Helluva Boss Shorts 1-6

I know I'm a few weeks behind, but in the episode with Emberlynn, when Blitz is talking to Millie in the beginning, he says "If I had to sit through that miserable French bullshit, then you can do it too" - At least appears to be a reference to "Les Miserables". 😂

Also would just like to say I absolutely love that you are going to do something pride related for June!! I’d love to see some chappel roan. Maybe red wine super nova. Just a favorite of mine haha.

Yay SO glad you’re doing the shorts and I agree with Mike you should do mission zero as well. Hells belles has always been my favorite short. I love the relationship between Millie and Sallie may and the sweetness but also sadness that is there in that story. It’s just so perfectly told. It’s orphan time is also another fave as well as Barbie’s bad day which you haven’t gotten to yet, but focuses on blitzos sister.

I do like how there is a stuffed figure of Charlie Morningstar on Emberlyn's shelf. "Hen-Tay" is the fathers way of saying Hentai which is hilarious. Mr Wrigglers has the honour of being a handful of hellaverse characters that has been labeled pure good on the pure good wiki

According to Vivian, shorts are little funny things meant to experiment and going on with situations and characters that can't have much space into the regular show. Basically, it's for fun and for filling the time between seasons. I'm so happy you're doing this! And the rewatch! Don't know if others already told you, but you should start the rewatch with the new pilot, Mission Zero, it's a great starting!

Many of these were to tide over HB fans in between the two halves of season 2. I think #6 is the worst one. They can be very hit or miss. I personally like Weaboo boo best and Emberlyn’s hell design is fun

Yay! Nice to be back in the Hellaverse! The shorts are all side stories some of the writing staff have been pitching that didn't quite make sense as a full episode, or within a full episode. (Although I suspect Ghost F*ckers was a short that got promoted and fleshed out) They are canon, but not main canon. With the six you showed, Hell's Belles is the first Helluva Boss without Blitzø appearing. It also is a good place to point out imp horns... straight black as AFAB, and black and white are AMAB. Look over all the imps we know, Millie and Millie's mom have straight black horns, all the guys and Sally May have white stripes on theirs. Not much to mention about Mission Antarctica beyond this is the first one to show what will be a standard in the "Mission" shorts, it starts on a Dossier file about the target, with neat info to freezeframe on. Worth doing on all future ones (like you did on Short 4.) Mission Weeaboo-boo the talk about musicals is just more character building for Moxxie who is a massive theatre nerd, and adores musicals. (Boy it'd be fun for him to meet Lucifer so the two can geek out about musicals!) The text Emberlynn was writing is great to freezeframe and read, but not really plot relevant, just funny. And it really plays up obsessed weeaboo / otaku culture and obsessed fan culture in general. Mission Chupacabras was the first short written by Viv, mostly the shorts are for other writers to get a spotlight on their ideas. The only neat trivia for this beyond that is that at no point in 2025 was the Peso at an exchange rate that 100 peso would have been 5.69, but if the joke was written in 2024 (Animation takes a long time) June or July had actually had that exchange rate. Mission Orphan Time you covered most of the bits, but there is a little Pride easter egg in there, with the episode coming out in June of last year. Blitzø's lollipop is Pansexual flag colors, a hint towards him being Pan. Mission Bad Drivezo the only bit I have is that this is the first time Moxie willingly kills someone that isn't a target or a threat, he just was disgusted and killed the guy. It's also set either in Arizona or Texas (or maybe Colorado or Oklahoma) because you see a sign reading: Now Leaving New Mexico. I will say of the next six (five if you don't count "Shark Boy Summer), 7, 10, and 11 feel very important to greater canon, and I'm eager to see what you think about them! So glad to see you back in this world. ALSO: 🏳️‍⚧️ I still need to reach out to Emily, things have been nuts here. But I will do so!

What you could do next week is the rest of the shorts plus Mission Zero, which is the remake of the pilot and canon. It's only about 10 minutes long and very fun. I love the shorts. I think part of the reason they decided to do them is that fans were missing IMP missions from the episodes once the show got more focused on the relationships between the characters and less focused on the assassination business, and so most of them are short, funny little missions that don't need a whole episode but add flavour to the world, plus a couple that are more character focused. Incidentally, the next one does both and is my favourite as far as character development stuff in the shorts, it's just compelling to me. Also, I have "Don't worry, daddy will fix this" from Mission: Orphan Time on a t-shirt, I love that one a lot too. And Antarctica is just hilarious, you're right. I just love any time Moxxie gets to be competent and cool and I'm not gonna lie, I ship him and Blitz a little bit lol Btw, the shipping war Emberlyn was involved in was detailed in the mission briefing at the beginning of the episode. You only paused to read one of those but they're generally good to pause and read both for context and also just for comedy. And regarding her parents and "the hen-tays", that's a reference to Japanese pornographic anime, usually referred to as "hentai" which means something akin to pervert in Japanese. So excited for the rewatch! Is it Saturday yet??

NOW do you see what we've been pushing for you to watch the shorts?!🤣🤣🤣 So glad you enjoyed 😄