Top 10 Reasons Why Ramshackle is Better Than Hazbin Hotel
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The swearing in Hazbin Hotel is forced; the swearing in Ramshackle isn't
To make something clear, I have nothing against swearing in cartoons when it's done well, i.e., South Park, The Simpsons, and Futurama, but Hazbin does it poorly. Every other word that comes out of a character's mouth is the F-bomb, and they're not used cleverly. If I had to make a comparison, it's like that one sixth grader you knew in middle school who tried to show they were cool by swearing every two seconds.
Good swearing is earned and has momentum, build-up, and timing, which South Park seems to understand a lot more. There aren't as many swears in Ramshackle, and the few that are there feel genuinely earned and not forced.
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Ramshackle's concept is interesting; Hazbin Hotel's isn't
Hazbin's idea doesn't strike me as compelling, to say the least. It not only has a cookie-cutter concept, but it also doesn't do much with that concept aside from everything randomly becoming an M-rated Disney musical parody, and a boring one at that. It also seems to have an identity crisis, but I'll save that for a different item.
Ramshackle is an animated comedy set in the 1920s, or maybe the 1800s. I'm not sure, but it seems more appealing than having the daughter of Satan trying to redeem sinners.
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Ramshackle sticks to one thing; Hazbin Hotel tries to do too much at once
Ramshackle knows that it's a comedy, and it excels in that department. Hazbin, though, can't decide if it wants to be a comedy, a musical, or a drama. It tries to do all three, and as a result, it has an identity that doesn't feel consistent, which hurts the tone as well.
The comedy aspects of Hazbin also clash with the musical part and the part that wants to be a serious drama, which results in tonal whiplash. This problem is made even worse by Helluva Boss.
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"Piece of Trash" is better than most Hazbin Hotel songs
No joke, after hearing Piece of Trash, the song has been embedded in my head, and I can't get it out. It's genuinely that catchy. I don't care for most of Hazbin's songs because they remind me of boring Disney Channel songs or by-the-numbers show tunes that I've heard a million times over.
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The characters in Ramshackle have personalities; most Hazbin Hotel characters don't
Every character in Hazbin is one-dimensional. Angel Dust is the overly horny character who likes sex and nothing else. He's a walking stereotype and is a gay version of Quagmire from Family Guy. Husk is the bartender archetype, with the only difference between him and Moe being that Keith David voices him. Honestly, I don't mind Keith David.
Charlie is the overly preppy girl stereotype, but she also swears like a sailor because she's Vivzie's self-insert. It's that blatant. Stone's a mopey character, sure, but he also cares about his friends and is intelligent. Vinnie, also, I'd argue, is more interesting than Charlie, but I digress. Because she comes from a poor background, she's clever. She's hot-headed, but she cares about her friends, is strong, and doesn't take anything from anyone.
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Ramshackle's animation is better than Hazbin Hotel's
To clarify, I don't think Hazbin looks terrible. It does have a lot of production value, but I do value the aesthetic Ramshackle brings to its animation. Looking at Hazbin doesn't give me eyestrain like Problem Solverz, but it feels a bit mediocre, I guess. Passable enough, but not wowing me by any means.
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Ramshackle has potential to grow; Hazbin Hotel doesn't
Ramshackle had a couple of shorts and one pilot. Hazbin has had a pilot and two seasons at this point, and I'd argue that Ramshackle has more of a chance to improve and flesh out its ideas. Hazbin was so uninteresting to me that I felt bored with it after one season. Then again, Smiling Friends also piques my interest a million times more.
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Ramshackle is funny; Hazbin Hotel isn't
Obviously, humor's subjective. However, I'll take Ramshackle's absurdist, sarcastic humor over Hazbin's sixth-grade, middle-school-esque humor, which consists only of sex jokes and characters dropping F-bombs every two minutes. Again, sex jokes can be funny if they're done well, but Hazbin jokes lack subtlety and get old very fast.
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Ramshackle has more interesting lore than Hazbin Hotel
In addition to the shorts and the pilot, there are comics that have side characters tell a wide variety of stories within the universe. Hazbin's lore feels very boring to me, and the show itself is trying to be a religious satire, but it's clearly written from the perspective of an atheist, with how blatant it is.
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Ramshackle has Maggot, a sentient character that murders rich people; Hazbin Hotel doesn't have a character close to that
For real, Maggot is a sentient creature that murders corrupt rich people, which alone makes him more interesting than 4/5 of Hazbin's characters. Beyond a shadow of doubt, honestly. Plus, the way he does it alone would put Moxxie and the rest of I.M.P. to shame.
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Ramshackle wasn't created by a terrible person
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Ramshackle has a more appealing art style