Charlie Morningstar

: "We lost so many souls, and it breaks my heart to see my people being slaughtered every year. No one is even given a chance! I can't stand idly by while the place I live is subjected to such violence! So, I've been thinking: Isn't there a more humane way to hinder overpopulation here in Hell? Perhaps we can create an alternative way to change souls through... redemption? Well, I think yes! So, that's what this project aims to achieve! Ladies and gentlemen, I'm opening the first of its kind! A hotel that rehabilitates sinners!"
: ―Charlie's pitch for the hotel, Hazbin Hotel pilot
Crown Princess Charlotte Magne "Charlie" Morningstar of Hell and Pride is the Hell-Born daughter of Lucifer and Lilith Morningstar, the heir to the throne of Hell, the Founder and Owner of the Hazbin Hotel, and one of the protagonists of Hazbin Hotel.
Having witnessed the extermination of her people from an extremely young age, she became motivated to end the bloodshed by means of redeeming sinners through her hotel, originally a vacation home for her and her family in the Pride Ring.
== Appearance ==
Charlie is a tall, slender hellborn demon, standing at over 6 foot, around 6 and a half feet tall. She has long, blonde hair, with lighter blonde and pink highlights, which is tied into a twice-banded low ponytail. Her blonde bangs flip to her left with a curl. While appearing humanoid, Charlie does feature animal-like traits such as fangs and hooves.
Her lips are black and she has rosy red cheeks, which Vivziepop has mentioned taking inspiration from dolls and marionettes. Her eyes have red irises with light yellow sclera and she has thick black eyelashes.
Charlie accessorizes with a small black bowtie and black suspenders, with an untucked white, long-sleeved dress-shirt. Over this she usually wears a fitted red tuxedo jacket with dark-red lapels and a pair of red fitted pants. She wears black and white saddle shoes.
When in her full demon form, a pair of dark-reddish horns protrude from her head while her eyes' sclera turn bright red with white irises and slit pupils.
== Personality ==
Charlie is compassionate and empathetic to a fault, feeling genuine upset at the idea of harm coming to others. Although she isn't unaware that Hell is populated with souls that have committed egregious acts in their living lives, she still views their yearly extermination as a senseless waste and makes it her personal mission to help them avoid it via self-betterment and eventual redemption, something she is seemingly alone in believing is possible.
Charlie's idealism, while setting her apart from many of her hellborn peers, can also make her naïve to many of the harsh realities that appear to stand in the way of her potential success - something her girlfriend, Vaggie, tries to remind her of, only to be cheerfully ignored in favor of a more blinkered, sunny optimism.
This can also cause her to rush headlong into the initial stages of her plans without much preparation (her prompt list before her big news appearance reading only "unicorn kisses, dolphin high fives, sing showtunes = happy ending?").
Charlie has a love for musical theatre, song and dance, and will often convey her emotions and ideas through showtunes and ballads. She appears to take perceived failures hard, as she believes her heartfelt theatrical passion should be enough to bring people over to her way of thinking, and is disheartened when it's not as simple as she imagines. She openly admits during a dejected voicemail to her mother that she doesn't actually know what she is doing, or how to make her plan for reforming sinners work in practice.
Despite being sweet and lacking 'street-smarts', this doesn't make Charlie a pushover or stupid. When people insult her or openly mock her ideals and plans, she has no hesitation in standing up for herself, or even rolling up her sleeves to physically fight back. She is also not above letting a few cuss words slip.
Charlie also displays some grounding in her idealism, understanding that not all demons can be redeemed, or even likely to change for the better. She displays sensible hesitation when confronted with an ambiguous deal from Alastor, the notorious Radio Demon, refusing the shake his hand and using her status to make demands of him (albeit with some sheepishness).
== Powers and Abilities ==
=== Natural Powers ===
* Demonic Transformation ― When going through fits of extreme emotions such as joy or especially anger, Charlie is capable of shifting into a fearsome, stronger, fully demonic form, which she can also turn into at will. Her Full Demon Form allows her to become significantly stronger, faster, and more deadly as a result.
* Immortality ― Due to her demonic and angelic physiology, Charlie cannot die by natural or mortal means, and possesses a potentially infinite lifespan that causes her to age at a significantly slower rate than other species, essentially aging slower the older she becomes. She has existed for over 2,000 years chronologically, but has retained a youthful appearance regardless. As the daughter of Lucifer, she is also immune to angelic weaponry, including blessed firearms and angelic blades. She is also extremely durable and resilient to many types of physical or magical harm, outside of the power of celestial/divine magic.
** Oxygen Independence ― She does not require oxygen to live.
** Regeneration ― Charlie can regenerate from wounds of any severity as long as they were not caused by an angelic weapon, this includes losing her limbs.
** Nigh-Invulnerability ― Charlie is able to take a decent amount of damage before being actually harmed.
* Thermal Resistance ― Like all demons, Charlie can easily survive temperatures that would kill a human. She is virtually immune to fire.
* Pyrokinesis ― Charlie is able to summon fire at will while in any form. The pyrotechnics shown during "I'm Always Chasing Rainbows" were summoned from the palm of her hand. She can later be seen using it again (albeit offscreen) to set Tom Trench on fire during her brawl at 666 News.
* Demonic Magic ― Being the daughter of Lucifer, Charlie can access powerful magic that is exclusive to the higher-ranking demons.
=== Unique Powers ===
* Demonic / Angelic Power ― As the daughter of the first demon and the most powerful archangel to have ever existed, Charlie was born with power that most demons could never even hope to achieve, with the potential to possibly exceed her father in terms of sheer strength. Her power ranks her above even the strongest of Hell's demons, including the likes of the Ars Goetia and all Overlords, and surpassing that of her mother and the Seven Deadly Sins, making her the most powerful demon in all creation.
** Anger Empowerment ― Charlie's powers are vastly enhanced through anger and can be indirectly triggered through her outbursts, though anger is quite a rare emotion for her to come by.
** Atmokinesis ― Charlie is capable of altering the weather in her immediate area to her liking, but often in a way that depends on her mood, such as making it sunny and clear whenever she is in a joyful mood, or making it rain whenever she is sad. Vaggie and Ara even mention that they knew Charlie was upset because it was raining around the Hazbin Hotel.
*** Cloud Generation ― Charlie is capable of generating clouds from nothing, as shown during "Inside of Every Demon is a Rainbow".
*** Rainbow Generation ― Charlie can produce streams of rainbows from her hands, behind her, or even from her eyeballs, which she typically does when experiencing moments of intense joy.
** Body Manipulation ― Similar to the Seven Deadly Sins, Charlie possesses the ability to change the size of her body at will, enabling her to both increase or decrease her overall size and manipulate the lengths or size of her limbs.
** Cloudwalking ― As a half-angel, Charlie is capable of walking and riding on top of clouds as if they were a solid object, as seen during "Inside of Every Demon is a Rainbow".
** Creation ― Having presumably inherited the ability from her father, Charlie is shown to be immensely skilled in creation magic. This allows her to casually spawn and conjure objects from nothing, and even allows her to create entire landscapes effortlessly. Before singing about the Hazbin Hotel on the 666 News, she created a piano for Razzle and Dazzle to play with by simply snapping her fingers, as well as spawning rose petals from her hand. During "Inside of Every Demon is a Rainbow", she spawned cotton candy, and even seemingly a living demonic puppy from out of nowhere, and effortlessly created an entire candy-covered landscape out of nowhere with no effort. While brainstorming ideas for the Hazbin Hotel with Alastor, Charlie created party streamers, confetti, balloons, and turned the interior of the hotel into something of a child's funhouse, although all of these changes were almost immediately reverted by Alastor.
*** Weapon Manifestation ― Charlie can spawn seemingly any weapon of her choice, allowing them to materialize from her flames, as shown when she spawned a giant mallet as well as a pitchfork.
** Hellfire Resistance ― Charlie is one of the few demons in existence who is immune to magical hellfire, the only other being Lilith. While brawling with Helsa at Hell School, she set Hellsa's hair-tentacles on fire in order to escape the Princess of Envy's constrictive grasp, before grabbing the envious princess' flaming head of hair and slamming her overhead and into the ground, unaffected by her own flames. She is, however, not immune to the holy flames angels are capable of conjuring.
** Photokinesis ― Being a half-angel, Charlie possesses the remarkable ability of advanced holy light manipulation. She can craft structures from condensed photons, and when she becomes deeply impassioned during a speech, she emits a radiant golden light, effectively conveying the intensity of her emotions through her words.
** Portal Creation ― Charlie can summon portals that allow her to travel to different locations across Hell and Heaven.
** Possession ― Charlie has the ability to inhabit the bodies of sinners and other demonic entities through spiritual means. When taking over the bodies of these sinners, she can fully utilize her demonic powers without being confined to her possessee's original forms.
** Reality Warping ― Charlie is capable of shifting and bending her surroundings to her liking, sometimes directly, sometimes indirectly. When pitching the Hazbin Hotel on the 666 News, she casually warped a skybox and numerous clouds into existence and created a candy and ice cream-covered landscape to visualize her idea of Heaven to sinners. Later, while brainstorming ideas to improve the Hazbin Hotel with Alastor, Charlie completely warped the entire interior of the hotel into something of a child's funhouse, although these changes were quickly reverted by Alastor. She is also capable of indirectly distorting reality around her through her outbursts, especially in her Full Demon Form. She was also able reverted Alastor's changing of the hotel's sign from "Happy" to "Hazbin", although this change was also reverted by Alastor.
** Summoning ― Charlie can instantly transport people and objects directly to her using hand gestures, such as a snap of her fingers or clap of her hands, as shown by her ability to summon Razzle and Dazzle to her side to have them carry out certain tasks for her.
** Supernatural Strength ― Charlie has demonstrated impressive feats of strength, especially in her Full Demon Form. When she was getting frustrated during a sports game at Hell School, she entered her Full Demon Form and stomped on the ground with such force that it created a giant split in the ground that the entire school nearly fell into.
=== Abilities ===
* Multilingualism ― Charlie speaks fluent English and is said to also be able to fluently speak the Demonic languages she grew up learning.
* Hand-to-Hand Combat ― As demonstrated in the Hazbin Hotel pilot, Charlie is able to hold her own when in hand-to-hand fighting. She did not hesitate to engage in a round of fisticuffs with antagonistic news caster, Katie Killjoy.
* Musical Talent ― Charlie is considered a very talented singer, even outside of the show's non-diegetic musical numbers.. She can also play the piano.
* Dancing ― In addition to her musical abilities, Charlie is also a skilled dancer and a fast-learner, as shown in "Alastor's Reprise" wherein she dances perfectly in sync to Alastor's steps. Charlie's personal style of dance is tap-dancing. It's something she can do very well.
* Animal Empathy ― Charlie's purity has allowed her to gain a connection to demonic animals of various size and forms. Often, they grow attached to her and, in essence, become her allies. Her connection with animals even at times allows her to, in a manner of speaking, communicate with them, allowing her to understand their thoughts and intentions.
* Authority ― As the princess of Hell and heir apparent to Lucifer's throne, Charlie possesses supreme authority over Hell's seven rings and has dominion over all of their inhabitants, this includes the Overlords, the Seven Deadly Sins, and the Ars Goetia, with the only exceptions to her authority being her parents. Despite the power she possesses over them, most of Hell's denizens have no actual respect for Charlie or her authority, and frequently ridicule her with no sense of fear, as they are aware that she is too kind hearted to extort them into doing anything. That said, Charlie has used her position to her advantage, such as when she ordered Alastor to help the hotel as long as he wanted, as disobeying an order from the Morningstar family is a crime punishable by death in Hell, although the princess was certainly not going to have Alastor punished even if he refused to obey her. However, Charlie's authority has certain limits; her mother and father are capable of overriding her control and laws if they so wish.
* Intimidation ― Despite her bubbly deposition, Charlie can be surprisingly intimidating at times when she taps into her demonic side, although these rare moments often occur accidentally and without her knowledge. For example, during "Inside of Every Demon is a Rainbow", she briefly shifted into her Full Demon Form, which caused the onlooking sinners to back away with visible looks of shock, and when the song concluded, Katie Killjoy was seen leaning as far away from the princess as she could. Later, when aggravated by Vaggie and Angel Dust's constant fighting, Charlie yelled at the two sinners to stop fighting in a demonic voice while sporting her demonic horns, which caused the two to stop and back away from each while looking at Charlie in shock. Additionally, the more experienced and "in-the-know" sinners and demons either fear Charlie or respect her (or pretend to respect her), since they are aware of her incredible power and that she is essentially the Anti-Christ.
* Natural Weaponry ― Charlie has sharp nails, fangs, and, in her Full Demon Form, horns which she can utilize as offensive weapons.
* Social Influence ― Charlie's tirelessly heroic efforts to better Hell has earned her a lot of admiration from those she has helped, such as Angel Dust, Husk, Ara, and Crymini, giving them hope for the possibility of redemption and a better version of Hell.
* Compassion ― Charlie is an extremely compassionate and kind person, evidenced in how they encourage Ara to open up about his childhood trauma and encourage Angel to work on getting his soul back from Valentino.
* Willpower ― Charlie possesses a nigh-indomitable amount of will, and is able to push herself through many hardships to further her dream of making Hell a better place. She has continued to run the Hazbin Hotel despite near-universal mockery from Hell's denizens. That said, Charlie's willpower is not absolute, and she is capable of becoming disheartened, which has happened several times.
=== Weaknesses ===
* Archangel Weaponry ― Though her father's heritage grants her immunity to angelic weapons, archangel weapons could certainly do fatal damage to Charlie.
* Impulsiveness ― Charlie has the tendency to rush into things without making a plan and has a somewhat reckless impulsive streak. She also will go out of her way to help the seemingly helpless, opening the door for others potentially manipulate her. While pitching the Happy Hotel on the 666 News, she decided to sing about the hotel despite being repeatedly advised not to by Vaggie, which made practically everyone listening turn on her idea.
== Songs ==
=== Season 0 ===
* I'm Always Chasing Rainbows ― Solo; Season 0, Episode 1 - That's Entertainment!
* Inside of Every Demon is a Rainbow ― Solo; Season 0, Episode 1 - That's Entertainment!
* Hell 2 Heaven ― Duet with Alastor; Between "That's Entertainment!" and "Overture"
* We're Sure to Drown ― Duet with Husk; Between "Hell 2 Heaven" and "Overture"
=== Season 1 ===
* Happy Day in Hell ― Solo (with Vaggie, Angel, and Background Demons); Season 1, Episode 1 - Overture
* Hell is Forever ― Background Lines; Season 1, Episode 1 - Overture
* It Starts With Sorry ― Duet with Sir Pentious (with Angel and Vaggie); Season 1, Episode 2 - Radio Killed the Video Star
* More Than Anything ― Duet with Lucifer; Season 1, Episode 6 - Dad Beat Dad
* You Didn't Know ― Group Song with Emily, Sera, Vaggie, Adam, and Lute; Season 1, Episode 7 - Welcome to Heaven
* Ready For This ― Group Song with Alastor, Rosie, and Cannibal Town Demons; Season 1, Episode 8 - Hello Rosie!
* More Than Anything (Reprise) ― Duet with Vaggie; Season 1, Episode 9 - The Show Must Go On
* Finale ― Group Song with Ara, Lucifer, Vaggie, Angel, Niffty, Husk, Vox, Valentino, and Alastor; Season 1, Episode 9 - The Show Must Go On
== Character Playlist ==
# Happy Day in Hell - Hazbin Hotel
# Hey Look Ma, I Made It - Panic! At The Disco
# GRRRLS - AViVA
# Inside of Every Demon is a Rainbow - Hazbin Hotel
# A Million Dreams - The Greatest Showman
# I'm Always Chasing Rainbows - Hazbin Hotel
# Everybody Wants To Rule The World - Tears For Fears
# Uptown Girl - Billy Joel
# Bloody Mary - Lady Gaga
# My Shot - Hamilton
# Heart Attack - Chuu
# Love Me Like This - NMIXX
# POP! - Nayeon
# Forever 1 - Girls' Generation
# Young Luv - STAYC
# Stay Tonight - Chungha
# Love Fool - STAYC
# You Better Know - Red Velvet
# Wait For It - Hamilton
# we fell in love in october - girl in red
# Are You Satisfied? - MARINA
# All The Things She Said - Poppy
# Almost There - The Princess and the Frog
# Heaven 2 Hell - Hazbin Hotel
# Don't Stop Me Now - Queen
# Princesses Don't Cry - CARYS
# Devils Don't Fly - Natalia Kills
# I Bet on Losing Dogs - Mitski
# Peace and Love on the Planet Earth - Steven Universe
# You Didn't Know - Hazbin Hotel
# Ready For This - Hazbin Hotel
# Dead Girls - Penelope Scott
# Sunshine, Lollipops and Rainbows - Lesley Gore
# Hermit the Frog - MARINA
# The Family Jewels - MARINA
# Fine - Lemon Demon
# Sweet Hibiscus Tea - Penelope Scott
# The Contortionist - Melanie Martinez
# Powder - Melanie Martinez
# Island Song (Come Along With Me) - Adventure Time
# Change Your Mind - Steven Universe
# Girls - MARINA
# Meteor Shower - Cavetown
# Soldier, Poet, King - The Oh Hellos
# I Can't Fix You - The Living Tombstone
# Sports - Beach Bunny
# Lemon Boy - Cavetown
# Bisexual - GRLwood
# Cry Baby - Melanie Martinez
# Thumbs - Sabrina Carpenter
# Waiting on a Miracle - Encanto
# Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God) - Kate Bush
# Talk Too Much - COIN
# space girl - Frances Forever
== Trivia ==
* Charlie's first and middle names are a play on "Charlemagne", the first emperor of Rome. Additionally, her last name, Morningstar, refers to Lucifer's original name in the Bible before falling to Hell.
** Her and Vaggie's shared Sinstagram account is also a play on "Hotel Management".
* Charlie is 6'6".
* Charlie's birthday is October 28th, 477 BC.
** This makes her a Scorpio.
* Her theme song would either be "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" by Judy Garland, "Don't Rain on my Parade" from Funny Girl, or "I See Stars" from the Mean Girls Broadway musical.
* Aside from Razzle and Dazzle, Charlie is the only member out of the main cast who is a Hellborn demon, and therefore not previously human.
* Charlie occasionally emits a squeaky sound when characters physically interact with her, like a squeaky toy. Furthermore, when her excitement reaches its peak, she adopts a bouncing and squeaking demeanor, accentuating her joyful and animated disposition.
* She used to babysit Octavia for Stella and Stolas.
* Charlie has goat hooves as opposed to human feet.
* Charlie's personality type is ENFP.
* Charlie's lips are naturally black.
* Along with Lilith, Ara, and Alastor, Charlie is a fan of pineapple on pizza.
* Charlie's Hogwarts House is Hufflepuff.
* Charlie's Godly Parent is Hades.
* Charlie is the only character in the main cast who is a native hellborn demon, and therefore, not having been previously human.
* Charlie's design is inspired by Vaudeville-style porcelain dolls, puppets, marionette-type things, and to a lesser extent goats. Vivziepop described Charlie's nose as being like a lamb or puppy dog, that looks very animal-like from the side, even though her character is mostly humanoid/marionette.
** On December 15, 2023, Vivziepop explained that Charlie is not a goat but does have hooves, and added that she was going for a Satyr vibe because Satyr legs have been associated with demons for a long time.
*According to the "Clocktower Countdown to Premiere" livestream, Charlie's demeanor was heavily inspired by Leslie Knope from Parks and Rec.
*Charlie apparently does not have human shaped ears.
*According to Vivziepop, Charlie sees something magical in the idea of being human. She sees it as a kind of incubation stage where they have the choice whether they go to hell or heaven. She has a very fantastical idea of what humanity is, as far as its flaws are concerned, and she likes humans, despite never having ever seen one.
*Vivziepop stated that Charlie would like books that have happy endings and strong characters, specifically young adult adventure books.
*Despite Charlie's position as royalty in Hell, nobody within the sinner area of Hell respects her or her family. Dave Capdevielle explains this as there being a lack of consequences or incentive for sinners to show anyone respect, describing their view of Charlie as being like "a Disney princess". Vivziepop agrees with this assessment, adding that the royals theoretically should be respected, but that they're ruling over a group of people who don't currently respect authority, and probably didn't respect authority when they were alive, combined with Charlie being a completely unintimidating person.
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