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** Derrick the demon intern takes this up to 11 by trapdooring every soul that comes to the Hellp Desk down to Level Nine while unsupervised (which, as the others point out was bad as not everyone deserves Level Nine and there are also souls who are lost or confused, visitors from other realms, and other miscellaneous people like the soul from the Summerlands who was coming by to yell at Derrick for haunting her house while she was alive--which does not improve her mood when she finally gets back up to the Hellp Desk).
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** Derrick Derrick/Dante the demon intern takes this up to 11 by trapdooring every soul that comes to the Hellp Desk down to Level Nine while unsupervised (which, as the others point out was bad as not everyone deserves Level Nine and there are also souls who are lost or confused, visitors from other realms, and other miscellaneous people like the soul from the Summerlands who was coming by to yell at Derrick for haunting her house while she was alive--which does not improve her mood when she finally gets back up to the Hellp Desk).
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* DeityOfHumanOrigin: After doing some investigating, [[spoiler: Lily]] discovers that she and [[spoiler: Penny, and presumably Sharkie as well]] technically became this after deciding to formally forgo their chance to reincarnate. They have no worshipers and no special powers, but giving up their reincarnations apparently meant they are now literally more than human
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* EmbarassingFirstName: Dante is annoyed that Sharkie learned that his full first name is "Dantelion", mostly because Sharkie pronounces it to sound like "dandelion" (it's actually supposed to be more like "Dan-tel-leon").
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** Penny is often the most patient person to souls who come to the Hellp Desk, but also has clearly grown a spine under Lily's tutelage and will not take any guff from anyone
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** A soul from Paradise comes down to the Hellp Desk to ask if she can have a conjugal visit with her ex, who despite being a shitty person (hence why he's in Hell) "fucked like a demon". Lily says that's not allowed (it would be a reward for souls in Hell), but that the soul is interested she can have sex with a demon instead.
** A soul from Paradise comes down to the Hellp Desk to ask if she can have a conjugal visit with her ex, who despite being a shitty person (hence why he's in Hell) "fucked like a demon". Lily says that's not allowed (it would be a reward for souls in Hell), but that the soul is interested she can have sex with a demon instead.
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** When [[spoiler: Lily and Bel]] get engaged, they are so well liked and respected amongst the realms that they have to hold a paintball tournament to determine who the officiant will be.
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* EmbarassingFirstName: Dante is annoyed that Sharkie learned that his full first name is "Dantelion", mostly because Sharkie pronounces it to sound like "dandelion" (it's actually supposed to be more like "Dan-tel-leon").
* FamilyOfChoice: Lily explicitly views Penny and Sharkie as her "work-children", and Sharkie seems to literally view Lily as her mom (given that she's the one who raised them for the longest and most effectively). Everyone seems to view Judy as being essentially an adoptive grandmother, and the rest of the crew is clearly heavily bonded to one another.
* FamilyOfChoice: Lily explicitly views Penny and Sharkie as her "work-children", and Sharkie seems to literally view Lily as her mom (given that she's the one who raised them for the longest and most effectively). Everyone seems to view Judy as being essentially an adoptive grandmother, and the rest of the crew is clearly heavily bonded to one another.
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* CelibateHero: Sharkie is *very* sex-repulsed. Unfortunately, both Lily and Penny are not shy about talking about stuff related to sex, annoying Sharkie to no end.
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* CelibateHero: Sharkie is *very* ''very'' sex-repulsed. Unfortunately, both Lily and Penny are not shy about talking about stuff related to sex, sex (or even hooking up with their respective boyfriends in areas around the Hellp Desk), annoying Sharkie to no end.
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* CharacterDevelopment: Ruggie started out as a Karen type who refused to go to her punishment layer and instead laid down on the floor and wouldn't get up; the others subsequently started treating her like a throw rug (hence her nickname). After hearing how other people who come to the Hellp Desk act, she starts to soften up and become more reflective.
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* CelibateHero: Sharkie is *very* sex-repulsed. Unfortunately, both Lily and Penny are not shy about talking about stuff related to sex, annoying Sharkie to no end.
* CharacterDevelopment: Ruggie started out as a Karen type who refused to go to her punishment layer and instead laid down on the floor and wouldn't get up; the others subsequently started treating her like a throw rug (hence her nickname). After hearing how other people who come to the Hellp Desk act, she starts to soften up and become morereflective.reflective, eventually becoming a Hellp Desk trainee and deciding to use her Karen powers for good.
* CharacterDevelopment: Ruggie started out as a Karen type who refused to go to her punishment layer and instead laid down on the floor and wouldn't get up; the others subsequently started treating her like a throw rug (hence her nickname). After hearing how other people who come to the Hellp Desk act, she starts to soften up and become more
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* FireAndBrimstoneHell: Played straight for the people who deserve to be there. Subverted for those who work there, or are just visiting from heaven. In fact, being able to take out your justifiable anger on damned souls is portrayed as one of the perks of heaven.
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* DeadpanSnarker: comes with the territory of working the Hellp Desk
* FireAndBrimstoneHell: Played straight for the people who deserve to be there. Subverted for those who work there, or are just visiting from heaven. In fact, being able to take out your justifiable anger on damned souls is portrayed as one of the perks ofheaven.heaven
** It's also revealed that levels 1 and 2 are not that hellish, being essentially therapy for those who either couldn't forgive or love themselves in life (level 1), or those who need to be confronted with harsh truths about themselves (level 2)
** with levels 3 through 5 the souls are being punished, but there is an expectation that a soul will eventually be allowed to reincarnate (although the farther you go down the harder it is to achieve that goal)
* FireAndBrimstoneHell: Played straight for the people who deserve to be there. Subverted for those who work there, or are just visiting from heaven. In fact, being able to take out your justifiable anger on damned souls is portrayed as one of the perks of
** It's also revealed that levels 1 and 2 are not that hellish, being essentially therapy for those who either couldn't forgive or love themselves in life (level 1), or those who need to be confronted with harsh truths about themselves (level 2)
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** Judy is a sweet little Southern woman who was prepared to go to Hell and give God an earful if that was the cost of loving her trans son. Luckily that wasn't the case. She quickly started acting motherly to the rest of the gang.
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** Judy is a sweet little Southern woman who was prepared to go to Hell and give God an earful if that was the cost of loving her trans son. Luckily that wasn't the case. She quickly started acting motherly motherly/grandmotherly to the rest of the gang. gang.
* OneSteveLimit: Judy initially went down to Hell because she heard her name called and assumed that her loving her trans son had damned her, which she was OK with. Turns out it was a different Judy (who, when she shows up a few episodes later, demonstrates that she does deserve to be in Hell)
** Dante the intern does a double take when a soul curious about the structure of Hell asks if it's like Dante described it
* OneSteveLimit: Judy initially went down to Hell because she heard her name called and assumed that her loving her trans son had damned her, which she was OK with. Turns out it was a different Judy (who, when she shows up a few episodes later, demonstrates that she does deserve to be in Hell)
** Dante the intern does a double take when a soul curious about the structure of Hell asks if it's like Dante described it
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->''"Hi and welcome to Hell!"''
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* TheAtoner: a couple of souls have shown up and been assigned level one, only to insist that they must deserve a lower level or ask to be sent to a lower level. Generally, these are people who did bad things in their life and then tried to atone, but who were not yet ready to forgive themselves in life. [[spoiler: One of them is Sharky's biological mom, who had Sharky taken away from her as a baby because she had succumbed to drug addiction]].
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* TheAtoner: a couple of souls have shown up and been assigned level one, one or two, only to insist that they must deserve a lower level or ask to be sent to a lower level. Generally, these are people who did bad things in their life and then tried to atone, but who were not yet ready to forgive themselves in life. [[spoiler: One of them is Sharky's biological mom, who had Sharky taken away from her as a baby because she had succumbed to drug addiction]].
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** This is Ruggie's character arc, trying to atone by using her "Karen powers for good" to shut down annoying Karens and others.
** [[spoiler: Ruggie's mom]], unlike other terrible people from the Hellp Desk staff's previous lives, actually takes [[spoiler: Ruggie's]] criticisms of her to heart, so much so that [[spoiler: she tries to send herself to level 9, despite Ruggie actually saying that she deserved level 2. Judy has to come and bring her back]]
** [[spoiler: Ruggie's mom]], unlike other terrible people from the Hellp Desk staff's previous lives, actually takes [[spoiler: Ruggie's]] criticisms of her to heart, so much so that [[spoiler: she tries to send herself to level 9, despite Ruggie actually saying that she deserved level 2. Judy has to come and bring her back]]
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** A Catholic and a Protestant were supposed to be shut in a tiny room together with no exits so they could argue for eternity, but they actually argued so much in the Hellp Desk lobby that the Hellp Desk crew just let them stay there. [[spoiler: They eventually do get sent to said tiny room, where they discover in addition that ThereIsOnlyOneBed]]
** A Catholic and a Protestant were supposed to be shut in a tiny room together with no exits so they could argue for eternity, but they actually argued so much in the Hellp Desk lobby that the Hellp Desk crew just let them stay there. [[spoiler: They eventually do get sent to said tiny room, where they discover in addition that ThereIsOnlyOneBed]]
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* BewareTheNiceOnes: Judy is *terrifying* when she gets pissed. When she encounters Bad Kevin (a Klan member who shot up her house with her husband and child inside) she has Derrick trap door him down to level nine after telling him to enjoy his time with Greg (aka one of the scariest demons in Hell) because when she gets off work "playtime will be over"
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* BewareTheNiceOnes: Judy is *terrifying* ''terrifying'' when she gets pissed. When she encounters Bad Kevin (a Klan member who shot up her house with her husband and child inside) she has Derrick trap door him down to level nine after telling him to enjoy his time with Greg (aka one of the scariest demons in Hell) because when she gets off work "playtime will be over"
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** Derrick the demon intern takes this up to 11 by trapdooring every soul that comes to the Hellp Desk down to Level Nine while unsupervised (which, as the others point out was bad as not everyone deserves Level Nine and there are also souls who are lost or confused, visitors from other realms, and other miscellaneous people like the soul from the Summerlands who was coming by to yell at Derrick for haunting her house while she was alive--which does not improve her mood when she finally gets back up to the Hellp Desk).
* TheAtoner: a couple of souls have shown up and been assigned level one, only to insist that they must deserve a lower level or ask to be sent to a lower level. Generally, these are people who did bad things in their life and then tried to atone, but who were not yet ready to forgivethemselves.themselves in life. [[spoiler: One of them is Sharky's biological mom, who had Sharky taken away from her as a baby because she had succumbed to drug addiction]].
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Judy is *terrifying* when she gets pissed. When she encounters Bad Kevin (a Klan member who shot up her house with her husband and child inside) she has Derrick trap door him down to level nine after telling him to enjoy his time with Greg (aka one of the scariest demons in Hell) because when she gets off work "playtime will be over"
* TheAtoner: a couple of souls have shown up and been assigned level one, only to insist that they must deserve a lower level or ask to be sent to a lower level. Generally, these are people who did bad things in their life and then tried to atone, but who were not yet ready to forgive
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Judy is *terrifying* when she gets pissed. When she encounters Bad Kevin (a Klan member who shot up her house with her husband and child inside) she has Derrick trap door him down to level nine after telling him to enjoy his time with Greg (aka one of the scariest demons in Hell) because when she gets off work "playtime will be over"
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* {{Reincarnation}}: Exists and discussed in universe as an option for souls in paridise (Lily has reincarnated three times) and for souls that were sent to hell to learn the error of their ways, they get a second chance on Earth once they've learned their lesson. Upon death, the soul regains the memories of their prior time in the afterlife.
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* {{Reincarnation}}: Exists and discussed in universe as an option for souls in paridise (Lily has reincarnated three times) and for souls that were sent to hell to learn the error of their ways, they get a second chance on Earth once they've learned their lesson. Upon death, the soul regains the memories of their prior time in the afterlife. [[spoiler: Alice (Sharkie's biological mom) decides to reincarnate, and Ruggy plans to reincarnate when she's ready as Alice's daughter]]
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** A male pro-life activist is forcibly impregnated by a bunch of Omegaverse people
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* MamaBear: Lily is this to Sharky and Penny, her "work daughters"
** [[spoiler: Sharky's biological mom breaks into her foster mom's pocket dimension personal hell to have a "conversation" with her when she learns she's in Hell]]
** Judy is a sweet little Southern woman who was prepared to go to Hell and give God an earful if that was the cost of loving her trans son. Luckily that wasn't the case. She quickly started acting motherly to the rest of the gang.
** [[spoiler: Sharky's biological mom breaks into her foster mom's pocket dimension personal hell to have a "conversation" with her when she learns she's in Hell]]
** Judy is a sweet little Southern woman who was prepared to go to Hell and give God an earful if that was the cost of loving her trans son. Luckily that wasn't the case. She quickly started acting motherly to the rest of the gang.
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* 100%AdorationRating: Everyone in the various otherworldly realms likes Sharky. ''Everyone''. When her [[spoiler: abusive foster mom]] shows up, it's revealed that there was a pre-existing plan for a bunch of otherworldly beings to come and kick her ass for hurting Sharky in life.
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* UnsatisfiableCustomer: the Hellp Desk gets mostly these, generally people who think they should be in Paradise and want to talk to the management about it.
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* TooKinkyToTorture: the Hellp Desk gets a person who's totally fine being in Hell, leading to much confusion. Turns out to be this trope.
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* CardCarryingVillain: Penny asks Lily why they don't get these types at the Hellp Desk and Lily explains that people who ''know'' that they're evil generally just go to their punishments uncomplainingly. The Hellp Desk only gets people who complain about being in Hell (and presumably also people who believe that they should be in Hell but actually shouldn't, such as Sharkie, Judy, and Penny herself, who get gently guided to their actual final rewards).
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* BlondeBrunetteRedhead: The official art of the series confirms Sharkie and Judy as blonde, Ruggie and Penny as brunette, and Lily as a redhead.
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* PalsWithJesus: Lily is friends with all of the deities of the various afterlives, having several on speed dial at the Desk. Sharkie is so beloved that all the residents of the afterlife came to support her when her "foster monster" showed up.
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* CirclesOfHell: There are nine levels of hell, with level nine being the worst.
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** Level 1 is therapy, for those who make mistakes and need to learn.
** Level 2 is higher intensity therapy, meant for those who need to face hard truths.
** Levels 3 on down are the actual punishment levels, with a soul's judgement depending on factors like performative vs legitimate regret, willful vs true ignorance, abuse, and trauma. No one has ever reincarnated from lower than Level 5
** Levels 7-9 are for people who have true cruelty and evil stitched into the fabric of their being. Greg runs the punishments on Level 9.
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** Level 1 is therapy, for those who make mistakes and need to learn.
** Level 2 is higher intensity therapy, meant for those who need to face hard truths.
** Levels 3 on down are the actual punishment levels, with a soul's judgement depending on factors like performative vs legitimate regret, willful vs true ignorance, abuse, and trauma. No one has ever reincarnated from lower than Level 5
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* {{Crossover}}: Had one with Death And Martha (a series by [[https://www.tiktok.com/@flickerspark_?lang=en flickerspark_]]) after the latter's channel was banned and reinstated as an InUniverse explanation for the disappearance. It was the result of a Prank War between the Hellp Desk and the Front Deathk GoneHorriblyWrong with Martha's pocket dimension being caught in the crossfire.
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''Hells Belles'' is a [=TikTok=] series created by user [[https://www.tiktok.com/@sea.ya.later?lang=en Sea.Ya.Later]] that chronicles the adventures of the souls who work the [[IncrediblyLamePun Hellp Desk]] of Hell. They deal with souls who insist that they should not be there (and the occasional soul that's just lost) while working on personal development and getting some much needed catharsis.
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!!''Hells Belles'' contains examples of:
* CirclesOfHell: There are nine levels of hell, with level nine being the worst.
* CrossoverCosmology: All religions are true to some degree. The series is specifically set in the Christian hell, but people from other belief systems experience their own versions of the afterlife, and figures from other mythologies are frequently mentioned and occasionally show up. Even the [[Franchise/StarWars Jedi]] are real, on account of being an officially-recognized religion in Australia (with the implication that all Jedi are Australian).
* FireAndBrimstoneHell: Played straight for the people who deserve to be there. Subverted for those who work there, or are just visiting from heaven. In fact, being able to take out your justifiable anger on damned souls is portrayed as one of the perks of heaven.
* FluffyCloudHeaven: Averted. Each person gets their own custom paradise:
** Lily's is based on [[Franchise/LordOfTheRings Hobbiton]].
** Sharkie's is an aquarium with lots of sharks.
** Penny's is a fantasy landscape with floating islands and dragons.
* IronicHell:
** [[Creator/{{Amazon}} Jeff Bezos]] is condemned to spend eternity working in an Amazon warehouse the size of Montana, where the bathrooms are four days away.
** A [[CorruptCorporateExecutive health insurance CEO]] is forced to experience every illness and injury that his company denied coverage for.
* LimitedWardrobe: As the characters are all portrayed by the same person, they are distinguished by their outfits.
* OurDemonsAreDifferent: While torturing souls is their job, demons are not evil and respect boundaries. They're also all himbos.
* PayEvilUntoEvil: A major theme.
* {{Reincarnation}}: Exists and discussed in universe as an option for souls in paridise (Lily has reincarnated three times) and for souls that were sent to hell to learn the error of their ways, they get a second chance on Earth once they've learned their lesson. Upon death, the soul regains the memories of their prior time in the afterlife.
* WhamLine: A couple in the last few episodes.
** After a particularly nasty soul shows up who shows signs of being a victim blamer and the Belles ask if she had children in life. Penny, who was out getting coffee at the time, drops this bomb.
--> ''Penny'': Mom?
--> ''[[MamaBear Lily]]'': *turns to the soul with a DeathGlare.*
** Sharkie has been visiting her biological mom in Heaven without telling her she's her daughter. During one trip, the mom asks if she knows when she first started liking sharks. Sharkie has trouble recalling, when suddenly.
--> ''Sharkie's Mom'': [[SomethingOnlyTheyWouldSay Maybe it was because of the shark baby mobil I hung over your crib.]]
--> ''Sharkie'': If that was over my crib that would explain a lot act...
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!!''Hells Belles'' contains examples of:
* CirclesOfHell: There are nine levels of hell, with level nine being the worst.
* CrossoverCosmology: All religions are true to some degree. The series is specifically set in the Christian hell, but people from other belief systems experience their own versions of the afterlife, and figures from other mythologies are frequently mentioned and occasionally show up. Even the [[Franchise/StarWars Jedi]] are real, on account of being an officially-recognized religion in Australia (with the implication that all Jedi are Australian).
* FireAndBrimstoneHell: Played straight for the people who deserve to be there. Subverted for those who work there, or are just visiting from heaven. In fact, being able to take out your justifiable anger on damned souls is portrayed as one of the perks of heaven.
* FluffyCloudHeaven: Averted. Each person gets their own custom paradise:
** Lily's is based on [[Franchise/LordOfTheRings Hobbiton]].
** Sharkie's is an aquarium with lots of sharks.
** Penny's is a fantasy landscape with floating islands and dragons.
* IronicHell:
** [[Creator/{{Amazon}} Jeff Bezos]] is condemned to spend eternity working in an Amazon warehouse the size of Montana, where the bathrooms are four days away.
** A [[CorruptCorporateExecutive health insurance CEO]] is forced to experience every illness and injury that his company denied coverage for.
* LimitedWardrobe: As the characters are all portrayed by the same person, they are distinguished by their outfits.
* OurDemonsAreDifferent: While torturing souls is their job, demons are not evil and respect boundaries. They're also all himbos.
* PayEvilUntoEvil: A major theme.
* {{Reincarnation}}: Exists and discussed in universe as an option for souls in paridise (Lily has reincarnated three times) and for souls that were sent to hell to learn the error of their ways, they get a second chance on Earth once they've learned their lesson. Upon death, the soul regains the memories of their prior time in the afterlife.
* WhamLine: A couple in the last few episodes.
** After a particularly nasty soul shows up who shows signs of being a victim blamer and the Belles ask if she had children in life. Penny, who was out getting coffee at the time, drops this bomb.
--> ''Penny'': Mom?
--> ''[[MamaBear Lily]]'': *turns to the soul with a DeathGlare.*
** Sharkie has been visiting her biological mom in Heaven without telling her she's her daughter. During one trip, the mom asks if she knows when she first started liking sharks. Sharkie has trouble recalling, when suddenly.
--> ''Sharkie's Mom'': [[SomethingOnlyTheyWouldSay Maybe it was because of the shark baby mobil I hung over your crib.]]
--> ''Sharkie'': If that was over my crib that would explain a lot act...
