Ms. Chalice

"This chalice is nothing but trouble!"

> *"*"The name's Chalice, Ms. Chalice. But listen, you don't wanna get mixed up with a gal like me! This chalice is nothing but trouble!"
> **—Ms Chalice about herself,** In Charm's Way
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**Ms. Chalice** is the tritagonist of *Cuphead and The Cuphead Show!* She was first revealed in the announcement trailer for the upcoming DLC, *Cuphead: The Delicious Last Course*.

She is voiced by Grey Griffin for *The Cuphead Show*.

## Biography

In the main campaign, she is known as The Legendary Chalice: an NPC encountered in the Mausoleum levels. 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 the DLC campaign, she takes on a playable form, with a modified moveset that includes a double jump. She is supposedly on a "secret mission" that involves helping Chef Saltbaker.

## Description

### Appearance

#### Cuphead: The Delicious Last Course

Like her last name says, Ms. Chalice is an anthropomorphic light yellow chalice with golden-colored edge and handles and a golden and white striped straw sticking out of her head similar to Mugman's.

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.

#### The Cuphead Show!

Ms. Chalice's head is a chalice cup with what seems to be some sort of liquid inside, topped with a white and gold striped straw. Her eyes are similar to Mugman's, only with eyelashes and a beauty mark on the corner of her right eye.

As for her outfit, Ms. Chalice wears a black shirt with a white collar and a seafoam green skirt. For her lower body, unlike in the game where she wears golden ballet flats, she wears a pair of orange Mary Janes occasionally used as a way to charm others via Tap Dancing.

### Personality

#### Cuphead: The Delicious Last Course

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.

#### *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's 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's also shown to be blatantly aloof, claiming she is a "solo-act", preferring to be alone in her exploits. She's also shown to be a bit of a coward towards authoritative figures, as she'll even abandon those she has grown close to just to avoid them.

Ms. Chalice is shown to be very cute and charming, but also very manipulative and aloof. She uses her charm to get free stuff, something that prompts Cuphead and Mugman to follow her. She may be confident, but she is also very private, and dislikes anybody following her around. Despite that, she is capable of showing care for those she grows close to, but not enough to deal with the police. When she discovers Cuphead and Mugman following her around, she even asks "Who sent (them)," implying she has a reason to be wary of people following her.

She is likely wary of others due to her ability to turn into a ghost, as revealed at the end of "In Charm's Way," when she turned into a ghost to escape through the walls of the cookie factory. However, after the events in "Charmed and Dangerous," Chalice seemed to had a change of heart, as she stuck with the boys and protected them from the mob. She has since become loyal to the Cup brothers, and protected them when they needed them, implying she really does value them. This loyalty is expanded in "The Devil and Chalice," as she refused to betray Cuphead and Mugman again despite owing the devil a favor.

## Tap Dancing!

*When you're blue and feeling down,*

*you gotta spread that sunshine all around,*

*you gotta turn that frown, upside down,*

*and sail across a rainbow!*

*When the world is saying "no",*

*don't waste your time, feelin' low.*

*Click your heels, go, go, go, and dance across a rainbow!*

## Powers and Abilities

Ms. Chalice is the only playable character to have unique abilities. Her currently known abilities are that:

* She can double jump, replacing Cuphead and Mugman's original Parry Slap function.
* While crouching, she can roll to dodge attacks.
* Her plane weapons acts differently from Cuphead and Mugman's, the differences being that:
	+ Her plane peashooter shoots with a slight spread of three bullets at a slower rate akin to the Converge weapon.
	+ Her mini-bomb arcs downward akin to Cuphead and Mugmans, albeit shoots at a faster rate and has higher DPS (37.3 < ~42).
* Her Super Art I is a beam attack like Cuphead and Mugman's, however it goes vertically instead of horizontally.
* Her Super Art II gives her a shield pal that acts as an additional hit point. At full health, she can only deploy one at a time, and trying to summon another while one is alive will be treated as if no Super Art is equipped.
* Her Super Art III unleashes a swarm of powerful porcelain ghosts and a pink spear would also be seen ascending into the air. These ghosts resemble the statues in Rugged Ridge.
* She automatically parries by dashing, and if a dash is used before a mid-air jump, Ms. Chalice can dash again after the jump.
* She has an extra hitpoint to compensate for sacrificing your charm slot to play as her.
* She is the only character to have a filter that applies only to her, that filter being Chalice.

* **Ghost form:** Unlike in the game, Chalice can turn into a ghost at will, this was later revealed that her spectral form was granted to her by the Devil after her resurrection.
	+ **Intangibility:** She can move through solid objects.
	+ **Invisibility:** She can turn invisible, using it to fight off an angry mob.
	+ **Flight:** She can float and fly while in her ghost form.
	+ **Possession:** She can take over the bodies of others and control them.
	+ **Shapeshifting:** She can change her appearance to look scary, such as sprouting crooked teeth and tentacles

* **Tap dancing:** Chalice is a gifted expert tap dancer, using it in tandem with her natural charm to get whatever she wants, as well as win a dance contest with help from Cuphead and Mugman.
* **Driving:** Despite her age, Chalice knows how to drive cars, seen when she "borrows" Elder Kettle's truck with Cuphead and Mugman in tow. She is also seen driving a taxi during her song, "Turn Up the Charm".
* **Charmingness:** Her winking and turning up the charm of being cute while dancing also brings in the free things she wants. Being charming and cute also helps her take things from people without them getting upset and angry at Chalice.
* **Cleverness:** She escapes her orphanage she was raised in, by creating rulers, and blankets, creating and them into wings, which made her escape and fly off. Using her thinkingness, she is very smart, like a genius.

## Trivia

* In the epilogue of *Cuphead: The Delicious Last Course*, Ms. Chalice is seen in mortal form alongside Cuphead and Mugman during the grand reopening of Chef Saltbaker's bakery. This indicates that she was at some point able to successfully return to life without sacrificing another soul.
* Her outfit resembles that of Minnie Mouse, much like how Cuphead and Mugman's outfits resemble those of Mickey Mouse and Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, respectively.
* In *The Cuphead Show!*, Ms. Chalice speaks in a Brooklyn accent.
* She has a crush on Cuphead but like Bendy with Alice, Cuphead is oblivious to this
* Ms. Chalice can turn into a ghost at will, as seen in the end of "In Charm's Way". But when the boys ask if she's half-ghost, she answers with half-right, presuming she is fully a ghost that can just transform to look alive. This is later confirmed on "Dance with Danger".
	+ In the games, Ms. Chalice is troubled by being stuck as a ghost, and the *Delicious Last Course* plotline happens because of her finding a temporary solution in the Astral Cookie, and looking for a permanent solution. Chalice has no such problem in the show and even when it's revealed she really is a ghost, she can switch between her astral and corporeal form at will.
	+ Ms. Chalice speaks in a Brooklyn accent.
	+ Despite being initially referred to as "Ms" and contrast to her in-game counterpart, where she's a full grown woman and only appears to be about Cuphead and Mugman's age because she temporarily possesses their bodies, Chalice is aged down in the show and appears to be exactly their age, both in her living and ghost form.
		- However, being a kid doesn't stop her from being a decent manipulator. In season 2, it's also revealed she knows how to drive.
	+ Chalice often calls the Cup brothers 'Ding-Dongs', which she picked up from Cuphead when he chewed Mugman for introducing themselves as dummies, but it is said with fondness. She eventually calls them by their actual names a bit more later on.
	+ It is mentioned that Chalice doesn't like to stick around in one place for too long and prefers to be always on the move, which is why she doesn't always stay with the boys, though she occasionally visits them from time to time. This is later revealed to be because she's a homeless street kid and has nowhere to go. With that said, even with her charms, it is currently unknown how she gets by in general.
	+ In the Polish dub, she is translated as Panna Kieliś, however in the game she is translated as Czarka.