Cuphead

* Artwork
* Normal
* Knockout

### Appears in

CupheadThe Cuphead Show!Cuphead: The Delicious Last CourseSuper Smash Bros. Ultimate (Gunner Mii Costume)MORØ's Animations

## Additional Information

### Aliases

* Cup (Short name)
* Nightmare Cuphead (Devil's Gambit)
* CupDude (nickname)
* Absent minded buffoon (by Shovel Knight)
* Magic flask (by Shovel Knight)

### Voiced by

Tru Valentino (The Cuphead Show!)Natsuki Hanae (The Cuphead Show!; Japanese Dub)Jun Tae-youl (The Cuphead Show!; Korean Dub)DAGames (Indie Cross)

### History

November 3rd, 2021
Released

**Cuphead** is the main protagonist of his **titular game**, and the first main opponent you face in the mod. His week consists of the songs **Snake Eyes**, **Technicolor Tussle** and **Knockout**.

## Appearance

Cuphead, as the name suggests, is a humanoid boy with a cup for a head. He has two large eyes with big, black pupils, a small, red nose and a long, cheerful smile. The inside of his head has a white liquid (apparently his life-force) and a red-and-white bendy straw. While it may seem that his body is black, it's actually white, as seen with his legs. He's wearing a black long-sleeve shirt, two white gloves, red shorts, and brown boots; all with rather goofy proportions.

In his Nightmare song, **Devil's Gambit**, Cuphead's entire body is black, with the exception of his dark-pink outlines and his glowing pink angry eyes, as well as the liquid in his head which burns at the tip of his straw.

## Story

Once upon a time, He and his brother Mugman lived happily in the Inkwell Isles under the watchful eye of The Elder Kettle, until, one day, the two wandered into The Devil’s Casino, and decided to stop by for a game.

After an impressive win streak, The Devil himself proposed a deal: if they win one more roll in a game of Craps they'll receive all the riches of the casino, but if they lose, the devil will take their souls. Cuphead, blinded by his own greed, accepted the devilish deal, even despite Mugman's plead for reconsideration. As fate would have it, Cuphead's dice roll resulted in the infamous Snake Eyes, meaning he failed miserably.

As the Devil prepared to take their souls, Cuphead and Mugman pleaded for their lives, which thankfully convinced the Devil to make them pay another way: he decided to force the two brothers to track down The Devil’s runaway debtors in order for the two to be forgiven, placing a deadline up until midnight. And so **begins the story of Cuphead**.

## Trivia

* Cuphead uses three different weapons (**Peashooter**, **Chaser**, and **Roundabout**) during Knockout, even though he could only equip two at once in the original game. He also uses the Charge shot in the final cutscene.
	+ In his old sprites he also used the **Charge** shot in "Knockout" instead of the Peashooter.
* In the original version of Technicolor Tussle, the song would slow down and stop before Cuphead begins attacking in order to explain the dodge and attack mechanics. This was removed in the final build.
	+ He was also meant to do his signature intro animation from Cuphead at the start of the song (as seen in **this video**), which was also removed in the final build.
* Nightmare Cuphead's icon is the only Nightmare icon that is not animated.
	+ He also is the only Nightmare character that has no danger or winning icon.
* Cuphead's microphone is unshaded in his idle and left pose.
	+ This is likely because these sprites are completely new, unlike his other poses which were just reanimated.
* Nightmare Cuphead initially used a Super Move during Devil’s Gambit, which would’ve forced the player to hold the dodge key until the attack finished. This was removed in the final build.
* Cuphead was initially meant to be a Pico reskin back when the mod was just reskins.
* In the Devil's Gambit OST video on YouTube, the Cuphead logo shows the title “Cuphead: Deal with the Devil” instead of "**Cuphead: Don't Deal with the Devil**".
	+ This is likely to be because he dealt with the Devil (killing him) previously to Devil's Gambit, as seen in one of MORØ's animations.
* The only ability from Cuphead's original game that he doesn't use in Indie Cross is one of his **charms**.
	+ However, he may be using **Twin Heart**'s charm, considering he takes several hits from Boyfriend.