Balthazor Hellman

Balthazor Hellman is the protagonist of the short lived TBS adult animated series Neighbors from Hell.
== Appearance ==
Balthazor is an overweight demon, with green skin, pointy ears, fangs, yellow sclera on his eyes and red iris. He has a short black hairstyle that is shaped like small horns.
His appearance varies whenever he is on Earth or Hell. If he is in Hell, he has a mustache, his hair horns are longer (as well as actual, red horns coming out of his forehead), and he has goat legs and a pointy tail. His torturer uniform consists of a black trench coat with short sleeves (with no shirt underneath, exposing his chest hair), brown khakis and a belt with a round, golden buckle on it, as well as black metal wristcuffs. Most of this outfit is full of holes and tatters.
On Earth, he wears a brown coat with long sleeves, with a dress shirt underneath it, which also has a bolo tie hanging from his collar and a pocket for pens. His khakis are lighter and less tattered, but he keeps the belt. He wears a pair of cowboy boots, since he has regular human legs on his Earth form, as well as hiding his tail. His overall Earth appearance mimics a cowboy sheriff, which fits the show's setting in Texas.
== Personality ==
Despite have lived in Hell his whole life, and having a job as a torturer, Balthazor is a very cheerful and friendly guy, with his favorite pass times being watching TV (which is illegal in Hell if it's not used for torture) and hanging out with his family. He is shown to be a bit naive, as he assumes that the humans in the sitcoms he watches frequently are the same as the ones he has to live with on Earth. However, once him and his family get to Earth, they find out that most humans are disgusting, immoral creatures that mistreat one another on a regular basis (which sums up the population in Hell perfectly), causing the guy to be delusioned.
Due to his "nice-guy" attitude, Balthazor has a hard time standing up for himself, which causes him to be pushed around pretty often (mostly by his Earth boss, Don Killbride, and his Hell boss, Satan himself) and gets really upset by insults about his weight or intelligence. Also, like a typical cartoon father, he is not except of making stupid decisions, such as trusting the wrong people, and once he gets in trouble, he wonders how could have been so dumb.
He's considered the "life of the party" by his close family, as he tries his hardest to make any problems look fun to solve, with varying results. Unfortunately, his dedication to his family can sometimes be his undoing, since they more often than not interfere with their own problems on Earth, and Balthazor has to choose between helping them or continuing with his mission, and often chooses the former, which causes him to getting much farther away from his goals.
However, since he is a demon, Balthazor can actually get into shady businesses if he wants to. He mostly acts like a cold, sadistic creep while having a little time with his victims, although he drops that as soon as the job is done, so he returns to his childishly cheerful self. He is also shown to have a limit for how much he can be pushed around, as he continuously beat up Tina's condescending father when the old man stated that he was a loser "just like his father", to the point where he tried to drown him on a fountain, although Balthazor's relationship with his side of the family was never expanded upon before the series cancellation.
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