembling My Little Pony is seen in a jar half-filled with liquid as Blitzo looks around Emberlynn's room.
  • This is a reference to the "Pony Jar Project" that happened in real life within the aforementioned franchise's fandom.
• The vampire plush near Emberlynn's desktop resembles the vampires in "Weird Al" Yankovic's "Polkamania" music video, which Vivienne Medrano provided the designs and SpindleHorse provided the animation for.
• Emberlynn has a body pillow of Cthulhu from H.P Lovecraft's Cthulhu mythos.
• Emberlynn's self-insert OC in her fanfiction is named "Emberlynn Light'ness Demoanya Pinkle". This is a reference to Ebony Dark'ness Dementia Raven Way, the main character of the infamous Harry Potter fanfiction, My Immortal.
• Godzilla briefly appears on the cover of one of the books Emberlynn knocks off her shelf.
• The watermarked website link "ILLGEANIME.NET" when Emberlynn watches the episode on her desktop references pirated anime websites.
• One of the books on Emberlynn's shelf is titled "Monster? I hardly know her", a reference to the joke phrase "Liquor? I hardly know her", wherein the person who is told the said phrase mishears "Liquor" as "Lick her".

Continuity

• Blitzo is using the Asmodean Crystal he acquired from Stolas in episode "The Full Moon" to travel to Earth, indicating this episode takes place sometime after.
• Emberlynn mentioning that she saw Blitzo's billboard likely refers to the I.M.P advertisement billboard in the episode "Murder Family".

Errors

• The credits of the short misspells Emberlynn as "Emberlyn".

Transcript

View the episode's transcript here.

Gallery

• Mission: Weeaboo-boo/Gallery

Video

HELLUVA SHORTS 3 -- MISSION- WEEABOO-BOO -- HELLUVA BOSS