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“ | Ha ha ha ha! Now that's good television! | „ |
~ Vox's most famous quote. |
“ | I can’t believe we thought you could handle even something this simple. And do us a favor, if they don’t kill you, go ahead and do it YOURSELF, you miserable FAILURE! | „ |
~ Vox berating Sir Pentious for getting caught and telling him to commit suicide before hanging up on him. |
Vox is a major antagonist in the adult animated musical comedy Hazbin Hotel.
He is an Overlord of Hell and the owner and CEO of VoxTek. He is the de-facto leader and "face" of the Vees, a business trio consisting of him and Valentino. He is the archenemy of Alastor.
He is voiced by Christian Borle.
His Evil Ranking
His Villainous Deeds
In General
- He is a tyrannical and power-hungry businessman who cons sinners via flashy ads and more importantly mass brainwashing in order to buy his subpar products.
- He stalks and invades people's privacy by installing hidden cameras in products and employs drones as extra cameras.
- He willingly enables his business partner Valentino's vile abuse and rape of his employees, with a primary example being Angel Dust, who has been left with serious PTSD because of this. When Val is angry and in need of shooting someone, Vox callously requests for his lowest earning employees to act as Val's target practice.
Season 1
- When he learns that Alastor is back after 7 years, Vox attempts to slander the Radio Demon across all of Hell.
- Commits mass brainwashing across the citizens of hell to buy his shoddy product. He has been implied to have done this multiple times.
- Calls in the “Lowest Earners” for Valentino to kill for his own sadistic enjoyment. He also shows no care when he learns Val tore apart one of Velvette’s best models.
- In an attempt to stop Alastor from making a deal with Charlie, the princess of Hell, he instructs Sir Pentious to infiltrate the Hotel as the Vees' spy, install cameras, and sabotage Charlie's entire dream.
- When Pentious is caught, Vox very angrily and coldly tells Pentious to commit suicide and derides him as a "miserable failure". Unlike most of Vox's crimes which are played for comedy and not taken all that seriously, this is played for serious drama, and is the worst thing Vox has done so far. Pentious even followed Vox's suicide encouragement and accepted being permanently killed by Vaggie's angelic spear. Had it not been for Charlie's intervention, Vox would have been mostly responsible for Pentious' suicide.
- When the Hotel gang and the cannibals battle the Exorcists during Extermination day, Vox and the other Vees use his numerous hidden cameras to enjoy the Hotel's failure out of pure sadism.
- Vox very sadistically cheers when Alastor is defeated by Adam, calling it "Better than sex!". This made Velvette make a concerned/disgusted face.
- After the Extermination is cancelled, he along with the other Vees intend to use the power vaccuum as an opportunity to seize and take over the Pride Ring.
Why Doesn't He Stand Out?
- While comparing him to the genocidal Adam and Lute is unfair given how they are far above Vox he is in terms of power level, he fails the heinous standards to his business partner Valentino, a serial rapist who very graphically abuses and rapes Angel Dust onscreen and implicitly does similar things to other employees he owns the souls to, and his rival, Alastor, a former serial killer who took down countless overlords and broadcasted their tortured screams on his radio show, and both do it with very similar resources to Vox.
- Despite how despicable his stalking and invasion of privacy is, all he ever does with this information is watch other demons fight or go about their daily lives for his own entertainment and furthering his business by catering to their needs. Things such as blackmail and assassinations are purely speculation and Fridge Horror.
- Vile as his mass brainwashing is, all that is shown is him using this power to make the denizens of the Pride Ring buy his phony products. Once again, anything worse he could do with these powers is heavily reliant on Fridge Horror. The effects of his brainwashing on victims is not explored unlike Val's abuse of his employees.
- Despite how despicable his stalking and invasion of privacy is, all he ever does with this information is watch other demons fight or go about their daily lives for his own entertainment and furthering his business by catering to their needs. Things such as blackmail and assassinations are purely speculation and Fridge Horror.
- He is too comedic to be NPE, which wouldn't be too detracting as the Hellaverse is a highly comedic universe with even the most serious villains like Valentino and Crimson having their humorous moments. However, it is detrimental in Vox's case because he is given very little gravitas as a villain in comparison to Lute, Adam, and Valentino.
- His crimes and schemes are very rarely taken seriously (unlike Valentino's or Adam's) nor even played for horror all that much (unlike Alastor's or Lute's) and he never poses a serious threat to the hotel, being constantly outwitted and embarrassed by Alastor. His actions even accidentally help the heroes as Pentious' failure as a spy starts the snake demon's redemption, eventually resulting in Pentious sacrificing himself and going to Heaven, inadvertently making Charlie's plan succeed despite Vox's goal of wanting it to fail. His only serious scene is telling Pentious to kill himself, but everything else he has done so far is still played for laughs.
- Him watching the fight between Alastor and Adam, throwing a tantrum, and exclaiming “This is better than sex!” while the other Vees stare at him is played for comedy and lightens the mood of the moment.
- He seems to care about Velvette and Valentino as friends, as he hugs them both during his song and resisted using his brainwashing on Valentino.
Trivia
- As Hazbin Hotel is an ongoing show, there is a chance that his status could change, and he might get worse in Season 2 as Vivziepop has stated that the Vees will be the main antagonists of Season 2. It's also possible for him to redeem himself.
External Links
- Vox on the Villains Wiki
- Vox on the Hazbin Hotel Wiki
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