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| “ | ♫ Well, Cuphead and his pal Mugman - They like to roll the dice. By chance, they came upon Devil's game and gosh, they paid the price - paid the price... And now they're fighting for their lives on a mission frought with dread. And if they proceed but don't succeed... Well... The Devil will take their heads. ♫ | „ |
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Cuphead is the titular main protagonist of the 2017 Studio MDHR video game of the same name and it’s DLC The Delicious Last Course, as well as one of the two main protagonists (alongside Mugman) of the Netflix animated series The Cuphead Show!.
In the game he is voiced by Luke De Ayora for one specifically line when being revived and saying "Thank you!" similar to his brother Mugman. In The Cuphead Show!, he is voiced by Tru Valentino in English and Natsuki Hanae in Japanese.
Appearance[]
Cuphead is an anthropomorphic teacup with a humanoid body and a teacup as a head, hence the name. He appears to have gray skin, a red and white striped bent straw protruding out the back of his head, along with liquid filling his head. He has large half-circle eyes and a small red nose. He wears white Mickey Mouse-like gloves, a black long-sleeve shirt, red shorts, and brown shoes.
Personality[]
Cuphead is problematic, but he is shown to regret it when dealing with the consequences. He shows himself to be confident, entertaining and slightly cheeky. Cuphead is also apparently willing to risk anything to get what wants, which shows he is impulsive. Despite his flaws, however, he is kindhearted and has good intentions overall.
Biography[]
Cuphead[]
Cuphead and Mugman lived happily in Inkwell Isle together with their caretaker Elder Kettle. One day when they both wandered far from home and ended up in the Devil's casino. In the casino, they both won lots of games and ended up having The Devil offering them both: If they win, they'll own the casino, but if they lose the Devil will take their soul. Cuphead, who wants to be rich, rolled the dice (ignoring Mugman's advice) and ends up losing the bet. Cuphead and Mugman begged for mercy and the Devil ended up giving them a task to collect his soul contracts.
After beating King Dice and collecting the contracts, The Devil would offer Cuphead two choices: To join him or not. If the player chooses to join him, Cuphead and Mugman ends up being demons. If the player refuses to join the Devil, the Devil will be very angry and Cuphead will end up dueling each other.
Cuphead wins at last and burns all the soul contracts, he and Mugman went back happily and told everyone how they saved Inkwell Isle.
The Delicious Last Course[]
In this DLC, Cuphead and Mugman take a trip to Inkwell Isle IV, as they hear that Ms. Chalice needs their help. When they arrive, Ms. Chalice greets them and gives Mugman an "astral cookie", which causes Ms. Chalice and Mugman to switch forms; Ms. Chalice being restored to a solid and living form, while Mugman becomes part of the astral plane and becomes a ghost. This cookie also allows the player to play as Ms. Chalice.
Ms. Chalice explains that collecting very specific ingredients can allow a special dish to be made, the "Wondertart", which would allow Ms. Chalice to remain in a solid form without the need for anyone else to be trapped in spirit form. The ingredients need to be given to Chef Saltbaker, the greatest chef on the island. The ingredients, however, must be collected from fighting bosses - in the same manner the original game is played.
Once all the ingredients are collected, returning to the Chef will reveal his true, evil intentions. He kidnapped one of the player's friends while the other characters were away, and is planning to bake the kidnapped character's soul into the Wondertart, with the intent of ruling over the astral plane. The player characters beat the Chef into submission after a difficult battle, whereas the fighting and chaos caused the Chef's bakery to collapse.
Chef Saltbaker is arrested for his crimes, but slowly redeems himself by not only peacefully serving his time, but rebuilding his bakery and giving treats to everyone in the island. He also reestablishes his friendship with the player characters.
Other Media[]
Super Smash Bros.[]
In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Cuphead first appeared as a DLC Mii costume for the Mii Gunner along with the Floray Fury song. Cuphead's spirit appeared in the "Ready? Wallop!" event, he is a ace primary attack spirit that increases the user's power on shooting items. His spirit battle is a stamina battle on the omega form of the New Ponk City stage against Mega Man (Mii Gunner on Cuphead's costume if the said costume got purchased) with increased power on ranged weapons and three giants Princess Peach. Only Mega Man/Mii Guner needs to be defeated to win.
The Cuphead Show![]
- Main article: Cuphead (The Cuphead Show!)
Powers and Abilities[]
Physical Abilities[]
Dash: Cuphead can swiftly get out of harm's way by launching himself a short distance. Best used when Cuphead needs to get out of the way of an immediate attack
Parry Slap: Cuphead can turn his straw into a hand to slap pink objects. Each successful parry slap grants one card on Cuphead's super meter.
Weaponry[]
Cuphead can fire various projectiles using his index finger. Each projectile is different from one another. Cuphead's default weapon is the peashooter, but better projectiles can be purchased with gold coins at Porkrind's Emporium.
Peashooter: Cuphead's starting projectile, fires small light-blue long-ranged projectiles with average damage.
Spread: Fires high damage-dealing but low-ranged red projectiles that spread into 3 perpendicular directions
Chaser: Fires small green homing projectiles. Does not require aiming but deals low damage
Roundabout: Acts as a boomerang, fires large blue projectiles. The Roundabout will first travel the direction it was initially fired, but almost instantly reverts the opposite direction. Deals high damage
Lobber: Fires dark blue projections that travel upwards in an arc shape, but then travel back downwards. Deals above average damage, but has low range
Charge: Fires chargeable yellow projectiles that, when charged, deal high damage. However, uncharged projectiles are considerably smaller and deal with low damage.
Crackshot: Fires rhombus projectiles that shoots forward for a while before breaking off and aiming for the enemy.
Converge: Fires three electricity bolts, passing through enemies that they hit.
Twist-Up: Fires three tornadoes that arc upwards towards the direction of the finger gun.
Charms[]
Smoke Bomb: Allows Cuphead to dash without taking any damage.
Heart: Grants Cuphead the fourth heart, but reduces his attack power.
Coffee: Automatically fills Cuphead's super meter.
Whetstone: Doubles Cuphead's parry as a damaging ax attack.
P. Sugar: Cuphead's first parry slap is automatic.
Twin Heart: Grants Cuphead five health points, but lowers his attack damage slightly more than the Heart charm.
Astral Cookie: Allows Cuphead to switch places with Ms. Chalice.
Trivia[]
- The liquid in his head is the essence of his soul, according to Studio MDHR.
- In the Steam Store artwork for Cuphead, Cuphead appears to be wearing red shoes, despite him wearing brown shoes in-game.
- His parents have never been seen or mentioned, implying that he and Mugman are orphans.
- His age is unknown.
- As explained by the producers of the game, he and Mugman "aren't exactly kids and they aren't exactly adults."
- Cuphead is based on old cartoon characters, most notably as the cup character from the Japanese propaganda Evil Mickeys attacks Japan (1936), as stated by a developer.
- He may likewise have been influenced by the design of various porcelain characters from the 1934 Silly Symphony The China Shop.
- He is heavily based on Bimbo the Dog, the boyfriend of Betty Boop being influenced by 1930's cartoons most notably from Fleischer Studios.
- Although heavily influenced by Bimbo, his appearance and traits are more similar to that of Mickey Mouse and Felix the Cat, sporting similar attire to Mickey's while sporting the same large circled eyes as well as tending to get into trouble like Felix during his earlier years.
External Links[]
- Cuphead on the Cuphead Wiki
- Cuphead on the Near Pure Good Wiki
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