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| “ | Crimson: There he is! There's my boy! Get over here and give your daddy a hug! Blitzø and Millie: Daddy!? Crimson: I only let Moxxie call me that... Unless ya pay me! (Laughs) |
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| ~ Crimson introducing himself to I.M.P. |
| “ | Let this be a lesson, Moxxie. This is what happens when you cross me. | „ |
| ~ Crimson revealing his true nature to his son, Moxxie by showing him the numerous dead bodies of people he's drowned after forcing him to drown demons, including his mother. His most infamous quote. |
Crimson Knolastname is a major antagonist in Season 2 of the adult animated black comedy web series Helluva Boss. He is a crime lord operating in the Greed ring and the arch-nemesis of his son, Moxxie.
Moxxie's abusive father and the tyrannical patriach of the Knolastname Family, he's the oppressive, hot-tempered and psychopathic leader of his unnamed mafia and a vicious and feared crime lord within the Greed Ring of Hell. With his criminal empire on the brink of suffering from a financial collapse, Crimson reached out to I.M.P in order to re-establish connection with Moxxie and force him into marrying Chazwick Thurman in order to inherit his supposed wealth and keep his criminal operations afloat.
After his plans are thwarted, Crimson returns by teaming up with Striker to kidnap Blitzo and Fizzarolli, trying to blackmail Asmodeus into making a deal that will give Crimson wealth. But his plans were once again foiled, and his current status is unknown.
Just like his son, he is voiced by Richard Steven Horvitz, who also voiced Zim in Invader Zim, Kaos in the Skylanders franchise, Dr. Chipotle Jr. in El Tigre, Daggett Beaver from The Angry Beavers, Sheshou in Mulan, Aviarius in Kim Possible, Stuart Zurgo in Ratchet & Clank: Full Frontal Assault, and the Monster Convict from Superjail!.
Biography[]
Backstory[]
Crimson at some point in his life became the leader of a mafia family in the Ring of Greed, and married an unnamed woman and had a son named Moxxie. However, because of how fragile and insecure Moxxie was, Crimson felt contempt for his personality. His mother trained Moxxie from his childhood to know how to shoot.
One day, he tried to convince Moxxie to kill a demon he had tied up, but his wife stopped him, which would later caused them to have an argument which ended with Crimson slapping his wife before she left. Crimson would then tie a male demon and put a bag on his face before bringing both him and Moxxie to a river, where he used to kill his enemies by drowning them.
After he forced Moxxie to kill the unnamed demon, Crimson threatened his son into remembering it, as that fate happens to everyone who crosses him: including his own wife, as her shoe is seen floating in the sea. Because of his actions, Moxxie would decide to leave his family and would later start working for the I.M.P after he met Blitzo while he was imprisoned for robbing a bank with his soon-to-be EX boyfriend, Chaz.
"Exes and Oohs”[]
One day, Moxxie's former boyfriend Chazwick Thurman would lie to him about being rich so he could get in his crime family, which Crimson accepted, as he was in need of money to sustain his operations. He would then contact Blitzo to bring IMP (including his son, Moxxie) to his house to meet him. Crimson would then tell them about how Chazwick would become a new member of his family, and during this, Moxxie talked back at his father. After the rest of the I.M.P and Chaz left, Crimson threatened Moxxie that if he talked back to him again, he would kill him and Millie.
The next day, Crimson would tell Moxxie that he would marry Chaz, but when Moxxie refused and finally stood up to him, Crimson had his henchman tase him to unconsciousness, and would bring him to his backyard to have him officially married to Chaz, but Millie kills his henchmen and saves Moxxie.
Blitzo would then tell Crimson that Chaz lied to him about his money before leaving, which would lead to Crimson to brutally kill Chaz offscreen. Crimson is later seen putting Chaz's jaw in his chair as decoration and throws a knife at a picture of Moxxie, vowing revenge on him and all of I.M.P for crossing him and getting away with it.
"Oops"[]
Eventually, Crimson has an interview with Striker, who seeks to join his gang. In response, Crimson tells him to bring something of value, which Striker responds by lassoing Fizzarolli and Blitzo whom he noticed outside. Interested, Crimson has a message sent to Asmodeus with intent on holding Fizz for ransom.
While Ozzy works on the paperwork with Stolas there to ensure that he doesn't make the mistake of signing anything that would keep him from actually getting Fizz back, Crimson has Fizz and Blitzo put in a cage. However, the two manage to escape, prompting Crimson to send his men and Striker to capture them. With the danger they are in, Blitzo convinces Fizz to put on a distraction while he work on creating an escape for them through a window.
Blitzo blows the base up with Crimson and his men inside, ending his criminal reign and indirectly avenging Moxxie's mother for good. Despite being crushed in the building alongside his mafia, Crimson's fate is currently unknown, but Striker's survival of the building's destruction could be an indication that Crimson is still alive too.
"Mission: Whacked Off"[]
Although Crimson doesn't appear in the episode, his impact on Moxxie is still made clear as when Moxxie is tasked with killing the son of a mob boss, he feels he can relate to Paulie and attempts to fake his death to get him out of the crime life, believing Luigi to be exactly like Crimson.
When Luigi reveals himself willing to sacrifice himself to protect Paulie, it gets Moxxie to realize that even though Crimson was a mobster, he didn't have to be a horrible person, and that, even if latter wasn't a mobster, Crimson would still likely would not have been a good parent.
Personality[]
| “ | Next time, just tell me if your dad is a psychopath - I can handle it. | „ |
| ~ Millie describing Crimson to Moxxie. |
Crimson is a charismatic person who first acts polite towards the members of the I.M.P., particularly Millie. However, when he's all alone with Moxxie, it's revealed why the latter fears him so much, as he was abusive towards him since his childhood, and forced him to kill a random imp to teach him a lesson about what happened to those who were against him. He is also very deceptive, as seen with his manipulation of Blitzo, acting like a charming and civil figure at first, only to reveal his brutal and ruthless nature behind closed doors.
Crimson appears to resent his son a great deal, being extremely angered, offended, and even hurt by Moxxie having left his family, seeing this act as his son believing that he’s too good for them. He was willing to force his son to marry Chaz in order for their family to receive the latter’s money (which it turns out Chaz lied about), not caring about Moxxie already being married or his feelings on the matter, stating that this was for Moxxie to finally be useful to his family.
He also is homophobic, as he rudely believes that Moxxie would like a room filled with dildos, and failed to see him being bisexual as different to being completely homosexual. Crimson is also a sexist, as he questions how Millie is capable of killing his henchmen due to her being a woman. While he did show politeness towards her when she first arrived, he rudely calls her a "broad" and thinks that she shouldn’t stand any chance at all against his henchmen, who are all male. Crimson also shows little to no tolerance towards failure or betrayal, as he yelled at his henchmen for failing to kill Millie, and killed Chaz for lying about being rich.
As Millie correctly described him, Crimson was a psychopath to the core. His track records — the shady examples that he tries to crush the foot of his wife for helping Moxxie cut up his meal, forced his son to kill imps to try to integrate him into his mafia, slapped his wife in an argument and drowned her to make her forget, but he also slapped Moxxie for leaving his family and never coming back and forcing Moxxie to marry Chaz (unaware that his son married Millie) for money — coupled with aforementioned homophobia ultimately painted him as a poor parental figure worse than even Stella and one of the most dangerous and depraved enemies I.M.P ever faced.
His only weakness is his arrogance, after not seeing his son a second time, he hires Striker to integrate him into his mafia after capturing Blitzo and Fizzarolli during an argument, which led Asmodeus into a rage breakdown for putting Fizzarolli in danger to sell his company in the Circle of Lust by one of his lawyers that his plan to sell his company will lead to his downfall that even Blitzo and Fizzarolli escape from the warehouse by bringing it down to have him and his mafia (except Striker) crushed as well-deserved defeat.
Trivia[]
- His dining room contains, among other pictures, one of himself and a demon version of Vito Corleone.
- Unlike Joe and Lin (Millie and Sallie's parents), Crimson does not possess any honorable qualities, since he forced his son to kills a demon and drown his wife, slapped Moxxie for separating from his family, and attempted to force him to marry Chaz (while he married Millie in order to have a better life). This makes Crimson not only the worst father in the animated series, but also one of the darkest (and also most hated) antagonists from the Helluva Boss series after Striker. He is also one of the reason why Moxxie is so paranoid and insecure.
External Links[]
- Crimson on the Hazbin Hotel Wiki
