Mugman (Cuphead)

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Do-Gooder
Full Name	Mugman
Alias(es)	No information
Origin	Cuphead: Don't Deal With The Devil!
Occupation	Soul Contract Collector (formerly) Worker for The Devil (determinant)
Powers / Skills	Rapid fire. Using finger as a gun. Dodging. Dashing. Parry slapping. Charms. Super attacks. Ex-shooting.
Hobby	Gambling. Exploring.
Goals	Collect the Devil's Soul Contracts. Defeat King Dice. Defeat the Devil (determinant). Become a demon (determinant).
Family	Unnamed parents (presumed deceased), Cuphead (twin brother), Elder Kettle (caretaker)
Friends / Allies	Cuphead, Ms.Chalice, Elder Kettle, Porkrind, The Legendary Chalice, Canteen Pilot, Barbershop Quartet, Ribby and Croaks, Hilda Berg, Cagney Carnation, Baroness Von Bon Bon, Djimmi the Great, Beppi the Clown, Grim Matchstick, Rumor Honeybottoms, Werner Werman, Captain Brineybeard, Cala Maria, (love-interest) Sally Stageplay, Blind Specter, Inkwell Isle residents
Enemies	The Devil, King Dice, Moe Tato, Weepy, Psycarrot, Ribby and Croaks (formerly), Goopy Le Grande, Hilda Berg (formerly), Cagney Carnation (formerly), Baroness Von Bon Bon (formerly), Djimmi the Great (formerly), Beppi the Clown (formerly), Wally Warbles, Grim Matchstick (formerly), Rumor Honeybottoms (formerly), Werner Werman (formerly), Captain Brineybeard (formerly), Cala Maria (formerly), Sally Stageplay (formerly), Blind Specter (formerly), T-Bone, Blaze Brothers, Head of the Phantom Express, Dr. Kahl, Dr. Kahl's Robot, Tipsy Troop, Mr. Chimes, Mr. Wheezy, Mangosteen, Phear Lap, Pip and Dot, Pirouletta, Chips Bettigan, Hopus Pocus
Type of Hero	Justice Seeker

Mugman is the deuteragonist and one of two playable characters in the 2017 video game Cuphead: Don't Deal With the Devil! created by StudioMDHR Entertainment. 

Description

Appearance

Mugman is an anthropomorphic mug with a humanoid body and a mug as a head, hence the name Mugman. His head is slightly taller than Cuphead's head, making his head more mug-like. He appears to have gray skin, a blue and white striped straw protruding out the back of his head, along with an unknown liquid filling his head. He has small oval eyes and a large blue nose. He wears white Mickey Mouse-like gloves, a black long-sleeve shirt, blue shorts, and brown shoes.

Personality

Mugman appears to be more mature and self-aware than his brother Cuphead, who is more greedy and cocky. Unlike Cuphead, Mugman knew the dangers of accepting The Devil's risk, but was too late to do anything about it as Cuphead, blinded by the reward, had already rolled the dice. He also quite forgiving, as he doesn't seem to possess any grudge against Cuphead for putting both their lives at risk.

Powers and Abilities

Physical Abilities

Dash: Mugman can swiftly get out of harm's way by dashing. Best used when he needs to get out of the way of an immediate attack

Parry Slap: Mugman has the ability to slap pink objects using parry slaps. Each successful parry slap grants one card on his super meter.

Weaponry

Mugman can fire various projectiles using his index finger. Each projectile is different from one another. Mugman's default weapon is the peashooter, but better projectiles can be purchased with gold coins at Porkrind's Emporium.

Peashooter: Mugman'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 to 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 low damage.

Charms

Smoke Bomb: Allows Mugman to dash without taking any damage.

Heart: Grants Mugman a fourth heart, but reduces his attack power.

Coffee: Automatically fills Mugman's super meter.

Whetstone: Doubles Mugman's parry as a damaging axe attack.

P. Sugar: Mugman's first parry slap is automatic.

Twin Heart: Grants Mugman five health points, but lowers his attack damage slightly more than the Heart charm.

Trivia

• In the Steam Store artwork for Cuphead: Don't Deal With the Devil!, Mugman appears to be wearing blue shoes, despite him wearing brown shoes in-game. However, this was later revealed to be intentional in order to mirror the inconsistencies of cartoons back in the 1930's where the colors of the character's gloves and shoes in posters were different from their original designs.
• His parents have never been seen or mentioned, hinting that he and Cuphead are orphans.
• Mugman's age is unknown, but it is possible he is in his early to mid 20's.
• Mugman was only able to be played by player 2 in co-op; as of April 18, there is now a character select option.