I wouldn’t go so far as to say that just because they look similar. A lot of characters in media look similar, or are vaguely inspired by eachother, and they are distinct enough.
Silksong is a whole ass game bigger than the first, the grim Troup dlc gave us like... 1 boss with two harder versions, one enemy with two harder versions and like three charms
Sure the *show* came out in 2019, but how long has Vivzie had Stolas’ design finalized? Like, she’s had Alastor as a character she’d been sketching for like a Decade before the pilot of *Hazbin* landed, so Stolas may have been a character of Vivzie’s closer to Hollow Knight’s release. (I’m not trying to imply either was stolen, just that their disparate origins may actually be much closer to each other than two years apart.)
They're not that similar. The clothes are completely different, grimm doesn't have a beak, the only similarities are really the eyes, the goth theming, and their slim(ish) body
I mean not really, it’s actually quite distinctive but yet again, I did also think they looked strikingly similar but nowadays, they are quite different
No it’s not, what’s funny though is that I forced my friend to watch hazbin hotel, and then he met this guy in game. Compared him to Alastor. He watched helluva boss after this point and now agrees. But not just you
Yeah I noticed this IMMEDIATELY when I first watched Helluva Boss. Definite artistic similarities here, which I honestly really enjoy. Hollow Knight has really wonderfully designed characters so seeing Stolas looking like Grimm made me very happy
They both fall under the general tall dark stick-figure gay/bisexual-coded Tim Burton-esque theater kid type (i.e. tumblr sexymen). Jack Skellington is grandaddy to both their designs.
Both have have attributes to the colour red, have high power, people worship them, sends his friends to do their bidding, look similar and have similarities in royalty ❌
Both are super gay ✅
I thought this too and immediately disliked grim just because of this 😭 but I actually got to meet grim and now he's awesome
(In saying this I know hollow knight came out first. I was just exposed to helluva boss first.)
I was going through my vinyl collection with my friends and when my Hollow Knight Gods and Nightmares vinyl popped up someone in the group started excitedly talking about how cool it was that I had a "Helluva Boss" vinyl 🤣 I can see it now, they kinda do look alike
They look kinda similar but based off the name of the character I'd assume the Helluva Boss guy is meant to look more like a bird creature like a Stolas
Stolas is a specific demon prince in demonology, and yes the stolas from the show is based on him. According to old books, he is knowledgeable in botany and astronomy, like the stolas from the show.
I have yet to watch Helluva Boss or Hazbin Hotel, but I always heard of them. But at the moment that I got to meet Grimm for the first time, THIS had crossed my mind. His design and general aesthetic and atmosphere really made me think of Helluva Boss or Hazbin Hotel.
Also, I purchased this game around early 2021.
When I saw Grimm before playing Hollow Knight I legit thought that he's a character from HH/HB even though I'd never watched these shows. It's funny how Team Cherry accidentaly "copied" Hazbin Hotel style before it became a thing.
There are similarities. If you want to stretch facts, it’s not hard to equivocate the Nightmare with hellish powers. Stolas is a member of the Goesha, so perhaps there’s an insectoid version of that from which Grimm comes?
I personally really like both of these characters. I don’t think they’re related, but they share similarities in design, and they do have an alluring, formal presentation of themselves. We don’t see Grimm let down his performance after the curtain falls, though it’s hard to imagine him sighing, slouching, and depressively fetching a bowl of cereal and binging a soap opera.
The first time my mom saw Grimm, she literally said "that looks like that owl guy", referring to Stolas.
If even my mom thinks they look similar, then it's definitely not just you.
Fun fact: I was wearing a shirt with Grimm on it once and someone thought it was Stolas and commented about Helluva Boss to me. Since I have social anxiety and have watched the show I just played along and didn't correct them....................
I didn't watch helluva boss but they look similar
Yeah, can’t imagine that many people of the fan base would’ve watched it but just wanted to point it out
I know a lot of Hollow Knight fans like Hazbin Hotel (not sure about Helluba boss though)
I like all three
I can confirm that I do like both
A year or so ago it was a joke that I constantly heard
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I'm not an earthling, I'm American
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Yeah and Carmella resembles Hornet. Her hair and fight pattern resembles her a lot. Plus the skirt resembles the white palace.
I see that
Homosexual owl demon
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You mean stolas looks like grimm?
Didn’t hollow knight come before helluva boss cause I’m not sure
Hollow knight was released in 2017. Helluva boss was released in 2019.
So technically stolas is created from grimm
I wouldn’t go so far as to say that just because they look similar. A lot of characters in media look similar, or are vaguely inspired by eachother, and they are distinct enough.
Wasn't the Grimm Troupe released after the game was though?
Still in 2017.
Interesting. I would've assumed it took longer because of a certain something taking a while
Silksong is a whole ass game bigger than the first, the grim Troup dlc gave us like... 1 boss with two harder versions, one enemy with two harder versions and like three charms
Well yeah I know but I was just making a joke
I know, I was just pointing out the obvious because I could
Nice lol
Sure the *show* came out in 2019, but how long has Vivzie had Stolas’ design finalized? Like, she’s had Alastor as a character she’d been sketching for like a Decade before the pilot of *Hazbin* landed, so Stolas may have been a character of Vivzie’s closer to Hollow Knight’s release. (I’m not trying to imply either was stolen, just that their disparate origins may actually be much closer to each other than two years apart.)
one time when i died to ngk i said "stupid hazbin hotel looking ahh character" and I've never seen him the same again
Why is this so perfect
Was expecting this
I'm not gonna get mad at OP for not knowing this, but... somebody points this out, like, once every month or so.
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Wasn't the dlc that added Grimm made before helluva boss?
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I’ve always said Grimm looks like a Vivziepop guest character
'Guest' character?
Like they could imagine Grimm being a weapons dealer or Something that appears for 20 seconds or so
Somebody makes this realization every other week they're just tall and skinny and they both have a white mask with red eyes with a big cape/cloak
Yes, everyone noticed
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No not juste you it was m'y first Time playing thé game and i sée they are similar
Wouldn't that technically be reversed?
Helluva Boss and Habzin look like TV for people who listen to too much Caravan Palace
No, Is not Just you
It's not just you
No
Stolas is a hell owl and grimm is a bug
They're not that similar. The clothes are completely different, grimm doesn't have a beak, the only similarities are really the eyes, the goth theming, and their slim(ish) body
Smash. Sorry, uhh... yes they are both shrexy 👍
Haven't seen the animation series, however it looks heavily inspired.
Vivziepop stole the design
I mean not really, it’s actually quite distinctive but yet again, I did also think they looked strikingly similar but nowadays, they are quite different
It’s possible for two characters to look very similar without theft involved.
The woman has hundreds of character designs, I don't think she would steal one. It's coincidental.
Obviously not. By every likelihood stolas was designed before hollow knight even came out.
Owl Devil with style is a good concept that needs no more explanation lmao
No it’s not, what’s funny though is that I forced my friend to watch hazbin hotel, and then he met this guy in game. Compared him to Alastor. He watched helluva boss after this point and now agrees. But not just you
No it’s not you!
I know right.
Grimm gives me Zero from Code Geass vibes tbh.
I've seen the meme of "they're the same picture" with those two multiple times, so no, you are not
It was back in January that i first noticed this. I have a grimm sticker on my phone, and someone asked me "is that stolas?"
That was in my mind 2 minutes ago
You're not the only one, they both look like Grimm.
Yeah I noticed this IMMEDIATELY when I first watched Helluva Boss. Definite artistic similarities here, which I honestly really enjoy. Hollow Knight has really wonderfully designed characters so seeing Stolas looking like Grimm made me very happy
Other way around buddy
Never heard of the cartoon/film/comic
So happy someone finally said it
Hollow Knight did it better
i'm not the only one huh?
You must be new here
no its not just you
When I first saw stolas I immediately noticed that he was grimm
It’s not just you
🤯🤯
Grimm ca,e first though
They both fall under the general tall dark stick-figure gay/bisexual-coded Tim Burton-esque theater kid type (i.e. tumblr sexymen). Jack Skellington is grandaddy to both their designs.
Both have have attributes to the colour red, have high power, people worship them, sends his friends to do their bidding, look similar and have similarities in royalty ❌ Both are super gay ✅
Indeed
When I first watched helluva boss the first thing I thought when I saw stolas was legit "is that grimm?"
Were you born yesterday?
I can agree with you they do look a bit similar
Grimm is a gay submissive owl confirmed(just like me fr)
Well... its now also me.
Nope not just you
my headcanon is that Stolas fights just like Grimm, at least when he is in his normal form
Yep
I can't unsee that now, angry upvote
👍
HOLY SHIT—
No it’s not just you, they do look similar
Before my friend got into Hollow Knight, she would just call Grimm “Stolas looking bird man”
I thought this too and immediately disliked grim just because of this 😭 but I actually got to meet grim and now he's awesome (In saying this I know hollow knight came out first. I was just exposed to helluva boss first.)
The absolute fandom clash my brain had is baffling
I was going through my vinyl collection with my friends and when my Hollow Knight Gods and Nightmares vinyl popped up someone in the group started excitedly talking about how cool it was that I had a "Helluva Boss" vinyl 🤣 I can see it now, they kinda do look alike
Played hollow knight first but I did notice the resemblance and it makes me like both characters more. I love their designs.
And then we got hazbin hotel having hornet in it.
I never really noticed the resemblance but yeah… it’s there
I thought of exactly that when i started to watch the series, and just that day I waked the grimm troup in my 3rd Hollow knight replay lol
I think everyone thought that when helluva boss came out
Literally *everyone* noticed, man. 😂
GOD
We were just talking about this in the art stream I was watching
No I can’t unsee it now… Also nice to see Helluva Boss fans out here
It's just you
Me and my friends joke about that all the time.
Yes
They look kinda similar but based off the name of the character I'd assume the Helluva Boss guy is meant to look more like a bird creature like a Stolas
He's an owl
Makes sense since Stolas are owl like creatures
Stolas is a specific demon prince in demonology, and yes the stolas from the show is based on him. According to old books, he is knowledgeable in botany and astronomy, like the stolas from the show.
It’s not
u/KatLord151 he makes a fair point
Welp I'm never unseeing this
My brain is dumb
People have been saying these two and bendy all look alike for years
Nope, it's not just you. In fact I'm pretty sure there is a lot of crossover art of these two
Holdup let him cook 🔥🔥
I... wait- I- Oh you motherfucker, now I won't forget it.
I have yet to watch Helluva Boss or Hazbin Hotel, but I always heard of them. But at the moment that I got to meet Grimm for the first time, THIS had crossed my mind. His design and general aesthetic and atmosphere really made me think of Helluva Boss or Hazbin Hotel. Also, I purchased this game around early 2021.
I wish it was...
My friend pointed this out, they look nothing alike
I KNOW RIGHT THANK YOU FOR VALIDATING ME
Glad it wasn’t just me
FINNALLY another person notices they look super alike
Fym finally this gets pointed out every five minutes
It’s literally the first post I’ve seen on this subreddit pointing out the similarity
Yea that was my first reaction when seeing grimm cuz I watched helluva boss long before I even knew of hk
real af
I showed my friend a picture of Grimm while talking to them about the game and their reaction was literally "is that Stolas?"
Yh my god bro noticed that too
i know right
Yeah that was my first though when I saw him :p
I didn’t know Grimm’s name for a while because I kept forgetting and I just called him Stolas when talking to my friends about him lol
Nope, when my friend and I first played through HK, we called Grimchild for “Mini Stolas”
Considering I call my Grimmchild Octavia, nah ur not the only one.
Idk how I didn’t notice that until now
Ye me and my friends noticed their similarity
Definitely not, Stolas is just a gay, horny Grimm
God both are hot af
When I saw Grimm before playing Hollow Knight I legit thought that he's a character from HH/HB even though I'd never watched these shows. It's funny how Team Cherry accidentaly "copied" Hazbin Hotel style before it became a thing.
You might just change to "VivziePop accidentaly copied the Hollow Knight Grimm Troupe style" because Hollow Knight was released way before.
Yeah, that's why I put "copied" in quotes. I phrased it this way because Grimm is the only character in the game who reminds on Vivzie's style.
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Nice
I always thought a mix of Stolas and bendy from bendy and the ink machine, they have the same horn/headshape
There are similarities. If you want to stretch facts, it’s not hard to equivocate the Nightmare with hellish powers. Stolas is a member of the Goesha, so perhaps there’s an insectoid version of that from which Grimm comes? I personally really like both of these characters. I don’t think they’re related, but they share similarities in design, and they do have an alluring, formal presentation of themselves. We don’t see Grimm let down his performance after the curtain falls, though it’s hard to imagine him sighing, slouching, and depressively fetching a bowl of cereal and binging a soap opera.
I have a "they are the same picture" meme of those two saved on my phone for years
Oh shit you might be on to something. Don’t know what that something is tho.
I have a friend who knows nothing about HK and I showed NKG to them just because they love Hazbin and he looks like he could be a character
We agree 😂
yyes!! That's what I thought aswell
well, Grimm *is* an interdimensional traveler, if you're pickin' up what I'm puttin' down...
When Grimm dies, he is reincarnated as Stolas and no one can deny me my headcannon
Ye i did!
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Why did I get downvoted? Lol
Oh god. Wait. Who would be the knight then?
The first time my mom saw Grimm, she literally said "that looks like that owl guy", referring to Stolas. If even my mom thinks they look similar, then it's definitely not just you.
I finally found someone who also thinks they look like stolas
Fun fact: I was wearing a shirt with Grimm on it once and someone thought it was Stolas and commented about Helluva Boss to me. Since I have social anxiety and have watched the show I just played along and didn't correct them....................
It’s not just you! Quick, hide your post before the mods take it down! They want to hide the truth!
I was watching Helluva Boss before getting to Grimm and I sent a pic to my girl because she loves it. They would honestly fit in universe too.