Werner Werman

**Werner Werman** is one of the bosses encountered in Inkwell Isle Three of Cuphead.

## Appearance

Werner Werman is an anthropomorphic rat, with brown fur, white scleras, black oval-shaped eyes, white teeth, a red tongue, a long snout/nose that exposes pale skin from it, four nose hairs, long ears, and a brown spot on his nose. He wears a desaturated blue Pickelhaube on his head, with light blue head-straps on it, and a spike at the top of the same color as the straps.

His clothing consists of auburn brown shorts, with a tan stripe on both vertical sides of the pants, a suspender strap with a tan button on it, shoes in the same color as his Pickelhaube, and white gloves.

His soup can tank is red on the top, and white on the bottom. There are four golden stars at the bottom of the can. Two eyeholes are in a gold circle in the middle of the can, so Werner could see the players, while he's piloting his tank. The soup can tank is on a wooden board with wheels. His soup can tank gets destroyed in the second phase.

## Personality

Werner Werman speaks with a German accent, and salutes whenever he charges towards the other side of his field. He appears to be interested in early the 1700's-late 1900's eras, since he wears a Pickelhaube (a spiked Prussian soldier helmet), and owns a Colonial British soldier figure.

Werner is a skilled mechanic, judging by the realistic cat officially named Katzenwagen and the soup can tank that he made. He doesn't seem to might boasting about his own technology, according to his second phase death screen. He seems to be irrational when close to failure; instead of giving up, he continues to fight the player(s), while yelling wildly.

## Battle

### **Intro**

Werner Werman lights his cigar, before he goes inside the soup can tank to pilot it.

### **Phase 1**

Werner Werman has two attacks that he can perform on both sides of the battlefield.

* For his first attack, he uses a cannon that lobs cherry bombs, which explode into small streams of fire, once they hit the ground. The firing rate is moderate in Regular mode, but it is slower in Simple mode, and faster in Expert mode.

* For his second attack, he uses a catapult that flings scraps at the player. Two of the scrap projectiles are pink, and they can be parried. In Simple mode, there will be three pink projectiles, instead of two.

Sometime after multiple bombs or scraps have already been used against the player, Werner will send out two parry-able springboards that land on random areas on the ground. He will scream "CHARGE!", as the moves to the other side of the arena, forcing the player to parry the springboards to avoid taking damage from Werner Werman's tank. Parrying the springboards doesn't count towards the parry total in the results screen. However, the player could accidentally get hit by the tank, even if they manage to bypass it. In Simple mode, the soup can tank moves slower. In Expert mode, the soup can tank moves faster.

After taking enough damage, Werner will attempt to use a rocket against the player. However, it fails, and the tank blows up, injuring Werner. Werner Werman continues to operate the tank, even after it was partially destroyed.