Rosie -- Hazbin Hotel

CHARACTERISTICS SPECIES: Hellborn GENDER: Female she/her ABILITIES: Cooking Musical talent STATUS Active

OCCUPATION Overlord Owner of Rosie's Emporium Ruler of Cannibal Town

FRIENDS Alastor (associate) Charlie Morningstar Franklin (former business partner) OTHERS Employees of the Hazbin Hotel (acquainted) Frank (acquainted) Fellow Overlords Zestial Carmilla Carmine Alastor Vox Valentino Velvette Zeezi Susan (acquainted)

Rosie is the co-owner turned sole owner of Rosie's Emporium after Franklin's death and is one of the many Overlords in Hell. She made her official debut in the episode "Hello Rosie!".

Rosie is a very tall and slender demon with wide hips, pale gray skin, and a wide mouth with black lips, sharp light pink teeth inside, and dusty-pink cheeks. Her eyes are pitch-black with no irises or pupils, and her hair is colored white-and-gray. She appears to be slightly taller than Alastor.

Rosie's clothing suggests high-class fashion of the Victorian era, which consists of a large, pimped-out sun hat that is colored in a shade of maroon, with two skulls that are colored in a grayish-pink and red-pink, three dark burgundy flower-like decorations located at the brim, and large plumes which are black and pink-red respectively. In addition, her hat also includes pink frilled-trim around it, along with black lining inside.

She wears a pale-maroon and pale-burgundy dress which includes puffed shoulders, thin pale-maroon swirly-like stripes on the high black collar, black-trimming around the waist and on the long sleeves' ruffled cuffs, and three black stripes and black trim located on the hem. Under her dress, she wears a pair of black kitten-heeled shoes.

Rosie appears as a very capable, articulate, and friendly demon[2] with a sense of elegance[note 1] and vintage flair to her. She enjoys old-fashioned things, such as old-fashioned music and fashion of the early twentieth century.

Rosie displays a strong sense of composure most of the time. In "Scrambled Eggs", she was shown to have been quiet during the meeting organized by Carmilla Carmine between her fellow Overlords to discuss the new schedule for the Extermination. Rosie quietly, but respectfully acknowledged her fellow Overlords as they went to the meeting room. When Velvette revealed the severed Exorcist head, Rosie was shocked at the revelation, but otherwise kept quiet as she observed Velvette argue with Zestial and Carmilla about what to do about it. Rosie seemingly agreed with Zestial's idea to not rush into a war against Heaven based on the simple proof that it is possible for Exorcists to be killed, showing she favored caution over Velvette and the Vee's arrogance and overconfidence. Despite her patient attitude throughout most of the meeting, Rosie herself would show shock and some outrage as Velvette repeatedly disrespected her fellow Overlords, suggesting she can only tolerate so much before the offense comes at the expense of her associates.

More of Rosie is explored in "Hello Rosie!", where Rosie presents herself as gracious and charming when interacting and socializing with others. Among the residents of the Cannibal Town, Rosie is gracious and kind to the cannibals who who visit her Emporium, offering advice or her personal assistance in solving them. Later, after warmly greeting Alastor, Rosie politely greeted Charlie and wasted no time in being a gracious host, giving her a place to sit and rest and offering to give her food before agreeing to hear her problems, showing Rosie's friendliness and graciousness. Rosie is especially kind and loving to those she considers her friends Rosie also indulges in the morbid environment of Cannibal Town

Cooking - According to Faustisse, one of Rosie's hobbies is cooking.[note 2] Rosie's Emporium serves pieces of Demons for the cannibals to eat, which Rosie herself may prepare. Musical Talent - She is adept at singing. Charisma - Rosie helped advise Charlie Morningstar on how to help the residents of Cannibal Town understand Charlie's message when Charlie was struggling at giving her speech effectively. Intelligence - She displays some intellectual capability and strategic thinking alongside her leadership ability. This is shown with her alliance with Alastor, as she offers him the opportunity to make a deal with a demon who cannot control their territory after hearing about it. She even saw potential in Charlie's abilities which she and Alastor think will benefit them in the future. Leadership - As an Overlord as well as the leader of Cannibal Town, she has some leadership skills that motivate and easily control the residents of Cannibal Town, especially gaining respect from the residents, even from a difficult one; Susan

As shown in Vivziepop's old drawings, the beginning of the Hazbin Hotel pilot, and in The Radio Demon comic, she seems to have some association with Hell's cannibals. In "Hello Rosie!", she is confirmed to be the leader of Cannibal Town. Rosie is the first known person to be aware of Alastor's sexuality while he himself isn't. Rosie speaks with a notable New York accent, though being different from other characters' New York accents. Rosie likes "old fashioned music", that is, according to Faustisse, "old enough to be on celluloid".[note 3] Rosie's design shares similarities with the character of Hilda from Zoophobia. Both have several things in common, such as a very similar color palette, shapes, and their black eyes that lack irises and pupils. Furthermore, both are natives of Hell. According to Faustisse, Rosie is a 2 or 3 on a scale of 1 to 10 in terms of power when compared to the other overlords.[note 4] Faustisse once stated Rosie never died, suggesting that she and the cannibals in general were a hellborn species.[note 5] However, the pilot already implied that they are sinners since there were corpses in the Cannibal Town after the extermination, and the exorcists spare hellborn demons. Also, one of the corpses had red blood. The episode 6 also hints that they are sinners, since Vaggie was after a cannibal kid. The episode 7 shows again that they bleed red. It was finally confirmed on Twitter by Rae, a viz dev artist for Helluva Boss, that Rosie and the cannibals are indeed sinners, VivziePop also liked their tweet. They also stated that Faustisse's statement probably is not canon anymore. Vivziepop has compared Rosie and Alastor's relationship to Mary and Jack's relationship from Mary Poppins Returns

Faustisse likened Rosie to the character Dolly Levi from the movie Hello Dolly!.[note 6] This connection may have been referenced in the season 1 episode titled "Hello Rosie!". Incidentally, Vivziepop's headcanon voice actor for her was Barbara Streisand from Hello Dolly!.[4] Faustisse stated that in a future episode of Hazbin Hotel Rosie and Alastor would perform a duet with each other.[note 7] Faustisse is of the belief that Alastor considers Rosie (along with Niffty and Husk), to be his only close friends.[note 8] They think that Alastor and Rosie have known each other for a while.[note 9]

Hazbin Hotel is an American adult animated musical comedy television series created by Vivienne "VivziePop" Medrano.[1][4] The series revolves around Charlie Morningstar, princess of Hell, on her quest to find a way for sinners to be "rehabilitated" and allowed into Heaven, via her "Hazbin Hotel", as an alternative to Heaven's annual "Extermination" of souls due to Hell's overpopulation. The series is produced by SpindleHorse Toons in collaboration with A24, Amazon Studios, and the animation studio Bento Box Entertainment. The pilot episode, released on YouTube on October 28, 2019, was made entirely by freelance animators and was mainly financed by Medrano's Patreon followers.[5][6][7] The first season premiered on Amazon Prime Video on January 19, 2024,[8][a] with its first episode also released on YouTube a day earlier for a limited release.[9] A second season is confirmed to be in production. It has received generally positive reviews from critics.

The popularity and success of the pilot allowed Medrano to create a spin-off series called Helluva Boss, which premiered on October 31, 2020. The series features a different cast of characters within the same in-universe setting.

As of January 2024, Hazbin Hotel was the largest global debut for a new animated series on Prime Video.[10] In February 2024, the pilot episode surpassed 100 million views on YouTube.[11]