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** How are the Howling Aces capable of turning the screen? A lot of things can be answered with being in a cartoon world with magic, or similar explanations. But an InterfaceScrew that only happens in this fight to such an extent seems a bit too much to handwave.
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** How are the Howling Aces capable of turning the screen? A lot of things can be answered with being in a cartoon world with magic, or similar explanations. But an InterfaceScrew that only happens in this fight to such an extent seems a bit too much to handwave.
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** The ghost on the Phantom Express could be part of the train, possibly giving it a weak spot since it's bound to a physical object.
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** Whoever's soul he has, [[WouldHurtAChild maybe he killed them]].
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** Whoever's soul he has, [[WouldHurtAChild maybe he killed them]]. (Or at least, beat them up until they turned into their ghost form, if we're going by one of the other theories on this page that toons in this world can't actually die.)
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** Maybe it was a XanatosGambit. If Cuphead and Mugman fail to get the contracts, the Devil gets their souls. If they succeed, they will have done the Devil's work, therefore putting them under the Devil's control. This means that the Devil technically gains ownership of their souls anyway, along with the souls of all the debtors. In the Good Ending, Cuphead and Mugman TakeAThirdOption by getting the contracts, but then defying the Devil right to his face and fighting him.
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** Since the train engine itself is sentient, maybe it's just the engine who owes the Devil its soul. The other inhabitants of the train are just trying to help protect it. [[HiveMind Or maybe they're all part of the train instead of just inhabitants of it]].
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** Toon logic, like when the weasels "die laughing" in ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit''. The weasels who turn into angels aren't actually KilledOffForReal, they're just invoking the image of being dead. This explains how Cuphead and Mugman can keep coming back after dying each time. It also explains how [[spoiler:Chef Saltbaker went right back to normal after his battle, even though the battle showed his body shattering]].
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** When you meet the Devil just before fighting him, he notes that you beat King Dice, and calls him a "good-for-nothing lackey." Clearly, he already knows that you defeated King Dice. Maybe the Devil [[YouHaveFailedMe gave him a hellish fate offscreen]].
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** Whoever's soul he has, [[WouldHurtAChild maybe he killed them]].
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** If this is anything like ''WesternAnimation/TheCupheadShow'', the Devil can leave Inkwell Hell whenever he wants. He could potentially follow them to the ends of the earth. If the bosses are going to fight back against him, or whoever he sends after them, maybe they feel that it's best to do so in their own territories.
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* How does Saltbaker kidnap the soul? Wouldn't that require complete control over the astral plane, which one needs the Wondertart for?
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* Why don't any of the bosses [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere just leave the isles when they realize the Devil is after them?]] Many of them can fly and a few of them have boats.
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* So... What happened to Wally Warbles and his son? The last time we see Wally is him getting spiced by the paramedics. Does this mean Wally and his son both got EatenAlive? Are he and his son still alive? Or did they disappear into the ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'' universe?
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** The robot had sentience/sapience and wished for something without Kahl's approval. Maybe [[PinocchioSyndrome a soul]]?
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** The robot had sentience/sapience and wished for something without Kahl's approval. Maybe [[PinocchioSyndrome [[BecomeARealBoy a soul]]?
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** I thought it was a trick to take their souls anyway. He bet on them being too eager to get a reward for running his errands and forgetting they were doing it to get off the hook and not to gain something. Seeing how impulsive and competitive Cuphead is to play with the Devil without a second thought, it might have worked.
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* [[spoiler: In the fight against Verner Vermin, the cat is revealed to be a robot manned by the rodent himself. That leaves a big question, who were the ghosts that fly out of the cat's mouth? Were they enemies of Verner? War criminals?]]
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* [[spoiler: In the fight against Verner Vermin, the cat is revealed to be a robot manned by the rodent himself. That leaves a big question, who were the ghosts that fly out of the cat's mouth? Were they enemies of Verner? War criminals?]]criminals?
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* Why are the enemies in Funfair Fever and Funhouse Frazzle ''enemies''? It would make sense for the enemies in the other platforming levels (animals, plants, and mythical creatures) to be neutral and territorial, but why do a bunch of circus performers and toys want to kill Cuphead and Mugman?
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** Up until they wandered into his secret lair and stumbled upon his plans and true nature, at which point they went from 'helpful patsies' to 'meddling kids'.
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* Why does Chef Saltbaker call the Cups "meddling"? They did exactly what he asked them to do.
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* What happened to King Dice after his defeat? Unlike the Devil, King Dice is a mortal residence just like [[spoiler: Chef Saltbaker, who was arrested, and reformed after doing community service.]]
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* What happened to King Dice after his defeat? Unlike the Devil, King Dice is a mortal residence just like [[spoiler: Chef Saltbaker, who was arrested, and reformed after doing community service.]]
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** Notice the direction the Bulldog's aircraft and the Saluki's airship attack from. One attacks from above, the other from behind. Without the use of EX weapons or Supers, the Cups in their airplanes wouldn't be able to hit either aircraft, as the shots fly forwards and the bombs hit downwards.
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** Notice the direction the Bulldog's aircraft and the Saluki's airship attack from. One attacks from above, the other from the sides and behind. Without the use of EX weapons or Supers, the Cups in their airplanes wouldn't be able to hit either aircraft, as the shots fly forwards and the bombs hit downwards.
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* Do we actually have any evidence that the Howling Aces are a family? Sure they have similar fur colors but that doesn't necessarily mean that they share a blood relation, the pups could just be younger recruits that the bulldog and saluki pilots are training. Even if they are related, they could merely be siblings/cousins. It feels like there's a little too much ambiguity to call them a married couple with kids.
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** Considering the fact that the literal Devil lives on the Inkwell Isles, it's safe to say that the Elder Kettle would want to have some means of protecting himself and his children.
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* What happened to King Dice after his defeat? Unlike the Devil, King Dice is a mortal residence just like [[spoiler: Chef Saltbaker, who was arrested, and reformed after doing community service.]]
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** Notice the direction the Bulldog's aircraft and the Saluki's airship attack from. One attacks from above, the other from behind. Without the use of EX weapons or Supers, the Cups in their airplanes wouldn't be able to hit either aircraft, as the shots fly forwards and the bombs hit downwards.
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** Well-spotted. The fact is, throughout folklore, deals with the Devil are essentially lies. He doesn't get your soul because you made the deal; he gets your soul if, like most people who make a deal with him, you used what you got for evil and/or selfish purposes. Since Cuphead and Mugman are essentially just fighting people, all of whom attack first, they're not condemning themselves until and unless you hand the soul contracts over to the Devil
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** Well-spotted. The fact is, throughout folklore, deals with the Devil are essentially lies. He doesn't get your soul because you made the deal; he gets your soul if, like most people who make a deal with him, you used what you got for evil and/or selfish purposes. Since Cuphead and Mugman are essentially just fighting people, all of whom attack first, they're not condemning themselves until and unless you hand the soul contracts over to the DevilDevil.
** Maybe they're not going to Heaven, but to St. Peter to get judged. Presumably, he'd see that the boys lost their souls to the Devil, then send them to Hell.
** Maybe they're not going to Heaven, but to St. Peter to get judged. Presumably, he'd see that the boys lost their souls to the Devil, then send them to Hell.
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* Why don't the brothers (and Chalice) use their own planes in the fight with the Howling Aces?
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** Well-spotted. The fact is, throughout folklore, deals with the Devil are essentially lies. He doesn't get your soul because you made the deal; he gets your soul if, like most people who make a deal with him, you used what you got for evil and/or selfish purposes. Since Cuphead and Mugman are essentially just fighting people, all of whom attack first, they're not condemning themselves until and unless you hand the soul contracts over to the Devil
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* When Cuphead and Mugman die, they turn into angels and ascend up to Heaven (unless the other player parries them back into the fight). But isn't the ''entire point'' of the game the fact that they'd be going in the other direction when they die?
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* When Cuphead and Mugman die, die in-game, they turn into angels and ascend up to Heaven (unless the other player parries them back into the fight). But isn't the ''entire point'' of the game the fact that they'd be going in the other direction when they die?
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* When Cuphead and Mugman die, they turn into angels and ascend up to Heaven (unless the other player parries them back into the fight). But isn't the ''entire point'' of the game the fact that they'd be going in the other direction when they die?
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* Why did the Elder Kettle even have that magical potion?
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* So how does Railroad Wrath work? You're fighting a train full of ghosts. Did every single one of them lose a soul bet against the devil? What about the ghosts who don't even have the hands needed to gamble, such as [[AnimateInanimateObject the train]]?
