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* ''Fanfic/LulusBizarreRebellion'' has the Fenette family fulfill the Joestar role of Part 3. However, unlike the badass, hammy, and eccentric Joestars before her like her uncle Joseph, Shirley is a scared teenage girl. In particular, she is very different from Jotaro, who'd normally be in her role.

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* ''Fanfic/LulusBizarreRebellion'' has the Fenette family fulfill the Joestar role of Part 3. However, unlike the badass, hammy, and eccentric Joestars before her like her uncle Joseph, Shirley is a scared teenage girl. In particular, she is very different from Jotaro, who'd normally be in her role.role but isn't born yet.
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* Both ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc'' and ''WesternAnimation/MonstersUniversity'' follow the duo of Mike Wazowski and James "Sulley" Sullivan, but each film puts more focus on one over the other. In ''Inc'' the focus was on Sulley, a professional scarer who realizes that frightening children was wrong while Mike was the sidekick who just wanted to get their lives back on track. In ''University'' it's flipped with Mike as the main character, a college student who dreamed being a scarer and had the brains despite lacking anything remotely scary while Sulley was TheRival who obsessed over outdoing Mike before becoming friends.

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* Both ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc'' ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc1'' and ''WesternAnimation/MonstersUniversity'' follow the duo of Mike Wazowski and James "Sulley" Sullivan, but each film puts more focus on one over the other. In ''Inc'' the focus was on Sulley, a professional scarer who realizes that frightening children was wrong while Mike was the sidekick who just wanted to get their lives back on track. In ''University'' it's flipped with Mike as the main character, a college student who dreamed being a scarer and had the brains despite lacking anything remotely scary while Sulley was TheRival who obsessed over outdoing Mike before becoming friends.
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* Emmet, Franchise/{{Batman}} and [[WesternAnimation/{{Ninjago}} Lloyd]] from ''WesternAnimation/TheLegoMovie'', ''WesternAnimation/TheLegoBatmanMovie'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheLegoNinjagoMovie''. Emmet, the main character of the first movie, is an optimistic and sociable NiceGuy who is so [[TheGenericGuy generic]] that even his so-called friends cannot remember anything about him and his arc focuses on him learning that sometimes you have to break the rules and stop following the crowd. Batman, the main character of the second movie, [[CharacterDevelopment starts out]] as a cynical and brooding {{Jerkass}}, who, being a superhero, is treated like a well-loved celebrity and his arc focuses on him learning to work with others. Lloyd, the main character of the third movie, is the teenage son of an EvilOverlord who doesn't support his father yet is still treated as an outcast for their relation, while he moonlights as one of the city's beloved ninja heroes combating his father, and ultimately learns more of his father than the villain he presents himself as.

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* Emmet, Franchise/{{Batman}} and [[WesternAnimation/{{Ninjago}} Lloyd]] from ''WesternAnimation/TheLegoMovie'', ''WesternAnimation/TheLegoBatmanMovie'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheLegoNinjagoMovie''.''WesternAnimation/TheLegoNinjagoMovie'', who form a NiceMeanAndInBetween dynamic. Emmet, the main character of the first movie, is an optimistic and sociable NiceGuy who is so [[TheGenericGuy generic]] that even his so-called friends cannot remember anything about him and his arc focuses on him learning that sometimes you have to break the rules and stop following the crowd. Batman, the main character of the second movie, [[CharacterDevelopment starts out]] as a cynical and brooding {{Jerkass}}, who, being a superhero, is treated like a well-loved celebrity and his arc focuses on him learning to work with others. Lloyd, the main character of the third movie, is the frustrated and troubled yet noble-hearted teenage son of an EvilOverlord who doesn't support his father yet is still treated as an outcast for their relation, while he moonlights as one of the city's beloved ninja heroes combating his father, and ultimately learns more of his father than the villain he presents himself as.
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* Three musicals from ''Franchise/{{Hatchetfield}}'':
** ''Theatre/TheGuyWhoDiDntLikeMusicals'' has Paul, an unremarkable office worker, who is perfectly content living boring, simple life and seems to have no desires beyond crush on cute barista, Emma, who wants at all costs get out of Hatchetfield. Paul becomes a hero due to his dislike for musicals cluing him early something sinister is going on and he wants to save Emma and his office friends at all costs. [[spoiler: Ultimatelly Paul attempts a HeroicSacrifice to save the world, but fails and ends as new primary host of the very evil he tried to defeat, gleefully singing musical number as he prepares to infect Emma.]]
** ''Theatre/BlackFriday'' has Tom, Emma's middle-aged brother in law, who fell into a deep depression and quit his job after death of his wife. Tom is much sadder and darker character than Paul, more worn down and openly rude. He wants just to get a prized toy, Tickle-Me-Wiggly doll, as a gift for his son, hoping to repair their relationship. His old flame, Becky, is also contrasting Emma, being a nurse trying to get the same doll for a sick girl. In addition, this musical also has Lex, Tom's former student trying to get the doll to sell it, to escape the town with her little sister. [[spoiler: In the end Tom and Becky fall under influence of the dolls, but break free with Lex's help and stop Wiggly cult from summoning an EldritchAbomination...but nothing of that matters because said Abomination also caused World War III, dooming the world anyway.]]
** ''Theatre/NerdyPrudesMustDie'' has Pete, Stephanie and Grace, who are all 18-years old high-schoolers. In contrast to previous two male leads, Pete is a near stereotypical nerd with low self-esteem, who only begins believing in himself when Stephanie, a popular, rebelious girl, shows interest in him. Stephanie is younger than either Becky or Emma and while may appear quite selfish, she is actually really friendly and good-hearted. Grace contrasts Lex (with whom she shares an actress) in that while Lex was BookDumb but cared for her loved ones above all else, grace is studious, deeply religious, but also incredibly naive and selfish, motivated mostly by maintaining her own sense of moral purity. [[spoiler: Unlike previous two romantic leads, Pete and Stephanie get to have a happy ending, save the world and get together. Grace, however, becomes corrupted and ends the series as a servant of Lords in Black.]]
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** [[Characters/HelluvaBossStolas Stolas]] is this to [[Characters/HazbinHotelAlastor Alastor]]. Both take the role of a prominent demon who acts as the main organization's mysterious and powerful but maligned, mistrusted and resented benefactor. But that's where the similarities end. Alastor is chummy and informal young demon lord that raised through the ranks using his massive natural power, but Stolas is an aloof and refined ancient noble demon that plays politics. Alastor is generally very outgoing, cheery, loud and exuberant but revels in using quiet, TranquilFury to get his point across when he's serious, while Stolas is a quiet, stoic and subdued individual who gets loud and graphic when he wants people to pay attention or if he sees something he wants. To say nothing of the difference in how they got involved with the protagonists, their sex drives and sexual preferences, what with Alastor getting roped in Charlie's plan because he wants to see her fail miserably, is asexual and briefly gets disturbed at an offered blowjob before laughing it off, while Stolas ropes himself into Blitzo's plans because he is romantically interested in Blitzo and due to being a DepravedHomosexual is ''so'' into the idea that his spiel ends up getting a ClusterBleepBomb to the point of creeping out the target of his affections ([[CharacterizationMarchesOn at least in the pilot]]).

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** [[Characters/HelluvaBossStolas Stolas]] Stolas is this to [[Characters/HazbinHotelAlastor Alastor]]. Both take the role of a prominent demon who acts as the main organization's mysterious and powerful but maligned, mistrusted and resented benefactor. But that's where the similarities end. Alastor is chummy and informal young demon lord that raised through the ranks using his massive natural power, but Stolas is an aloof and refined ancient noble demon that plays politics. Alastor is generally very outgoing, cheery, loud and exuberant but revels in using quiet, TranquilFury to get his point across when he's serious, while Stolas is a quiet, stoic and subdued individual who gets loud and graphic when he wants people to pay attention or if he sees something he wants. To say nothing of the difference in how they got involved with the protagonists, their sex drives and sexual preferences, what with Alastor getting roped in Charlie's plan because he wants to see her fail miserably, is asexual and briefly gets disturbed at an offered blowjob before laughing it off, while Stolas ropes himself into Blitzo's plans because he is romantically interested in Blitzo and due to being a DepravedHomosexual is ''so'' into the idea that his spiel ends up getting a ClusterBleepBomb to the point of creeping out the target of his affections ([[CharacterizationMarchesOn at least in the pilot]]).
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** [[Characters/HelluvaBossBlitzo Blitzo]] differs from Charlie in more ways than one. Whereas Charlie is an upbeat, loving and sweet demon that looks the most human-looking among every other character and a well-recognized figure as royalty of Hell who founded the Hazbin Hotel to change her people for the better, Blitzo is a low ranking imp that looks like a mix between a devil and a jester and a cynical asshole who founded I.M.P for the purpose of facilitating Hell's CrapsackWorld and making blood money by assassinating people in the living world for their clients. Unlike Charlie, who was over her head almost as soon as she started her hotel venture, Blitzo has more of a business mind and apparently is fairly good at keeping I.M.P afloat -- as long as he doesn't get himself or his team killed. Also, whereas Charlie also believes in the goodness of others and that sinners can be redeemed, she's also not stupid, nor a pushover, and can stand her ground when needed, plus has a more healthy (if occasionally contentious) relationship with her steady girlfriend Vaggie, Blitzo's own business has the intent to murder people in the living world that demons dislike or want gone for revenge, he is extremely needy and lonely and tries to make a family out of his work colleagues yet at the same time his love life is much more toxic, with numerous acrimonious break-ups which left his former partners bitter at him, and couldn't care less about the general state of Hell, or the people that don't directly concern him.

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** [[Characters/HelluvaBossBlitzo Blitzo]] differs from Charlie in more ways than one. Whereas Charlie is an upbeat, loving and sweet demon that looks the most human-looking among every other character and a well-recognized figure as royalty of Hell who founded the Hazbin Hotel to change her people for the better, Blitzo is a low ranking imp that looks like a mix between a devil and a jester and a cynical asshole who founded I.M.P for the purpose of facilitating Hell's CrapsackWorld and making blood money by assassinating people in the living world for their clients. Unlike Charlie, who was over her head almost as soon as she started her hotel venture, Blitzo has more of a business mind and apparently is fairly good at keeping I.M.P afloat -- as long as he doesn't get himself or his team killed. Also, whereas Charlie also believes in the goodness of others and that sinners can be redeemed, she's also not stupid, nor a pushover, and can stand her ground when needed, plus has a more healthy (if occasionally contentious) relationship with her steady girlfriend Vaggie, Vaggie. Meanwhile, Blitzo's own business has the intent to murder people in the living world that demons dislike or want gone for revenge, he is extremely needy and lonely and tries to make a family out of his work colleagues yet at the same time his love life is much more toxic, with numerous acrimonious break-ups which left his former partners bitter at him, and couldn't care less about the general state of Hell, or the people that don't directly concern him.
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* ''Fanfic/VowOfNudity'': The three girls who headline their own stories are incredibly different in personality, combat style, and personal morals.
** Haara, heroine of the original series, is a stoic BareFistedMonk who's cool under pressure and actively seeks out adventure in the name of helping the downtrodden and combating the empire that once enslaved her. She knows a little magic, but is essentially a melee fighter specializing in physical fitness and strategic adaptability thanks to her high Wisdom stat.
** Spectra from ''Curse of Nudity'' is a shy, overly-timid wallflower with crippling self-esteem issues who would happily live a normal life if circumstances outside her control didn't constantly force her into terrifying dangerous situations. Like Haara she resorts to extreme means to keep herself alive, but often feels terrible about it and struggles to see herself as a good person while second-guessing the desperate choices she makes to survive. As a changeling warlock, she's also far more oriented towards social manipulation and magic, especially conjuring objects and rapiers out of thin air to defend herself or overcome obstacles.
** Finally, Fiora from ''The Savage Savannah'' is a cheerfully-mischievous NeutralEvil witch who relishes in lying, manipulating, and backstabbing anyone she wants to achieve her ends. Unlike the other two, she has no martial capabilities whatsoever and must rely exclusively on magic in combat, and tends to find herself in rapidly-worsening situations of her own making thanks to her selfishness and habitual scheming.

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* [[WesternAnimation/SofiaTheFirst Sofia]] and [[WesternAnimation/ElenaOfAvalor Princess]] [[Characters/ElenaOfAvalorElena Elena]], the protagonists of Creator/CraigGerber's shows, are similar in many ways, yet also different. They're both kind, altruistic, headstrong, and always willing to help others, but they're still different in many ways. Sofia is an 8-year-old girl who starts out naive and energetic before becoming more serious and experienced (though still remaining chipper); Elena is a 16-year-old girl who had more real-world experience and is more prone to taking things very seriously due to coping with the death of her parents. Sofia tends to reach others more through heart while Elena tends to be more proactive. Sofia started as a village girl before [[AdoptedIntoRoyalty becoming a princess through her mother's marriage]] while Elena was born into royalty. Sofia, as a young girl, is less directly involved in royal politics, while Elena, being a teenager and the Crown Princess of Avalor, is more directly involved. Sofia is also shown to be more academically inclined than Elena. Finally, Sofia is much more adept to adapting to magic while Elena shows more struggle.

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* [[WesternAnimation/SofiaTheFirst Sofia]] and [[WesternAnimation/ElenaOfAvalor Princess]] [[Characters/ElenaOfAvalorElena Elena]], the protagonists of Creator/CraigGerber's shows, are similar in many ways, yet also different. They're both kind, altruistic, headstrong, and always willing to help others, but they're still different in many ways. Sofia is an 8-year-old girl who starts out naive and energetic before becoming more serious and experienced (though still remaining chipper); Elena is a 16-year-old girl who had more real-world experience and is more prone to taking things very seriously due to coping with the death of her parents. Sofia tends to reach others more through heart while Elena tends to be more proactive. Sofia kept her magical abilities a secret while Elena's powers from the Amulet of Avalor and the Well of Takaina also aren't kept a secret, but she still struggles in figuring them out. Sofia started her story as a village girl before [[AdoptedIntoRoyalty becoming a princess through her mother's marriage]] and an overwhelmed kid who often looked to parents and mentor figures for guidance before realizing her own strengths while Elena was born into royalty.royalty and starts her story as an older teenager who's almost over-confident in her ability to rule, as she was born rightful heir to the throne, and quickly forms a team of her own peers as her closest circle. Sofia, as a young girl, is less directly involved in royal politics, while Elena, being a teenager and the Crown Princess of Avalor, is more directly involved. Sofia is also shown to be more academically inclined than Elena. Finally, Sofia is much more adept to adapting to magic while Elena shows more struggle.
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* ''WesternAnimation/ElenaOfAvalor'': [[WesternAnimation/SofiaTheFirst Sofia]] and [[Characters/ElenaOfAvalorElena Princess Elena]], the protagonists of Creator/CraigGerber's shows, are similar in many ways, yet also different. They're both kind, altruistic, headstrong, and always willing to help others, but they're still different in many ways. Sofia is an 8-year-old girl who starts out naive and energetic before becoming more serious and experienced (though still remaining chipper); Elena is a 16-year-old girl who had more real-world experience and is more prone to taking things very seriously due to coping with the death of her parents. Sofia tends to reach others more through heart while Elena tends to be more proactive. Sofia started as a village girl before [[AdoptedIntoRoyalty becoming a princess through her mother's marriage]] while Elena was born into royalty. Sofia, as a young girl, is less directly involved in royal politics, while Elena, being a teenager and the Crown Princess of Avalor, is more directly involved. Sofia is also shown to be more academically inclined than Elena. Finally, Sofia is much more adept to adapting to magic while Elena shows more struggle.

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* ''WesternAnimation/ElenaOfAvalor'': [[WesternAnimation/SofiaTheFirst Sofia]] and [[WesternAnimation/ElenaOfAvalor Princess]] [[Characters/ElenaOfAvalorElena Princess Elena]], the protagonists of Creator/CraigGerber's shows, are similar in many ways, yet also different. They're both kind, altruistic, headstrong, and always willing to help others, but they're still different in many ways. Sofia is an 8-year-old girl who starts out naive and energetic before becoming more serious and experienced (though still remaining chipper); Elena is a 16-year-old girl who had more real-world experience and is more prone to taking things very seriously due to coping with the death of her parents. Sofia tends to reach others more through heart while Elena tends to be more proactive. Sofia started as a village girl before [[AdoptedIntoRoyalty becoming a princess through her mother's marriage]] while Elena was born into royalty. Sofia, as a young girl, is less directly involved in royal politics, while Elena, being a teenager and the Crown Princess of Avalor, is more directly involved. Sofia is also shown to be more academically inclined than Elena. Finally, Sofia is much more adept to adapting to magic while Elena shows more struggle.
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** Stolas is this to Alastor. Both take the role of a prominent demon who acts as the main organization's mysterious and powerful but maligned, mistrusted and resented benefactor. But that's where the similarities end. Alastor is chummy and informal young demon lord that raised through the ranks using his massive natural power, but Stolas is an aloof and refined ancient noble demon that plays politics. Alastor is generally very outgoing, cheery, loud and exuberant but revels in using quiet, TranquilFury to get his point across when he's serious, while Stolas is a quiet, stoic and subdued individual who gets loud and graphic when he wants people to pay attention or if he sees something he wants. To say nothing of the difference in how they got involved with the protagonists, their sex drives and sexual preferences, what with Alastor getting roped in Charlie's plan because he wants to see her fail miserably, is asexual and briefly gets disturbed at an offered blowjob before laughing it off, while Stolas ropes himself into Blitzo's plans because he is romantically interested in Blitzo and due to being a DepravedHomosexual is ''so'' into the idea that his spiel ends up getting a ClusterBleepBomb to the point of creeping out the target of his affections ([[CharacterizationMarchesOn at least in the pilot]]).

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** Stolas [[Characters/HelluvaBossStolas Stolas]] is this to Alastor.[[Characters/HazbinHotelAlastor Alastor]]. Both take the role of a prominent demon who acts as the main organization's mysterious and powerful but maligned, mistrusted and resented benefactor. But that's where the similarities end. Alastor is chummy and informal young demon lord that raised through the ranks using his massive natural power, but Stolas is an aloof and refined ancient noble demon that plays politics. Alastor is generally very outgoing, cheery, loud and exuberant but revels in using quiet, TranquilFury to get his point across when he's serious, while Stolas is a quiet, stoic and subdued individual who gets loud and graphic when he wants people to pay attention or if he sees something he wants. To say nothing of the difference in how they got involved with the protagonists, their sex drives and sexual preferences, what with Alastor getting roped in Charlie's plan because he wants to see her fail miserably, is asexual and briefly gets disturbed at an offered blowjob before laughing it off, while Stolas ropes himself into Blitzo's plans because he is romantically interested in Blitzo and due to being a DepravedHomosexual is ''so'' into the idea that his spiel ends up getting a ClusterBleepBomb to the point of creeping out the target of his affections ([[CharacterizationMarchesOn at least in the pilot]]).
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** Stolas is this to Alastor. Both take the role of mysterious and maligned benefactor of the main character's business ventures in the story, but are very different characters. Alastor is a young demon lord, that raised through the ranks using his massive natural power, he a very outgoing and cheery man that gets quiet when he wants to be taken serious, he is asexual and laughs off the idea of getting a blowjob, he also gets roped in Charlie's plan because he wants to see her fail miserably. Stolas is an ancient noble demon that plays politics, he is quiet and stoic until he sees something he wants, then he is loud and very graphic, and he ropes himself into Blitzo's plans because he is romantically interested in Blitzo, being a DepravedHomosexual to the point of creeping out the target of his affections ([[CharacterizationMarchesOn at least in the pilot]]).

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** Stolas is this to Alastor. Both take the role of a prominent demon who acts as the main organization's mysterious and maligned benefactor of powerful but maligned, mistrusted and resented benefactor. But that's where the main character's business ventures in the story, but are very different characters. similarities end. Alastor is a chummy and informal young demon lord, lord that raised through the ranks using his massive natural power, he a but Stolas is an aloof and refined ancient noble demon that plays politics. Alastor is generally very outgoing outgoing, cheery, loud and cheery man that exuberant but revels in using quiet, TranquilFury to get his point across when he's serious, while Stolas is a quiet, stoic and subdued individual who gets quiet loud and graphic when he wants people to be taken serious, pay attention or if he is asexual sees something he wants. To say nothing of the difference in how they got involved with the protagonists, their sex drives and laughs off the idea of sexual preferences, what with Alastor getting a blowjob, he also gets roped in Charlie's plan because he wants to see her fail miserably. miserably, is asexual and briefly gets disturbed at an offered blowjob before laughing it off, while Stolas is an ancient noble demon that plays politics, he is quiet and stoic until he sees something he wants, then he is loud and very graphic, and he ropes himself into Blitzo's plans because he is romantically interested in Blitzo, Blitzo and due to being a DepravedHomosexual is ''so'' into the idea that his spiel ends up getting a ClusterBleepBomb to the point of creeping out the target of his affections ([[CharacterizationMarchesOn at least in the pilot]]).pilot]]).
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** Blitzo differs from Charlie in more ways than one. Whereas Charlie is an upbeat, loving and sweet demon that looks the most human-looking among every other character and a well-recognized figure as royalty of Hell who founded the Hazbin Hotel to change her people for the better, Blitzo is a low ranking imp that looks like a mix between a devil and a jester and a cynical asshole who founded I.M.P for the purpose of facilitating Hell's CrapsackWorld and making blood money by assassinating people in the living world for their clients. Unlike Charlie, who was over her head almost as soon as she started her hotel venture, Blitzo has more of a business mind and apparently is fairly good at keeping I.M.P afloat -- as long as he doesn't get himself or his team killed. Also, whereas Charlie also believes in the goodness of others and that sinners can be redeemed, she's also not stupid, nor a pushover, and can stand her ground when needed, plus has a more healthy (if occasionally contentious) relationship with her steady girlfriend Vaggie, Blitzo's own business has the intent to murder people in the living world that demons dislike or want gone for revenge, he is extremely needy and lonely and tries to make a family out of his work colleagues yet at the same time his love life is much more toxic, with numerous acrimonious break-ups which left his former partners bitter at him, and couldn't care less about the general state of Hell, or the people that don't directly concern him.

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** Blitzo [[Characters/HelluvaBossBlitzo Blitzo]] differs from Charlie in more ways than one. Whereas Charlie is an upbeat, loving and sweet demon that looks the most human-looking among every other character and a well-recognized figure as royalty of Hell who founded the Hazbin Hotel to change her people for the better, Blitzo is a low ranking imp that looks like a mix between a devil and a jester and a cynical asshole who founded I.M.P for the purpose of facilitating Hell's CrapsackWorld and making blood money by assassinating people in the living world for their clients. Unlike Charlie, who was over her head almost as soon as she started her hotel venture, Blitzo has more of a business mind and apparently is fairly good at keeping I.M.P afloat -- as long as he doesn't get himself or his team killed. Also, whereas Charlie also believes in the goodness of others and that sinners can be redeemed, she's also not stupid, nor a pushover, and can stand her ground when needed, plus has a more healthy (if occasionally contentious) relationship with her steady girlfriend Vaggie, Blitzo's own business has the intent to murder people in the living world that demons dislike or want gone for revenge, he is extremely needy and lonely and tries to make a family out of his work colleagues yet at the same time his love life is much more toxic, with numerous acrimonious break-ups which left his former partners bitter at him, and couldn't care less about the general state of Hell, or the people that don't directly concern him.

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