Ms. Chalice

**Ms. Chalice** is the tritagonist of *Cuphead*. She was first revealed in the announcement trailer for the DLC, *Cuphead: The Delicious Last Course*. She can be playable if Cuphead or Mugman equip the Astral Cookie charm, however only one player can swap places with her.

In the main game, she is known as The Legendary Chalice - an NPC encountered in the Mausoleums. In her ghost known as "Legendary Chalice," her role in the game is basically that of a "damsel in distress" whom the player has to rescue in order to obtain Super Arts. In her corporeal form, however, she serves as a tritagonist prepare to assist Cuphead and Mugman in their adventure. She is supposed to be on a "secret mission" that involves assisting Chef Saltbaker bake the Wondertart.

## Description

### Physical appearance

Implied by her last name, Ms. Chalice is an anthropomorphic light yellow chalice, with a golden lip and handles, and a golden-and-white-striped straw sticking out of her head, similar to that of Mugman.

Her facial features consist of a small golden nose, round eyes with three eyelashes on each and a yellow mole under her right eye. She wears a black long-sleeve shirt, a light blue skirt with white bloomers, white gloves (with either white or yellow cuffs) and a pair of golden ballet flats.

If the agrees to give the soul contracts to the Devil before his battle — triggering the bad ending — just like Cuphead and Mugman, her appearance dramatically changes. Her light blue and golden coloration changes to pink, and she now has a bitten straw, her left handle is broken and she now has evil-looking yellow eyes with black and red pupils, a maniacal smile, and sharp teeth. Her eyelashes seem to be missing.

When the player completes the Cactus Girl’s quest, the player now can access to a new filter called "Chalice." In this filter, Ms. Chalice’s appearance remains virtually intact, but her colors are now gold rather than her ordinary default coloration, her skin is also white rather than being light yellow, comparatively like Cuphead and Mugman's Super Art II's appearances, however, for The Legendary Chalice, her body is now gold and her skin is also white as well. Her planes change completely golden when Cala Maria petrifies her.

### Personality

Ms. Chalice appears to be a cheerful albeit manipulative person, for example tricking Mugman to eat an astral cookie to swap places with him in the first cutscene of the DLC. However, she is also shown to be quite selfless and compassionate to others, she is willing to give up her pursuit of the Wondertart after learning it requires an actual soul to be created, and was happy to have made two new friends instead.

In *The Cuphead Show!*, her behavior has been altered into a near contrast to her in-game personality, typically during her debut (In Charm's Way). She is shown to not only be less empathetic for others, but her manipulative nature further expanded upon as she uses her cute appearance and charisma to get what she wants for free, therefore playing an anti-heroic role in the show. She is also shown to be blatantly aloof, claiming she is a "solo-act," preferring to be alone in her exploits. She is also shown to be a bit of a coward towards authoritative figures, as she will even abandon those she has grown close to just to avoid them.

## References

1. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuBZIrNnXZI