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* EyeBeams: One of Psycarrot's attacks has him firing some beams from his eyes.



* NightmareFace: Starts his fight off by looking innocent enough then suddenly roaring at you.

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* NightmareFace: Starts his fight off by looking innocent enough then suddenly roaring at you. He can even stretch his face to attack you.



* DualBoss: You have to fight both of them at the same time with Ribby occasionally going to the opposite side of the screen and Croaks turning into a makeshift fan to blow you into him while Ribby sending orbs at you.

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* DualBoss: You have to fight both of them at the same time with Ribby occasionally going to the opposite side of the screen and Croaks turning into a makeshift fan to blow you into him while Ribby sending sends orbs at you.


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* BattleInTheRain: His third phase changes the sky into a stormy one.
* BreakingTheFourthWall: He makes a "Boo!" motion toward the player at the start of his battle.
* EyeBeams: His first phase his him firing orbs from his eyes at you.
* PlatformBattle: His fight considers of you shooting him while jumping from one moving cloud to the next.
* PlayingWithFire: His second phase has him opening his mouth and sending out fire soldiers along his tounge, creating a makeshift pit of death below you as you keep hopping from cloud to cloud. What's more, a few of the soldiers will shoot toward you which you must likewise dodge.
* ShoutOut: To ''VideoGame/MegaMan'' which has a similar boss in their second game.


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* FlunkyBoss: She summons all manner of aquatic life to attack you with.
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[[folder: Surf Mama]]
A gigantic mermaid fought over the ocean.

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[[folder: Surf Mama]]
Grim Matchstick]]
A gigantic mermaid dragon fought over in the ocean.clouds.


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[[folder: Surf Mama]]
A gigantic mermaid fought over the ocean.
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* ActionBomb: In flying stages, their supers turn them into literal bomb that they can ram into their opponents.
* BreakingTheFourthWall: When playing two players. If one dies and the remaining player can parry their ghost before floating away. They a give out a direct "Thank you!" at the player before reforming back to normal and rejoining the battle.

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* ActionBomb: In flying stages, their supers turn them into literal bomb bombs that they can ram into their opponents.
* BreakingTheFourthWall: When playing two players. If one dies and the remaining player can parry their ghost before floating away. They a away, they will give out a direct "Thank you!" at the player before reforming back to normal and rejoining the battle.



* OffWithHisHead: Threatens to cut off Cuphead and Mugman's head when he set to claim their souls in the trailer. The shadow on the wall illustrates this point when he make the cut throat motion.

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* OffWithHisHead: Threatens to cut off Cuphead and Mugman's head heads when he set to claim their souls in the trailer. The shadow on the wall illustrates this point when he make makes the cut throat motion.



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* AttackOfThe50FootWhatever:many of the bosses seen tower over cuphead and mugman.

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* AttackOfThe50FootWhatever:many AttackOfThe50FootWhatever: Many of the bosses seen tower over cuphead Cuphead and mugman.Mugman.






* MegatonPunch: His first phase has him forming his body into a boxing glove to hit you. His second form has him literal donning a boxing glove to punch at you.

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* MegatonPunch: His first phase has him forming his body into a boxing glove to hit you. His second form has him literal literally donning a boxing glove to punch at you.



* AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever: A giant mermaid who pretty much towers over the two boys and their bi-plane

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* AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever: A giant mermaid who pretty much towers over the two boys and their bi-planebi-planes.



* FlunkyBoss: For the most part it his ship, treasure chest and shark that really attack you with Silver taking potshots at you on occasion.

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* FlunkyBoss: For the most part it it's his ship, treasure chest and shark that really attack you with Silver taking potshots at you on occasion.



The ruler of a candy area and boss of "Sugar Shimmy" level.

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The ruler of a candy area and boss of "Sugar "Sugarland Shimmy" level.



* AdvancingBossOfDoom: The final stage of the battle, the castle where she hides begins to chase Cuphead and Mugman.

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* AdvancingBossOfDoom: The In the final stage of the battle, the castle where she hides begins to chase Cuphead and Mugman.



* ShoutOut: one of her minions is a jawbreaker version of PAC man.
* OffWithHisHead: She does to threat the heroes for a moment and with her own head!

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* ShoutOut: one One of her minions is a jawbreaker version of PAC man.
VideoGame/PacMan.
* OffWithHisHead: She does to the threat to the heroes for a moment moment, and with her own head!
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*AttackOfThe50FootWhatever:many of the bosses seen tower over cuphead and mugman.
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*OneWingedAngel: Considering the theme of the game, you can bet that most if not all the bosses are gonna transform or change shape at least once in their respective fights. The real fun is seeing how or what they'll transform into.
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* ShoutOut: one of her minions is a jawbreaker version of PAC man.
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* BreakingTheFourthWall: When playing two players. If one dies and the remaining player can parry their ghost before floating away. They a give out a direct "Thank you!" at the player before reforming back to normal and rejoining the battle.


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* FingerGun: They attack by basically making a gun motion in their hands and firing shots from them. The shots apparently being drawn from the liquid in their heads.
* ParryingBullets: A non-sword variant. When being shot at by pink colored bullets, the two can jump off them or slap them aside to avoid damage.

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* YellowEyesOfSneakiness: Usually depicted with yellow sclerae.



* VillainousHarlequin: Oh yeah, he's this alright. And considering the transformations and the deranged animation, he could also count as a [[MonsterClown monster clown]]

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* VillainousHarlequin: Oh yeah, he's this alright. And considering the CheshireCatGrin: Has a creepy wide, toothy grin.
* MonsterClown: A deranged clown with terrifying
transformations and the deranged animation, he could also count as a [[MonsterClown monster clown]]DerangedAnimation.
* YellowEyesOfSneakiness: Has yellow sclerae, and is definitely sinister.

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Not sure where 'Oozey Oozebourne' came from; videos of the Gamescom gameplay showing the 'Ruse of an Ooze' level name him 'Goopy Le Grande'.


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[[folder: Oozey Oozebourne]]Goopy Le Grande]]



* ShoutOut: [[Creator/OzzyOsbourne Take a wild guess.]]
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The Gambler isn't just any character who gambles, it's for characters who have a gambling motif, especially in their attacks. Cuphead and Mugman haven't shown this yet, so I think The Gambling Addict is a bit more fitting.


* TheGambler: Apparently so if they ended up trying to play a dice game against the ''devil''!

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* TheGambler: TheGamblingAddict: Apparently so if they ended up trying to play a dice game against the ''devil''!
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* BigRedDevil: Although he has black fur rather than red skin, he otherwise fits this trope, with features such as horns and a pointy tail and ears.



* FoulFlower: A giant flower boss who acts innocent before quickly revealing his true, AxCrazy colors.






* PunnyName: Her name is a pun on the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LZ_129_Hindenburg Hindenburg]].



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[[folder: Baroness Von Bon Bon]]
The ruler of Sugarland
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* Playing with Fire: During the fight, Croaks will sometimes spit out burning flies that fly towards you.

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* Playing with Fire: During the fight, PlayingwithFire: Croaks will sometimes spit out burning flies that fly towards you.
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* Playing with Fire: During the fight, Croaks will sometimes spit out burning flies that fly towards you.

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An evil clown fought on the roller coaster.

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An evil clown fought you fight on the roller coaster.coaster.
* VillainousHarlequin: Oh yeah, he's this alright. And considering the transformations and the deranged animation, he could also count as a [[MonsterClown monster clown]]
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[[folder: Beppy the Clown]]
An evil clown fought on the roller coaster.

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[[folder: Kabloom]]Cagney Carnation]]




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[[folder: Baroness Von Bon Bon]]
The ruler of Sugarland
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* Expy: Captain Silver resembles a lot to Bluto from ''ComicStrip/{{Popeye}}''.

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* Expy: {{Expy}}: Captain Silver resembles a lot to Bluto from ''ComicStrip/{{Popeye}}''.
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* Expy: Captain Silver resembles a lot to Bluto from ''ComicStrip/Popeye''

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* Expy: Captain Silver resembles a lot to Bluto from ''ComicStrip/Popeye''''ComicStrip/{{Popeye}}''.
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* Expy: Captain Silver resembles a lot to Bluto from ''ComicStrip/Popeye''
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* AdvancingBossOfDoom: The final stage of the battle, the castle where she hides begins to chase Cuphead and Mugman.

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The ruler of a candy area and boss of "Sugar Shimmy" level.
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* AuthorityEqualsAssKicking: Although most of the time she sends her mooks to do the bidding, she can also attack using a sugar cane as shotgun.
* TheBaroness: That's her title after all.
* FlunkyBoss: She sends her minions to attack the heroes during the battle.
* OffWithHisHead: She does to threat the heroes for a moment and with her own head!
* SlasherSmile: Makes a deranged one in the final stage of the battle.
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* InstantGravestone: His third phase has one drop onto him to which ''that'' attacks you.



* MegatonPunch: His first phase has him forming his body into a boxing glove. His second form has him literal donning a boxing glove to punch at you.
* InstantGravestone: His third phase has one drop onto him to which ''that'' attacks you.

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* MegatonPunch: His first phase has him forming his body into a boxing glove. glove to hit you. His second form has him literal donning a boxing glove to punch at you.
* InstantGravestone: His third phase has one drop onto him to which ''that'' attacks
you.



* {{Determinator}}: Even when you destroy the house around him. He still comes back, featherless, being carried by two medic birds and attack by both turning his head into a trash can to spew trash at you. But ''kicking his stomach which shoots his heart out of his mouth'' to fire projectiles at you.

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* {{Determinator}}: Even when you destroy the house around him. He still comes back, featherless, being carried by two medic birds and attack by both turning his head into a trash can to spew trash at you. But also ''kicking his stomach which shoots his heart out of his mouth'' to fire projectiles at you.



* FeatherFlechettes: Does this in the second phase of his attack by flapping wildly and sending feathers at you.



* FeatherFlechettes: Does this in the second phase of his attack by flapping wildly and sending feathers at you.



* ShoutOut: One to ''VideoGame/{{Parodius}}'', which likewise featured a giant mermaid as a boss in one of their games.
* TakenForGranite: In her gorgon form, she can fire out a huge beam that'll turn our heroes into stone and count as a hit.


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* ShoutOut: One to ''VideoGame/{{Parodius}}'', which likewise featured a giant mermaid as a boss in one of their games. As well as a giant gorgon boss in a later game.
* TakenForGranite: In her gorgon form, she can fire out a huge beam that'll turn our heroes into stone and count as a hit.


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* FlunkyBoss: For the most part it his ship, treasure chest and shark that really attack you with Silver taking potshots at you on occasion.
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* Pirate: Goes without saying.
* ThreatiningShark: He can summon a shark the will eat you from the left side.

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* Pirate: {{Pirate}}: Goes without saying.
* ThreatiningShark: ThreateningShark: He can summon a shark the will eat you from the left side.
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[[Folder: Captain Silver]]
A pirate fought on the docks that can summon sea creatures to help him.
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*InterfaceScrew: If he calls for a squid it throws ink on the camera making the fight harder.
* Pirate: Goes without saying.
*ThreatiningShark: He can summon a shark the will eat you from the left side.
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* MegatonPunch: His first phase has him forming his body into a boxing glove

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* MegatonPunch: His first phase has him forming his body into a boxing gloveglove. His second form has him literal donning a boxing glove to punch at you.
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Welcome to the character page for ''VideoGame/Cuphead''

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Welcome to the character page for ''VideoGame/Cuphead''
''VideoGame/{{Cuphead}}''
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Going ahead and getting the ball rolling on this. Some names subject to change.

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Welcome to the character page for ''VideoGame/Cuphead''

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!! Main Characters

[[folder: Cuphead & Mugman]]
The heroes of the story, two beings that are anthropomorphic cups with bodies.
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* ActionBomb: In flying stages, their supers turn them into literal bomb that they can ram into their opponents.
* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: Cuphead's red and Mugman's blue. Even their shots reflect this.
* DealWithTheDevil: What kicks off the whole adventure when the two tried to play a game of Craps against the Devil and lost. They pleaded for their lives and he claimed he might spare their lives if they do his bidding.
* TheGambler: Apparently so if they ended up trying to play a dice game against the ''devil''!
* WaveMotionGun: Their usual super when on the ground has them jump into the air and fire a stream of liquid at their opponent.
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[[folder: The Devil]]
ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin. He wins a Craps game against Cuphead and Mugman but supposedly agrees to spare them if they do his bidding.
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* BigBad: He's the one who starts the whole adventure by sending the two boys out on errands.
* OffWithHisHead: Threatens to cut off Cuphead and Mugman's head when he set to claim their souls in the trailer. The shadow on the wall illustrates this point when he make the cut throat motion.
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!! Opponents
[[folder: Oozey Oozebourne]]
A blue slime like boss you fight in a forest.
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* MakeMyMonsterGrow: His second phase has him eating a pill and getting much bigger.
* MegatonPunch: His first phase has him forming his body into a boxing glove
* InstantGravestone: His third phase has one drop onto him to which ''that'' attacks you.
* ShoutOut: [[Creator/OzzyOsbourne Take a wild guess.]]
* WarmupBoss: Seen at the beginning of the game and has fairly easy patterns to dodge.
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[[folder: The Root Pack]]
A trio of vegetable whom you fight in a garden. They are Moe Tato (a potato), Weepy (an onion) and Psycarrot (a carrot).
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* HypnoticEyes: Psycarrot wields these when you fight him, signaling him summoning his power to send carrots at you or psychic beams.
* OcularGushers: Weepy attacks this way by crying, with his tears raining down projectiles at you.
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[[folder: Kabloom]]
A flower boss whom you fight in a forest clearing.
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* GreenThumb: Alot of his attacks are plant based.
* NightmareFace: Starts his fight off by looking innocent enough then suddenly roaring at you.
* SlasherSmile: Wears a maniacal grin through his boss battle.
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[[folder: Ribby and Croaks]]
Two frogs in boxing gloves fought in a club setting (ironically run by flies).
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* DualBoss: You have to fight both of them at the same time with Ribby occasionally going to the opposite side of the screen and Croaks turning into a makeshift fan to blow you into him while Ribby sending orbs at you.
* FusionDance: Their final phases on normal mode has them suddenly combine into a slot machine like being.
* RapidFireFisticuffs: Ribby start his attacking by punching rapidly which produces projectiles that zip toward you.
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[[folder: Hilda Berg]]
A woman that can turn her body into a blimp whom you fight in the skies.
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* {{Constellations}}: Most of her second phase has her turning into these when she attempts to dart at you then shifting into them when she comes back onto the screen. They include:
** ALoadOfBull: Taurus, which has her turning into a bull made of cloud to ram at you.
** TheArcher: Sagittarius, where she turns into [[GenderBender a man on a cloud]] and shoots arrows at you
** TricksterTwins: And Gemini, were she turns into two girls on clouds and form an energy ball to hurl at you.
* SinisterSchnoz: Has a very long nose and when she shifts into her moon form, it gets even longer.
* ThatsNoMoon: Her final phase her her shifting into a huge moon form where she can not only attack you with her face but summon [=UFOs=] to hit you with their beams.
* WordsCanBreakMyBones: Her staring phase has her shooting out "[=HAs=]" at you.
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[[folder: Wally Warbles]]
A bird who lives within a cuckoo house. You fight him in the skies.
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* AndShowItToYou: A case where he literally summons his heart to attack you.
* {{Determinator}}: Even when you destroy the house around him. He still comes back, featherless, being carried by two medic birds and attack by both turning his head into a trash can to spew trash at you. But ''kicking his stomach which shoots his heart out of his mouth'' to fire projectiles at you.
* EatenAlive: Apparently his fate when beaten as the medic birds are seen pouring salt and pepper on him with hungry looks in their eyes.
* FlunkyBoss: His first and second phases has him accompanied by birds with nails on their heads who fly at you. The third has the medic birds spit out pills that turn into homing shots at you.
* FeatherFlechettes: Does this in the second phase of his attack by flapping wildly and sending feathers at you.
* VisualPun: His head into a trash transformation attack. He's literately talking trash at you.
* VoluntaryShapeshifting: Can turn his head into a hand to fire out bullets at you. In the final phase, he turns his head into a trash can to spew trash projectiles at you.
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[[folder: Surf Mama]]
A gigantic mermaid fought over the ocean.
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* AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever: A giant mermaid who pretty much towers over the two boys and their bi-plane
* GorgeousGorgon: Can turn into one yet still doesn't look that bad despite the scary upgrade.
* ShoutOut: One to ''VideoGame/{{Parodius}}'', which likewise featured a giant mermaid as a boss in one of their games.
* TakenForGranite: In her gorgon form, she can fire out a huge beam that'll turn our heroes into stone and count as a hit.
* OurMermaidsAreDifferent: She can turn into a gorgon for one thing.
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