Mission: Antarctica

Mission: Antarctica is the second episode of Helluva Shorts. It premiered on Vivziepop's YouTube channel on July 31, 2024.
==Synopsis==
:IMP MISSION: ANTARCTICA
==Plot==
The episode begins with Blitzo, Moxxie and Millie arriving to Antarctica through a portal, having a target on an unknown "man-eating beast" who killed the client. Having been told that the beast is near the research station, they head inside and discover the dead bodies of the research crew.
Shortly afterwards, they hear a roar and spot a very large leopard seal outside, which Blitzo assumes is the culprit, before it charges towards them, seemingly with the intent to kill them. Blitzo's bullets fail to stop the seal, but Moxxie manages to blow its head off with his rifle. Believing they killed the target, I.M.P celebrates, until Millie notices bite marks on the seal, and hypothesizes that the seal may have been running from something else.
Moxxie then spots a bloodstained penguin on a high cliff, and is ordered to kill it by Blitzo, only for a whole waddle of penguins to show up. The latter wonder who the imps are, until one calls them slurs (in penguin language) before giving chase. I.M.P barricade themselves inside the research station, with the huddle trying to get in, still saying slurs. Eager to flee, Blitzo tries to make the Asmodean Crystal on his wrist work, but fails. Millie tells him that because the crystal is from Lust, he must "caress" it, which means using his tongue, which Blitzo fails to do as well. Growing impatient, Moxxie decides to do it himself in a very drawn-out and awkward manner, which makes Blitzo blush, and the portal opens.
Once through the portal, Millie spots a gas canister. She lights a match and throws the matchbox back through, causing the research facility to explode, killing most of the colony. The sole surviving penguin then curses out I.M.P as the episode ends.
==Features==
===Characters===
*Employees of I.M.P
**Blitzo
**Moxxie
**Millie
===Locations===
*Hell
**Pride Ring
***Imp City
****I.M.P Headquarters
**Wrath Ring (mentioned)
**Lust Ring (mentioned)
*Earth
**Antarctica (debut)
***McMurdo Station (mentioned)
***Research station
===Objects===
*Asmodean Crystal
==Trivia==
*This short shows how Blitzo uses the Asmodean Crystal, however, Moxxie is the one to successfully activate it.
**As shown, due to their origin from the Lust Ring, Asmodean Crystals need a special way to be activated (being it through caresses and/or through licking) and the user must not force it to work (likely referencing Asmodeus' perspective towards forceful lust).
*At the beginning of the short, it shows a picture of the research station in Antarctica on Blitzo's desk.
===Cultural References===
*The episode's setting, Antarctica, and the plot involving a beast hunting down scientists are likely a nod to the 1982 sci-fi horror film, .
*When Blitzo says "It's like ten (penguins)", this could be a reference to Patrick Star saying something similar in the SpongeBob SquarePants episode, "The Lost Mattress".
*It's possible that the title of the short is a reference to the spy film series Mission: Impossible.
*This episode could be a reference to classic where it involves killer animals as the antagonists (in this case, penguins).
===Continuity===
*Inside Blitzo's desk, the same two toys that Blitzo made of Moxxie and Millie from "Loo Loo Land" are seen.
*Before Moxxie delivers the final blow to the giant leopard seal, an up-close shot of him taking a deep breath and exhaling before firing was shown. This is a nod to the episode "Murder Family", in which Millie was trying to teach him how to calm himself to shoot better.
*Due to Blitzo saying he is "still getting used to" his Asmodean Crystal, this short likely happens soon after "The Full Moon" and "Apology Tour", as the two episodes happen during two consecutive days and he only received the crystal in the former episode.
==Errors==
*Despite the crystal needing to have special activation in this short, that did not seem to be the case in "Unhappy Campers".
==Transcript==
View the episode's transcript here.
==Gallery==
*Mission: Antarctica/Gallery
==Video==
HELLUVA SHORTS 2 -- MISSION- ANTARCTICA -- HELLUVA BOSS
==References==
pl:Mission: Antarctica
ru:Миссия: Антарктида
Category:Helluva Shorts episodes