History YMMV / Cuphead

** Again when fighting against the giant cuckoo clock bird: [[spoiler:Once defeated, it will remain featherless and passes out, and a chick of the giant bird with psychic powers will fight instead. Once the chick is defeated, the [[Determinator giant bird appears again]], now featherless and lying on a stretcher carried by two smaller blue birds that aid him in the battle. Once the giant bird is defeated again, the blue birds choose to [[ImHumanitarian cook and eat him]].]]

** Again when fighting against the giant cuckoo clock bird: [[spoiler:Once defeated, it will remain featherless and passes out, and a chick of the giant bird with psychic powers will fight instead. Once the chick is defeated, the [[Determinator giant bird appears again]], now featherless and lying on a stretcher carried by two smaller blue birds that aid him in the battle. Once the giant bird is defeated again, the blue birds choose to [[ImHumanitarian cook and eat him]]]].

** Again when fighting against the giant cuckoo clock bird: [[Once defeated, it will remain featherless and passes out, and a chick of the giant bird with psychic powers will fight instead. Once the chick is defeated, the [[Determinator giant bird appears again]], now featherless and lying on a stretcher carried by two smaller blue birds that aid him in the battle. Once the giant bird is defeated again, the blue birds choose to [[ImHumanitarian cook and eat him]].

* VisualEffectsOfAwesome: Special care was taken to make it look exactly like an old Creator/FleischerBrothers cartoon, and it shows.

* VisualEffectsOfAwesome: Special care was taken to make it look exactly like an old Tex Avery cartoon, and it shows.

* SurpriseCreepy: Most people wouldn't expect a game based on 1930s cartoons to have unsettling imagery. But rather than going for pure character appeal, the developers captured everything that could be considered unsettling about cartoons at the time. This particular trope's page image IS a 30s cartoon, after all. The flower boss's NightmareFace attack is especially notable.

* CrossesTheLineTwice: During the BossBattle with the blue slimeball, [[spoiler:you don't just fight the slime. You also fight his tombstone. Which can move around and smack you flat.]]

* SurpriseDifficulty: How hard would you expect a game with a 1930's cartoons aesthetic and cute cartoon characters to be? When you know that it's a BossGame inspired by RunAndGun games like ''VideoGame/{{Contra}}'' and ''VideoGame/MetalSlug'', ''[[NintendoHard very]]''.

* VisualEffectsOfAwesome: Special care was taken to make it look exactly like an old Tex Avery cartoon, and it shows.

* SurpriseDifficulty: How hard would you expect a game with a 1930's cartoons aesthetic and cute cartoon characters to be? When you know that it's a BossGame inspired by Run-and-guns like ''VideoGame/{{Contra}}'' and ''VideoGame/MetalSlug'', ''[[NintendoHard very]]''.

* Headscratchers: Why do the main characters have cups for heads? Why didn't they create a standard FunnyAnimal character instead? Surprisingly, this has never been officially addressed.

* Headscratcher: Why do the main characters have cups for heads? Why didn't they create a standard FunnyAnimal character instead? Surprisingly, this has never been officially addressed.

* SurpriseCreepy: Most people wouldn't expect a game based on 1930s cartoons to have unsettling imagery. But rather than going for pure character appeal, the developers captured everything that could be considered unsettling about cartoons at the time. This particular trope's page image IS a 30s cartoon, after all. The flower boss has some particularly freaky attacks.

* SurpriseCreepy: Most people wouldn't expect a game based on 1930s cartoons to have unsettling imagery. But rather than going for pure character appeal, the developers captured everything that could be considered unsettling about cartoons at the time. This particular trope's page image IS a 30s cartoon, after all.

* SurpriseCreepy: Most people wouldn't expect a game based on 1930s cartoons to have unsettling imagery. But rather than going for pure character appeal, the developers captured everything that could be considered unsettling about cartoons at the time. This particular trope's page IS a 30s cartoon, after all.

* DarkhorseVictory: It's considered one of the biggest highlights of E3 2015.

* SpiritualLicensee: It's the closest we're getting to a new VideoGame/GunstarHeroes.

* SurpriseDifficulty: How hard would you expect a game with a 1930's cartoons aesthetic and cute cartoon characters to be? When you know that it's a BossGame inspired by Run-and-guns like ''VideoGame/{{Contra}}'' and ''VideoGame/MetalSlug'', ''[[NintendoHard very]]''.

* SurpriseDifficulty: How hard would you expect a game with a 1930's cartoons aesthetic and cute cartoon character to be? When you know that it's a BossGame inspired by Run-and-guns like ''VideoGame/{{Contra}}'' and ''VideoGame/MetalSlug'', ''[[NintendoHard very]]''.