Queen Hasabataslapya was an ancient Egyptian queen and an ancestor of Libby.
Biograpghy[]
It's unknown how long her reign was, what life was like for her and her subjects during said reign, if she was considered a "good" or "bad" ruler, etc. In fact, the only things that are learned about her during the course of the episode are what's revealed through the hieroglyphics translated by Jimmy: she died at the age of 18 and she had supposedly cursed her final resting place, claiming eternal punishment on anyone who dares to disturb it.
Show[]
In "Beach Party Mummy", when mummies attack the gang, Libby gets a makeover to make herself look strikingly similar to the queen in an attempt to control the mummies and pacify them, which does not work until she commands them in a fairly sassy manner. She later loves the new hairstyle so much that she decides to keep it for the remainder of the series.
Trivia[]
- Queen Hasabataslapya's name is a pun on the phrase, "How's about I slap ya?"
- It's ultimately unknown if Hasabataslapya is actually related to Libby -- she and the rest of the gang just assume that Libby must be a descendant of the Queen due to their striking resemblance to each other (Libby had claimed on in "Beach Party Mummy" that her family's been able to trace their ancestry all the way back to Ancient Egypt, even claiming to be related to Queen Cleopatra).
- If Libby is in fact a direct descendant of Queen Hasabataslapya, that would mean that the queen must have had at least one child during her reign -- and if she did, it's entirely possible that she had died giving birth to said child, as Ancient Egypt (unfortunately) had high rates of maternal (as well as infant) mortality.
- Her death at the age of 18 and her tomb being undisturbed for over 3,000-years are probably references to King Tut, Egypt's youngest pharaoh -- according to historians, King Tut was only around 9 when he assumed the throne and (after being Pharaoh for around ten years) suddenly passed away at the age of 19. His tomb was discovered in November of 1922 (after being undiscovered for over 3,000-years) and was ultimately opened in February of 1923.
- The giant painting that Jimmy and his friends see of Queen Hasabataslapya looks identical to Libby at the time of the episode's events (especially after she gets her makeover). Jimmy and the gang are supposedly 5th-graders (which would put them at around 10 or 11-years-old), so it's possible that Hasabataslapya was around that same age when she first became the Queen of Egypt.