That's Entertainment (Hazbin Hotel)

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"That's Entertainment"
Hazbin Hotel episode
Directed by Vivienne Medrano [1]
Written by
  • Dave Capdevielle
  • Raymond Hernandez
  • Vivienne Medrano
  • Daniel Macdonald
Featured music
Original air dateOctober 28, 2019 (2019-10-28) [2]
Running time31 minutes
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"That's Entertainment" is the pilot episode of the American adult animated musical television series Hazbin Hotel . The pilot premiered to YouTube on October 28, 2019. Written and directed by Vivienne "VivziePop" Medrano, it was independently financed and animated over the course of three years by Medrano's independent animation group, SpindleHorse. [3] [4]

Contents

In the episode, Princess Charlie Morningstar of Hell and her girlfriend Vaggie announce Angel Dust to be their first test subject in the "Happy Hotel", seeking to redeem sinners in lieu of leaving their souls to be extinguished during the annual extermination by Heaven. Alastor the Radio Demon reaches out to Charlie to assist in her endeavor for his own entertainment, summoning Husk and Niffty to serve as the hotel's bartender and maid, and preventing Sir Pentious from destroying the hotel, before renaming it the "Hazbin Hotel".

Following the pilot's success, a spin-off series set in the same fictional universe, Helluva Boss , was produced by SpindleHorse, [5] and a full Hazbin Hotel television series was produced by SpindleHorse in association with Bento Box Entertainment A24 for Amazon Prime Video, airing its first season in 2024 and its second season in 2025.

Production and release

Several of the pilot's main characters had already existed in primitive forms for years when Medrano began working with people at School of Visual Arts on the "Misfit Demon Gang" in her webcomic series ZooPhobia . Many aspects of these characters would later become the protagonists of Hazbin Hotel. [6] The pilot was intended to be an adult comedy "with a raunchy, demonic aesthetic". It took over six months to write the episode, and over two years to animate it, with teasers released in the ensuing period to garner an audience of fans. [7]

The full episode was released on October 28, 2019, with a French dub released on May 8, 2020, and a Japanese dub released on September 16, 2020. [8]

Reception

The pilot was critically acclaimed, [9] [10] [11] [12] with Go! & Express calling it part of the "animation renaissance" on YouTube. [13] The MSU Reporter praised the show's "raunchy sense of humor and quirky art style". [14] Comic Book Resources called it "a clear labor of love", [15] and Screen Rant praised it for having "quirky, ambitious, and dark humor" and some of the "fastest, wittiest, and raunchiest dialogue ever seen in independent animation". [16]

In August 2020, in response to the series' acclaim, A24 picked up Hazbin Hotel for the production of a full series, co-produced with Bento Box Entertainment, [3] with a new cast of voice actors. [17] The series premiered its first eight-episode season from January 19 to February 2, 2024, and will air its second season beginning on October 29, 2025.

References

  1. ↑ "Hazbin Hotel (2019)". Letterboxd . November 25, 2019. Retrieved November 25, 2019. In attempt to find a non-violent alternative for reducing Hell's overpopulation, the daughter of Lucifer opens a rehabilitation hotel that offers a group of misfit demons a chance at redemption.
  2. ↑ Medrano, Vivienne (October 28, 2019). Hazbin Hotel (Pilot). VivziePop. Retrieved October 28, 2019– via YouTube.
  3. 1 2 Amidi, Amid (August 7, 2020). "A24 Picks Up Online Pilot 'Hazbin Hotel' For Series". Cartoon Brew . Archived from the original on March 7, 2021. Retrieved April 24, 2021.
  4. ↑ "Making Your Own Cartoon with Special Guest Vivienne Medrano". Creative Talent Network. September 2, 2020. Archived from the original on April 25, 2021. Retrieved April 25, 2021.
  5. ↑ Vivienne "VivziePop" Medrano [@SpindleHorse] (November 14, 2019). "Blitz[o] was being developed during the making of this Hazbin[Hotel] scene! Fun to see what his design turned into" (Tweet). Archived from the original on November 20, 2020 – via Twitter.
  6. ↑ Asarch, Steven (February 3, 2021). "A cartoon demon musical drew in 53 million YouTube viewers. The creator of 'Hazbin Hotel' says she couldn't have predicted its success". Insider . Retrieved February 3, 2021.
  7. ↑ Milligan, Mercedes (October 30, 2019). "News Bytes: 'Sarah & Duck' Quacks Back in US, Check in to 'Hazbin Hotel,' Tellys Get Immersive & More". Animation Magazine . Archived from the original on January 8, 2020. Retrieved November 18, 2019.
  8. ↑ Medrano, Vivienne (May 8, 2020). Hazbin Hotel (Pilot): French. VivziePop. Retrieved May 8, 2020– via YouTube.
  9. ↑ Liberman, Dr Esther (December 9, 2019). "A Salvadoran-American Artist's Conception of Hell". BeLatina. Retrieved February 26, 2020.
  10. ↑ Short, Dan (November 7, 2019). "Hazbin Hotel [Review]". Animated Views. Retrieved November 5, 2020.
  11. ↑ Von Polko, Juno (November 4, 2020). ""Hazbin Hotel" a great place to check into". The All State. Austin Peay State University.
  12. ↑ Bermudez, Lucas (August 12, 2020). "A24 Is Bringing Controversial Demon Cartoon Hazbin Hotel to TV". Screen Rant . Retrieved November 1, 2020.
  13. ↑ Field, Matthew (December 5, 2019). "Hazbin Hotel a bold step in indie animation". Go! & Express. Retrieved February 29, 2020.
  14. ↑ Vassar, Lidia (November 14, 2019). ""Hazbin Hotel" worthy of a binge". MSU Reporter. Retrieved November 1, 2020.
  15. ↑ Baron, Reuben (December 2, 2019). "Adult Animation Is Better Than Ever - So Why Does It Draw Ridicule?". Comic Book Resources . Retrieved October 31, 2020.
  16. ↑ Cabillas, Sean (November 24, 2020). "Hazbin Hotel: 10 Funniest Lines In The Show, Ranked". Screen Rant . Retrieved November 25, 2020.
  17. ↑ Noraas, Dana (November 13, 2022). "'Hazbin Hotel': Everything We Know So Far About the A24 Animated Series". Collider . Archived from the original on July 5, 2023. Retrieved July 5, 2023.
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