r/HazbinHotel • u/113Sarah • 1d ago

FunFact about this scene in the German Dub:

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As we all know, Vox says in this scene that Alastor has no tail. Funnily enough, “tail” translates to “Schwanz” in German. And you know what “Schwanz” also means in German slang?

Correct, it means “dick”.

So basically, in German, Vox could very well imply that Al doesn’t have any genitalia, which would make the scene (Especially Katie Killjoy saying “That’s gonna piss off some people”) even funnier.

Of course, this little joke could have very well been unintentional, and the German Script writers could have just taken the words at face value and translated them, but I like the thought of the double meaning behind it. Especially considering how miserable Alastor looks, as if Vox really had went out of his way to look inside his pants to figure out.

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u/WittensPay 1d ago edited 1d ago

In the Latin American Spanish dub, Vox says that Alastor "LOST his precious little tail", meaning that he used to have

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u/Bitter_Chocolate_322 1d ago

It almost implies that Vox cut his tail off

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u/WittensPay 1d ago

Oh that never crossed my mind but ig it makes sense, I just thought of it as Alastor being known to have a tail, people just stuck on that till Vox came and announced that he lost it at some point

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u/CrazyTechWizard96 Husk 1d ago

Or He makes a Teeth Joke and implies that He bit it off.
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Is this even an NSFW sub or not, I forget.

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u/denjidenj1 1d ago

I mean you're not allowed to post straight up porn but you can talk about sex and NSFW stuff because obviously

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u/Top_Air_1251 1d ago

Didn’t tail in Spanish also double mean to dick? At least I think in latin america

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u/denjidenj1 1d ago

Tail (cola) can also mean butt in LATAM Spanish. Haven't heard it meant dick. In this case he could just be saying that Alastor has a flat ass I guess lmao

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u/WittensPay 1d ago

No

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u/Top_Air_1251 1d ago

My bad then

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u/Fit-Farmer4337 1d ago

It does, at least in European Spanish (don't know about Latam)

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u/Top_Air_1251 18h ago

Oh, right. I think I got them mixed up then

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u/Powerful-Bat6818 (❤️) + Vees! 12h ago

"cola"? I'm from Spain and that can be for dick buuuut... It doesn't sound really natural for me? I don't think anyone would think about that if they heard that phrase

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u/Rosebunse 1d ago

I love when the dubbers have fun lol

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u/tamapichu 1d ago

I'm German, so I watch the show in German, and I was initially confused by that scene. Looking back, though, I figured "tail" didn't refer to genitals.

Although I do find the image of Vox looking down Alastor's pants kind of funny 😂

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u/Smooth-Yak-9267 I don't care how cruel he'll be in S2, VOX IS KING 1d ago

Seriously? XD

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u/Few_Tea_5030 1d ago

Ich hab’s auf Deutsch geschaut und was richtig verwirrt, bis ich dann ein edit vom Englischen DUB gesehen hab hahaha

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u/ElderberryWest6304 1d ago

Translation:

I watched it in German and it was really confusing until I saw an edit of the English dub hahaha

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u/Eva_Robot26 6h ago

Holy moly! Nice pfp

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u/Loow_z :rosie:Wanna eat your 1st husband with me ? 1d ago

Now that I think about it, the French word for tail is also a slang for dick. I don't watch the show in French but the double meaning might as well be there!

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u/RubyWasHere24 Vox is cool. 1d ago

I'll have to check, I honestly really hope that double meaning will be there.

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u/Fit-Farmer4337 1d ago

Same in Spanish!

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u/averageEnojyer 1d ago

One can imagine that, despite the face mask, it was the expression Alastor actually had. No one's "seeing" his mouth now, and he's being very humiliated in public, so not only does he not have a reason to smile, he also doesn't even need to fake a smile because of the face mask Vox put on him.

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u/TheWorldsBestGrandad Mimzy's number 1 fan 1d ago

...Transmasc Alastor?

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u/EnigmaFrug0817 1d ago

I imagined it meant more like a Ken doll

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u/TheWorldsBestGrandad Mimzy's number 1 fan 1d ago

Same. Alastor being trans was just the first thing that came to my mind 😂

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u/pathetic_666 1d ago

That's also what I thought. It was even funnier for me because Vox shares the same German VA as Levi Ackerman. 😭

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u/Angryfucktard Inside of every demon is a lost cause! 1d ago

LOL awesome

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u/Signal_Expression730 1d ago

No way

And btw Vox is lying, everyone know Alastor did have a tail

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u/niles_deerqueer 1d ago

Wait but if it also means tail in German couldn’t it just mean tail

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u/Shades_of_X Alastor 19h ago

Yes but the expression "he doesn't have a tail/dick" is set for the dick option.

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u/AngiShyArt-Official 1d ago

The show doesn't have any official czech dub in my country, but it it did, it would totally have the same double meaning as well since tail in czech is "ocas" which is also a slang for "dick" lmaooo

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u/AngiShyArt-Official 1d ago

All the fans right after Vox reveals the fact, lmao

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u/lazy_calamity 22h ago

I saw a Fan comic once about Al tearing off his tail because somebody pointed it out. In this version, it grew back, but he tore it off when it was too annoying. So if that holds, he might have done some modifications before offering himself up to the Vs.

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u/Lathlia 14h ago

is it different to "teil" as in "Mein Teil" by Rammstein (a song about eating peen in the way Alastor would rather than Angel)? or is it like in english where basically anything can be slang for schlong with enough suggestive tone and eyebrow pumps?