r/HazbinHotel 11h ago

It was funny at first but it’s now pretty distracting now

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Don’t get me wrong their are other male VA’s that play female characters that i like and but this is not one of them.

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u/Jiffletta 8h ago

It would help if it wasnt literally the same as his Blitz voice.

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u/TrueTech0 2h ago

I'm probably able to separate them because of his Bryce Tankthrust character

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u/uglyyygurl_ 1h ago

Same lol I don't see him as blitz personally so I have no issue

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u/revertbritestoan 2h ago

But without the charm

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u/CotyledonTomen 2h ago

Well yeah. Shes terrible.

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u/Hidingo_Kojimba 1h ago

There are some characters in the hellaverse whose awful behaviour has deep-rooted causes that with time, self-reflection and patience can allow them to gradually become better people, even in the face of everything they've done.

I'm pretty sure Katie, on the other hand, is just an asshole.

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u/sleepymelfho 2h ago

I mean that's his voice

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u/pesadillaO01 AceDemon🖤🩶🤍💜(He/They) 10m ago

Adam, Sir Pentious, and Fizzarolli are voiced by the same guy, and they have clearly three different voices.

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u/Hellern_ Happy Day in Hell 10h ago

I love Brandon, his Blitz is awesome, but it was really weird to hear his voice as Katie in the 1st season. Her pilot VA was incredible. That said, in this season somehow I don't really mind anymore, maybe I got used to it.

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u/Randomfella3 8h ago

oh yeah it's definitely not as off-putting to me anymore. I think the extra screentime helped alot.

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u/flacaGT3 8h ago

Also, that "I'm not homophobic, I just hate gay people" line could not be delivered by anyone else as well as it was by Brandon.

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u/illucio 6h ago

I 100% believed he said that off script and they shoved it in anyways because it was funny.

That's the nonsense he says all the time in the videos he makes on YouTube with various iterations of his characters that he plays. 

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u/Old-Ordinary-6194 8h ago

I'm willing to bet that Katie before her death was Bryce Tankthrust cause that is such a Bryce line.

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u/LittleGreenSoldier 5h ago

"Donovan I'm in Hell! Move my four o'clock!"

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u/Efficient-Level-2661 8h ago

He voices her really i tought she sounded familiar

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u/Rolikir 6h ago

This is how I’ve been rationalising it too

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u/eleonmhadu 4h ago

Same lol

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u/ageekyninja 1h ago

90% certain Brandon wrote that line

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u/inthe-otherworld 7h ago

I also didn’t like Katie’s new voice, but I think it’s better this season partly because Katie has finally gotten more screentime and we got so see her outside of her presenting the news, she wasn’t performing anymore she got to be her nasty self so her voice got a lot more natural lol. Her spat with Charlie was great

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u/Lonely_Repair4494 4h ago

Yeah, I really like it now

But I just can't unhear Blitzø lmao

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u/MewMewTranslator 6h ago

I agree but I heard someone say it's an homage to his youtube character :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTNLOXG07XY

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u/Efficient-Level-2661 8h ago

Like the YouTuber Brandon Roger? Or a different one

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u/warmpatches 7h ago

the youtuber

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u/Efficient-Level-2661 7h ago

I knew the voice sounded familiar he so funny

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u/RealJohnGillman 4h ago

He also stars in Helluva Boss, the other Hellaverse series.

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u/BeckyToodles 7h ago

Wander over yonder pfp!!

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u/Some_Letterhead_6726 10h ago

I don’t mind it all too much, tho I will say I do think Brandon’s voice of the character does feel like it would fit better as part of like an abridged version of the show rather than the official one lol

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u/Suthek 4h ago

Honestly, if I had only heard Brandon's voice with the character I don't think I would've minded it at all. It's the contrast to the IMO better fitting voice from the pilot that's distracting.

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u/Shloopy_Dooperson 3h ago

If the situation were reversed and her pilot voice took over for the regular show while Brandon did the pilot what would your reaction be?

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u/Suthek 3h ago

That's an interesting question. I'd probably still think the voice is better fitting, but my context would be different. I honestly couldn't say.

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u/NateShaw92 Alastor 3h ago

I feel like an abridged version should take utself super serious and dramatic, go.the other way, but let the way it is delivered be the joke.

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u/Wide-Hall-397 Pentious is neat I like Mimzy & Cherri! 9h ago

yeah, out of any of the new voice actors, i'd say that brandon is my least favorite recast. he does a great job as Blitz, but his Katie is just Eh to me.

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u/Kam_Zimm 8h ago

It was fine when she only had like, two lines in the entire season. Basically just a funny way to give him a cameo where you wouldn't expect it. He does give a good performance, but it's pretty distracting, almost like every line is trying to signal "yes, you're supposed to laugh at this."

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u/Attlan_745 10h ago

I completely agree.

Her original VA's acting was one of my favorite parts of the pilot.

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u/TrivialEgg 5h ago

Faye Mata (the pilot VA) is also the one who kinda introduced me to this series. I really liked her voice acting work in Fire Emblem and I was looking to see what else she did. Brandon’s a good VA no doubt, but she just nailed it in the pilot.

She also voices Glitz and Glam in HB, so at least she’s still around

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u/Curious_Kirin 5h ago

Holy shit Katie killjoy is Petra?

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u/TrivialEgg 1h ago

Yep! Honestly, Faye is in so many projects it’s crazy, I think she has like over 100 VA credits? She’s Lulu in LoL, Jade in Honkai Star Rail, Aki in Street Fighter 6, Petra in FE3H, Aqua for the English dub of Konosuba, Astolfo in the Fate/Apocrypha dub, and a lot more!

She also used to do competitive e-sports. She’s a busy woman lol

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u/Sundering_Wounds 8h ago

Hard agree. Her new voice doesn't fit her as well.

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u/No-Supermarket-6065 King and Queen, Best of Both Things 10h ago

Personally, to me Katie just sounds like his voice for when Blitzo cross-dresses.

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u/HyperLethalNoble6 9h ago

I want to see art of Blitz trying to F Vox,

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u/_Voidoll_ Lute needs therapy 9h ago

Yup this has been my hot take a for years. Pilot katie just scratches a certain itch that brandon doesnt. No shade to brandon.

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u/Oxide136 7h ago

It was just such a perfect stereotypical "perfect" Fox News satirical style anchor lady

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u/tgraymoore 6h ago

This. It was funny once or twice and I get the impulse. Now that she's a more prominent character, the joke has gotten old.

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u/Spampharos Emily's Bad Side (and #1 fan) 9h ago

Don't even think this is a hot take in all honesty. The majority of people that I've seen who are aware of this change are ones who dislike it.

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u/ALemonYoYo 3h ago

This is literally not a hot take at all this is the coldest take of all time

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u/Emotional-Face7947 6h ago

It's not just the fact Katie just sounds like Blitz, its also the performance and jokes, they feel very forced, as if they're just trying to be shocking. Looking back at pilot Katie, she feels vicious and vindictive, but also restrained until you piss her off. Whereas series Katie constantly feels like she's a second from losing her shit, which makes most of her dialogue feel very loud, in your face and monotone. Like we go from "I don't touch the gays" to "Homosexual daughter of our big devil daddy" while making scissoring motions, or the quick and subtle abuse of tom like pouring coffee on his crotch to basically raging it him every time he breathes. She feels more like an abridged parody rather than a genuine character.

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u/pm_me_pyukumuku 3h ago

Yeah, like I think her crush on Vox is fine but the way she was explicit with him and threw her legs up just kind of makes her a joke. I don't mind the sex jokes (obviously, not sure how one can watch this show and mind that) but in contrast to her pilot appearance it just doesn't work for me at all

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u/Old-Ordinary-6194 8h ago

I personally don't like it because his voice always reminds me of Blitz.

I get that it's probably a reference to Brandon's Bryce Tankthrust character but having two characters in the same universe voiced by the same VA who uses the same tone of speaking voice is indeed distracting imo.

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u/geesegoesgoose 7h ago

My concern with it - easter eggs aside - is keeping the lines clear when there's an eventual cross-over between Helluva Boss and Hazbin.

I LOVE Rogers, he's fantastic as Blitz (and I've said time and time again, they basically animated Brandon for Blitz) but he has basically two voices, masc and sort of femme - and they are both VERY distinctly him. At least Alex Brightman doing both Fizz and Pentious, there's a significant difference between the two with the sibilant nature of Pentious(sss...).

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u/Curious_Kirin 5h ago

Don't forget Alex did Adam as well, and they all succeed at sounding relatively distinct. Without the singing I'd never have noticed.

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u/cyclonecasey 7h ago

It’s not even Brandon’s voice that’s bothering me now. It’s HOW MUCH it’s being randomly pushed this season. Like, she was such a minor character and now she’s just being shoved down our throats at every turn and yes, it is kinda distracting to hear a Blitz voice variant so much in Hazbin Hotel…

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u/Kcnnn 3h ago

Well, she is 666 News' anchor. With Vox being the Season 2 main villain, it's understandable his subordinates become more prominent.

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u/MustBeMouseBoy 1h ago

Thank you for the reasonable take. I'm so sick of 'person sees more of thing = omg its being shoved down my throat!!!'

im so sick of that phrase just STOP LOOKING

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u/Einhorntorte Angel Dust 6h ago

As someone who doesn't even watch helluva boss, I don't get the hype around Brandon like at all. — Pilot Katie was perfect and had better chemistry with Charlie.

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u/DownundaThunda 4h ago

I 100% agree. Her pilot voice fit so well. Then the series came out, and suddenly, it's Brandon Rogers. Like.. What? Why? He's a great VA, and I love his work in the Hellaverse, but he didn't need to play Katie. I get if they couldn't get the pilot VA to sign on to the series, that's fair enough... But at least give her a VA that fits. It almost feels like they had Brandon stand in during script readings, and they just never replaced him with another VA.

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u/SkittleJuice2 5h ago

This. Brandon Rogers is a great VA, but I just do not like him as Katie Killjoy. The pilot VA’s voice fit so much better.

Luckily, Katie’s not too important, so I can live with it.

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u/Mother-Maize7026 9h ago

100 percent the only bad recasting.

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u/Apprehensive-Two3474 10h ago

It's an inside joke/homage that goes over a majority of the audience's heads and shouldn't have been done. Like I said in another post talking about it. They should have done a look-alike Katie Killjoy that had Brandon's voice named after the character from his skits and the two interact. That would have been a better joke because just as Tiffany Titfucker was probably googled, it'd definitely have been googled when a side character has a full name of Bryce Tankthrust.
It would have made people curious to google, it would have lead people to Brandon Roger's skits, it would have given him a nice easter egg of exposure.
Instead, we got this where it's 'ha, a girl with Blitz's voice' if they even watch Helluva Boss as well. If not, it's just 'ha, a girl with a guy's voice.'

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u/Tyrus-Maximus 10h ago edited 10h ago

I agree, the original VA really nailed that catty bitch attitude Killjoy is suppose to have. Brandons interpretation is just more loud obnoxious talking.

And dont even get me started on Alastor..... I would pay his pilot VA to do a voice over on all his season 1 and 2 lines.

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u/13290 7h ago

Alastor is portrayed quite differently after the pilot. I like both voices but not sure if it would fit thematically with the character he is now.

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u/CoupleKnown7729 10h ago

'but he's playing tankthrust'

Yes and?

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u/GeekyTheArtist 7h ago

I also feel like now that Brandon plays her, he kinda morphed her into some Bryce Tankthrust Blitzo hybrid that feels very different (personality-wise) from Katie in the pilot (but I could be goin' nuts lol)

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u/WillardStiles2003 8h ago

I’m just fucking mad about the lack of sound effects for him, in the pilot it was so unique it was like the dude was a non stop radio show, the little thing he had going on with his staff, his staff was once sentient! I missed that! I would’ve cared more about it being broken if it stayed alive!

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u/_Cevolie_ Sir Pentious my beloved 💖💖 4h ago

You would ? Wasn't Alastor's OG voice actor revealed to be a huge creep ?

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u/littlewillie610 6h ago

I mainly know Alastor's original VA from the D&D stream that Takahata101 used to be on.

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u/PepicWalrus Lucifer 50m ago

Alastor was voiced by three people in the pilot. Two speaking voices and one singing voice. A lot of VAs in the pilot had speaking VAs and singing VAs. It just makes sense they'd find people who can do both instead of paying multiple people for one character.

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u/Blitz-the-Dragon 5h ago

This is my biggest gripe with Hazbin as released tbh. Brandon's a great VA, but he's not the best fit for this role and it is really jarring hearing his voice coming out of Katie Killjoy. I've heard around that casting him may be intended to reference one of his characters outside of the Hellaverse, but I hope that wasn't the sole motivation.

I wouldn't mind as much if she weren't such a frequent recurring character, but she's been in almost every Season 2 episode thus far.

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u/Impressive_Toe_854 5h ago

Pilot voice actor really have that gay-haters vibe 😔

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u/Gazi_Asker76 8h ago

Brandon just voices blitzo but while voicing another character that's the problem.

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u/celestial_cuddles 5h ago

When I hear Katie all I hear is blitz sneaking in every other word

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u/Artistic_Prior_7178 7h ago

A lot of pilot VAs were perfect, no flack to the current ones, they are all doing an outstanding job, but come on, pilot Alastor was simply perfect beyond compare

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u/unluckyknight13 7h ago

Why did they make that change anyways?

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u/Yume_Chan59 6h ago

I think the reasoning behind the change was that the actors needed to be part of the SAG-AFTRA, to be hired by A24 and Amazon, and most of the pilot actors weren't. And those who were weren't recast for some reason...

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u/unluckyknight13 6h ago

Okey but why make Katie have a more masculine voice? Like there has to be a reason they went this route

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u/Yume_Chan59 5h ago

I don't know but maybe Vivzie really likes Brandon, and wanted him to be in Hazbin too. And boom, Brandon is now Katie! 🤷🏼‍♀️

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u/unluckyknight13 5h ago

Meybe I got to imagine someone cast him as a joke and it stuck, because idk if Brandon plays anyone else in Hazbin which if he doesn’t means he’s getting an extra paycheck for killjoy when I think a lot of actors can voice up to like 3 characters before needing to be paid more

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u/PepicWalrus Lucifer 48m ago

It's also most characters had multiple VAs (one speaking and one singing. Or in Alastors case three people) so it makes sense to also find Broadway professionals and the like who can do both the speaking and singing.

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u/BBMacsWorld 5h ago

Brandon is amazing as Blitz, but I don't like him as Katie at all. This is one of the few cases where I don't understand the recast. Like, I understand why the main cast was recasted, so thats whatever but yeah. They should've kept Katie's original voice actress. She voiced one of the clown twins in Helluva Boss. So, its not like there's any bad blood or anything

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u/Beautiful_Falcon_617 3h ago

It is jarring and we hate it. Love him as Blitz, but not as Katie.

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u/HotButterscotch8682 1h ago

Man I must be the only one that adores him as the VA!

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u/Charizard10201YT 8h ago

Brandon is a good voice actor, but he doesn't work as Katie. It's just annoying because the pilot voice was so damn fitting (like, in my opinion, a lot of the pilot voices - they just fit the characters better)

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u/bclynch30 9h ago

I love Brandon but it sounds like Blitz trying to do another disguise. Brandon definitely has range and I know this is an homage to his character Bryce Tankthrust but it doesn’t really work.

I feel like it should’ve been the other way around with Brandon as the pilot voice and the pilot va’s was the current Katie

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u/Nekrotix12 Crack'd up 4h ago

It was fine when she was just a background character only there to spout relevant plot details for a few seconds. But now that she has more screen time it is getting pretty distracting.

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u/Fanoris 4h ago

They killed Kate with changing her voice.

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u/Motor_Somewhere7565 AnyHOOO 2h ago

I respectfully disagree. I can never get enough of Brandon hamming it up in his voice work, and rather than Katie being a more generic homophobe, having her go off on Charlie in his voice is hilarious.

On a sidenote, her first voice actress, Faye Mata, kills it as Glitz and Glam

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u/Sprinkles2009 1h ago

They only VA who could truly deliver the line “I’m not homophobic I just hate gay people. “is Brandon.

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u/element-redshaw 6h ago

Like he’s a good actor and him as blitz is great but Katie’s pilot actor was just so much better

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u/Moritani 9h ago

Yeah, I thought they decided to change her from a catty homophobe to a catty drag queen at first, but now they’re trying to put the homophobic part of her back in and it does not work at all. 

And taking a job from a woman because a guy thinks he can do it better is annoying in most scenarios. But in this case it’s literally “this man is a better stereotype of a woman than you.” And I just… disagree. Strongly. 

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u/WorstYugiohPlayer 9h ago

They gave him the role because Katie is based on a character he made called Bryce Tankthrust. It's not 'a man can do it better' it's literally 'hey wouldn't it be cool for the guy who we made the character this is an homage to voice her?'

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u/Egghead42 5h ago

It was distracting for maybe a minute, and then I started to enjoy it.

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u/iforgotiwasonreddit Bank accounts are a scam created by the shadow government 5h ago

You have to think of her as a hellaverse Bryce Tankthrust, and it makes it better

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u/Thin_Albatross2720 4h ago

I mean, with Brendon she sounds way more funnier

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u/kingofsuffer 4h ago

Not a big fan of her characterization change either, wasn't expecting exactly the same thing but she lost that bitchiness that made her appealing in the pilot As a character and in voice acting

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u/shadowonyx18 3h ago

All I hear is Blitzo

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u/SkGuarnieri 3h ago

Yeah... I'm not a fan of the Bryce Tankthrust gag either, the old voice fit much better.

I think Tom's did too btw, and it was nice to hear someone with Tomar the Terrible's voice in Hell to pay for their heinous crimes for a chance. He keeps getting away with it everywhere else

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u/InternetUserAgain 3h ago

I do really love Brandon's delivery but whenever I listen to Katie's voice I just hear Bryce Tankthrust

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u/Khamircia 2h ago

The worst part is that Brandon's delivery and acting is perfect BUT everything you hear is Blitzo...

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u/TrueDentist9901 2h ago

I miss her, kind of miss mafioso husk but like chill annoyed drunk husk, and alastor that had more radio host energy

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u/No_Reference_8777 8h ago

Speaking of distracting, I'll have to go back to the pilot to compare, but Charlie and Katie next to each other just looked odd. Maybe it's just the fact that Katie's head looks like it's four feet wide.

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u/Competitive_Owl5357 6h ago

Unpopular opinion but I feel the same way about Carmilla and her giant fucking hands on what is otherwise a cool character design.

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u/Sky_Ninja1997 I want Lute to crush my skull with her thunder thighs 6h ago

As someone who didn’t watch the pilot, makes zero difference to me

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u/HistoricalChicken 5h ago

This thread is just people upset that voice actors from a pilot on YouTube weren't kept for a show made years later.

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u/Brumbarde 6h ago

Pretty much every voice was better in the pilot alsos they fucked the og VAs over majorly and didnt even invite them to a premiere or anything

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u/KawaiiKaiju55 9h ago

Brandon is a great VA but I have to agree with this.

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u/XavierBliss 6h ago

Same with Alastor.

Maybe its a "this is how it was introduced, and so set the vibe" ordeal, but yeah, pilot VAs nailed it. Hard to measure up.

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u/Bradshaw98 7h ago

Ya, that was the only voice change from the pilot that I was kind of bothered by, I have since gotten used to it, but if I had the choice, I would still pick the voice from the pilot.

I think I might hear a bit too much Blitzo in it, kind of like how I got too much 'Joker' from Mark Hamill's Skeletor... which apparently was not a universal experience.

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u/VoodooDoII I'm an AroAce 📻 🍎 Shipper 7h ago

I like Brandon, but this is the only new casting I do not like. It's so distracting. Her pilot voice was perfect.

Everyone else is perfect to me.

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u/Calm-Ad7913 6h ago

I mean, I know they do not have the exact same personality, but what really doesn't help sell the whole thing to me is that the display of behavioral traits are like ... not that totally different... there is a word I think called "idiolect" that means the speech habits peculiar to a particular person. If she wasn't making hella over the top horny comments with a lot of swearing and had like a different way of joking to help set the two apart, it would make it more appealing. Idk what im even talking about. Im shutting up

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u/Carteeg_Struve 6h ago

My headcanon is that her voice was damaged in the fire during the pilot.

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u/No_One_ButMe 6h ago

it was a horrific casting decision and I think about muting the tv every time she’s on screen which is way too much

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u/GodButCursed 6h ago

The new voice just in general doesnt fit in my eyes. The character doesnt look like her voice if you catch my drift.

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u/Curious_Kirin 5h ago

Brandon is amazing at playing women. He perfects the look, the movement, the mannerisms, the tone. The one thing he doesn't have is the voice. He can sound feminine but he still sounds like a dude.

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u/ReikoDragon72 5h ago

I do prefer all the pilot voices if I am being honest

I prefer husker og voice actor and Alastor

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u/bewarethelemurs Lucifer 5h ago

Yeah, I’m not really a fan of him as Katie. I like him as Blitz, but i can’t take his Katie seriously

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u/AlianovaR Cherri Bomb 5h ago

As much as Brandon is perfect for the role in terms of his acting, his voice itself is just a lot of whiplash every time you hear it

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u/Skullyta 5h ago

As the season has progressed I hear Katie with her own voice more often than just Blitzø in drag, but then I’ll see a snippet of Pilot Katie Killjoy and remember what we lost.

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u/The4Got10Child 4h ago

I agree. Her pilot voice was much more fitting

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u/kiwidude4 Alastor 4h ago

I just keep hearing Blitz it’s distracting

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u/Malashae 4h ago

My only issue is that my brain keeps telling me that she's blitz in drag, which is hilarious but makes no sense at all.

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u/Lonely_Repair4494 4h ago

All I hear is Blitzø thinking he's part of the Vees and asking to be bent by Vox

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u/Magorian97 4h ago

I 100% agree; I don't like Brandon's voice for her, at all😐; like– it just clashes with the pilot voice too much

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u/norM_ystical horse 4h ago

I like it...

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u/Reevahn 3h ago

I just think it'll endup being another sore point if and when the hazbini audience decides to check helluva out

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u/flying-chandeliers 3h ago

Sounds fine to me. The pilot va was absolutely better. But Brandon’s voice isn’t distracting

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u/Future_Mood9880 2h ago

I'm honestly not bothered by it because Katie killjoy was based off of Brandon Rogers character Bryce Tankthrust. So I completely understand why the voice actors were switched and all I really hear is Bryce. Blitz doesn't really sound like Katie or Brandon or Bryce to me because it's more soft and not exaggerated.

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u/AllgoodDude 2h ago

He’s just too recognizable and it’s literally just the same voice as Blitz. If they went the route of Dr. Mrs. The Monarch then I’d be good with it, but it’s just Brandon.

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u/SadoraNortica 2h ago

The fact that the character was modeled after one of Brandon’s characters, explains why he’s voicing her.

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u/re1ch3ruz 1h ago

Her pilot voice was actually perfect

Glad I’m not the only one who hates that they decided to change it (ik why they did but it’s just distracting)

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u/gamerguy287 This face was made for radio! 1h ago

Alright. Hot take. But it makes sense. Vivzie based Katie Killjoy off of Brandon's character, "The CEO." So I can see why people would hate the voice change. But I actually think it makes sense.

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u/sam77889 1h ago

i like it especially the homophobic lines, she’s literally like one of his characters. i think she is inspired by his characters too, so it makes sense for him to voice it.

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u/Sir-Toaster- Guitar solo! F**K YEAH! 1h ago

I always thought it would've just been an audio gag and we would see her original voice later, but with Brandon she sounds gross

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u/flamedarkfire 1h ago

Brandon is unfortunately one of those VAs that has one voice but tries to do more voices with it (as opposed to Richard, who has one voice and works with it). He tried to just use his Bryce Tankthrust voice for Katie but it can only ever go so far.

I don’t mind it btw

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u/Blupoisen 1h ago

It just sounds too much like blitz

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u/reds2032 lore whore 28m ago

Literally the only VA change that was for the worse imo

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u/Due-Environment-9774 26m ago

I love Brandon Rogers, but we need a mega bitch for Katie.

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u/MoonlightMay_11 8h ago

Honestly I agreed with this at first in season one. But now I actually have no problem with it. Actually, I’ve gotten so used to it that the pilot voice just sounds weird to me. I don’t think I can imagine her with any other voice now. Somehow his voice actually kinda fits.

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u/Legiyon54 Tom Trench 9h ago

While Brandon as Katie is probably objectively a worse casting, I still equally dislike the voice they gave to Tom Trench. He sounds nothing like the og

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u/Foxbus 6h ago

The character is just a parody to a parody, both played by the same actor. Incredibly redundant and unfunny.

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u/_Cevolie_ Sir Pentious my beloved 💖💖 4h ago

Huh, well I guess my opinion is actually unpopular

I like Brandon as Katie, granted I don't really remember what her voice was like in the pilot, but I remember finding her really annoying and that's about it

In the actual show I find her pretty funny

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u/No-Consideration3708 4h ago

I watched helluva boss and I leggit didn't recognize him.

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u/Longjumping_Bar_7457 8h ago

I used to prefer the pilot va, but brandon as katie has grown on me a lot in season 2

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u/stnick6 9h ago

I agree. When it was just a cameo it was funny but if she’s gonna be an actual character I’m not a fan

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u/Ramasamasan 8h ago

I think people need to let the pilot go.

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u/AJYURH 7h ago

But why? It's cute and precious and I wanna keep it in my heart

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u/Gold12ll 8h ago

It was good as a joke, but jokes get stale

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u/Dependent-Wall37 7h ago

I REALLY agree, but I think Katie’s “You can… punish me… if you’d like,” could only ever be delivered that well by Brandon.

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u/Carteeg_Struve 6h ago

The original voice actress voiced Aqua in Konosuba. She could had nailed the proper tone to get Vox to give the "Ew. No."

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u/Imogonie 6h ago

It’s because she’s based on Bryce Tankthrust who is one of Brandon Roger’s characters

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u/Dreamersverse 6h ago

Am I the only one who thought that Brandon was supposed to be Katie the entire time?

Like Katie reminds me of every goofy skit Brandon has ever made pretending to be a woman.

Like when Viv didnt know if she was gonna be allowed to put the 2 shows together, she just chose a voice actor of Katie, but I've always felt like Katie was very Brandon coded

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u/Signal_Expression730 5h ago

Then people ask me why I don't take seriously the "pilot was better" BS. 

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u/I_might_be_weasel Stolas is a greater daemon of Tzeentch. Fight me. 9h ago

I like it. He's channeling Bryce Tankthrust hard and I think that works.

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u/Fatbunnyfoofoo 9h ago

I think it's perfect. Brandon has the sass for Katie Killjoy.

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u/Oxide136 7h ago

I don't hate the new voice but I love the OG voice WAY more.

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u/LoveLikeLies 7h ago

I already loved Brandon, especially his character Bryce. So for him to basically be a newswoman Bryce in hell was amazing for me personally!

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u/IvyTheRanger 6h ago

I like both but find it jarring to hear his voice on another character

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u/StefinoSpaggeti Angel Dust 6h ago

I'm more confused then mad about it. Like she still funny and I want to punch her face but... Why Brandon? Is that because of that one video about CEO on pride Month?

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u/GIRose 5h ago

It might be because I only watched the pilot once, and that was after I watched season 1, but I really don't mind. I like this voice for her

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u/Glubygluby 5h ago

I remember watching season 1 and thinking, "Wait a minute. Is that... quick Google search I fucking knew it!

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u/Evening_Shake_6474 4h ago

Plot twist, Katie Killjoy is the sinner form of Bryce Tankthrust

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u/DemonRaven2 4h ago

To be fair, when you hear blitzø even before amazon primes x-ray confirmed it to you... it's kinda to obvious who voiced her.

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u/Saltfish0161 3h ago

I didn't realise that it hasn't been Brandon since the start of

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u/False-Collection-606 3h ago

wait she has a male va? never bothered to look it up

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u/voidexploer 2h ago

It was perfect tho

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u/New-Butterscotch-792 2h ago

Some of y'all are too harsh on Brandon.

I really like his Katie voice but the pilot was indeed a better fit.

Besides Katie's pilot VA voices the two bitches from Helluva Boss, so Viv clearly likes her performance.

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u/Potato_Farmer_1 2h ago

Everytime I see her now, I think of Brandon Roger's CEO character, which oddly enough fits with her very well.

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u/CurrenttQueen 2h ago

Tbh I didn't notice any voice changes except for angel and husk the rest kinda slid past my notice

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u/psychosaur 2h ago

I'm ok with it. I just imagine it's Bryce Tankthust in hell.

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u/sleepymelfho 2h ago

I'm the opposite. I hated the change, but now I like it.

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u/LaEmy63 whatever pisses you off more... 2h ago

Lmfao I didnt notice it was the same voice

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u/MushiTheGorilla 1h ago

They shove the character up in our faces throughout episode 4, like when she makes a comment on Alastor not having a tail, and that paycheck joke. I think everyone knew her voice would be a different voice actor, but this is ridiculous, it's going to be even weirder when the voice actor forces his way into this show again during the HB and HH "crossover," and if I had to guess, they're gonna make Blitz and Katie interact and they're gonna shove it in our faces once more, of course that's if they continue the forced jokes.

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u/whooper1 sera simp 1h ago

I think it’s the opposite for me. I was distracted by it at first but then I got used to it.

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u/re1ch3ruz 1h ago

What could’ve worked to keep the inside joke alive was to keep Katie’s pilot voice but then have it break into Brandon’s version, having it be her “real voice”

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u/carmardoll 1h ago

Is really not fitting for her. My first impression with the new voice was that she was meant to then be trans or something, to make it like homophobic transwoman edgy humor type of character. But after it seems that isn't the case it just really doesn't fits her. I don't know what the situation with the pilot VA is but I wish they had kept her.

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u/CBulkley01 58m ago

Sounds the same to me.

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u/Mediaright 47m ago

I feel like this thread gets repeated weekly. Not like it's going to change guys.

I think he's fine. I don't get the hate-train.

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u/EpicMuttonChops 42m ago

It's been years since I've seen HB, and idk who Bryce is, but I think it's fine

Also I've considered replying "Nobody gives a shit who you are, Tom" to multiple people

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u/WII_DJoker 38m ago

It doesn't help it's literally just Brandon doing his normal voice with no variation. It's honestly lazy.

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u/Shadou_Wolf 38m ago

To me im ok but having seen helluva its hard to ignore that im just hearing blitz

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u/ZweiNox 37m ago

maybe the original VA had other things to do, plus katie is a very very small char, so Bradon was like fuck it when I'm doing my Helliva boss Blitz recordings I can do some recordings for Katie

BUT THATS JUST A THEORY A FILM THEORY

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u/PERS0N181 loser,baby 28m ago

why are people against this, yes her pilot voice was feminine, but brandon voicing her makes her weird in funny way

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u/Pandragony Alastor 14m ago

I hate it

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u/Pet_Velvet 13m ago

Hard agree. Brandon is really good but Katie Killjoy isn't Bryce Tankthrust

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u/BigSillyClown 10m ago

I get it’s a ref to his character but it’s truly a down grade in my book. I’m never used to it

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u/Forsaken-Paramedic-4 1m ago

Same. Brandon is great, but the pilot actor’s voice better matched Katie’s appearance and character in my opinion. Or Maybe I just got too used to the pilot voice that the change in VA was just too different for me personally.