The Devil (The Cuphead Show!)

“	♪ In case you ain't heard, I'm the Devil!I'm a real low-down, not on the level!They call me Old Scratch, Mr. S, the Big D,I'm the King of the Underworld; yeah, it's great to be me! ♪	„
 	~ The lyrics from the Devil's song. 	
“	The Devil: He didn't escape! He played the game, he lost! His soul belongs to me! I'll get that cup!Henchman: ...Head?The Devil: [smacks him with his pitchfork] Oh, shut up!	„
 	~ The Devil declaring his revenge on Cuphead for destroying his carn-evil, including his soul-ball, after he and his brother Mugman ran away from him. 	
“	Thank you, Henchman. 	„
 	~ The Devil’s catchphrase.	
The Devil is the main antagonist of the 2022 Netflix animated series, The Cuphead Show!.
He is the demonic ruler of the Underworld, who continually torments the residents of Inkwell Isle and schemes to steal their souls. After Cuphead manages to escape having his soul stolen, he becomes obsessed with claiming it and destroying him. He is the boss of Henchman, King Dice, and Stickler, and the archenemy of Cuphead, Mugman, and, eventually, Ms. Chalice.
He is voiced by Luke Millington-Drake.
== Description ==
=== Appearance ===
The Devil mostly resembles his game counterpart with a few changes. The Devil now is always depicted with a tail (unlike in the game), his nose is red, and the red irises he is only occasionally depicted with in-game are now a permanent part of his design. His fur, horns, and claws have both also gained slight blue and yellow tints, and his ears are a bit longer and spikier.
=== Personality ===
The Devil is manipulative and evil with a flamboyant demeanor and an obsession with collecting souls. He's jollier and more playful than he is in the game and behaves in a more childish manner. However, he can be very intimidating as shown when he threatens King Dice after his failure.
The Devil is also more actively involved in pursuing his goals than his counterpart character from the game.
In the second season, the Devil’s hatred of Cuphead becomes more intense, to the point where just talking about him is enough for him to have explosive bursts of anger. He also becomes more bad-tempered and wrathful in general, including towards other demons such as Henchman and Stickler.
By season 3, the Devil still keeps his wrathful and negative traits, going as far as draining the life out of Ms. Chalice and forcing her to betray Cuphead and Mugman, to kidnapping Mugman. He is also shown to be a fan of opera, and feels joy and happiness in ruining Christmas as the holidays.
=== Powers and Abilities ===
* Demon Physiology: The Devil is a powerful demon who boasts a wide-array of abilities.
** Shape-shifting: The Devil has the ability to shape-shift into whatever he desires, such as fearsome creatures to attack enemies or disguises to fool them.
** Contact Bestowal: The Devil can also create contracts with others to gain ownership of their souls or grant them special abilities.
* Magic Pitchfork: The Devil possesses a magic pitchfork that he is heavily dependent on for extra abilities.
* Immortality: The Devil is without a doubt Immortal. In "A Very Devil Christmas" it is revealed that The Devil was around since the beginning of time.
** Teleportation: By tapping the bottom-end of the pitchfork on the ground, the Devil can instantly teleport himself to anywhere he wants.
** Fire Generation: The pitchfork can blast fire from its head, incinerating anything in its path.
** Levitation: The pitchfork can levitate the user and anything else should the user command it.
** Transformation: The pitchfork can transform anything into anything else the user wants.
** Conjuration: The pitchfork can create almost anything out of thin air.
== Biography ==
The Devil is the demonic ruler of the Underworld beneath the Inkwell Isles. He often plays cruel tricks upon the inhabitants and comes up with evil schemes to collect their souls (which are unexplained). His former right-hand man, King Dice, also worked in collecting souls for him while presenting himself as a popular celebrity. He made a deal with Chalice to bring her back to life after she was run over by a trolly.
=== Season 1 ===
==== "Carn-Evil" ====
At some point, the Devil sets up a sinister carnival (spelled Carnevil) to attract victims, and if they lose a game, their souls get sucked out and are then transported directly to him. However, his scheme is interrupted by the arrival of Cuphead, who begins a winning streak at a skeeball booth. Angered by this, the Devil appears and scares away the other patrons and approaches both Cuphead and his brother, Mugman. Cuphead nearly loses his soul in the process, but Mugman saves him and they both run for it. The Devil chases them down while spewing fire at them. Afterwards, Mugman gets an idea and as the Devil fires one last shot from his pitchfork against the brothers, they jump out of the way in time, causing him to destroy the skew-ball booth, and by extension, the pipes connected to his Soul Vault, freeing the captured souls, much to the Devil’s anger. The Carnevil was destroyed during the scuffle and the Devil swears his revenge on Cuphead.
==== "Roll the Dice" ====
“	The Devil: Oh, and, number one?Dice: Yeeesss~?The Devil: I hate disappointment. 	„
 	~ The Devil to King Dice, warning him not to disappoint him before ending the phone call to continue his bath.	
Later on, the Devil is taking a bubble bath when he gets a call from King Dice that he had just captured Cuphead, making him proud. He then warns King Dice not to fail him or else before hanging up. Later after King Dice fails he fires him from his role as both "Number One" and the host of "Roll the dice".
==== "Sweater Off Dead" ====
After that, he decided to have a celebration in honor of himself, only for Stickler to point out that he has not yet collected Cuphead's soul. Soon he tries to take Cuphead's soul quickly to only notice that Cuphead was wearing an invisible sweater that blocks him off, then he tries to get Cuphead to take off the sweater almost succeeding with this anger then failing by Mugman giving Cuphead a hug blocking also his flames causing him to go crazy. Then he returns ripping apart Stickler's book to give him time.
==== "Sweater Luck Next Time" ====
Afterwards, he decides to try and take Cuphead's soul failing many times despite knowing Cuphead has the sweater. Then he makes a deal to paint the fence so that Cuphead could take off the sweater in return. After finishing, he notices he was tricked then goes to the carnival where Cuphead and Mugman are, later for Mugman to go to get this sweater. After hearing some jokes from Cuphead he finally notices that Cuphead isn't wearing the sweater, by then trying to take his soul, almost succeeding, if it weren't for Mugman putting the sweater on him. Now he notices he can now take Cuphead's soul whenever he wants, but it will most likely be when his wounds heal.
=== Season 2 ===
==== "Release the Demons!" ====
Months later, now that his fur had grown back, the Devil declared he was going to throw everything he had at Cuphead, and asked Henchman to bring him his finest demons.
The Devil admired the ferocious in his top demons, but he accidentally burned them all to death while talking about why he hated Cuphead. Then he the same thing to his second finest demons. So now, he was left with his third finest demons, which were pathetic and useless. The Devil wanted to kill them all, but he didn’t want to be left with the forth finest demons. He then sent his demons out, along with King Dice.
Later on, Dice was the only survivor, so he was forced to send out the four horsemen. They also failed because their horses were scared of Mugman’s horse mask.
Tired of failing, the Devil went over and was about to take Cuphead’s soul, only to be stopped by Stickler. Stickler also reveals a rule that said if the Devil had failed to collect someone soul with 30 days, the soul debt expired, and that it had been 31 days, so the Devil couldn’t take his soul. The Devil then tried to kill Stickler, but it was revealed that he was wearing the invisible sweater, and that he was the undisclosed location.
Tired and defeated, Stickler and the Devil went back to Inkwell Hell.
==== "The Devil’s Pitchfork" ====
“	Say goodbye to Cuphead. 	„
 	~ The Devil mockingly taking Mugman with him.	
After failing to claim Cuphead’s soul, The Devil was feeling down. He no longer has the right or will to take his soul as originally authorized, much to his frustration. He then felt worse went he saw a critic claim that he was losing his touch due to failing to get Cuphead’s soul. To make himself feel better, he wreaks havoc around the Inkwell Isles and terrorizes many of its civilians. However, the moment is ruined when learning he lost his pitchfork and realizes Cuphead has it. The latter uses it to shock him multiple times under the guise that he's giving it back to him, which causes him to accidentally reveal the fact that he can no longer take his soul out of anger. Seemingly showing sympathy after realizing how troubled he was, Cuphead offers the pitchfork... only to shock him yet again. With his patience and anger reaching its limit, he claims that since he has taken something important from him, he will do the same and take something important from him; Mugman. With a smug grin on his face, the Devil and Henchman captures Mugman and drag him down to the underworld, leaving Cuphead horrified and devastated that his brother is paying the price for his irresponsible actions.
=== Season 3 ===
==== "The Devil’s Revenge!" ====
==== "Cupstaged" ====
==== "Roadkill" ====
==== "A Very Devil Christmas" ====
==== "Special Delivery" ====
The Devil appears at the very end of the episode. He appears flossing his teeth in his bathroom when an explosion from Porkrind's shop cause a chain reaction by breaking a piece of the ceiling and check to see with his periscope. He turns to see the Cups and Chalice, to which he surprisingly knows her from before. Seeing her being friends with them, he decided to use it to his advantage.
==== "Down & Out" ====
==== "Dance with Danger" ====
==== "The Devil and Ms. Chalice" ====
== Quotes ==
=== Season 1 ===
“	Everyone loves a carnival. What a haul.	„
 	~ The Devil’s introduction. 	
“	Ooh! I love it when they run! 	„
 	~ The Devil upon seeing Cuphead and Mugman flee before chasing them to steal the former's soul.	
“	You had him right in the palm of your HAND!!!!!	„
 	~ The Devil. 	
“	I AM VERY VERY DISAPPOINTED!!!	„
 	~ The Devil. 	
“	You are no longer my number one… And you will NOT be hosting your PRECIOUS little show!	„
 	~ The Devil. 	
“	Attention, everyone. We're having our most productive year in a millenium, all thanks to my hard work and dedication.	„
 	~ The Devil praising himself for the work his minions do. 	
“	Oh! Deviled eggs! You know, I invented these.	„
 	~ The Devil. 	
“	You're wearing an impenetrable, invisible sweater! But how?!	„
 	~ The Devil. 	
“	Take it off, and I'll give you ten bucks!	„
 	~ The Devil. 	
“	I hate those cups.	„
 	~ The Devil. 	
“	Oh, that's right. Well, don't let us keep you. Bye! Who still needs cake, huh?	„
 	~ The Devil. 	
“	I didn't actually get his soul yet, okay? I just said that to buy myself some time before Stickler finds out. I hate that guy.	„
 	~ The Devil. 	
“	The only thing that'll make me feel better is getting that cup's soul. He's gotta take that sweater off sometime.	„
 	~ The Devil. 	
“	Listen, you little shoehorn... Stupid cup making me go around the back. I'm the Devil! Nobody tells me what to...	„
 	~ The Devil. 	
“	Nothing! I'm the Devil!	„
 	~ The Devil. 	
“	Let's see. I paint the fence. You take off the sweater. I take your soul. Hmm... Painting the fence. Oh, yes. Oh!	„
 	~ The Devil’s. 	
“	Is that so? Watch this. And on the one, and on the two, here we go.	„
 	~ The Devil. 	
“	And that is how you paint a fence! Unbelievable! Where did those two nitwits go?	„
 	~ The Devil. 	
“	How delightfully unexpected! You know, Cuphead, you're not so bad after all.	„
 	~ The Devil. 	
“	You're not wearing the sweater!	„
 	~ The Devil. 	
“	Are not! 	„
 	~ The Devil.	
“	Thank you, Henchman. Perfect. Without the sweater, I can just go and take that cup's soul any time I want! Yow!	„
 	~ The Devil. 	
=== Season 2 ===
“	For a millennium, it was clear without debate who that figure was. After a recent stirring of... humiliating setbacks however, it is becoming blatantly apparent that the Devil is LOSING HIS TOUCH?!?! A silly caricature of his once powerful self…Time to pass the walking stick to the next contender?! IT'S A PITCHFORK!	„
 	~ The Devil. 	
“	Stupid critic, what does he know?!	„
 	~ The Devil. 	
“	You know, Henchman, you're right. I AM the Devil. I need to get out there and be the Devil I was born to be! Oh, thank you, Henchman! I'm about to make a lot of people VERY miserable…	„
 	~ The Devil. 	
“	Lost my touch? I think not!	„
 	~ The Devil. 	
“	Very well, Henchman! First I tortured some children… Then I blew up…	„
 	~ The Devil. 	
“	Uh…. uh…. uh!! Where is my pitchfork? Guh… Uh, uh….. Ohh!	„
 	~ The Devil. 	
“	AAGH! YOU calm down!	„
 	~ The Devil. 	
“	I didn’t do that! Which means… Someone has my pitchfork!	„
 	~ The Devil. 	
“	Haah-! Agghh, you’re doing that on purpose!!	„
 	~ The Devil. 	
“	You think this is funny? You think you have the upper hand? Just because you have my pitchfork and your soul debt as expired?! 	„
 	~ The Devil accidentally reveals Cuphead’s soul is no longer under his control in a fit of rage after the latter zapped him with his own pitchfork.	
“	Ohh! The humiliation!	„
 	~ The Devil. 	
“	And you… you won’t zap me?	„
 	~ The Devil. 	
“	You have taken something of great value to me, so I shall take something of great value to you.	„
 	~ The Devil kidnapping Mugman as payback for Cuphead taking his pitchfork. 	
=== Season 3 ===
“	If that’s mug’s brother thinks he can steal my pitchfork, he’s got another thing coming!	„
 	~ The Devil. 	
“	RULES?! I don’t care about rules! They stole my pitchfork! Half of my powers are tied up in that thing! I can’t zap stuff, I can’t shoot fire. I can’t even teleport!	„
 	~ The Devil. 	
“	THAT’S NOT AS MUCH FUN AS SHOOTINg FIRE!! It was my whole style. I was so expressive when I had my pitchfork. Now, I don’t even know what to do with my hands.
Category:Villain
Category:Antagonists