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* ShoutOut: Charlie saying, "Yes. He's good. I can tell," in regards to Angel Dust is a reference to Lilo saying the same in regards to Stitch in ''WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitch''.

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trope misuse. How We Got Here is a form of In Medias Res, not a prequel trope


''Dirty Healings'' is a prequel comic to ''WesternAnimation/HazbinHotel''. It tells the story of [[HowWeGotHere how Angel Dust was recruited by Charlie and Vaggie to become the first patron of the Happy (and later Hazbin) Hotel]].

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''Dirty Healings'' is a prequel comic to ''WesternAnimation/HazbinHotel''. It tells the story of [[HowWeGotHere how Angel Dust was recruited by Charlie and Vaggie to become the first patron of the Happy (and later Hazbin) Hotel]].
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** Not only does Angel have [[EarlyInstallmentCharacterdesignDifference his pilot design of a striped tuxedo with short gloves rather than his main series design]], but he also has a little top hat during his negotiation with the Loan Sharks he is never seen wearing in the actual series. Charlie and Vaggie are also drawn with their pilot designs.

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** Not only does Angel have [[EarlyInstallmentCharacterdesignDifference [[EarlyInstallmentCharacterDesignDifference his pilot design of a striped tuxedo with short gloves rather than his main series design]], but he also has a little top hat during his negotiation with the Loan Sharks he is never seen wearing in the actual series. Charlie and Vaggie are also drawn with their pilot designs.



* FunetikAksent: Angel's accent comes through in some of the spelling of his dialogue, e.g. "ya" for "you", "busta" for "buster", and "godda" for "gotta".

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* FunetikAksent: Angel's Brooklyn accent comes through in some of the spelling of his dialogue, e.g. "ya" for "you", "busta" for "buster", and "godda" for "gotta".
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''Dirty Healings'' is a prequel comic to ''WesternAnimation/HazbinHotel''. It tells the story of how Angel Dust got recruited by Charlie and Vaggie to be the first patron of the Happy Hotel.

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''Dirty Healings'' is a prequel comic to ''WesternAnimation/HazbinHotel''. It tells the story of [[HowWeGotHere how Angel Dust got was recruited by Charlie and Vaggie to be become the first patron of the Happy Hotel.
(and later Hazbin) Hotel]].
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* BerserkButton: Angel guns down the loan sharks when one of them nearly calls him a homophobic slur.

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It was originally available on the official Hazbin Hotel website but eventually got taken down for unknown reasons. An archived version of it can be read [[https://imgur.com/gallery/UUk5Xnv here]] on Imgur.

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It was originally available [[https://web.archive.org/web/20201019222642/https://www.hazbinhotel.com/ on the official Hazbin Hotel website website]] but eventually got taken down for unknown reasons. An archived version of it can be read [[https://imgur.com/gallery/UUk5Xnv here]] on Imgur.
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* PetTheDog: Angel shows a flippant, often rude attitude with most of the people he interacts with in the comic. It ends with him returning to his apartment and playing with his pet pig, showing that he has a soft and caring side.

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** Valentino's bubbles are deep, vivid red with black outlines and mostly white words.

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** Valentino's bubbles are deep, vivid red with black outlines and outlines. The words are mostly white words.white, but change to black a couple times for emphasis.
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** The shark mobster's bubbles are on a light-to-medium blue gradient with dark blue outlines and words.

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** The shark mobster's bubbles are on a light-to-medium blue gradient with dark blue outlines and words.
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* ColorCodedSpeech: Each character has a different color scheme to their speech bubbles:
** Angel Dust's bubbles are pink-white, like himself, with red outlines and mostly red words.
** The shark mobster's bubbles are on a light-to-medium blue gradient with dark blue outlines and words.
** Valentino's bubbles are deep, vivid red with black outlines and mostly white words.
** Charlie's bubbles are in soft shades of red with pale yellow outlines and words.
** Vaggie has dark gray bubbles with light gray outlines and words.

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* CallForward: Like in [[Recap/HazbinHotelS1E0ThatsEntertainment the pilot]] that the comic is a prequel to, Angel takes a ride in Charlie's limo and wonders if there is any liquor in it.



** Not only does Angel have [[EarlyInstallmentCharacterdesignDifference his Pilot design of a striped tuxedo with short gloves rather than his main series design]], but he also has a little top hat during his negotiation with the Loan Sharks he is never seen wearing in the actual series. Charlie and Vaggie are also drawn with their pilot designs.

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** Not only does Angel have [[EarlyInstallmentCharacterdesignDifference his Pilot pilot design of a striped tuxedo with short gloves rather than his main series design]], but he also has a little top hat during his negotiation with the Loan Sharks he is never seen wearing in the actual series. Charlie and Vaggie are also drawn with their pilot designs.

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It began on October 27, 2019 and concluded on July 7, 2020.

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It began on October 27, 2019 and concluded on July 7, 2020.
2020. It is 22 pages long, not including the cover.
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* ByTheLightsOfTheirEyes: When Valentino first appears in his limo, only his heart-shaped lenses and toothy grin can be seen in the dark.


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* VillainousFaceHold: Valentino interrupts Angel's attempt at an excuse by forcefully grabbing his face and pulling him close.

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* ArtShift: Vaggie's explanation of the hotel and the plan around it are depicted through a FantasySequence in a sketchier art style, featuring a cutely drawn version of Angel Dust.



-->'''Charlie''': We want you to be our first test subject!\\
'''Angel Dust''': Why me?\\
'''Charlie''': Because you seem like someone who regrets his life choices and would be interested in self reflection and bettering himself!\\
'''Angel Dust''': *awkward glance*

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-->'''Charlie''': -->'''Charlie:''' We want you to be our first test subject!\\
'''Angel Dust''': Dust:''' Why me?\\
'''Charlie''': '''Charlie:''' Because you seem like someone who regrets his life choices and would be interested in self reflection and bettering himself!\\
'''Angel Dust''': Dust:''' *awkward glance*



* DeathGlare: When Angel says the hotel sounds lame, Vaggie glares at him with gritted pointy teeth and a [[WingdingEyes skull taking the place of her iris and pupil]] while her hair bow takes the shape of horns.



* {{Facepalm}}: When Angel first meets Charlie, Vaggie is in the background behind Charlie, facepalming at her choice to approach Angel.
* FantasySequence: When Vaggie is explaining the hotel and the plan around it to Angel Dust, it's depicted through an imaginary sequence of Angel walking into the hotel, undergoing redemption, and ascending as an angel.
* FunetikAksent: Angel's accent comes through in some of the spelling of his dialogue, e.g. "ya" for "you", "busta" for "buster", and "godda" for "gotta".



* HighPressureEmotion: Charlie gets embarrassed when trying to describe Angel's prostitution and trails off with little puffs of steam coming off her.
* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Played with. While Charlie turns out to be correct that Angel has good in him, her assertion of this comes just after meeting him and is humorously contrasted with the fact that, at that very moment, he is sprawled out with a sleazy-looking pose and expression, holding a cigarette.
-->'''Vaggie:''' Are you sure this is the one you wanna talk too? [sic]\\
''[Panel of Angel sprawled out sleazily across from them]''\\
'''Charlie:''' Yes. He's good. I can tell.\\
''[Vaggie looks at her in disbelief]''
* IronicEcho: When Angel says he'll take part in Charlie and Vaggie's plan, their responses to him are identical in word choice, but opposite in tone and meaning. Charlie beams and gushes, "REALLY?"; Vaggie follows it up with a skeptical "Really."
* MistakenForProstitute: Inverted. Charlie approaches Angel while he's soliciting on a sidewalk and he mistakes her as looking for his services.



* PragmaticPansexuality: Angel is implied to be gay, but willing to sleep with women for money. When he thinks Charlie is trying to solicit his services, he tells her he charges extra for ladies.



* SayItWithHearts: Pretty much all of Valentino's speech bubbles have hearts in them as part of their background.

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* SayItWithHearts: SayItWithHearts:
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Pretty much all of Valentino's speech bubbles have hearts in them as part of their background.background.
** When Angel mistakes Charlie and Vaggie for aspiring patrons, he starts to greet them in a flirty tone -- denoted by hearts in the background of his speech bubble -- before realizing they're women.
* ShamefulShrinking: Charlie picks up Angel while he's soliciting on the street to try and convince him to join the hotel. She says, "You can't tell me you enjoy standing on the side of the street waiting for someone to pay to--", then gets embarrassed and trails off while appearing smaller.


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* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: Charlie expresses her belief to Angel that he has what it takes for redemption.
-->'''Charlie:''' There's a lot more to you than what you think there is, Angel! We want to help you.
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* CurseCutShort: A mobster tries calling him a faggot and Angel mows him and his men down with his guns before he can finish getting the word out. He then asks the mobster if he'd like to finish that thought.

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* CurseCutShort: A mobster tries calling him Angel a faggot and Angel mows him and his men down with his guns before he can finish getting the word out. He then asks the mobster if he'd like to finish that thought.

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** None of the "loan shark" demons resemble any of the sharklike demons common to the Greed Ring seen in any Franchise/{{Hellaverse}} media after this point, despite ostensibly being the same type of demon.
** As mentioned elsewhere, Angel is portrayed as struggling so badly financially that [[SexForServices he has to "suck [his] greasy landlord's dick" just to make rent]], when in the series he has an ArbitrarilyLargeBankAccount and doesn't appear to have any money troubles.

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** None of the "loan shark" demons resemble any of the sharklike demons common to the Greed Ring seen in any Franchise/{{Hellaverse}} ''Franchise/{{Hellaverse}}'' media after this point, despite ostensibly being the same type of demon.
** As mentioned elsewhere, Angel is portrayed as struggling so badly financially that [[SexForServices he has to "suck [his] greasy landlord's dick" just to make rent]], when in the series he has an ArbitrarilyLargeBankAccount and doesn't appear to have any money troubles.
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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness:
** Not only does Angel have [[EarlyInstallmentCharacterdesignDifference his Pilot design of a striped tuxedo with short gloves rather than his main series design]], but he also has a little top hat during his negotiation with the Loan Sharks he is never seen wearing in the actual series. Charlie and Vaggie are also drawn with their pilot designs.
** Among Angel's set of guns are a pair of revolvers, when in the full series he is only shown to use submachine guns.
** None of the "loan shark" demons resemble any of the sharklike demons common to the Greed Ring seen in any Franchise/{{Hellaverse}} media after this point, despite ostensibly being the same type of demon.
** As mentioned elsewhere, Angel is portrayed as struggling so badly financially that [[SexForServices he has to "suck [his] greasy landlord's dick" just to make rent]], when in the series he has an ArbitrarilyLargeBankAccount and doesn't appear to have any money troubles.
** Valentino retains his pre-release characterization of [[FauxAffablyEvil a suave yet obviously controlling and manipulative pimp]] whereas in the actual show he's a PsychopathicManchild only barely capable of reining himself in around demon royalty like Charlie.
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* GunTwirling: After Angel shoots the mobsters, he does a showy twirl with one of his handguns.
* MultiArmedAndDangerous: Angel mows down the mobsters with a gun in each of his six hands.


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* SmokingBarrelBlowout: After Angel unleashes a barrage of gunfire, he blows the smoke away from one of his gun barrels.

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* BerserkButton: Calling Angel homophobic slurs will set him off. A mobster tries calling him a faggot and Angel mows him and his men down with his guns halfway through. He then asks the mobster if he'd like to finish that thought.


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* CurseCutShort: A mobster tries calling him a faggot and Angel mows him and his men down with his guns before he can finish getting the word out. He then asks the mobster if he'd like to finish that thought.

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* HowWeGotHere: The comic shows how Angel wound up being Charlie's first patron.

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* HowWeGotHere: {{Prequel}}: The comic was released after the pilot but is set before it. It shows how Angel wound up being Charlie's first patron.

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It began on October 27, 2019 and concluded on July 7, 2020.



* BrutalHonesty: Upon first meeting Angel Dust and pitching the Happy Hotel to him in his prequel comic, Charlie doesn't bother to sugarcoat her desire to see if rehabilitating a demon is possible.

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* BrutalHonesty: Upon first meeting Angel Dust and pitching the Happy Hotel to him in his prequel comic, him, Charlie doesn't bother to sugarcoat her desire to see if rehabilitating a demon is possible.



* EvilCannotComprehendGood: Charlie gives Angel Dust a large stack of cash as an investment in himself very shortly after he agrees to be a patron at the Happy Hotel in his prequel comic. His confusion betrays him to the point where he declares the gesture to be "a trick", which Charlie quickly reassures him that [[YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre she thinks there's a lot more to Angel than he does, and she simply wishes to nourish that]]. Angel, not used to such kindness, simply takes the money with an awkward response and a promise to keep in touch.

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* EvilCannotComprehendGood: Charlie gives Angel Dust a large stack of cash as an investment in himself very shortly after he agrees to be a patron at the Happy Hotel in his prequel comic.Hotel. His confusion betrays him to the point where he declares the gesture to be "a trick", which Charlie quickly reassures him that [[YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre she thinks there's a lot more to Angel than he does, and she simply wishes to nourish that]]. Angel, not used to such kindness, simply takes the money with an awkward response and a promise to keep in touch.


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* SayItWithHearts: Pretty much all of Valentino's speech bubbles have hearts in them as part of their background.

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''Dirty Healings'' is a prequel webcomic to ''WesternAnimation/HazbinHotel''. It tells the story of how Angel Dust got recruited by Charlie and Vaggie to be the first patron of the Happy Hotel.

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''Dirty Healings'' is a prequel webcomic comic to ''WesternAnimation/HazbinHotel''. It tells the story of how Angel Dust got recruited by Charlie and Vaggie to be the first patron of the Happy Hotel.
Hotel.

It was originally available on the official Hazbin Hotel website but eventually got taken down for unknown reasons. An archived version of it can be read [[https://imgur.com/gallery/UUk5Xnv here]] on Imgur.



* BerserkButton: It is implied that calling him homophobic slurs will set him off. A mobster tries calling him a faggot and Angel mows him and his men down with his guns halfway through. He then asks the mobster if he'd like to finish that thought.

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* BerserkButton: It is implied that calling him Calling Angel homophobic slurs will set him off. A mobster tries calling him a faggot and Angel mows him and his men down with his guns halfway through. He then asks the mobster if he'd like to finish that thought.
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''Dirty Healings'' is a prequel webcomic to ''WesternAnimation/HazbinHotel''. It tells the story of how Angel Dust got recruited by Charlie and Vaggie to be the first patron of the Happy Hotel.

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* BerserkButton: It is implied that calling him homophobic slurs will set him off. A mobster tries calling him a faggot and Angel mows him and his men down with his guns halfway through. He then asks the mobster if he'd like to finish that thought.
* BrutalHonesty: Upon first meeting Angel Dust and pitching the Happy Hotel to him in his prequel comic, Charlie doesn't bother to sugarcoat her desire to see if rehabilitating a demon is possible.
-->'''Charlie''': We want you to be our first test subject!\\
'''Angel Dust''': Why me?\\
'''Charlie''': Because you seem like someone who regrets his life choices and would be interested in self reflection and bettering himself!\\
'''Angel Dust''': *awkward glance*
* EvilCannotComprehendGood: Charlie gives Angel Dust a large stack of cash as an investment in himself very shortly after he agrees to be a patron at the Happy Hotel in his prequel comic. His confusion betrays him to the point where he declares the gesture to be "a trick", which Charlie quickly reassures him that [[YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre she thinks there's a lot more to Angel than he does, and she simply wishes to nourish that]]. Angel, not used to such kindness, simply takes the money with an awkward response and a promise to keep in touch.
* HowWeGotHere: The comic shows how Angel wound up being Charlie's first patron.
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