Charlie Morningstar

Charlotte Morningstar, more commonly known as Charlie, is the Hellborn princess of Hell, the founder of the Happy Hotel, and the main protagonist of Hazbin Hotel.
The daughter of Lucifer Morningstar and the estranged queen of Hell, Lilith, Charlie wants to do right by her kingdom and find a way to redeem Sinners into Heaven through rehabilitation at the Hazbin Hotel.Prime Video Debuts Teaser of an Original Song and Announces Main Cast for Hazbin Hotel at New York Comic Con Prime Video press release
==Appearance==
Charlie is a tall and slim-built white-skinned hellborn demon, standing at over 6 foot, around 6 and a half feet tall. She has long, ankle-length blonde hair with thin light coral streaks on the paler-blonde highlights, which is usually tied into a twice-banded low-ponytail by two black hair ties. Her hair also features bangs that are flipped to the left side and ends with a curl.
Her eyes sport light yellow sclera and red pupils, and have thick eyelashes and gray eyelids. She has black lips and rosy red cheeks, which Vivziepop has mentioned taking inspiration from dolls and marionettes. Charlie features animal-like traits, such as red-toed hooves,Tweet by Vivziepop about Charlie's hoovsiesTweet by Vivziepop about Charlie's hooves fangs in her mouth, and a black animal-like nose. Her fingernails are black and pointed.
Charlie wears a red tuxedo-jacket with darker red lapels and a small white tag located on the left side. She wears this over an untucked, long-sleeved, high-collared white dress-shirt that has two black buttons and dark red cuffs, worn with black suspenders and a small black bowtie. Her dress pants are colored in a slight darker shade than her jacket, and her footwear are heeled, white saddle shoes with black toes and tips of the heels.
===Full Demon===
When in her full demon form, a pair of dark maroon horns protrude from her head, and her eyes change to have red sclera with white irises and slit pupils; thin black streaks also appear across each eye. Her eyelashes become much longer and thicker, resembling butterfly wings.
Her fingers turn mostly black and become sharp and claw-like. She also gains a long black demonic tail with spikes and a triangular tip with a red heart on the center.
In order to block Adam's punch, Charlie's arm became large, dark red and demonic with light red markings and longer black fingers.
===Pilot===
In the pilot, Charlie's hair was instead kept into a low-loose ponytail, her cheeks were a paler shade of red, and her eyes sported black pupils.
Her jacket instead was a pale red with black lapels, her dress-shirt included black cuffs, and her pants were black with pale red cuffs and two light yellow buttons located at the waist.
==Personality==
Charlie is compassionate and empathetic to a fault, feeling genuinely 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. Swearing is also something that's generally not part of her vocabulary and she doesn't cuss all the time,Charlie will, in fact, be swearing this season but she is 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).
==Abilities==
* Immortality - As demonic royalty, and as mentioned by Adam in "The Show Must Go On", Charlie is biologically immortal, presumably being able to live for a long period of time and only able to be killed by angelic weaponry.
*Demon transformation - Charlie can enter a fearsome, more powerful Demon form.
**Demonic arm - In "The Show Must Go On", Charlie's arm became large and demonic, and with it she blocked Adam's punch with ease.
*Pyrokinesis - Charlie is able to summon fire at will, shown able to erupt flames from the ground, which become a fiery tornado around herself when transforming into her full demon form. She also set Tom Trench on fire (albeit offscreen) during her brawl at 666 News.
**Pyrotechnic generation - The pyrotechnics shown during I'm Always Chasing Rainbows were summoned from the palm of Charlie's hand. She later produced them from her finger against the Exorcists in "The Show Must Go On".
*Glitter generation - Charlie is able to generate glitter from her hands, which she threw at an Exorcist in "The Show Must Go On".
*Demonic magic - Being the daughter of Lucifer, Charlie can access powerful magic that is exclusive to the higher-ranking demons.SURPRISE HAZBIN HOTEL Q and A! PART 2 (2:11:39)
*Sorcery - In the Finale of "The Show Must Go On", Charlie cast a sparkly golden magic which lit up a row of newly installed lights.
*Conjuration - Charlie can summon objects out of thin air, such as her Hazbin Hotel drawings she showed to Adam before he interrupted her. She also summoned a pitchfork in "The Show Must Go On" after transforming into her full demon form.
===Skillset===
*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.VIVZIE STREEM- MONDAYS AMIRITE -#3 (19:55)
*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, something she can do very well.
===Weaponry===
*Shield - An intricately designed shield with Charlie used in "The Show Must Go On". Its design appears themed after Lucifer, being in the shape of an apple colored in red, and having a golden snake in the middle with six golden wings.
*Pitchfork - A pitchfork Charlie conjured after transforming into her full demon form. Its design appears themed after Lucifer, with a golden snake wrapped down the length of it and a red apple at the top.
==Gallery==
*Charlie Morningstar/Gallery
==Concept & Creation==
Charlie was created during Vivziepop's time at the School of Visual Arts college,One Hell of a Show! Checking in with ‘Hazbin Hotel’ Creator Vivienne Medrano and was one of the later additions to the main cast of demon misfits.
In very early proto-drafts of what would eventually become Hazbin Hotel, a red, very steampunk themed character named Charlie was created to act as a kind of "den-mother" to the demon gang that would eventually go on to become the main cast of Hazbin Hotel. The character featured an arm of molten lava that could change into various things.
Vivziepop considers this version of Charlie to be an entirely distinct entity, with a completely disparate design and personality from her current iteration. She was also not the daughter of Lucifer; she was a mortal soul, who was planned to have died in the 1830s.Dates of pre-Hazbin cast
However, Vivziepop liked the name "Charlie" so much that she transferred it to the new character that now features as the protagonist of the current version of Hazbin Hotel, a character who then changed very little once she entered the cast.VIVZIE STREEM- WE'RE SIX WOOOAHH -#6 (3:14:17)
==Trivia==
*Charlie is the only character in the main cast who is a native hellborn demon, and therefore, not having been previously human.
* When asked if Charlie has a true and full-fledged demon form, or if it only appears when she's extremely angry, Vivziepop said that she does, but would not elaborate further.
*Charlie has been stated to be "a tall girl" and is taller than her father, Lucifer. Not by a large amount, but still notable, with Charlie standing at around 6 feet, or over.VIVZIE STREEM- Test Test -#1 (2:43:49)VIVZIE STREEM- Let's Get it Started HAH -#2 (2:03:10) In a Q&A on January 31, 2024, Vivziepop stated that she is 6 and a half feet tall.Hazbin Hotel Live Q&A with Cast (40:20)
*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.HuniCast - HAZBIN'S FINALLY HERE (2:21:18) 
**On December 15, 2023, Vivziepop explained that Charlie is not a goat but does have hooves, saying because "the devil", and added that she was going for a Satyr vibe because Satyr legs have been associated with demons for a long time.Tweet by Vivziepop about Satyrs and Demons Her hooves are first shown in the episode "Hello Rosie!".
***Despite canonically having hooves, Charlie has been depicted with human-like feet in numerous official Shark Robot Hazbin Hotel merchandise.
*According to the "Clocktower Countdown to Premiere" livestream, Charlie's demeanor was heavily inspired by from .Clocktower Countdown to Premiere | Hazbin Hotel | Prime Video (1:04:42)
*Charlie's lips are naturally black.VIVZIE STREEM- WE'RE SIX WOOOAHH -#6 (24:58)
*Charlie apparently does not have human shaped ears.VIVZIE STREEM- Let's Get it Started HAH -#2 (1:31:16)
*Charlie was confirmed to be bisexual by Vivziepop, who tweeted a doodle she had done for National Coming Out Day featuring Charlie with a bisexual heart. She later tweeted a picture for Bi Pride Day, which featured both Charlie and Moxxie holding bisexual flags.
**Charlie has an ex-boyfriend, Seviathan von Eldritch. She dated him during her hell school years, and he is depicted as taking her to the prom in one of Vivziepop's illustrations of the two.Tweet from Vivziepop He is Helsa's brother, as seen in their family portraits in the background of the hotel.
* Vivziepop has confirmed that Charlie and Vaggie are indeed a canon couple.HAZBIN HOTEL Charity Sketch Request Stream ft. Vivziepop, Cherri Bomb, and Angel Dust! (2:57:21)
**She compares Charlie and Vaggie's relationship to that of Jack Skellington and Sally from The Nightmare Before Christmas.2017 artwork by Vivziepop
**Vivziepop stated that Charlie and Vaggie have known each other for "a very long time".VIVZIE STREEM- WHORES THE LOOK YAM -#8 (24:45) When asked who she thinks fell for the other first (Charlie or Vaggie), Vivziepop stated that she thinks they were really good friends for a while, and it was "kind of a natural progression for them", so she doesn't really know who was in love first, thinking it was a more mutual feeling that developed between them. She also thinks that their becoming a couple happened a fairly long time prior to the events of the Hazbin Hotel pilot, and even before some events that she had planned to occur before the pilot.VIVZIE STREEM- Let's Get it Started HAH -#2 (55:14)
**When asked what kind of things Charlie and Vaggie were doing before opening the hotel, Vivziepop declined to answer, mentioning she would actually love to explore this within the official comics.VIVZIE STREEM- MAMBO No -#5 (54:09) (provided by Multi-tunes)
*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.VIVZIE STEEM - MONDAYS AMIRITE - #3 (1:09:44)
*Vivziepop stated that Charlie would like books that have happy endings and strong characters, specifically young adult adventure books.
* Vivziepop talked about how Charlie's attitude towards the patients of the hotel is to treat them "kind of like children". That she views them as similar to wayward teens who need righting and disciplining, and that her view of the situation is immature. Charlie doesn't take the patients' issues seriously enough, and characters that should be in therapy would simply be given a time-out. Vivziepop said that her answer to Angel's bad behavior would be to try and send him to his room.VIVZIE STREEM-Test Test -#1 (25:55)
*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.VIVZIE STREEM- BEESNEES -#9 (1:07:59)
**Charlie isn't the most mindful of her position on a day-to-day basis and is far too trusting of everyone, causing Vaggie to have to be more on guard for her.VIVZIE STREEM- MONDAYS AMIRITE -#3 (2:43:39) (provided by dollymoon)
*Charlie is said to take very much after her dad.YouTuber Artisim Podcast's Episode 59 (15:38)
*Despite her youthful appearance, it appears that Charlie's age is a matter of question. Although Vivziepop thinks that Charlie does celebrate birthdays with the standard kind of party, she is still unsure of how demon years and time work for someone like Charlie.VIVZIE STREEM- Let's Get it Started HAH -#2 (2:12:13) In a later stream, Vivziepop stated that demons age in "hell years".Helluva Boss Watch Party and Q&A (1:26:55) This may hint that Charlie's biological aging is different from how humans age, although it is unknown if hell years are similar in length to Earth years.
**In one of the Hazbin Hotel pilot teasers, a portrait of the Magne family taken in the year 1871HAZBIN HOTEL- "LET'S MISBEHAVE" -(CLIP)- NOT FOR KIDS (Royal Family portrait) hints that Charlie is decades older than she appears. Although this detail is omitted in the final version of the pilot, Faustisse has corroborated that Charlie is over 200 years old.💖 HAZBIN HOTEL FASHION STREAM for the COMICS!! 💖 (archived). Recorded at 17:46.
*According to Faustisse, both Charlie and her mother, alongside Alastor, are fans of pineapple on pizza.💖 Inking the Hazbin Hotel ALASTOR Comic💖 (archived). Recorded at 3:36:09.
*According to Dave Capdevielle, if he were to describe Charlie with a My Chemical Romance song, it would be "Sing".HuniCast - Happy Halloween Month! (17:13)
* Charlie makes a cameo in an episode of Too Loud as a small doll.Easter egg nod to Hazbin Hotel in a Too Loud episode According to Vivziepop, this is the first Hazbin Hotel easter egg.Tweet by Viv about first Hazbin Hotel easter egg
*A bootleg plush of Charlie can be seen on Emberlynn's shelf in the Helluva Boss short "Mission: Weeaboo-boo".
*In an interview, Erika Henningsen explained that in the songs written by Sam Haft and Andrew Underberg the way she sounds as Charlie is like a rebel Disney princess that drops an F-bomb in the middle of the most delightful melody you've ever heard.Sam Haft tweet about Erika's IGN interview
* As seen in "The Show Must Go On", Charlie's arm became large, dark red and demonic with light red markings and black fingers. This is a reference to her original design from ZooPhobia having a similar arm.
*In a mid-2024 interview, Vivziepop confirmed that Charlie and Lucifer Morningstar can travel across the Rings of Hell.Hazbin Hotel Season 2 Interview: Will Helluva Boss Characters Appear? (11:10) (Transcript)
===Development===
*The character of Charlie was created as one of Vivziepop's characters during her time at the School of Visual Arts.One Hell of a Show! Checking in with ‘Hazbin Hotel’ Creator Vivienne Medrano
*In the Hazbin Hotel pilot, Charlie's family name was "Magne". A new last name, or possibly suffix name, for Charlie was announced on February 22, 2022, as "Morningstar". This is likely a reference to her father, Lucifer, whose name is translated as "shining one" or "morning star" by many Biblical scholars.
**Charlie's name in the pilot seems to have been a pun on "Charlemagne", the King of the Franks and the first Holy Roman Emperor, and a play on the translation of "The Great".
***The hotel's (managed by Charlie and Vaggie) now-archived Voxtagram account username "@hotel_magnement" is a pun on the word "hotel management" combined with the former's then-surname, Magne.
*In a stream, Faustisse believed that both Charlie and her father have the ability to summon wings and are capable of flight.This information was given out during the 💖 Designing for the Next HAZBIN HOTEL Comic 💖 stream, which (on upload) has been muted in some parts on upload for playing copyrighted music. The stream's audio was notated by the viewers who watched its original livestream airing, but this cannot be fully verified. This has been showcased by Lucifer but is yet to be seen from Charlie in the series.
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