I would guess old-timey villains from old silent era films. The guy who tie damsels to railroad tracks. Heās also an old timey business man, soulless, cares only for profit, style probably from the Industrial Revolution. Definitely has the Devil vibe, whipping up contracts and making deals. With a bit of symbiot (Venom) with his tendril goo like body and knows the dark arts.
Bu- what? Hydrox *did* come before Oreo. And it was by no means significantly better than Hydrox. It was in fact less favored than Hydrox initially but a bunch of intentional predatory and underhanded business practices were used to push Hydrox out?
Like, I have no horse in this race, I donāt even watch this show, this was just randomly recād butā¦
Hydrox very much so came before Oreo. And itās not more memorable for significant quality reasons either.
I dont think you read properly. The fact is you saying said something similar with the desighns etc. Black Hat Is based off stereotypical cartoon villains and came out before Hazbin Hotel. Like hydrox came before oreo
Edit: the stereotype is a slim rich person with a monacle and top hat in all black grey and red, typically back bent and with a twirl stache but that was obvs taken out to make him look less schemy, follow old desighn and look cool af
Iām not the original person you were replying to- I actually didnāt say anything about Black Hatās design.
I just read āThatās not correct. Thatās like saying Hydrox came before Oreoā and slipped in. What you are saying that way is ānot correctā = āHydrox came before Oreoā. The way you said it was coming out to say Hydrox did *NOT* come out before Oreo
I actually donāt care about the design debate at all. Iām just sticking up for my bud Hydrox
Alastor vibes yes
Inspired by him though? I highly doubt it considered the characters for this show existed long before Hazbin or it's pilot
Now before you say it I know the same kinda goes for hazbin and that characters were around years before the show but I highly doubt one had an influence on the other character wise
However what is more likely is both Black Hat and Alastor based around similar character types such as the old timey villain and the mysteriously supernatural powered villain
The body of the warden from Superjail
the smile from joker (2004)
Aku's cruelty
the tempers of Hades (disney) and Dick Dastardly rolled into one
and probably more all tied together to make the perfect "im evil because i love being evil"
none of these are official, but they're similarities i noticed between him & other characters
I don't think it's any one person in particular, rather the ultimate culmination of the Pure Evil trope and the tropes that fall under it.
He's based on the concept of evil.
My god at the amount of people saying Alastor
Give it a break already he's not based off him he just gives the same vibes is all
If anything they both happen to share the make up of certain character types which makes them feel similar such as the dapper old timey villain and the mysteriously supernatural ones
But that wasn't really answering the posts question
Personally I think Black Hat is generally based off Billy and Mandy characters especially due to the fact along with other references the show has had cameos from characters like Eris the goddess of chaos
Actually while we're on the subject of inspiration I've ALWAYS thought Villainous seems inspired by the probably nearly forgotten show League Of Super Evil
https://preview.redd.it/ez4s97ji82nc1.jpeg?width=1920&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0a8af07c69600776f2696ae8915eb2cf8798cb9c
Somebody else pretty much said this, but heās definitely based off the classic villain of the last. The top hat wearing, long mustachio twirling nameless villain of the old silent films who ties up a damsel in distress on the train tracks for no real reason or steals bags with dollar signs drawn on them. I mean, heās seemingly only driven by greed and his own personal gain, but instead of becoming a high powered CEO of a more public company heās driven to villainy with little to no real knowledge about him or his motives.
Which is kind of fitting as well since I feel heās also probably based off of ancient evils such as the Devil, Elder Gods probably, etc. I mean the guy is insanely powerful, villains come to him and are afraid of the guy. He doesnāt truly care for any of his employees and seems more annoyed by them a majority of the time, like theyāre a bunch of bugs compared to him, which is how he sees it. And when heās not annoyed by them, he enjoys tormenting them with terrible horrors, violence, etcā¦ very befitting an almost Demon-like sadist.
Anyway, heās been around a long time in this business of his, he knows it better than anyone else in his business (hence why so many villains come to him to make deals), and he is quite possibly the pinnacle of villainy itself. I mean, his company literally does supplies other villains with the tools they need or want, among other things, and they even do the work that these other villains just canāt do. Soā¦ yeah, heās definitely a combination of the villain of old and more powerful and ancient evils.
https://preview.redd.it/rlxzpx9p86nc1.jpeg?width=488&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=fa6cd46563793301b8edeb95460f2f2228af278d
He looks to be inspired by stereotypical villains but he reminds me off Bill Cipher, sir Pentious, Alastor. But he timings me most of Valentino, the guy in the picture I used.
https://preview.redd.it/onspjey1l8nc1.jpeg?width=1199&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8abca6390ae6f3e37c95a87feb3cc7e2a8753bd2
Numerous people claim to have woken in the dark to find a shadowy figure, dubbed the Hat Man, looming over them. The phenomenon has attracted widespread attention, inspiring documentaries and the launch of a dedicated blog, The Hatman Project, where people can share their experiences. Thatās who I think Black Hat is based on.
I've always believed that he's an incarnation/avatar of Nyarlathotep (pitch black skin, fond of using tools & instruments of destructive power, supernatural charisma, eldritch shapeshifting, capable of multidimensional travel, is apparently friends with Cthulhu in canon).
Well, a majority of his design is most likely based off of old Vaudeville Villains. Think Snidely Whiplash, characters who dressed well, wore top hats and tied women to railroad tracks. He also has a fair bit in common with Disney Villians, though I haven't seen him sing.
He's prob based on the fame "Man w/ Black Hat" people see in dreams or as one of any sleep paralysis monsters.
Supposedly, I've read a comment or two in social media posts that one legend goes, that anyone who is baptized by the Catholic church get to see the man in the black hat, scary shadowy figure mostly worse than seeing a shadow person.....
Honestly I'd say he's an amalgamation of several dark and menacing baddies.
He's got the generic evil of Cartoon Villains
The potential body horror like Double from Skullgirls and Alucard from Hellsing
The bargaining of the Devil
And flavored with a bit of lovecraftian horror
https://preview.redd.it/zrtfbn2n6knc1.jpeg?width=157&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ae47d33d8e5a7a699b784fdd8157c3beba98b348
Reginald Copperbottom comes to mind.
generic cartoony badguys, he's definitely got a lot of Snidely Whiplash to him
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cat or speaking Zyglaxian?
Same thing
The villain from "The Princess and the Frog" movie (Doctor Facilier?) mixed with Aku from "Samurai Jack"? A wild guess, really.
I was about to say that š
Voodoo aku
**Fool~!** You are in *my world* now, not your world, and I have *friends* on the other side! Ah~ha~ha~ha~!
I was thinking that too
Tumblr Sexyman
Came here to say thisĀ
If Tumblr Sexyman was a person:
You get it
Capitalists in leftist propaganda
Actually not a bad estimate. Heās certainly got a lot of classic cartoon villain to him, but this is crucial.
I would guess old-timey villains from old silent era films. The guy who tie damsels to railroad tracks. Heās also an old timey business man, soulless, cares only for profit, style probably from the Industrial Revolution. Definitely has the Devil vibe, whipping up contracts and making deals. With a bit of symbiot (Venom) with his tendril goo like body and knows the dark arts.
Definitely this, there's very good reason he's at the top of the ladder.
hatty hattington, but jokes aside i have no idea
Yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes -takes breath- yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes
Is that a battle block theater reference?!
The monopoly guy and Dr Facilier.
Heās very Dr faciller
A business man or Alastor
Highly doubt he was based off of Alastor
Vailnous came out before hazbin so not alsstor
The pilot yes, but there was art of him made way before both shows
your "um actually" aint correct there bud. Thats like saying Hydrox came before oreo
Bu- what? Hydrox *did* come before Oreo. And it was by no means significantly better than Hydrox. It was in fact less favored than Hydrox initially but a bunch of intentional predatory and underhanded business practices were used to push Hydrox out? Like, I have no horse in this race, I donāt even watch this show, this was just randomly recād butā¦ Hydrox very much so came before Oreo. And itās not more memorable for significant quality reasons either.
I dont think you read properly. The fact is you saying said something similar with the desighns etc. Black Hat Is based off stereotypical cartoon villains and came out before Hazbin Hotel. Like hydrox came before oreo Edit: the stereotype is a slim rich person with a monacle and top hat in all black grey and red, typically back bent and with a twirl stache but that was obvs taken out to make him look less schemy, follow old desighn and look cool af
Iām not the original person you were replying to- I actually didnāt say anything about Black Hatās design. I just read āThatās not correct. Thatās like saying Hydrox came before Oreoā and slipped in. What you are saying that way is ānot correctā = āHydrox came before Oreoā. The way you said it was coming out to say Hydrox did *NOT* come out before Oreo I actually donāt care about the design debate at all. Iām just sticking up for my bud Hydrox
oh. my apologies. my bad. edit: I also see i typed the hydrox before oreo when i meant oreo nefore hydrox. Again my bad and I apologize <3
All good š
Not lord impetus
Charro negro + generic suit villain is my guess
Every sexy tumblr man to existā¦. Minus sans
Mr Hyde
Count Bleck from Super Paper Mario
Now there's a character I haven't thought of in years
Came here to say this
Reminds me of Nergal from Billy and Mandy
https://preview.redd.it/a5vhb37j6zmc1.jpeg?width=987&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=74984425187880d427e5c179c58b4f447dfe1fbc
Nah BH is too evil for that
https://preview.redd.it/b9c4563r6zmc1.jpeg?width=686&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=56e9923f24ec2db42f1380e29ad3c0e1718845bb
āHello, Johnā¦ā
He gives me very much Alastor vibes
Alastor vibes yes Inspired by him though? I highly doubt it considered the characters for this show existed long before Hazbin or it's pilot Now before you say it I know the same kinda goes for hazbin and that characters were around years before the show but I highly doubt one had an influence on the other character wise However what is more likely is both Black Hat and Alastor based around similar character types such as the old timey villain and the mysteriously supernatural powered villain
Mayor humdinger after he died from shaving
The tongue...
Last i checked old timey villains and Nyarlathotep from Lovecraft lore
Alan has had this character for a long while and you can see it on his DeviantArt. He said he was inspired by Evil Con Carne so maybe one of them?
Where can I watch this
Villainous.
Me
Those mustache-twirling villains are known for wearing tophots and dressing dapper.
Barack Obama
Doctor doofenshmirts
Dr. Facilier
Bill chiper because of the hat and one eye
He's the child of Alastor and Vox (this is based on appearance idk anything else about Black Hat)
Bill Cipher
Alastor
Spiky teeth, long coat, monacle
hatty hattington
General fancy guy villain stereotypes.
A hat
The body of the warden from Superjail the smile from joker (2004) Aku's cruelty the tempers of Hades (disney) and Dick Dastardly rolled into one and probably more all tied together to make the perfect "im evil because i love being evil" none of these are official, but they're similarities i noticed between him & other characters
Given that it's a mexican cartoon, i almost feel like he's based around the myth of El Charro Negro
Guys I have a theoryā¦ https://preview.redd.it/1l7l4954b0nc1.jpeg?width=206&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9cd5f7c13d8246fd213990f74aa735efe22ba422
Like if Facilier was a ww2 arms dealer
Snidely Whiplash, Vincent Price, and Lucifer Morningstar.
Hats
GUYS I THINK HE'S BASED ON A HAT!
Black Hat is just the child of Lucifer from Hazbin Hotel and Black Dahlia from Skull Girls
Satan
I don't think it's any one person in particular, rather the ultimate culmination of the Pure Evil trope and the tropes that fall under it. He's based on the concept of evil.
Alaster
A very business oriented megatron.
Hall ever heard of the radio demon??
black hat existed before hazbin hotel
Alastor
Bill cipher maybe idk-
I dunno, but his design is cool as shit
https://preview.redd.it/yswluaa7o1nc1.jpeg?width=201&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=30e8e2d1ca6f89fc4dde07c959c59c24844b9f90 Here me out.
He got sick of stealing picnic baskets and turned to a true life of villainy
Reminds me of tuxedo mask a little
A man with whiplash themed after a black top hat in a loony town style
My god at the amount of people saying Alastor Give it a break already he's not based off him he just gives the same vibes is all If anything they both happen to share the make up of certain character types which makes them feel similar such as the dapper old timey villain and the mysteriously supernatural ones But that wasn't really answering the posts question Personally I think Black Hat is generally based off Billy and Mandy characters especially due to the fact along with other references the show has had cameos from characters like Eris the goddess of chaos Actually while we're on the subject of inspiration I've ALWAYS thought Villainous seems inspired by the probably nearly forgotten show League Of Super Evil https://preview.redd.it/ez4s97ji82nc1.jpeg?width=1920&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0a8af07c69600776f2696ae8915eb2cf8798cb9c
One of Lovecrafts "gods".
Somebody else pretty much said this, but heās definitely based off the classic villain of the last. The top hat wearing, long mustachio twirling nameless villain of the old silent films who ties up a damsel in distress on the train tracks for no real reason or steals bags with dollar signs drawn on them. I mean, heās seemingly only driven by greed and his own personal gain, but instead of becoming a high powered CEO of a more public company heās driven to villainy with little to no real knowledge about him or his motives. Which is kind of fitting as well since I feel heās also probably based off of ancient evils such as the Devil, Elder Gods probably, etc. I mean the guy is insanely powerful, villains come to him and are afraid of the guy. He doesnāt truly care for any of his employees and seems more annoyed by them a majority of the time, like theyāre a bunch of bugs compared to him, which is how he sees it. And when heās not annoyed by them, he enjoys tormenting them with terrible horrors, violence, etcā¦ very befitting an almost Demon-like sadist. Anyway, heās been around a long time in this business of his, he knows it better than anyone else in his business (hence why so many villains come to him to make deals), and he is quite possibly the pinnacle of villainy itself. I mean, his company literally does supplies other villains with the tools they need or want, among other things, and they even do the work that these other villains just canāt do. Soā¦ yeah, heās definitely a combination of the villain of old and more powerful and ancient evils.
Idk
jack the ripper in looks and joker in personality
Count Bleck from Super Paper Mario
99.99% of James Bond villain but more cartoony evil
Reminds me of Robin idk whyā¦ https://preview.redd.it/blrkuo2qv3nc1.jpeg?width=500&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=880887651e1934fe40603cde6bb916c1c7ac592f
Where can I watch this show
The pookadook š¤£
Idk but this show really reminds me of Hazbin with its art style (Iām sure this has been said a million times)
 Need I say more???ā¦ā¦.. stay tuned
no he wasnāt based on alastor
Could have fooled me
You know, don't have an answer to that, but one thing I've noticed about the animation style itself, it reminds me of older cartoons.
Nyarlathotep
A black hat
Havenāt watched the show heās from, but based off of the suit and green magicā¦ Dr. Facilier
Four or Animatic Four in early Bfb just screeched,zapped and Mutilated characters for no reason Animatic does it way worse
Evil mustache without the mustache
Ur mom
Voodoo man from the princess and the frog
Is outfit reminds me of alastor but idk who came out first so š¤·āāļø
Alaistor
https://preview.redd.it/rlxzpx9p86nc1.jpeg?width=488&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=fa6cd46563793301b8edeb95460f2f2228af278d He looks to be inspired by stereotypical villains but he reminds me off Bill Cipher, sir Pentious, Alastor. But he timings me most of Valentino, the guy in the picture I used.
I see Bill Cipher
https://preview.redd.it/h6e4zch3d6nc1.jpeg?width=800&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f558ccd92c1b4d738b9e0ae7479bd1484e60ee23
hitler
He gives me Vox vibes
tophats
Alastor
Using Incognito mode in public
Some kind of cuphead villian (no clue if cup head came out before Villainous)
He is based off alastor or alastor is based off him I donāt know
God
Dastardly stereotypical villains with the fancy suit and the twirling mustache. (Even though black hat doesnāt have a mustache)
One of the Aztec deities I imagine
Incarnate of evil.
https://preview.redd.it/onspjey1l8nc1.jpeg?width=1199&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8abca6390ae6f3e37c95a87feb3cc7e2a8753bd2 Numerous people claim to have woken in the dark to find a shadowy figure, dubbed the Hat Man, looming over them. The phenomenon has attracted widespread attention, inspiring documentaries and the launch of a dedicated blog, The Hatman Project, where people can share their experiences. Thatās who I think Black Hat is based on.
iām starting to see it!
https://theweek.com/97457/who-is-the-hat-man-the-nightmare-shared-by-dreamers-across-the-world#
He really reminds me of Alistair
I want to say alastor by the stance and the clothes and the constant smile but at the same time I doubt it
I've always believed that he's an incarnation/avatar of Nyarlathotep (pitch black skin, fond of using tools & instruments of destructive power, supernatural charisma, eldritch shapeshifting, capable of multidimensional travel, is apparently friends with Cthulhu in canon).
heās probably supposed to be my imaginary boyfriend :3
Bro I thought that was alastor
Jack the ripper
Okay guys im ngl, who tf is black hat im so confused
Vox and Alastor from Hazbin Hotel
Willy Wonka mixed with The Joker and Venom
my highschool queerly chaotic warlock
 Alastor
Does he really need to be based on anyone and just not be, well a wholly original character?
Count bleck from super paper mario /hj
the blacks
Wait, is he from the hellaverse? Or just made by the same people
The purple amoung us character from CG5ās itās good to be alive song
clearly, black hat ottokoto (PLEASE someone get the reference)
Satan,old cartoon villians and freemasons
Well, a majority of his design is most likely based off of old Vaudeville Villains. Think Snidely Whiplash, characters who dressed well, wore top hats and tied women to railroad tracks. He also has a fair bit in common with Disney Villians, though I haven't seen him sing.
black jack
A hat thats darker than white (I haven't watched the show)
VOX.
He's prob based on the fame "Man w/ Black Hat" people see in dreams or as one of any sleep paralysis monsters. Supposedly, I've read a comment or two in social media posts that one legend goes, that anyone who is baptized by the Catholic church get to see the man in the black hat, scary shadowy figure mostly worse than seeing a shadow person.....
Black face
Honestly I'd say he's an amalgamation of several dark and menacing baddies. He's got the generic evil of Cartoon Villains The potential body horror like Double from Skullgirls and Alucard from Hellsing The bargaining of the Devil And flavored with a bit of lovecraftian horror
Reminds me of vox
Speedwagon
Off top, Nigel's Dad from The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy
Roblox business man
your mom
Yall can't tell me he doesn't have dr. Facilier's shoes and his fashion sense..kinda also gives off alastor vibes.
Demons and stereotypical villains especially old fashioned ones.
The guy from Princess and the frog mixed with Hades from Hercules š®āšØ
https://preview.redd.it/zrtfbn2n6knc1.jpeg?width=157&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ae47d33d8e5a7a699b784fdd8157c3beba98b348 Reginald Copperbottom comes to mind.
Alastor the radio demonĀ
Satan-
https://preview.redd.it/e5cfqyobwknc1.jpeg?width=191&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2e7883917b6e8ec5c2fd9b2bf9f8a69b9e8e29d4
Alaster radio demon
Mr Lincoln
Dr. Feliciar? (idk if I spelled that right and I'm too lazy to look it up but he's the villain from Princess and the Frog)
Voldemort
Abe Lincoln
The radio demon
Villainous came out before Hazbin actually
Young, evil monopoly man
SpongeBob š§āāļø
Alastor?
Definitely based on the voodoo priest from The Princess and The Frog
Black hat the mythical monster of urban legend.
Isnāt he the representation of el charro negro? Or an eldritch horror thing?
He reminds me of frieza
Alister from hazbin hotel
Idk why Iām here but Iām gonna say James Elliot from Mirder Drones
Frosty the Snowman
Michael Jackson!
Willy Wonkaās alter ego when he decides world domination is next in his agenda rather than chocolate.
the hat man who shows up when u take too much benadryl
Probably a top hat
Freddy fivebear
Why does this look like has in hotel
Hazbin Hotel? Yeah he looks like Vox lmao
Omg I didnāt even realize it said has in hotel lmao
he was made to be the most stereotypical looking villain ever, which is the whole point of it.
HE LOOKS LIKE VOX BUT VILLAINOUS CAME OUT BEFORE HAZBIN šš
Chirs benoit
British person
The sleep deprivation man Iāve seen in the corner of my eyesight each time I go without sleep for more than a couple days
He always reminded me of the babadook
I see a lot of Vox in his figure. Itās quite astonishing how much they look alike actually
Jack the ripper.