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The Cuphead Show!

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The Cuphead Show!	comment	The Cuphead Show! is a Netflix animated series based on the Fleischer Studios-inspired run and gun platformer of the same name. The series is created and executive produced by the game's creators Chad and Jared Moldenhauer, alongside King Features Syndicate. Dave Wasson (Time Squad, Mickey Mouse (2013)) serves as another major developer and producer for the series. King Features Syndicate president CJ Kettler (The Tick, The Mask, Carmen Sandiego) also serves as Executive Producer. Animation services are provided by Lighthouse Studios, an Ireland-based division between Mercury Filmworks and Cartoon Saloon.The series follows Cuphead (Tru Valentino) and Mugman (Frank Todaro), the two youthful brothers under the care of Elder Kettle (Joe Hanna). Despite their elderly advice and best judgment, the duo gets themselves into various misadventures across Inkwell Isle to break up their monotonous lives. These events include getting themselves at a soul-sucking carnival managed by The Devil (Luke Millington Drake), babysitting a rambunctious child, or being on a game show hosted by King Dice (Wayne Brady). Cuphead and Mugman are also occasionally joined by a new friend on their adventures, Ms. Chalice (Grey DeLisle).note Originally the Legendary Chalice in the game, debuted as Ms. Chalice in the Cuphead DLC, The Delicious Last Course in 2022.Originally announced in 2019, the series eventually got a sneak peek at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival in June 2020. The series debuted on February 18, 2022, with an initial batch of 12 episodes, with two more batches (marketed as additional seasons) announced on January 25th, 2022. Season 2 debuted on August 19, 2022. Season 3 debuted on November 18, 2022. Supervising director Adam Paloian confirmed via Twitter that season 3 will be the final season.Has a character page, give it a check out and some love where needed.note Please put the character tropes from this show on that page, not the character sheet for the video game. Thank you.Previews: Teaser Trailer, Short-Form Staff Teaser, Official Trailer, Geeked Trailer, Season 2 Trailer, Season 3 trailer.
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The Cuphead Show! / int_1086f287	type	Sure, Let's Go with That
The Cuphead Show! / int_1086f287	comment	Sure, Let's Go with That: In "Sweater Off Dead", the Devil congratulates himself for a milestone in soul collecting and throws a party for the Underworld. His overworked minions are confused by this, but go along with it since that's been their first break in three thousand years.
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The Cuphead Show! / int_10dcbe05	type	Aw, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other
The Cuphead Show! / int_10dcbe05	comment	Aw, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other: While Cuphead and Mugman occasionally get on each other's nerves and fight over little things, it's obvious that the pair are good, loving brothers that take great care of one another. Same with their relationship to Elder Kettle and vice versa.
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The Cuphead Show! / int_127a3b31	type	Badly Battered Babysitter
The Cuphead Show! / int_127a3b31	comment	Badly Battered Babysitter: In the short-form Netflix teaser, Cuphead is painfully bitten by a baby. In the episode itself, it gets much worse from there.
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The Cuphead Show! / int_1282bf4f	type	No Celebrities Were Harmed
The Cuphead Show! / int_1282bf4f	comment	No Celebrities Were Harmed: King Dice leans more into his Cab Calloway inspiration upon arriving at his game show: Roll The Dice. His entrance is a direct homage to Calloway's "Minnie the Moocher" routine. The Root Pack also bear some resemblance to The Three Stooges in their voices and dynamic.
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The Cuphead Show! / int_141a6acb	type	Madness Mantra
The Cuphead Show! / int_141a6acb	comment	Madness Mantra: After the Devil abducts Mugman, Cuphead is left staring at nothing, only about to say his brother's name in a monotone.
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The Cuphead Show! / int_142b2370	type	Vile Vulture
The Cuphead Show! / int_142b2370	comment	Vile Vulture: One of the Devil's finest demons (by elimination) resembles a vulture and is on the hunt for Cuphead and Mugman.
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The Cuphead Show! / int_14ed6ab7	type	Does This Remind You of Anything?
The Cuphead Show! / int_14ed6ab7	comment	Does This Remind You of Anything?: "The I Scream Man" sees Mugman faking an illness solely to get Cuphead and Elder Kettle out of the house so he can read a romance novel that he mentally inserts himself into and he gets increasingly unhinged each time he's interrupted. Well, when you're a growing mug who shares a room with his brother...
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The Cuphead Show! / int_157822af	type	Shrine to Self
The Cuphead Show! / int_157822af	comment	Shrine to Self: The Underworld is decked out in artwork and sculptures of the Devil.
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The Cuphead Show! / int_16dda55f	type	Simple Solution Won't Work
The Cuphead Show! / int_16dda55f	comment	Simple Solution Won't Work: The Devil desperately wants a model train for Christmas, going as far as to beg Santa to give him one and try to wheedle his way onto the Nice List. When Henchman points out that the Devil could simply create a model train with magic, the Devil says that it's not the same as getting one as a present. Which gives Henchman the idea to build one himself.
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The Cuphead Show! / int_17501df2	type	Cool Old Guy
The Cuphead Show! / int_17501df2	comment	Elder Kettle in the games is an easygoing Cool Old Guy that advises Cuphead and Mugman about how to beat the Devil, rolling with the punches. In this incarnation, he's a little sterner with them because of the sheer amount of trouble they cause or get into — like launching paint from a cannon as a shortcut for whitewashing a fence.
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The Cuphead Show! / int_17c7c925	type	Frothy Mugs of Water
The Cuphead Show! / int_17c7c925	comment	Frothy Mugs of Water: Quite literally so in the episode "Root-Packed", as water is all that the Root Pack and the other Vegetables drink. And yes, they do get tipsy off the stuff.
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The Cuphead Show! / int_1ab65185	type	That Reminds Me of a Song
The Cuphead Show! / int_1ab65185	comment	That Reminds Me of a Song: A segment of 'Roll The Dice' is guessing what a song is (or, when it comes to Cuphead's turn, rigging it so Cuphead can hear his favorite song "The Daring Young Man On the Flying Trapeze").
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The Cuphead Show! / int_1b65dfad	type	The Cameo
The Cuphead Show! / int_1b65dfad	comment	The Cameo: The show's opening features Grim Matchstick (in his third phase form), Captain Brineybeard, and Cala Maria in the overhead view of the Inkwell Isle. Grim Matchstick also appears at the end of the tenth episode. While Cagney Carnation has yet to appear, flowers resembling him appear in Elder Kettle's window box. Pip and Dot appear in the audience in the fifth and twelfth episodes. The Blind Specter, a rat ghost from Werner Werman's battle, and a member of the Specter Syndicate appear in the sixth episode. Mangosteen appears on a poster in the eighth episode. The newspaper ad for the "Obliterator" ride resembles Beppi the Clown's final phase. The bee police officer from Rumor Honeybottoms' battle appears in the twelfth episode. Hilda Berg is briefly seen in S2E2 "Charmed and Dangerous". Sally Stageplay is the first person the cups offer their fake ghost-busting services to in "Dead Broke".
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The Cuphead Show! / int_1c445e86	type	Poor Communication Kills
The Cuphead Show! / int_1c445e86	comment	Poor Communication Kills: In "Dirt Nap", Elder Kettle overhears Cuphead and Mugman talking, and assumes the boys are plotting to kill him because he's too old. In truth, he only heard parts of the conversation, and they were actually talking about an earthworm they adopted being seemingly on the brink of death and how they should put it out of its misery and bury it in the yard.
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The Cuphead Show! / int_1ccad9a3	type	Villain Song
The Cuphead Show! / int_1ccad9a3	comment	Villain Song: In the first episode, the Devil sings his song called "The Devil Song". He gleefully informs the audience about his vile reputation, getting "kicks playing tricks", and collecting souls. In the episode "Down and Out", King Dice performs a number called "Roll the Dice". Cala Maria has her own song in "A High Seas Adventure" where she proudly boasts about how she is the most feared sea monster in the world. Funnily, it's sung in a longing, melancholy tone more befitting of an "I Want" Song.
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The Cuphead Show! / int_1d434991	type	The Man in the Mirror Talks Back
The Cuphead Show! / int_1d434991	comment	The Man in the Mirror Talks Back: King Dice loves to talk to his own reflection, who is more or less an extension of himself. As it turns out, Chalice's reflection can move of its own accord too.
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The Cuphead Show! / int_1f8cb7f5	type	Exploding Closet
The Cuphead Show! / int_1f8cb7f5	comment	Exploding Closet: The closet Baby Bottle crawls into explodes when Cuphead opens it.
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The Cuphead Show! / int_1fc8335e	type	Deal with the Devil
The Cuphead Show! / int_1fc8335e	comment	Deal with the Devil: A Running Theme throughout the third season. Cuphead forces the Devil himself into one after he manages to re-capture Mugman, trading the pitchfork for his brother's return. The Devil accepts one from Santa in his quest to get his "choo choo" as a Christmas present. He has to perform Santa's duties for one Christmas and follow all of the rules of being Santa, or else he's stuck transformed into a Santa for all eternity. Dance With Danger reveals that Ms. Chalice had made one prior to meeting the cups, being resurrected in exchange for having to do the Devil one favour. When he demands her to trick the cups into signing their souls over to him, she can't bring herself to go through with it. She manages to temporarily stave off her doom by betting her life on a dance competition with him. Cuphead makes yet another one after Chalice loses the dance-off because of him. He bets his and Mugman's souls and Chalice's life on a game of rock paper scissors, which he wins. The Devil does try to keep the match going, but Cuphead keeps his winning streak strong. Fortunately for him, Mugman forces Cuphead to quit while he's ahead.
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The Cuphead Show! / int_20b5cce7	type	"Do It Yourself" Theme Tune
The Cuphead Show! / int_20b5cce7	comment	"Do It Yourself" Theme Tune: Cuphead and Mugman, played by Tru Valentino and Frank Todaro respectively, sing the theme song along with the main singer.
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The Cuphead Show! / int_21e5b9c7	type	Failed a Spot Check
The Cuphead Show! / int_21e5b9c7	comment	Failed a Spot Check: Everyone gathered around Cuphead admiring his winning streak at skee-ball in "Carn-Evil" fails to notice the other park attendees wandering around like zombies after their souls were stolen. It only dawns on Mugman later on when he notices how quiet the rest of the park before he sees The Devil. Also, the sign literally reads "Carn-Evil". Mugman rips out an article advertising the Obliterator ride and doesn't check the missing words which detail how the ride makes one's clothes fly off which would have included Cuphead's protective invisible sweater. Not that it mattered since Cuphead had already taken it off before going to the park.
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The Cuphead Show! / int_22a59b45	type	Self-Harm
The Cuphead Show! / int_22a59b45	comment	Self-Harm: Cuphead breaks off his own handle for the promise of getting a "man handle" like Mugman. (It Makes Sense in Context.)
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The Cuphead Show! / int_22cf536c	type	Chekhov's Gun
The Cuphead Show! / int_22cf536c	comment	Chekhov's Gun: In "Roll the Dice", Cuphead and Mugman accidentally set a tire rolling, which they fail to catch. By the end of the episode, it rolls back to knock over King Dice, and sends the two brothers rolling back home.
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The Cuphead Show! / int_24e51e8	type	Mistaken for Murderer
The Cuphead Show! / int_24e51e8	comment	Mistaken for Murderer: "Dirt Nap" has Elder Kettle fear for his life because some out-of-context eavesdropping led him to believe Cuphead and Mugman were plotting his demise.
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The Cuphead Show! / int_26130259	type	Drunk on Milk
The Cuphead Show! / int_26130259	comment	Drunk on Milk: The Root Pack and all of their other vegetable friends manage to get drunk off of water from a garden hose. Best seen with Ollie, who's become even more overly emotional whilst constantly hiccuping. After gorging themselves on Sugarland's various sweets, Cuphead and Mugman start hiccuping and Cuphead in particular starts slurring his words.
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The Cuphead Show! / int_26eb6287	type	Funny Background Event
The Cuphead Show! / int_26eb6287	comment	Funny Background Event: While Captain Brineybeard is conveying his feelings of undying love to Cala Maria, Cuphead is busy trying to get a newly hatched octopus off of his face.
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The Cuphead Show! / int_27a58d30	type	Carnivore Confusion
The Cuphead Show! / int_27a58d30	comment	Carnivore Confusion: A pig is seen eating a hot dog in "Carn-Evil", and a pig vendor is seen selling hot dogs in a later episode. Porkrind also doesn't seem to mind turning a baby dragon into dinner before being interrupted.
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The Cuphead Show! / int_286141a2	type	Unexpectedly Dark Episode
The Cuphead Show! / int_286141a2	comment	Basically all of "Dirt Nap" is a combination between this and Unexpectedly Dark Episode, with the normally grandfatherly Elder Kettle being accidentally gaslit by Cuphead and Mugman, suspecting that they're planning on killing him (they were talking about burying their pet worm), attempting to kill them in response, and then accidentally falling victim to his own traps, with the episode ending ambiguously as to whether he even survives from the spike pit (not that it matters, given that he's alive and well in the next episode).
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The Cuphead Show! / int_2af6bbeb	type	Break the Haughty
The Cuphead Show! / int_2af6bbeb	comment	Break the Haughty: Both the Devil and King Dice think highly of themselves, and have both been subjected to Laser-Guided Karma.
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The Cuphead Show! / int_2b14367f	type	Bring My Brown Pants
The Cuphead Show! / int_2b14367f	comment	Bring My Brown Pants: The beginning of "Ghosts Ain't Real" has Cuphead mention that Mugman only had to change his pants 3 times during a scary movie, which Mugman considers a new record.
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The Cuphead Show! / int_2bdae2ae	type	Awesome, but Impractical
The Cuphead Show! / int_2bdae2ae	comment	Awesome, but Impractical: Ultimately, the invisible sweater. It protects Cuphead without fail against the Devil, who gets electrocuted every time he tries to take Cuphead's soul, but only if Cuphead wears it all the time, which isn't great since it makes him constantly hot and sweaty.
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The Cuphead Show! / int_2db39207	type	Lava Surfing
The Cuphead Show! / int_2db39207	comment	Lava Surfing: Cuphead and Mugman end up surfing down the side of Mt. Eruptus on a slab of rock whilst trying not to drop an egg they (think they) needed to collect.
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The Cuphead Show! / int_2eff6e7a	type	Pie-Eyed
The Cuphead Show! / int_2eff6e7a	comment	Pie-Eyed: Every character has these kind of eyes, befitting the show's 1930s aesthetics.
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The Cuphead Show! / int_319e4a2f	type	Even Evil Has Standards
The Cuphead Show! / int_319e4a2f	comment	Even Evil Has Standards: The ghosts take pleasure in tormenting Cuphead and Mugman, but when it appears that they've been driven to their deaths, they know they've gone too far. The Devil might be responsible for the collection of countless souls, but even he will wait his turn in a very long queue for a theme park ride. Henchman is quick to point out to his boss that kidnapping and bringing Mugman, a living person, to the Underworld is against the rules.
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The Cuphead Show! / int_32cf4364	type	Elongating Arm Gag
The Cuphead Show! / int_32cf4364	comment	Elongating Arm Gag: A couple of gags in "A High Seas Adventure!" involve Mugman's arm stretching so he can grab Cuphead by his handle.
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The Cuphead Show! / int_33a5b3fb	type	Shamed by a Mob
The Cuphead Show! / int_33a5b3fb	comment	Shamed by a Mob: After realizing his game show was rigged, King Dice's audience starts booing him.
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The Cuphead Show! / int_33d5b7f2	type	Adapted Out
The Cuphead Show! / int_33d5b7f2	comment	Adapted Out: Djimmi the Great, Wally Warbles and his son don't appear in this show. Goopy Le Grande is also largely absent, unless you count his gravestone in the intro.
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The Cuphead Show! / int_373283c9	type	This Cannot Be!
The Cuphead Show! / int_373283c9	comment	This Cannot Be!: Upon learning the hard way Cuphead (whose soul he wants to steal) was wearing an invisible sweater he can't touch without getting shocked, the Devil says something to this effect.
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The Cuphead Show! / int_392372f9	type	Actor Allusion
The Cuphead Show! / int_392372f9	comment	Actor Allusion: Ms. Chalice is not the first time Grey DeLisle has voiced a spunky and rebellious little girl who occasionally is a Toxic Friend Influence. Rather than the sleazy manager of the Devil's casino, King Dice is a gameshow host, much like his voice actor Wayne Brady is on Let's Make a Deal. In the Japanese dub, Cuphead and Mugman are voiced by Natsuki Hanae and Kensho Ono respectively. And as it so happens, the two of them did a Lets Play of Cuphead on Hanae's YouTube channel, with the two playing the respective characters they later went on to voice. Cala Maria is not the first time Natasia Demetriou has played a sultry monster with a mouth full of fangs. "Don't Answer the Door" isn't the first time Mick Wingert played a bear.
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The Cuphead Show! / int_39d750cb	type	Hand Rubbing
The Cuphead Show! / int_39d750cb	comment	Hand Rubbing: At least a few times The Devil has rubbed his hands together when in the mischievous mode.
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The Cuphead Show! / int_3b79029a	type	Crapsaccharine World
The Cuphead Show! / int_3b79029a	comment	Crapsaccharine World: Everything is bouncy and colourful, but the world is still full of treachery and danger, and even the protagonists are decidedly rough around the edges.
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The Cuphead Show! / int_3c0a4666	type	Noodle Incident
The Cuphead Show! / int_3c0a4666	comment	Noodle Incident: Cuphead blows a raspberry to someone named Jimmy over the radio. He knows what he did.
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The Cuphead Show! / int_3cb1d38d	type	Bad Boss
The Cuphead Show! / int_3cb1d38d	comment	Bad Boss: The Devil gives King Dice an Implied Death Threat about not disappointing him, and the demons mention how they haven't had a break in 3,000 years.
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The Cuphead Show! / int_3d2c6d30	type	Skewed Priorities
The Cuphead Show! / int_3d2c6d30	comment	Skewed Priorities: In the second episode, Elder Kettle sees his most valuable possession (a radio) get broken and he was about to snap at Cuphead and Mugman for seemingly breaking it...but then gets distracted by Baby Bottle's cuteness.
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The Cuphead Show! / int_3e24cb38	type	Musical Nod
The Cuphead Show! / int_3e24cb38	comment	Musical Nod: The episodes "Ribby and Croaks" and "Root Packed" feature show-specific versions of their respective antagonists' boss battle themes from the game, while "The Mausoleum" from the game plays as the demons stalk through the maze in "Release the Demons!". King Dice's in-game theme, which is previously never played despite the many singing opportunities he has, finally gets a brief instrumental nod in the very last scene of the final episode, doubling as a Theme Song Reveal for the show being a Stealth Prequel to the game.
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The Cuphead Show! / int_3ed23024	type	Surprisingly Realistic Outcome
The Cuphead Show! / int_3ed23024	comment	Surprisingly Realistic Outcome: In order to prevent the Devil from taking his soul, Cuphead has to wear an invisible sweater 24/7. Wearing a sweater when it isn't winter or cold, however, leads to Cuphead roasting and sweating in it, ultimately taking it off because he couldn't stand wearing it any longer. In "Dead Broke", Cuphead tries to pay the ice cream man a torn up dollar (done so as to "split the profits" between the trio) for the ice cream he bought for himself, Mugman and Chalice. The ice cream man is quick to state he doesn't accept damaged currency and takes back their cones, leaving angry that they would attempt this. Despite Cuphead promising Mugman he'd be on the straight and narrow at the end of The Devil's Revenge, he goes right back to playing Soul Ball, bets his and Mugman's souls on a game of Rock-Paper-Scissors with the Devil and implicitly ends up soul gambling at the Devil's Casino. Just because someone says they'll quit their bad habits cold turkey doesn't mean it'll actually happen so easily.
The Cuphead Show! / int_3ed23024	featureApplicability	1.0
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The Cuphead Show! / int_42c9f1ec	type	Downplayed Trope
The Cuphead Show! / int_42c9f1ec	comment	A downplayed example with Ribby and Croaks: while they were always named, the shows makes it clear which one is which; Ribby is the short one and Croaks the tall one.
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The Cuphead Show! / int_42cfbfc6	type	2D Visuals, 3D Effects
The Cuphead Show! / int_42cfbfc6	comment	2D Visuals, 3D Effects: Backgrounds occasionally are rendered in full stop-motion sets designed by Screen Novelties, as a Homage to Fleischer Studios' use of the stereoptical camera.
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The Cuphead Show! / int_4345806d	type	Black Comedy Burst
The Cuphead Show! / int_4345806d	comment	Black Comedy Burst: A pretty massive one in "Sweater Off Dead". The episode's plot begins with the Devil feeling so pleased with himself that he's throwing a whole party. Why? Because overeating, famine, and three new wars (with catastrophic results on both sides) are being engineered by his underlings. Special mention goes to the "three new wars"; while they could refer to any wars during the time period that this show is ostensibly set in (1930s/early 1940s), the videos displayed on the screens (depicting a ruined European-style building, old-fashioned military planes dropping bombs, and tanks firing) call into mind something very specific... Basically all of "Dirt Nap" is a combination between this and Unexpectedly Dark Episode, with the normally grandfatherly Elder Kettle being accidentally gaslit by Cuphead and Mugman, suspecting that they're planning on killing him (they were talking about burying their pet worm), attempting to kill them in response, and then accidentally falling victim to his own traps, with the episode ending ambiguously as to whether he even survives from the spike pit (not that it matters, given that he's alive and well in the next episode). "Jailbroken" has Cuphead digging a hole to escape prison. He ends up using the slop to explode a pipe and climb up. He then ends up under a sewer lid, which he uses a hairpin to unscrew and escape. as Cuphead exclaims "Freedom!", however, it's revealed that he's in the execution room with an electric chair. The officer - paying no mind to what Cuphead is doing, or why he's here - just casually straps him onto the electric chair and proceeds to electrocute him. Thankfully, Cuphead is shown to be alright straight after. This is how convicts that are guilty beyond help are executed.
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The Cuphead Show! / int_450c5a85	type	Alternate Continuity
The Cuphead Show! / int_450c5a85	comment	Alternate Continuity: The show appears to be set in a continuity separate from that of the game it's based on. The first episode is more or less an alternate take on how Cuphead's soul became indebted to the Devil with a carnival instead of a casino, King Dice's relationship with the Devil is more one-sided than it was in the game, and the brothers' first meeting with Ms. Chalice plays differently here. The final episode turns it more into a Stealth Prequel to the game, with the gang discovering that the Devil's Casino just opened and Cuphead just rushing there to gamble while Mugman and Ms. Chalice try to stop him. However, some aspects like how the brothers met Chalice remain different.
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The Cuphead Show! / int_474e3977	type	You Have Failed Me
The Cuphead Show! / int_474e3977	comment	King Dice is the main supplier of the Devil's souls here, which he does through a game show rather than a casino. His relationship with his boss is much more one-sided, the Devil barely acknowledging his existence and taking him out early on, although he returns to his service later in the show.
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The Cuphead Show! / int_49d59be9	type	Scenery Porn
The Cuphead Show! / int_49d59be9	comment	Scenery Porn: A handful of environments, such as the Devil's throne room, Sugarland, rocks in the open sea and a cemetery, are portrayed with live action models, calling back to more practices by Fleischer Studios. The cemetery even utilizes their â€œsetback cameraâ€� technique of putting the model on a turn table to make it look like characters are moving through the set. This also doubles as a game reference to the battles with Djimmi The Great and Grim Matchstick, which utilized the same techniques for their backgrounds.
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The Cuphead Show! / int_4a0ec526	type	Harmless Freezing
The Cuphead Show! / int_4a0ec526	comment	Harmless Freezing: Cuphead and Mugman temporarily end up frozen in a food larder in the episode "Ribby & Croaks", to no ill effect.
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The Cuphead Show! / int_4c798fd5	type	Shock and Awe
The Cuphead Show! / int_4c798fd5	comment	Shock and Awe: The invisible sweater that Cuphead wears violently electrocutes the Devil every time he tries to take the former's soul.
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The Cuphead Show! / int_4d1ac25b	type	Villains Want Mercy
The Cuphead Show! / int_4d1ac25b	comment	Villains Want Mercy: Inverted when King Dice (who's a villain) begs the Devil for another chance when he reprimands him for failing to bring him Cuphead's soul. He ignores his plea, though.
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The Cuphead Show! / int_4dd6313f	type	It's Always Spring
The Cuphead Show! / int_4dd6313f	comment	It's Always Spring: Zig-zagged. The show usually takes place in the spring/summertime, but sometimes shifts to different seasons, most notably in "Release the Demons!" and "Lost in the Woods". There's also 2 Christmas Episodes in season 3 that, as expected, take place during the winter.
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The Cuphead Show! / int_4e7c4536	type	Wham Line
The Cuphead Show! / int_4e7c4536	comment	Wham Line: At the end of "Special Delivery", the Devil learns that Ms. Chalice is friends with Cuphead and Mugman, then gets an evil idea as it's revealed that he knows Ms. Chalice very well. "Dance with Danger" reveals that Ms. Chalice owes a favour to the Devil as part of a deal to continue living.
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The Cuphead Show! / int_4e7f703c	type	Wham Shot
The Cuphead Show! / int_4e7f703c	comment	Wham Shot: The final scene of the show has the trio satisfied that they've finally outsmarted the Devil and will never have to deal with him again... until Cuphead looks over the hill and spots the Devil's Casino, and runs towards it.
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The Cuphead Show! / int_4e95743e	type	Cutlery Escape Aid
The Cuphead Show! / int_4e95743e	comment	Cutlery Escape Aid: Cuphead attempts to escape prison with a spoon. He admittedly gets far but took a wrong turn straight into the electric chair room but fortunately with no lasting consequences.
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The Cuphead Show! / int_5037b961	type	Et Tu, Brute?
The Cuphead Show! / int_5037b961	comment	Et Tu, Brute?: Downplayed, though it's revealed in season 2 that Mugman was (understandably) hurt when Ms. Chalice backstabbed him and Cuphead in the season 1 finale.
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The Cuphead Show! / int_504a1991	type	Body Horror
The Cuphead Show! / int_504a1991	comment	Body Horror: Mugman accidentally breaking off his handle is treated as such by most of the other characters, who scream in horror upon seeing his handleless head, including Elder Kettle. Porkrind even looks like he's about to throw up. Although that one was actually due to a rather disgusting sandwich, and he couldn't care less about the missing handle. Bowlboy in "Another Brother" ends up completely shattered to pieces at the bottom of a cliff. He's fully fixed and parading as a doctor to the still-hospitalised Cuphead and Mugman at the end of the episode.
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The Cuphead Show! / int_544f9e3c	type	Wide Eyes and Shrunken Irises
The Cuphead Show! / int_544f9e3c	comment	Wide Eyes and Shrunken Irises: Mugman when he completely freezes up when attention is specifically focused on him.
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The Cuphead Show! / int_580be152	type	Adaptational Modesty
The Cuphead Show! / int_580be152	comment	Adaptational Modesty: Ribby and Croaks just wore pants and boxing gloves in the game, whereas here they wear fancy suits and ties. It's been explained that they are shifting professions.
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The Cuphead Show! / int_598513bb	type	Foolish Sibling, Responsible Sibling
The Cuphead Show! / int_598513bb	comment	Foolish Sibling, Responsible Sibling: Mugman is patient and careful, while Cuphead is wild, impulsive, and sometimes reckless.
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The Cuphead Show! / int_59fe174d	type	Devil, but No God
The Cuphead Show! / int_59fe174d	comment	Devil, but No God: The Devil appears to be free to work his mischief in the Inkwell Isles without interference from any sort of supernatural beings, not even the game's suggestion of a Greater-Scope Paragon. That said, a conversation between Mugman and the Devil all but explicitly states that there is a heaven and Henchman openly worries that keeping Mugman in the Underworld when he hasn't done anything to be down there will eventually anger Heaven for being "against the rules", though Cuphead manages to rescue him before we see any divine intervention.
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The Cuphead Show! / int_5cd8680b	type	Doorstop Baby
The Cuphead Show! / int_5cd8680b	comment	Doorstop Baby: Baby Bottle gets left on the doorstop and turns out to be a little terror.
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The Cuphead Show! / int_5e1f2eae	type	Sympathetic Wince
The Cuphead Show! / int_5e1f2eae	comment	Sympathetic Wince: After Mugman thrusts the invisible impenetrable sweater onto the Devil, the sweater electrocutes him, leaving the cup brothers and the rest of the crowd to wince at his pain (it doesn't stop an elephant from eating his popcorn though).
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The Cuphead Show! / int_5f146203	type	Dissonant Serenity
The Cuphead Show! / int_5f146203	comment	Dissonant Serenity: In "Baby Bottle", Elder Kettle sees the wreckage of the living room — the piano on fire, the door off its hinges, furniture halfway up the wall, etc. — and shrugs it off. Until he sees his prized radio in pieces, and literally starts steaming with rage.
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The Cuphead Show! / int_5f5b7872	type	Little Miss Con Artist
The Cuphead Show! / int_5f5b7872	comment	Little Miss Con Artist: Ms. Chalice is a fast-talker who uses her tap-dancing to charm the residents of Inkwell Isle into doing whatever she wants.
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The Cuphead Show! / int_60194b82	type	Spanner in the Works
The Cuphead Show! / int_60194b82	comment	Spanner in the Works: Cuphead racks up a winning streak in "Carn-Evil" on a skee-ball game which steals the player's soul if they lose even once. Because of this, other guests of the park become too distracted by the spectacle to risk losing their own souls. Unfortunately, Mugman's panic upon seeing the Devil causes Cuphead to lose his streak. Though they escape with their souls intact, as well as free everyone else's, the Devil goes after them going forward.
The Cuphead Show! / int_60194b82	featureApplicability	1.0
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The Cuphead Show! / int_6120d868	type	Crying a River
The Cuphead Show! / int_6120d868	comment	Crying a River: In the episode "Root Packed", after Ollie Bulb hears the cup brothers' conversation, he cries both Ocular Gushers and Onion Tears. Due to his tears and stench, all the partygoers start crying, including the bouncer. And everyone cries so much, that their tears flood the garden and get washed away. By the time that happened, even Cuphead and Mugman cry in Tears of Joy now that the vegetable garden is once again in bloom.
The Cuphead Show! / int_6120d868	featureApplicability	1.0
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The Cuphead Show! / int_62cae28a	type	Losing Your Head
The Cuphead Show! / int_62cae28a	comment	Losing Your Head: The Devil can remove his head without dying, like in the game.note During one of his attacks in the game, he removes his head and it transforms into a spider. Cuphead and Mugman are able to remove their heads without difficulty. For instance, at the end of "Handle With Care", they toast each other with their heads. Which causes them to shatter.
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The Cuphead Show! / int_62f9d08e	type	Freeze-Frame Bonus
The Cuphead Show! / int_62f9d08e	comment	Freeze-Frame Bonus: Freezing on Stickler's open book in "Release the Demons" will allow the viewer to read all about soul auditing procedures, rules, and accounting practices. Apparently, Stickler is to be given a beverage and snack of his choosing and the opportunity to redo his signature if he doesn't like the way the "S" looks. Pausing to look at Santa's nice list reveals some familiar names, including Bowlboy, Goopy, Sally, Wolfgang, Telephone, Mac, Jared and Chad.
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The Cuphead Show! / int_648a4c38	type	"The Hero Sucks" Song
The Cuphead Show! / int_648a4c38	comment	"The Hero Sucks" Song: In a way. The ghosts in "Ghosts Ain't Real" have a Villain Song which also mocks Cuphead for telling Mugman that ghosts don't exist.
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The Cuphead Show! / int_64c38832	type	Inevitable Waterfall
The Cuphead Show! / int_64c38832	comment	Inevitable Waterfall: Cuphead and Mugman somehow end up going over a multi-levelled waterfall on their way to Mt. Eruptus, despite starting off their journey in what appears to be the sea.
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The Cuphead Show! / int_65331274	type	Flynning
The Cuphead Show! / int_65331274	comment	Flynning: Played for Laughs. Cuphead and Mugman play with swords in "A High Seas Adventure!" and they only hit their swords instead of each other. Presumably invoked as they clearly weren't trying to hurt or kill each other and were only playing around. However, it's played straight when Mugman fights a giant crab monster. Despite them fighting seriously, they only attack each others' swords. Mugman nevertheless wins.
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The Cuphead Show! / int_660d1f3e	type	Amusement Park of Doom
The Cuphead Show! / int_660d1f3e	comment	Amusement Park of Doom: The pilot episode centers around The Devil's Carnevil. The players of the attractions are at risk of getting their souls sucked out, which Cuphead almost falls victim to.
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The Cuphead Show! / int_664bc28f	type	British Brevity
The Cuphead Show! / int_664bc28f	comment	British Brevity: Non-British example. Like many Netflix shows, each season is fairly short, with 11-12 episodes, though spread through three seasons, it makes a more healthy total of 36. (It's worth noting that their production codes list them in Two Shorts format, which counting the odd double length episode, totals to 23 episodes.)
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The Cuphead Show! / int_680f950	type	Gilligan Cut
The Cuphead Show! / int_680f950	comment	Gilligan Cut: One happens very early on in the episode "Carn-Evil" where Mugman refuses to let him and Cuphead go to the Carnival, and then it cuts to them having fun at said carnival.
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The Cuphead Show! / int_69391768	type	Expecting Someone Taller
The Cuphead Show! / int_69391768	comment	Expecting Someone Taller: Cuphead remarks to King Dice that he's shorter than he expected.
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The Cuphead Show! / int_69681e01	type	Big Brother Instinct
The Cuphead Show! / int_69681e01	comment	Big Brother Instinct: At the least, ambiguous-age brother instinct. When the Devil attempts to steal Cuphead's soul via the Soul Ball machine, Mugman physically grabs the soul and forces it back into his brother. Only when Cuphead revives do they run for it.
The Cuphead Show! / int_69681e01	featureApplicability	1.0
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The Cuphead Show! / int_6a696742	type	The Power of Love
The Cuphead Show! / int_6a696742	comment	The Power of Love: A sweater knitted out of invisible yarn and brotherly love is one way to ensure the Devil cannot take Cuphead's soul, as it causes the Devil to receive a painful shock every time he touches it. Captain Brineybeard's love for Cala Maria completely undoes his petrification twice.
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The Cuphead Show! / int_6b2b3b59	type	The Reveal
The Cuphead Show! / int_6b2b3b59	comment	The Reveal: The show is a Stealth Prequel to the original game, as revealed by the shot of the Devil's Casino at the end of the final episode.
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The Cuphead Show! / int_6d023e90	type	StealthPrequel
The Cuphead Show! / int_6d023e90	comment	Stealth Prequel: The show is implied to be a loose prequel to the game by the end of "The Devil and Ms. Chalice" when Cuphead is tempted to go to the newly-opened Devil's Casino as he gleefully runs towards it, with Mugman and Chalice in hot pursuit to stop him from going there.
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The Cuphead Show! / int_6ec4232f	type	Casting Gag
The Cuphead Show! / int_6ec4232f	comment	Casting Gag: In ther Japanese dub, Natsuki Hanae, as the titular Cuphead, has previous experience on voicing a character and a relative of him being pursued by demons, except this time, it's Played for Laughs.
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The Cuphead Show! / int_6edc54d5	type	Here We Go Again!
The Cuphead Show! / int_6edc54d5	comment	Cuphead and Mugman are able to remove their heads without difficulty. For instance, at the end of "Handle With Care", they toast each other with their heads. Which causes them to shatter.
The Cuphead Show! / int_6edc54d5	featureApplicability	1.0
The Cuphead Show! / int_6edc54d5	featureConfidence	1.0
The Cuphead Show!	hasFeature	The Cuphead Show! / int_6edc54d5
The Cuphead Show! / int_6ef6417b	type	Disney Death
The Cuphead Show! / int_6ef6417b	comment	The ghosts take pleasure in tormenting Cuphead and Mugman, but when it appears that they've been driven to their deaths, they know they've gone too far.
The Cuphead Show! / int_6ef6417b	featureApplicability	1.0
The Cuphead Show! / int_6ef6417b	featureConfidence	1.0
The Cuphead Show!	hasFeature	The Cuphead Show! / int_6ef6417b
The Cuphead Show! / int_71748a39	type	Named by the Adaptation
The Cuphead Show! / int_71748a39	comment	Named by the Adaptation: None of the Devil's demons were named in the game; here, one of them is called "Henchman", and yes that's really his name. A downplayed example with Ribby and Croaks: while they were always named, the shows makes it clear which one is which; Ribby is the short one and Croaks the tall one.
The Cuphead Show! / int_71748a39	featureApplicability	1.0
The Cuphead Show! / int_71748a39	featureConfidence	1.0
The Cuphead Show!	hasFeature	The Cuphead Show! / int_71748a39
The Cuphead Show! / int_720e28a4	type	Bread, Eggs, Breaded Eggs
The Cuphead Show! / int_720e28a4	comment	Bread, Eggs, Breaded Eggs: When caught attempting to escape from prison three times, Cuphead and Mugman first have to break rocks. The second time, they are stuffed into a very tiny safe. The third time, they are made to break rocks inside of the very tiny safe.
The Cuphead Show! / int_720e28a4	featureApplicability	1.0
The Cuphead Show! / int_720e28a4	featureConfidence	1.0
The Cuphead Show!	hasFeature	The Cuphead Show! / int_720e28a4
The Cuphead Show! / int_74463f7f	type	"Anger Is Healthy" Aesop
The Cuphead Show! / int_74463f7f	comment	"Anger Is Healthy" Aesop: Deconstructed. After seeing his boss beaten down and pent up with stress and anger, Henchman suggests that the Devil just go out to the surface and cut loose for a while so he can release some anger and get his mojo back. The Devil agrees and causes mass chaos that results in the city going up in flames. After doing so, the Devil carelessly loses his pitchfork and becomes more stressed and angry, but the chaos spree itself was exactly what he needed and left him feeling fantastic.
The Cuphead Show! / int_74463f7f	featureApplicability	1.0
The Cuphead Show! / int_74463f7f	featureConfidence	1.0
The Cuphead Show!	hasFeature	The Cuphead Show! / int_74463f7f
The Cuphead Show! / int_77538ed4	type	Admiring the Abomination
The Cuphead Show! / int_77538ed4	comment	Captain Brineybeard's love for Cala Maria completely undoes his petrification twice.
The Cuphead Show! / int_77538ed4	featureApplicability	1.0
The Cuphead Show! / int_77538ed4	featureConfidence	1.0
The Cuphead Show!	hasFeature	The Cuphead Show! / int_77538ed4
The Cuphead Show! / int_77c9a628	type	Your Soul Is Mine!
The Cuphead Show! / int_77c9a628	comment	Your Soul Is Mine!: The Devil has the ability to forcibly extract a person's soul, and can create devices that can do the same. He outright admits in his Villain Song that collecting souls is his "greatest obsession", and even quotes the trope name word-for-word more than once.
The Cuphead Show! / int_77c9a628	featureApplicability	1.0
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The Cuphead Show!	hasFeature	The Cuphead Show! / int_77c9a628
The Cuphead Show! / int_794f3589	type	Adaptation Explanation Extrication
The Cuphead Show! / int_794f3589	comment	Adaptation Explanation Extrication: Ms. Chalice is a Lovable Rogue ghost that fears getting busted by the populace or thrown in jail. This wariness had more justification in the games, where it was demonstrated the ability to imprison and otherwise harm undead souls was actually possible, though no such magic is yet established in the show, with Ms. Chalice even displaying the power to surf easily through solid entities and change between solid and spectural forms at will unlike in the games, bordering her fear of mortal punishments as an Absurd Phobia.
The Cuphead Show! / int_794f3589	featureApplicability	1.0
The Cuphead Show! / int_794f3589	featureConfidence	1.0
The Cuphead Show!	hasFeature	The Cuphead Show! / int_794f3589
The Cuphead Show! / int_7f20f37a	type	Primp of Contempt
The Cuphead Show! / int_7f20f37a	comment	Primp of Contempt: The Devil primps his nails in a fruitless attempt to ignore Cuphead whilst waiting at the Obliterator ride queue.
The Cuphead Show! / int_7f20f37a	featureApplicability	1.0
The Cuphead Show! / int_7f20f37a	featureConfidence	1.0
The Cuphead Show!	hasFeature	The Cuphead Show! / int_7f20f37a
The Cuphead Show! / int_7f421e71	type	Mistaken for Undead
The Cuphead Show! / int_7f421e71	comment	Mistaken for Undead: At the end of "Ghosts Ain't Real", Cuphead and Mugman finally make it home from the graveyard, but they're so covered in dirt that Elder Kettle mistakes them for zombies.
The Cuphead Show! / int_7f421e71	featureApplicability	1.0
The Cuphead Show! / int_7f421e71	featureConfidence	1.0
The Cuphead Show!	hasFeature	The Cuphead Show! / int_7f421e71
The Cuphead Show! / int_7febc23b	type	Establishing Character Moment
The Cuphead Show! / int_7febc23b	comment	Establishing Character Moment: The first episode opens with Elder Kettle making pancakes for Cuphead and Mugman, tossing them over his back. Cuphead easily catches all of them on his plate while reading a comic book, while Mugman misses every single one. Without a second thought, Cuphead cuts his pancakes (and plate) in half and gives it to Mugman. Too bad he used all the syrup. Though his penchant for mischief will largely be more noticeable, the important thing is that Cuphead loves his brother... even if he doesn't think about consequences or more than a step ahead.
The Cuphead Show! / int_7febc23b	featureApplicability	1.0
The Cuphead Show! / int_7febc23b	featureConfidence	1.0
The Cuphead Show!	hasFeature	The Cuphead Show! / int_7febc23b
The Cuphead Show! / int_8042e814	type	Actually Pretty Funny
The Cuphead Show! / int_8042e814	comment	Actually Pretty Funny: The Devil actually starts enjoying Cuphead's jokes as they wait in the Obliterator's queue.
The Cuphead Show! / int_8042e814	featureApplicability	1.0
The Cuphead Show! / int_8042e814	featureConfidence	1.0
The Cuphead Show!	hasFeature	The Cuphead Show! / int_8042e814
The Cuphead Show! / int_82accf22	type	Gainax Ending
The Cuphead Show! / int_82accf22	comment	Gainax Ending: "Dirt Nap" ends with Elder Kettle reconciling with Cuphead and Mugman after everything that happened... and then he walks into the trap that he had previously set for them, with him getting so brutalized that looking at his (unseen) final state, the brothers outright suggest burying him for real. It's uncertain whether he survived and just made an Unexplained Recovery between this episode and the next, or if he outright died but the show runs on Death is Cheap logic (which wouldn't be out of place for many 1930s/1940s cartoons). At the end of "Sweet Temptation", even after escaping Sugarland, Cuphead and Mugman are still a jelly baby and gingerbread man respectively. And Elder Kettle finds them very delicious-looking...
The Cuphead Show! / int_82accf22	featureApplicability	1.0
The Cuphead Show! / int_82accf22	featureConfidence	1.0
The Cuphead Show!	hasFeature	The Cuphead Show! / int_82accf22
The Cuphead Show! / int_8338de89	type	"I Want" Song
The Cuphead Show! / int_8338de89	comment	Cala Maria has her own song in "A High Seas Adventure" where she proudly boasts about how she is the most feared sea monster in the world. Funnily, it's sung in a longing, melancholy tone more befitting of an "I Want" Song.
The Cuphead Show! / int_8338de89	featureApplicability	1.0
The Cuphead Show! / int_8338de89	featureConfidence	1.0
The Cuphead Show!	hasFeature	The Cuphead Show! / int_8338de89
The Cuphead Show! / int_84c5ec0b	type	Free-Range Children
The Cuphead Show! / int_84c5ec0b	comment	Cuphead and Mugman are pretty much allowed to wander anywhere without adult supervision as long as they come home, since a child getting hurt or going missing wasn't a massive public concern that drastically changed until the 80s.
The Cuphead Show! / int_84c5ec0b	featureApplicability	1.0
The Cuphead Show! / int_84c5ec0b	featureConfidence	1.0
The Cuphead Show!	hasFeature	The Cuphead Show! / int_84c5ec0b
The Cuphead Show! / int_87bb6874	type	Villain with Good Publicity
The Cuphead Show! / int_87bb6874	comment	Villain with Good Publicity: King Dice is The Dragon to Satan himself, but unlike his boss, he is the beloved host of the game show "Roll the Dice". During his Humiliation Conga, however, he loses this status.
The Cuphead Show! / int_87bb6874	featureApplicability	1.0
The Cuphead Show! / int_87bb6874	featureConfidence	1.0
The Cuphead Show!	hasFeature	The Cuphead Show! / int_87bb6874
The Cuphead Show! / int_890d4ef2	type	Humiliation Conga
The Cuphead Show! / int_890d4ef2	comment	Humiliation Conga: Karma comes down like a ton of bricks on King Dice. He apparently gets humiliated by Cuphead several times (e.g. him telling him he's not as tall in person which amused the audience). Although King Dice was completely confident Cuphead would win his game show's last round, he loses it via accidentally causing the dice to detach and (somehow) explode after rolling them. This (someway) ruined King Dice's moustache-like thingamajig-y that he appears to be proud of, although he may not have realized that. Next, he lies that this is good because it means Cuphead gets to enter "the mystery prize room" (where the cup's soul would be sucked out). The audience doesn't buy it, notices the show is rigged, and they start booing the former Villain with Good Publicity. Noticing this, Cuphead decides to go home, with King Dice's final attempt to make him enter the room being interrupted by Elder Kettle's tire hitting him. Which also caused Cuphead (and, by extension, Mugman) to escape. He subsequently has to go see his boss (the Devil) about his failure to get Cuphead's spirit, despite him confidently telling him he would succeed in doing so. After arriving, the Devil reprimands him for his failure and ignores him when he tries to beg him for another chance. And, although King Dice got on his knees, the Devil told him he's no longer the host of his "precious little show" nor is he his dragon anymore. Lastly, Henchman (who he was rather rude to) took over as the host of his show.
The Cuphead Show! / int_890d4ef2	featureApplicability	1.0
The Cuphead Show! / int_890d4ef2	featureConfidence	1.0
The Cuphead Show!	hasFeature	The Cuphead Show! / int_890d4ef2
The Cuphead Show! / int_8b4ae7d1	type	Pacified Adaptation
The Cuphead Show! / int_8b4ae7d1	comment	Pacified Adaptation: The Cuphead Show! has much less of a focus on combat and violence than the game it's based on, a frantic Run-and-Gun platformer. The titular duo of Cuphead and Mugman don't show any prowess for combat or firing cartoon bullets from their fingers, and even the game's bosses that appear pose a very downplayed physical threat. The final episode justifies this as it reveals the show is a Stealth Prequel to the game.
The Cuphead Show! / int_8b4ae7d1	featureApplicability	1.0
The Cuphead Show! / int_8b4ae7d1	featureConfidence	1.0
The Cuphead Show!	hasFeature	The Cuphead Show! / int_8b4ae7d1
The Cuphead Show! / int_8d718b9e	type	Bears Are Bad News
The Cuphead Show! / int_8d718b9e	comment	Bears Are Bad News: Invoked in the fourth episode as the result of a failed attempt by Cuphead to stick Mugman's handle back on with honey. In the twelfth episode, a big angry bear is the night guard at the cookie factory.
The Cuphead Show! / int_8d718b9e	featureApplicability	1.0
The Cuphead Show! / int_8d718b9e	featureConfidence	1.0
The Cuphead Show!	hasFeature	The Cuphead Show! / int_8d718b9e
The Cuphead Show! / int_8e6a882b	type	Prison Episode
The Cuphead Show! / int_8e6a882b	comment	Prison Episode: "Jail-Broken" in which the brothers, imprisoned after the cookie factory incident, attempt to escape from jail.
The Cuphead Show! / int_8e6a882b	featureApplicability	1.0
The Cuphead Show! / int_8e6a882b	featureConfidence	1.0
The Cuphead Show!	hasFeature	The Cuphead Show! / int_8e6a882b
The Cuphead Show! / int_8ec31c61	type	Game Show Goofballs
The Cuphead Show! / int_8ec31c61	comment	Game Show Goofballs: King Dice's game show, "Roll the Dice", is already so easy that no contestant has ever lost before (they have to name a piece of music the band plays, answer a trivia question, and roll any number on a pair of dice.) Then Cuphead becomes a contestant and proves so dense that King Dice has to specifically rig the game in his favor so he'll win â€” and he still blows it. He somehow doesn't recall the name of "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star", and when he tries to roll the dice, they shatter to bits.
The Cuphead Show! / int_8ec31c61	featureApplicability	1.0
The Cuphead Show! / int_8ec31c61	featureConfidence	1.0
The Cuphead Show!	hasFeature	The Cuphead Show! / int_8ec31c61
The Cuphead Show! / int_92dfffae	type	Retraux
The Cuphead Show! / int_92dfffae	comment	Retraux: Just like the game, the show mimics the 1930s-40s Fleischer Studios era of animation through hand-drawn digital means. Creator Chad Moldenhauer dubbed the approach "tradigital". Imperfections like dust particles and shallow scratches make occasional appearances throughout the series.
The Cuphead Show! / int_92dfffae	featureApplicability	1.0
The Cuphead Show! / int_92dfffae	featureConfidence	1.0
The Cuphead Show!	hasFeature	The Cuphead Show! / int_92dfffae
The Cuphead Show! / int_93a38c9b	type	Magic Feather
The Cuphead Show! / int_93a38c9b	comment	Magic Feather: Cuphead convinces Mugman to wear a pair of goggles that will make him feel really brave and determined, which arguably works too well, considering the Amusing Injuries Cuphead receives in their mini-adventure to Mt. Eruptus. Mugman actually loses the goggles fairly early on, but doesn't realise it and thus boldly goes on.
The Cuphead Show! / int_93a38c9b	featureApplicability	1.0
The Cuphead Show! / int_93a38c9b	featureConfidence	1.0
The Cuphead Show!	hasFeature	The Cuphead Show! / int_93a38c9b
The Cuphead Show! / int_93f39613	type	Inkblot Cartoon Style
The Cuphead Show! / int_93f39613	comment	Inkblot Cartoon Style: Naturally, Cuphead and Mugman are this, although they are shown to be wearing black jumpers rather than it being their natural skin colour.
The Cuphead Show! / int_93f39613	featureApplicability	1.0
The Cuphead Show! / int_93f39613	featureConfidence	1.0
The Cuphead Show!	hasFeature	The Cuphead Show! / int_93f39613
The Cuphead Show! / int_969fd766	type	Theme Song Reveal
The Cuphead Show! / int_969fd766	comment	Theme Song Reveal: King Dice gets many singing opportunities throughout the show, but his iconic theme song from the game never gets a single appearance... until the final scene of the show, where a version of it plays as Cuphead runs towards the Devil's Casino, revealing the show was a Stealth Prequel the whole time.
The Cuphead Show! / int_969fd766	featureApplicability	1.0
The Cuphead Show! / int_969fd766	featureConfidence	1.0
The Cuphead Show!	hasFeature	The Cuphead Show! / int_969fd766
The Cuphead Show! / int_96b89043	type	Not So Above It All
The Cuphead Show! / int_96b89043	comment	Not So Above It All: While Mugman is undoubtedly more thoughtful and responsible than Cuphead, he'll still merrily go along with most of Cuphead's antics.
The Cuphead Show! / int_96b89043	featureApplicability	1.0
The Cuphead Show! / int_96b89043	featureConfidence	1.0
The Cuphead Show!	hasFeature	The Cuphead Show! / int_96b89043
The Cuphead Show! / int_97926168	type	Rewatch Bonus
The Cuphead Show! / int_97926168	comment	Rewatch Bonus: In In Charm's Way, Chalice telling the cups that getting involved with her will be nothing but trouble rings differently after the reveal that she made a Deal with the Devil and owes him a favour, with said favour ultimately putting their souls in danger.
The Cuphead Show! / int_97926168	featureApplicability	1.0
The Cuphead Show! / int_97926168	featureConfidence	1.0
The Cuphead Show!	hasFeature	The Cuphead Show! / int_97926168
The Cuphead Show! / int_97fa0a10	type	Mass "Oh, Crap!"
The Cuphead Show! / int_97fa0a10	comment	Mass "Oh, Crap!": When the Devil appears at the "CarnEvil", the bystanders freak out and run away.
The Cuphead Show! / int_97fa0a10	featureApplicability	1.0
The Cuphead Show! / int_97fa0a10	featureConfidence	1.0
The Cuphead Show!	hasFeature	The Cuphead Show! / int_97fa0a10
The Cuphead Show! / int_98aaf983	type	Comically Small Bribe
The Cuphead Show! / int_98aaf983	comment	Comically Small Bribe: Cuphead was quite willing to sell his soul to the Devil for $10. When Mugman tells him his soul is worth more than that, Cuphead agrees... and ups the price to $20. (Though given the era it's vaguely set in, it was worth much more then than now note Assuming that the show takes place in 1930, this would be approximately $165 and $331, respectively, but it's still laughable regardless.)
The Cuphead Show! / int_98aaf983	featureApplicability	1.0
The Cuphead Show! / int_98aaf983	featureConfidence	1.0
The Cuphead Show!	hasFeature	The Cuphead Show! / int_98aaf983
The Cuphead Show! / int_9a692ae9	type	13 Is Unlucky
The Cuphead Show! / int_9a692ae9	comment	13 Is Unlucky: Unlike the first season, the show's second season has a total of 13 episodes. The final episode, The Devil's Pitchfork, sees Cuphead and Mugman goofing off and making mischief after they happen upon the Devil's pitchfork. But at the the end said episode, Cuphead pushes his luck against the Devil too far and the season ends with Mugman being dragged off to the Underworld.
The Cuphead Show! / int_9a692ae9	featureApplicability	1.0
The Cuphead Show! / int_9a692ae9	featureConfidence	1.0
The Cuphead Show!	hasFeature	The Cuphead Show! / int_9a692ae9
The Cuphead Show! / int_9afa05c7	type	Family-Unfriendly Death
The Cuphead Show! / int_9afa05c7	comment	Family-Unfriendly Death: When the Devil forces Ms. Chalice to betray the cups, he reminds her of what'll happen to her if she breaks her end of the deal in a rather disturbing way. First, her head literally cracks open and falls apart piece by piece, then she shrivels up into a husk of skin and bones, and finally her skin turns into dust and crumples away, leaving only her skeleton behind.
The Cuphead Show! / int_9afa05c7	featureApplicability	1.0
The Cuphead Show! / int_9afa05c7	featureConfidence	1.0
The Cuphead Show!	hasFeature	The Cuphead Show! / int_9afa05c7
The Cuphead Show! / int_9d12bbc1	type	Foreshadowing
The Cuphead Show! / int_9d12bbc1	comment	Foreshadowing: Cuphead's nightmare in Sweater Off Dead starts out with Mugman being kidnapped by a demon. The real Mugman suffers a similar fate when Cuphead steals the Devil's pitchfork and refuses to give it back. Mugman calls out Cuphead on his reckless and worry-free nature after he gets them Lost In The Woods, saying he wouldn't last one day without him and his worrying. Sure enough, after being kidnapped to the underworld, Cuphead is reduced to a Thousand-Yard Stare traumatized wreck. In The Devil's Revenge Mugman says with absolute certainty that if Cuphead were to die, he'd end up in the Devil's realm instead of "up there", implying that's the ultimate fate of anyone sufficiently wicked. After Ms. Chalice died, she ended up in the underworld as a result of her con-artist lifestyle. When the Devil decides to steal the Telephone's soul, he calls the latter a "gambling man" and talks him into a game with him. The season's ending reveals he intends to do this on a more frequent basis, having just opened his own casino. After the Devil blasts the Stickler Elf to kingdom come, he shows he has the ability to bring him back to life. He had previously used his ability to revive people on Ms. Chalice.
The Cuphead Show! / int_9d12bbc1	featureApplicability	1.0
The Cuphead Show! / int_9d12bbc1	featureConfidence	1.0
The Cuphead Show!	hasFeature	The Cuphead Show! / int_9d12bbc1
The Cuphead Show! / int_9ed9d391	type	Quarter Hour Short
The Cuphead Show! / int_9ed9d391	comment	Quarter Hour Short: Every episode is about 11-12 minutes long (except for "A High Seas Adventure!", which is over 25 minutes long; "Release the Demons!", which is about 20 minutes long; "The Devil's Revenge!", which is about 22 minutes long; "A Very Devil Christmas", which is about 30 minutes long; and "The Devil and Ms. Chalice", which is about 23 minutes long)
The Cuphead Show! / int_9ed9d391	featureApplicability	1.0
The Cuphead Show! / int_9ed9d391	featureConfidence	1.0
The Cuphead Show!	hasFeature	The Cuphead Show! / int_9ed9d391
The Cuphead Show! / int_a13bda01	type	Crack! "Oh, My Back!"
The Cuphead Show! / int_a13bda01	comment	Crack! "Oh, My Back!": Elder Kettle puts out his back after a spot of gardening in "Root-Packed", necessitating his recovery in bed.
The Cuphead Show! / int_a13bda01	featureApplicability	1.0
The Cuphead Show! / int_a13bda01	featureConfidence	1.0
The Cuphead Show!	hasFeature	The Cuphead Show! / int_a13bda01
The Cuphead Show! / int_a2940ed5	type	"Begone" Bribe
The Cuphead Show! / int_a2940ed5	comment	"Begone" Bribe: Porkrind ends up so irritated by Cuphead and Mugman, he gives them the pinball machine they enjoy playing on just to get them out of his store. Elder Kettle hands $5 to Mugman and some pocket lint to Cuphead just to get them out of the house as he's fed up with their squabbling. This causes another argument when the brothers want what the other has.
The Cuphead Show! / int_a2940ed5	featureApplicability	1.0
The Cuphead Show! / int_a2940ed5	featureConfidence	1.0
The Cuphead Show!	hasFeature	The Cuphead Show! / int_a2940ed5
The Cuphead Show! / int_a2ff4e6f	type	Single Tear
The Cuphead Show! / int_a2ff4e6f	comment	Single Tear: After his brother attempts to escape prison without him, Mugman sheds one tear.
The Cuphead Show! / int_a2ff4e6f	featureApplicability	1.0
The Cuphead Show! / int_a2ff4e6f	featureConfidence	1.0
The Cuphead Show!	hasFeature	The Cuphead Show! / int_a2ff4e6f
The Cuphead Show! / int_a3f1531b	type	Standard Snippet
The Cuphead Show! / int_a3f1531b	comment	Standard Snippet: "The Flower Duet" plays when Elder Kettle gets caught in all his own traps in "Dirt Nap".
The Cuphead Show! / int_a3f1531b	featureApplicability	1.0
The Cuphead Show! / int_a3f1531b	featureConfidence	1.0
The Cuphead Show!	hasFeature	The Cuphead Show! / int_a3f1531b
The Cuphead Show! / int_a4414a05	type	Adaptation Dye-Job
The Cuphead Show! / int_a4414a05	comment	Adaptation Dye-Job: Elder Kettle spots a noticeably different color palette compared to his appearance in the game, with him being gray and blue in the show as opposed to the beige and green he was in the game. The Devil's nose is red in the show despite it being black in the game.
The Cuphead Show! / int_a4414a05	featureApplicability	1.0
The Cuphead Show! / int_a4414a05	featureConfidence	1.0
The Cuphead Show!	hasFeature	The Cuphead Show! / int_a4414a05
The Cuphead Show! / int_a7382a73	type	Imagine Spot
The Cuphead Show! / int_a7382a73	comment	Imagine Spot: In "Dangerous Mugman", Porkrind has one about smashing Cuphead and Mugman after the former gets a hot streak on his pinball game, producing incessant sound effects, and the latter gets carried away with jabbering on about an inane shoe story after seeing his shelf of shoes.
The Cuphead Show! / int_a7382a73	featureApplicability	1.0
The Cuphead Show! / int_a7382a73	featureConfidence	1.0
The Cuphead Show!	hasFeature	The Cuphead Show! / int_a7382a73
The Cuphead Show! / int_a73c667a	type	Captivity Harmonica
The Cuphead Show! / int_a73c667a	comment	Captivity Harmonica: In "Jailbroken", the typical harmonica tune is played by a sentient harmonica person.
The Cuphead Show! / int_a73c667a	featureApplicability	1.0
The Cuphead Show! / int_a73c667a	featureConfidence	1.0
The Cuphead Show!	hasFeature	The Cuphead Show! / int_a73c667a
The Cuphead Show! / int_a91078ea	type	Adaptational Jerkass
The Cuphead Show! / int_a91078ea	comment	Adaptational Jerkass: Due to the boys being extremely rambunctious, foolhardy and accident-prone in the TV series, some of the characters below become harsher to them unlike in the game. Downplayed with Elder Kettle. He's still a largely pleasant and caring guy who loves Cuphead and Mugman, but he is shown to be sterner and more temperamental in contrast to the games. Porkrind is shown to be a greedy jerk and is generally quite unfriendly and dismissive to the cups, compared to the mostly Friendly Shopkeeper he was in the game.
The Cuphead Show! / int_a91078ea	featureApplicability	1.0
The Cuphead Show! / int_a91078ea	featureConfidence	1.0
The Cuphead Show!	hasFeature	The Cuphead Show! / int_a91078ea
The Cuphead Show! / int_aabe2fb	type	Deliberate Values Dissonance
The Cuphead Show! / int_aabe2fb	comment	Deliberate Values Dissonance: A few very gentle examples as the show's time period emulates the 1930s-40s like the game does. The asbestos safety curtains in Sally Stageplay's theater are still hanging there, even proudly displaying what they're made with "ASBESTOS" in large font, since when it was first discovered and used in everything, people didn't know the long-term effects of exposure to it, thinking only of how fireproof it was. In "The Devil's Revenge", while Cuphead is having a breakdown from the Devil kidnapping Mugman and trying to deny it to Elder Kettle, he says he lost his pocketknife instead. Elder Kettle treats it as a small thing Cuphead's being overly emotional about, instead of concern that a child (much less one as prone to mischief as Cuphead) had a lethal weapon to begin with. It wasn't uncommon for a kid in those eras to have at least small knives as tools rather than weapons, in case a circumstance came up and as a right of passage to show your maturity (frequently with a painful lesson about responsibility as well when they'd inevitably cut themselves on it). Cuphead and Mugman are pretty much allowed to wander anywhere without adult supervision as long as they come home, since a child getting hurt or going missing wasn't a massive public concern that drastically changed until the 80s.
The Cuphead Show! / int_aabe2fb	featureApplicability	1.0
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The Cuphead Show! / int_ab85548c	type	Loose Tooth Episode
The Cuphead Show! / int_ab85548c	comment	Loose Tooth Episode: While not actually featuring any lost teeth per se, the episode "Handle with Care" is very similar in plot. Mugman accidentally breaks the handle on his mughead and worries that he'll be seen as a freak (a "Bowlboy"), he and Cuphead try to reattach it, and eventually Elder Kettle tells Mugman that he just lost his "baby handle" and that he should put it under his pillow in order to get a visit from the Handle Fairy, who then takes the baby handle and makes a "man handle" grow out in its place. This is, similar to the Tooth Fairy, just a cover for Elder Kettle to take handles that Mugman (and Cuphead, who wanted his man handle quickly and broke his off) put under his pillow and glue it back on in his sleep).
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The Cuphead Show! / int_accd97de	type	Actionized Adaptation
The Cuphead Show! / int_accd97de	comment	Actionized Adaptation: Inverted. While there are still situations where our main characters (Cuphead and Mugman) end up in mortal peril, the show is more about the antics of the duo, and the two rarely try and engage whatever enemies they have due to being massively outclassed in this adaptation.
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The Cuphead Show! / int_ad9fbc1e	type	Pyrrhic Victory
The Cuphead Show! / int_ad9fbc1e	comment	Pyrrhic Victory: In "Root Packed", the titular Root Pack succeeds at killing Elder Kettle's garden despite everything Cuphead and Mugman do to try and save it. Elder Kettle doesn't mind too much though, believing the Pack are his "babies" and that they've legitimately grown to be so colossal. So, he prepares to cook them in a stew, causing them to run away in fear. In "Rats All, Folks!", Elder Kettle prevents Werner Werman from stealing his cottage at the cost of the near-total destruction of the cottage itself.
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The Cuphead Show! / int_b14ce563	type	Pinned to the Wall
The Cuphead Show! / int_b14ce563	comment	Pinned to the Wall: Cuphead and Mugman get pinned to the kitchen wall in "Rats All, Folks!" by a number of kitchen utensils launched by Werner Werman. Unable to move, Werner then threatens to light up dynamites on their heads to convince Elder Kettle to give up the cottage. Captain Brineybeard temporarily pins the brothers to a post with his daggers in an attempt to stop them arguing, only letting them go when they agree to help him out.
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The Cuphead Show! / int_b3ce318	type	Friendly Shopkeeper
The Cuphead Show! / int_b3ce318	comment	Porkrind is shown to be a greedy jerk and is generally quite unfriendly and dismissive to the cups, compared to the mostly Friendly Shopkeeper he was in the game.
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The Cuphead Show! / int_b4a6ae4c	type	Everyone Has Standards
The Cuphead Show! / int_b4a6ae4c	comment	Everyone Has Standards: In "Baby Bottle", although Cuphead and Mugman are quick to break Elder Kettle's "No Fighting" rule, they work around the rule of not touching his radio so they don't break it mid-fight.
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The Cuphead Show! / int_b6060b7	type	Run or Die
The Cuphead Show! / int_b6060b7	comment	Run or Die: Cuphead and Mugman's first encounter with the Devil is basically this. They have no meaningful way to fight back and can only run until they trick him into destroying his own soul stealing machine and freeing the souls he's stolen, distracting him long enough to escape. It's made clear that a direct confrontation with him is complete folly, even with the invisible sweater.
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The Cuphead Show! / int_b611d947	type	Pleasure Island
The Cuphead Show! / int_b611d947	comment	Pleasure Island: The first episode is about a "Carnevil" set up by the Devil, where guests that lose a skee ball game called Soul Ball covertly have their souls taken. Cuphead falling victim to this sets up the underlying arc for the season, as weaseling his way out of his soul being taken drives the Devil to hound him to retrieve that last outstanding soul. King Dice, at the behest of the Devil, hosts a game show where participants always win, but the prize is being sent to a room where their soul is sucked out and their soulless body is dumped into a back alley.
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The Cuphead Show! / int_b6c2e6ad	type	Villain Episode
The Cuphead Show! / int_b6c2e6ad	comment	Villain Episode: "A Very Devil Christmas" feaures the titular Big Bad as the protagonist.
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The Cuphead Show! / int_b97a2fa7	type	Forced Transformation
The Cuphead Show! / int_b97a2fa7	comment	At the end of "Sweet Temptation", even after escaping Sugarland, Cuphead and Mugman are still a jelly baby and gingerbread man respectively. And Elder Kettle finds them very delicious-looking...
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The Cuphead Show! / int_ba236071	type	It Makes Sense in Context
The Cuphead Show! / int_ba236071	comment	Mugman rips out an article advertising the Obliterator ride and doesn't check the missing words which detail how the ride makes one's clothes fly off which would have included Cuphead's protective invisible sweater. Not that it mattered since Cuphead had already taken it off before going to the park.
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The Cuphead Show! / int_bac9f95d	type	Sweet Tooth
The Cuphead Show! / int_bac9f95d	comment	Sweet Tooth: Both Cuphead and Mugman love sweet treats like pancakes with syrup, ice cream, and cookies. Elder Kettle seems to be well aware of this, considering that the episode "In Charm's Way" starts off with the brothers looking for where the Tempting Cookie Jar has been hidden this time.
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The Cuphead Show! / int_bcd27e37	type	Improbable Aiming Skills
The Cuphead Show! / int_bcd27e37	comment	Cuphead and Mugman get pinned to the kitchen wall in "Rats All, Folks!" by a number of kitchen utensils launched by Werner Werman. Unable to move, Werner then threatens to light up dynamites on their heads to convince Elder Kettle to give up the cottage.
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The Cuphead Show! / int_bd8aa92a	type	Negative Continuity
The Cuphead Show! / int_bd8aa92a	comment	Negative Continuity: Played With. While there's some Story Arc sprinkled here and there as well the characters remembered the events on the prior episodes, some episodes literally ends with the cup brothers put in an inexplicably dying situation such as having their head shattered, being beaten the crud out of them or attempted to be eaten when they become candy by Elder Kettle among other things and they come out perfectly fine in the next episode.
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The Cuphead Show! / int_beb932ca	type	Big Applesauce
The Cuphead Show! / int_beb932ca	comment	Big Applesauce: Most of the show's characters speak with New York accents, which fits the style of the classic cartoons this show was based on.
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The Cuphead Show! / int_bfdf0edb	type	Screaming at Squick
The Cuphead Show! / int_bfdf0edb	comment	Mugman accidentally breaking off his handle is treated as such by most of the other characters, who scream in horror upon seeing his handleless head, including Elder Kettle. Porkrind even looks like he's about to throw up. Although that one was actually due to a rather disgusting sandwich, and he couldn't care less about the missing handle.
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The Cuphead Show! / int_c2cedc1c	type	Big "NO!"
The Cuphead Show! / int_c2cedc1c	comment	Big "NO!": Done by the Devil in the first episode after being tricked into destroying his own skee-ball machine.
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The Cuphead Show! / int_c40c8b74	type	And Starring
The Cuphead Show! / int_c40c8b74	comment	And Starring: The Netflix teaser poster◊ used this to cover Mugman's credit billing.
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The Cuphead Show! / int_c4286511	type	For Doom the Bell Tolls
The Cuphead Show! / int_c4286511	comment	Also, when Cuphead or Mugman dies in the game, they pause in a shocked expression before their eyes vanish from their sockets as a single church bell tolls ominously, signifying death, and their body crumbles into dust with a shaky downward slide whistle, at the same time their soul forms in a dizzying state (with their straw forming into a halo), showing their shiny pink heart (which can be parried for revival with a "Thank you!") as they are flying away. In this show, however, Cuphead's body turns into a bit monochrome ashen gray as his soul (same one with a straw halo and pink heart) is being taken from him, but Mugman grabs his brother's soul by the tail end and carries it back to his body, reviving him with a Gasp of Life.
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The Cuphead Show! / int_c6b8d37a	type	Cliffhanger
The Cuphead Show! / int_c6b8d37a	comment	Cliffhanger: The first season ends with the reveal that Ms. Chalice is a ghost as she leaves the boys to be arrested. Played for Drama in the second season, where The Devil kidnaps Mugman and drags him to the Underworld in retaliation to Cuphead stealing his pitchfork.
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The Cuphead Show! / int_c75df49a	type	Shout-Out
The Cuphead Show! / int_c75df49a	comment	Shout-Out: Has its own page.
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The Cuphead Show! / int_c7e7529c	type	Five Stages of Grief
The Cuphead Show! / int_c7e7529c	comment	Five Stages of Grief: The Devil goes through these over the course of the series as his failures to capture Cuphead's soul stack up. He starts off in Denial, as he tells his imps that the "outstanding soul" Stickler is referring to is a clerical error until Stickler bugs him into going to collect the soul. He transitions to Bargaining when Cuphead obtains an impenetrable sweater to defend against him, trying various methods to try to get him to take it off. When that fails (quite painfully, at that), he moves to Anger, as he begins throwing everything he can get at Cuphead, most notably getting mad enough to disintegrate two sets of powerful demons by accident. When he learns that Cuphead's soul debt has expired, he falls into Depression and refuses to leave his bedroom for several days. He reaches Acceptance when Henchman encourages him to forget about Cuphead and go on a rampage, only to slip back to Anger when Cuphead steals his pitchfork, although Old Scratch finally gets one over on him by kidnapping Mugman in retaliation.
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The Cuphead Show! / int_ce6555f0	type	Lighter and Softer
The Cuphead Show! / int_ce6555f0	comment	Lighter and Softer: While the show does still have its moments of Black Comedy, it is considerably toned down from the game.
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The Cuphead Show! / int_d1da2c36	type	Played for Drama
The Cuphead Show! / int_d1da2c36	comment	Played for Drama in the second season, where The Devil kidnaps Mugman and drags him to the Underworld in retaliation to Cuphead stealing his pitchfork.
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The Cuphead Show! / int_d500b978	type	Adaptational Wimp
The Cuphead Show! / int_d500b978	comment	Adaptational Wimp: With the exception of The Devil, none of the characters are shown to have the zanier powers and transformations from the original game. Cuphead and Mugman show no signs of having any of the powers they did in the original game.note which makes sense, as in the game, this resulted from a combination of Elder Kettle giving them special potions and teaching them how to use their powers, along with buying upgrades from Porkrind. King Dice doesnâ€™t have the threatening presence that his game counterpart does, and his relationship with the Devil is more one-sided.
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The Cuphead Show! / int_d7ecd363	type	Status Quo Game Show
The Cuphead Show! / int_d7ecd363	comment	Status Quo Game Show: A positive example: Cuphead becomes a contestant on King Dice's game show, and loses badlyâ€¦ which is just as well, since the game show is a scam and the "prize" is getting one's soul sucked out by the Devil.
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The Cuphead Show! / int_d97f6f0c	type	Musicalis Interruptus
The Cuphead Show! / int_d97f6f0c	comment	Musicalis Interruptus: A rather extreme example. In the episode "Dance with Danger", the final note in Chalice's song gets interrupted by her getting hit by a car.
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The Cuphead Show! / int_da6fe6c8	type	Tally Marks on the Prison Wall
The Cuphead Show! / int_da6fe6c8	comment	Tally Marks on the Prison Wall: Mugman marks what appears to be at least a month's worth in his and Cuphead's shared cell. Assuming the count is accurate, Elder Kettle might have been looking for his glasses in the cottage for a whole month and believing that the brothers were just obediently sat on the sofa the whole time like he told them to, depending on when Ms. Chalice dropped by.
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The Cuphead Show! / int_dfb71617	type	Male Gaze
The Cuphead Show! / int_dfb71617	comment	Male Gaze: At the start of the opening, Captain Brineybeard can be seen using a telescope to look at Cala Maria's behind. She's not amused.
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The Cuphead Show! / int_e11e88b6	type	Thousand-Yard Stare
The Cuphead Show! / int_e11e88b6	comment	Mugman calls out Cuphead on his reckless and worry-free nature after he gets them Lost In The Woods, saying he wouldn't last one day without him and his worrying. Sure enough, after being kidnapped to the underworld, Cuphead is reduced to a Thousand-Yard Stare traumatized wreck.
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The Cuphead Show! / int_e135b3de	type	Pass the Popcorn
The Cuphead Show! / int_e135b3de	comment	Pass the Popcorn: Whilst the Devil is getting electrocuted off-screen with disturbed bystanders looking on, an elephant continues to eat his popcorn.
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The Cuphead Show! / int_e1bd7a4e	type	You're Just Jealous
The Cuphead Show! / int_e1bd7a4e	comment	You're Just Jealous: A rare example in which the speaker is correct. In "Piano Lesson", Mugman gets jelly over how Cuphead is a far better pianist than him, which the latter calls the former out on.
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The Cuphead Show! / int_e2f13529	type	World of Jerkass
The Cuphead Show! / int_e2f13529	comment	World of Jerkass: Not quite as bad as some other cartoons, but a lot of the characters are shown to be very selfish, unfriendly, nasty and untrusting of each other in many episodes to a very high Jerkass level. Not even the two main protagonists Cuphead and Mugman are immune to this, with the former being an extremely reckless Idiot Hero who treats his brother horribly, and the latter being a (sometimes) rude Nervous Wreck who never stops getting worked up.
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The Cuphead Show! / int_e37f19	type	Disguised in Drag
The Cuphead Show! / int_e37f19	comment	Disguised in Drag: A Played for Laughs example when Mugman tries disguising himself as a bride.
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The Cuphead Show! / int_e529d5c3	type	Torches and Pitchforks
The Cuphead Show! / int_e529d5c3	comment	Torches and Pitchforks: A mob shows up outside of Elder Kettle's house to take revenge on Ms. Chalice who has tricked them too many times. When Cuphead and Mugman distract them, they decide to just beat the boys up anyway because they came to do some beating up. Fortunately, Ms. Chalice gets the better of them.
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The Cuphead Show! / int_e54227fc	type	Gasp!
The Cuphead Show! / int_e54227fc	comment	Gasp!: During an argument, Mugman gasps when Cuphead calls him "a piece of work".
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The Cuphead Show! / int_e5d8460d	type	Unexplained Recovery
The Cuphead Show! / int_e5d8460d	comment	Bowlboy in "Another Brother" ends up completely shattered to pieces at the bottom of a cliff. He's fully fixed and parading as a doctor to the still-hospitalised Cuphead and Mugman at the end of the episode.
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The Cuphead Show! / int_e8e3807	type	Aside Glance
The Cuphead Show! / int_e8e3807	comment	Aside Glance: The devil grins at the audience when everyone bails, and says, "Oooh, I love it when they run." In general, several characters stare down the barrel of the camera at the audience for comedic effect.
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The Cuphead Show! / int_ea8de006	type	Traitor Shot
The Cuphead Show! / int_ea8de006	comment	Traitor Shot: A Played With variation in "In Charm's Way". Ms. Chalice makes a wide, evil-looking smile when she agrees to teach Cuphead and Mugman how to get free stuff. When they were trying (and failing) to manipulate a guard, however, she... helps them. When the police arrive to arrest them, however, she... leaves them, though not willingly or as part of any planned scheme.
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The Cuphead Show! / int_ed23decc	type	Big Ball of Violence
The Cuphead Show! / int_ed23decc	comment	Big Ball of Violence: In "Baby Bottle", Cuphead and Mugman engage in a cloudy battle behind the Elder Kettle's watch, in spite of his warnings. When asked about this by Mugman, Cuphead tells him that they are merely doing it because they are not supposed to. In other episodes, they end up in this fairly often because of some petty argument.
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The Cuphead Show! / int_ef2b9e28	type	Alternate Species Counterpart
The Cuphead Show! / int_ef2b9e28	comment	Alternate Species Counterpart: In "A Very Devil Christmas", Devil and Henchman meet Santa's elf that looks, acts and speaks just like Stickler, The Bore of the Underworld.
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The Cuphead Show! / int_f124e617	type	Batty Lip Burbling
The Cuphead Show! / int_f124e617	comment	Batty Lip Burbling: One of the things Cuphead does to try to get Baby Bottle to laugh.
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The Cuphead Show! / int_f3a460ba	type	Demon/Devil Distinction
The Cuphead Show! / int_f3a460ba	comment	Demon/Devil Distinction: There's only one entity, the Big Bad of the show, who goes by "The Devil"; most of his various minions are referred to as "demons".
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The Cuphead Show! / int_f51c5f3c	type	Never Say "Die"
The Cuphead Show! / int_f51c5f3c	comment	Never Say "Die": Unlike the Video Game, the shows never calls the Devil's realm anything other than "the Underworld".
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The Cuphead Show! / int_f66dfb4b	type	His Name Really Is "Barkeep"
The Cuphead Show! / int_f66dfb4b	comment	None of the Devil's demons were named in the game; here, one of them is called "Henchman", and yes that's really his name.
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The Cuphead Show! / int_f945dff4	type	Facepalm
The Cuphead Show! / int_f945dff4	comment	Facepalm: Several instances have the characters facepalm in irritation over something.
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The Cuphead Show! / int_f945dff4	featureConfidence	1.0
The Cuphead Show!	hasFeature	The Cuphead Show! / int_f945dff4
The Cuphead Show! / int_f96f1522	type	Sadistic Game Show
The Cuphead Show! / int_f96f1522	comment	Sadistic Game Show: "Roll the Dice" is a double subversion. King Dice seems like he treats his contestants well, only for the show to be revealed as a soul-sucking machine.
The Cuphead Show! / int_f96f1522	featureApplicability	1.0
The Cuphead Show! / int_f96f1522	featureConfidence	1.0
The Cuphead Show!	hasFeature	The Cuphead Show! / int_f96f1522
The Cuphead Show! / int_f9dfb57a	type	Fine, You Can Just Wait Here Alone
The Cuphead Show! / int_f9dfb57a	comment	Fine, You Can Just Wait Here Alone: Inverted. In "Ghosts Ain't Real", Mugman objects to having to wait behind while Cuphead goes to collect firewood. Cuphead then asks if he wants to go into the dark, spooky forest with him, which gets Mugman to agree to stay behind.
The Cuphead Show! / int_f9dfb57a	featureApplicability	1.0
The Cuphead Show! / int_f9dfb57a	featureConfidence	1.0
The Cuphead Show!	hasFeature	The Cuphead Show! / int_f9dfb57a
The Cuphead Show! / int_f9f2c33	type	Running Gag
The Cuphead Show! / int_f9f2c33	comment	Running Gag: Numerous characters appear to offer a choice or comparison between A or B that the other characters should take and get themselves distracted by endlessly repeating the choice ("Cuphead", "Mugman!", "Cuphead!", "Mugman!") until the other characters wander off or do something that they weren't supposed to do.
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The Cuphead Show! / int_f9f2c33	featureConfidence	1.0
The Cuphead Show!	hasFeature	The Cuphead Show! / int_f9f2c33
The Cuphead Show! / int_fe64d5a1	type	Evil Is Petty
The Cuphead Show! / int_fe64d5a1	comment	Evil Is Petty: During his Villain Song, to show how he gets "his kicks playing tricks", the Devil is shown popping a child's balloon and stealing his lollipop.
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The Cuphead Show! / int_fe64d5a1	featureConfidence	1.0
The Cuphead Show!	hasFeature	The Cuphead Show! / int_fe64d5a1
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The Cuphead Show! / int_name	comment
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The Cuphead Show!	hasFeature	Absurdly High-Stakes Game / int_ba6e04f6
The Cuphead Show!	hasFeature	Accidental Tickle Torture / int_ba6e04f6
The Cuphead Show!	hasFeature	Adaptational Dumbass / int_ba6e04f6
The Cuphead Show!	hasFeature	Alas, Poor Yorick / int_ba6e04f6
The Cuphead Show!	hasFeature	Alternate Continuity / int_ba6e04f6
The Cuphead Show!	hasFeature	Alternate Species Counterpart / int_ba6e04f6
The Cuphead Show!	hasFeature	"Anger Is Healthy" Aesop / int_ba6e04f6
The Cuphead Show!	hasFeature	Arson, Murder, and Admiration / int_ba6e04f6
The Cuphead Show!	hasFeature	Artistic License â€“ Music / int_ba6e04f6
The Cuphead Show!	hasFeature	Black Comedy Burst / int_ba6e04f6
The Cuphead Show!	hasFeature	Boom Stick / int_ba6e04f6
The Cuphead Show!	hasFeature	Buy or Get Lost / int_ba6e04f6
The Cuphead Show!	hasFeature	Chimney Entry / int_ba6e04f6
The Cuphead Show!	hasFeature	Color Failure / int_ba6e04f6
The Cuphead Show!	hasFeature	Conscience Makes You Go Back / int_ba6e04f6
The Cuphead Show!	hasFeature	Crying a River / int_ba6e04f6
The Cuphead Show!	hasFeature	Cucumber Facial / int_ba6e04f6
The Cuphead Show!	hasFeature	Cut Phone Lines / int_ba6e04f6
The Cuphead Show!	hasFeature	Cutlery Escape Aid / int_ba6e04f6
The Cuphead Show!	hasFeature	Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, and Nixon / int_ba6e04f6
The Cuphead Show!	hasFeature	Demon/Devil Distinction / int_ba6e04f6
The Cuphead Show!	hasFeature	Demon Works / int_ba6e04f6
The Cuphead Show!	hasFeature	Detrimental Determination / int_ba6e04f6
The Cuphead Show!	hasFeature	Did We Just Have Tea with Cthulhu? / int_ba6e04f6
The Cuphead Show!	hasFeature	Did You Just Scam Cthulhu? / int_ba6e04f6
The Cuphead Show!	hasFeature	Door Focus / int_ba6e04f6
The Cuphead Show!	hasFeature	Doorstop Baby / int_ba6e04f6
The Cuphead Show!	hasFeature	Eat the Camera / int_ba6e04f6
The Cuphead Show!	hasFeature	Epileptic Flashing Lights / int_ba6e04f6
The Cuphead Show!	hasFeature	Escaped Animal Rampage / int_ba6e04f6
The Cuphead Show!	hasFeature	Excited Show Title! / int_ba6e04f6
The Cuphead Show!	hasFeature	Expecting Someone Taller / int_ba6e04f6
The Cuphead Show!	hasFeature	Exploding Closet / int_ba6e04f6
The Cuphead Show!	hasFeature	Expressive Uvula / int_ba6e04f6
The Cuphead Show!	hasFeature	Failure Montage / int_ba6e04f6
The Cuphead Show!	hasFeature	Fake Rabies / int_ba6e04f6
The Cuphead Show!	hasFeature	Film Comic / int_ba6e04f6
The Cuphead Show!	hasFeature	Flaming Devil / int_ba6e04f6
The Cuphead Show!	hasFeature	Forbidden Fruit / int_ba6e04f6
The Cuphead Show!	hasFeature	Game Show Goofballs / int_ba6e04f6
The Cuphead Show!	hasFeature	Gasp of Life / int_ba6e04f6
The Cuphead Show!	hasFeature	Genre Throwback / int_ba6e04f6
The Cuphead Show!	hasFeature	Giant Enemy Crab / int_ba6e04f6
The Cuphead Show!	hasFeature	Good Feels Good / int_ba6e04f6
The Cuphead Show!	hasFeature	Great Escape / int_ba6e04f6
The Cuphead Show!	hasFeature	Hellevator / int_ba6e04f6
The Cuphead Show!	hasFeature	Hellgate / int_ba6e04f6
The Cuphead Show!	hasFeature	I Just Want to Be You / int_ba6e04f6
The Cuphead Show!	hasFeature	Inconsistent Dub / int_ba6e04f6
The Cuphead Show!	hasFeature	Institutional Apparel / int_ba6e04f6
The Cuphead Show!	hasFeature	Involuntary Dance / int_ba6e04f6
The Cuphead Show!	hasFeature	Jerk with a Heart of Jerk / int_ba6e04f6
The Cuphead Show!	hasFeature	Joisey / int_ba6e04f6
The Cuphead Show!	hasFeature	Last-Second Photo Failure / int_ba6e04f6
The Cuphead Show!	hasFeature	Lava Surfing / int_ba6e04f6
The Cuphead Show!	hasFeature	Look Both Ways / int_ba6e04f6
The Cuphead Show!	hasFeature	Loose Tooth Episode / int_ba6e04f6
The Cuphead Show!	hasFeature	Louis Cypher / int_ba6e04f6
The Cuphead Show!	hasFeature	Minion with an F in Evil / int_ba6e04f6
The Cuphead Show!	hasFeature	Multi-Animator Project / int_ba6e04f6
The Cuphead Show!	hasFeature	Musicalis Interruptus / int_ba6e04f6
The Cuphead Show!	hasFeature	Mutagenic Food / int_ba6e04f6
The Cuphead Show!	hasFeature	No Prison Segregation / int_ba6e04f6
The Cuphead Show!	hasFeature	No Such Thing as Bad Publicity / int_ba6e04f6
The Cuphead Show!	hasFeature	Not Now, Kiddo / int_ba6e04f6
The Cuphead Show!	hasFeature	Onion Tears / int_ba6e04f6
The Cuphead Show!	hasFeature	Orphanage of Fear / int_ba6e04f6
The Cuphead Show!	hasFeature	Out-of-Context Eavesdropping / int_ba6e04f6
The Cuphead Show!	hasFeature	Pacified Adaptation / int_ba6e04f6
The Cuphead Show!	hasFeature	Pariah Prisoner / int_ba6e04f6
The Cuphead Show!	hasFeature	Pick on Someone Your Own Size / int_ba6e04f6
The Cuphead Show!	hasFeature	Pinned to the Wall / int_ba6e04f6
The Cuphead Show!	hasFeature	Pity the Kidnapper / int_ba6e04f6
The Cuphead Show!	hasFeature	Priceless Ming Vase / int_ba6e04f6
The Cuphead Show!	hasFeature	Quarter Hour Short / int_ba6e04f6
The Cuphead Show!	hasFeature	Retraux / int_ba6e04f6
The Cuphead Show!	hasFeature	Right Out of My Clothes / int_ba6e04f6
The Cuphead Show!	hasFeature	Rockâ€“Paperâ€“Scissors / int_ba6e04f6
The Cuphead Show!	hasFeature	Rooftop Confrontation / int_ba6e04f6
The Cuphead Show!	hasFeature	Scared of What's Behind You / int_ba6e04f6
The Cuphead Show!	hasFeature	Scheherezade Gambit / int_ba6e04f6
The Cuphead Show!	hasFeature	Schmuck Banquet / int_ba6e04f6
The Cuphead Show!	hasFeature	Seadog Peg Leg / int_ba6e04f6
The Cuphead Show!	hasFeature	Self-Adaptation / int_ba6e04f6
The Cuphead Show!	hasFeature	Shaking the Rump / int_ba6e04f6
The Cuphead Show!	hasFeature	Shapes of Disappearance / int_ba6e04f6
The Cuphead Show!	hasFeature	Sold His Soul for a Donut / int_ba6e04f6
The Cuphead Show!	hasFeature	Soul Eating / int_ba6e04f6
The Cuphead Show!	hasFeature	Spell My Name with a "The" / int_ba6e04f6
The Cuphead Show!	hasFeature	Subbing for Santa / int_ba6e04f6
The Cuphead Show!	hasFeature	Surprisingly Creepy Moment / int_ba6e04f6
The Cuphead Show!	hasFeature	Sweets of Temptation / int_ba6e04f6
The Cuphead Show!	hasFeature	Sympathetic Wince / int_ba6e04f6
The Cuphead Show!	hasFeature	Taken During the Ending / int_ba6e04f6
The Cuphead Show!	hasFeature	The Anime of the Game / int_ba6e04f6
The Cuphead Show!	hasFeature	The Anti-Grinch / int_ba6e04f6
The Cuphead Show!	hasFeature	The Cavalry / int_ba6e04f6
The Cuphead Show!	hasFeature	The Devil Is a Loser / int_ba6e04f6
The Cuphead Show!	hasFeature	The Name Is Bond, James Bond / int_ba6e04f6
The Cuphead Show!	hasFeature	The Svengali / int_ba6e04f6
The Cuphead Show!	hasFeature	The Vitruvian Pose / int_ba6e04f6
The Cuphead Show!	hasFeature	Thin-Line Animation / int_ba6e04f6
The Cuphead Show!	hasFeature	Title Scream / int_ba6e04f6
The Cuphead Show!	hasFeature	Vile Vulture / int_ba6e04f6
The Cuphead Show!	hasFeature	Villain No Longer Idle / int_ba6e04f6
The Cuphead Show!	hasFeature	Western Animation of the 2020s / int_ba6e04f6
The Cuphead Show!	hasFeature	Who You Gonna Call? / int_ba6e04f6
The Cuphead Show!	hasFeature	Wicked Pretentious / int_ba6e04f6
The Cuphead Show!	hasFeature	Wink "Ding!" / int_ba6e04f6
The Cuphead Show!	hasFeature	You Didn't See That / int_ba6e04f6
The Cuphead Show!	hasFeature	You Talk Too Much! / int_ba6e04f6
The Cuphead Show!	hasFeature	Your Soul Is Mine! / int_ba6e04f6
The Cuphead Show!	hasFeature	Awesome Art / Sugar Wiki / int_ba6e04f6

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