Line #79 Funny/Cuphead


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9	[[caption-width-right:350:You'd be shocked too if you [[{{Pun}} sausage]] a thing.]]
10	Examples for ''WesternAnimation/TheCupheadShow'' go [[Funny/TheCupheadShow here]].
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12	'''Unmarked spoilers below.'''
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15	[[folder:Base Game]]
16	* Right when you start up the game, you get a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4Hr0L9PrAg catchy little barbershop tune]] telling you pretty much what's happening. And the lyrics at the end are so [[MoodDissonance cheery yet morbid]] you can't help but chuckle. "...and now they're fighting for their lives, on a mission fraught with dread: and if they proceed but don't succeed, well... the devil will [[OffWithHisHead take their heads!]]"
17	** Coupled with a dose of NightmareFuel, but it turns out the Devil wasn’t lying on that last statement; if you proceed to fight him, but don’t succeed, he’ll do [[ExactWords just what]] [[DecapitationPresentation the last line states.]]
18	* The tutorial just being a single parchment of paper you travel on to perform actions over sketched objects. And the drawings scroll as if you're playing a Run 'n' Gun level!
19	* The game over cards are labelled "MDHR Inc. Death".
20	* For a SideQuest on the second island, find the missing member of a barbershop quartet. Your reward is another catchy little tune, this time about [[AntiPoopSocking taking a quick break from the game]].
21	* Beat Baroness Von Bon Bon and she starts crying. What's really funny is her castle starts bawling like a baby too, as it beats the ground with its fists.
22	** Also Bon Bon's absurdly angry facial expressions.
23	* When Dr. Kahl is beaten, the robot head explodes from underneath him, knocking off his clothes in the process.
24	** The implication that Dr. Kahl created a robot that not only had a soul, but also [[TheGamblingAddict such a gambling itch it]] ''[[TheGamblingAddict signed its soul away]]'' [[TheGamblingAddict for an all-or-nothing bet]].
25	* In the first phase of Cala Maria's battle, she has an attack where she briefly goes underwater to grab a giant fish, which she uses like a gun. First of all, her animation when she goes underwater is funny -- she does a silly grin and a very {{troll}}ish laugh while waving her arms. There's also the way in which the attack ends: the fish struggles free from her grasp and flops back into the water, leaving her with a disappointed look.
26	** For a bit of BlackComedy, there's her transformation into her [[GorgeousGorgon second stage]]: a pair of [[PsychoElectricEel electric eels]] pop out of the water in front of her and then sink their teeth into her midriff. Cue XRaySparks and a lot of screaming. Also, if one looks closely, they can also see that ''[[ArtisticLicenseBiology the octopus in her hair]] [[RuleOfFunny has a skeleton of its own.]]''
27	** When Cala is beaten in Regular Mode, her snake hair all hang limply in defeat…except for one, who starts playing a [[WorldsSmallestViolin small violin]].
28	* Morbid as it is, Goopy being flattened by his own gravestone is pretty funny.
29	** Even funnier is if you lose to his gravestone form, he ''still'' [[TheFightingNarcissist flaunts his own looks]]!
30	---> '''Goopy:''' I'm quite smashing, even in [[{{Pun}} grave]] situations!
31	* Bit of BlackComedy, but seeing Wally Warbles still trying to fight you while on a stretcher is both admirable and chuckle-worthy. Likewise, the two medic birds preparing to eat him when he's beaten.
32	* The first and third phases of Beppi the Clown's battle both end with Beppi falling off the screen with a [[ScreamsLikeALittleGirl funny-sounding scream. The guy has such a high-pitched voice!]]
33	** Beppi's ridiculous facial expressions while on the bumper cart, and his enthusiasm while on his horse, are also worth a mention. Of all the bosses in the game, he's clearly the one having the most fun. And his final phase's defeat, rather than the usual highly pained screaming, has more of an utterly exhausted "okay, that's all I got" expression.
34	* When fighting Captain Brineybeard, on the third phase, his ship suddenly turns into a narwhal and throws him off! You can see Brineybeard flying into the background as a result.
35	* The fact that the cat that ate Werner Werman is really nothing more than a very elaborate mecha to fight you with. Once defeated, the faceplate opens to reveal Werner in the pilot seat.
36	* Virtually ''everything'' about Sally Stageplay's fight. Especially around the third phase (a parody of the final battle against Kefka in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI'') where you're not really fighting her, but rather a ''cardboard cutout'' of her and the "attacks" (actually props) she summons. Especially good is her "Big Wave" attack, since it's some clearly overworked stagehand struggling to run at you with the giant prop in question which somehow hurts you.
37	** "[[NoOSHACompliance ASBESTOS SAFETY CURTAIN]]". [[ShownTheirWork True to its day]], but darkly funny from a modern perspective.
38	* When starting the fight with Rumor Honeybottoms, you have to fight her officer. After you defeat him, he just sulks off rubbing his arm with a look that just screams "Not cool, guys".
39	* Whilst losing to a boss can be frustrating, the developers were kind enough to compensate for players' shortcomings by providing cheesy taunt lines unique to each boss form--along with pictures of the winning boss smiling smugly at you to really rub it in. Some highlights include:
40	-->'''Hilda Berg:''' Fitting, isn't it? I'm a blimp -- you're a wimp!
41	-->'''Sally Stageplay:''' Break a leg... nah, break two!
42	-->'''Djimmi's Puppet:''' That beating was for free -- no strings attached!
43	-->'''Chauncey Chantenay:''' I'm lean, mean, and full of beta-carotene!
44	-->'''Lollipop Ghouls''': Sorry! This train is only for the dead... but we can help you with that.
45	* When you fight King Dice and beat him, his hands look like they're bowing to you.
46	** A bit of a StealthPun in his attacks, too: he marches a row of ace cards out of his arm to attack you, with some pink heart ones in there so you can bounce off. So he literally has ''many an ace up his sleeves!''
47	* During King Dice's boss rush, Pip and Dot (the domino boss) will not take losing well, with Dot kicking Pip in the eyes repeatedly. And then there's Mr. Wheezy upon defeat; King Dice puts him out personally by grinding him under his foot.
48	* The Devil:
49	** The various yells from the little demons when you shoot them down during the first phase of the fight, and the comical retching noise made by the fat ones when they spit out skulls in the third.
50	** When the Devil's skeleton jumps out of his skin at the end of the first phase, he drops his trident and lets it go limp like a piece of spaghetti.
51	** After the first three phases of the nightmarish battle against the Devil, what does he do for his final phase? [[TheDevilIsALoser Cry.]] The Devil starts ''crying like a baby'' during his final phase, spilling pink tears that the player can parry -- both to avoid the falling poker chip and to build up the Super Meter.
52	* The [[VocalDissonance deep-voiced]] "'''THANK YOU!'''" of relief given by either brother when the other one revives him in co-op play.
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55	[[folder:''The Delicious Last Course'']]
56	* The title of the DLC. Sure, "Delicious Last Course" is a chuckle-worthy take on the "DLC" acronym, but the developers just went ''all in'' on it, to the point where the ''entire plot'' is about gathering ingredients to create the titular meal.
57	* The way the DLC starts. Once Cuphead and Mugman get to Inkwell Isle 4, the Legendary Chalice pops up and offers the Cups a cookie. Without even batting an eye, Mugman accepts and Cuphead doesn't even question it. And the second Mugman takes a bite, he and Chalice switch places with him being the ghost and her being alive. [[StatusQuoIsGod Looks like after their big brouhaha with the Devil, they]] ''[[StatusQuoIsGod still]]'' [[StatusQuoIsGod haven't learned their lesson.]]
58	** Speaking of having not learned their lesson, the cups don't even question the fact that Chef Saltbaker just happens to have magical recipes, including one that pretty much turns you into a god. Just what's it gonna take before these kids learn to start questioning things?
59	* The simple fact that the trio has to fight through a BadassFamily of pilots, a giant with a legion of gnomes at his side, a ''very'' DefiantToTheEnd outlaw, a bootlegging mob with a giant anteater and the police they're currently fighting, and an ice wizard... all to get some ingredients is pretty funny when you think about it. That's one hell of a tart Saltbaker is cooking.
60	* If both players decide to equip the Astral Cookie, only one player will be able to use Ms. Chalice. There's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1VWFbqH3ew unique start-of-level animations]] where each cup brother has half a cookie, one selected at random will be able to eat it while the other either drops it (in normal levels) or ''has their own plane steal it from them and eat it'' (in aircraft levels).
61	** Cuphead will toss his half up as if to catch it in his mouth, but it hits him in the head and hits the ground. Cuphead just glares at the spot where the cookie crumbled before transitioning to fight mode.
62	** Mugman drops his half onto the ground, but unlike Cuphead's glare, Mugs just nervously laughs it off.
63	** When their planes eat their halves, Cuphead grits his teeth in outrage, while Mugman can only go "boo!" in disapproval.
64	* When either Cuphead or Mugman die, their ghosts float away with a dizzy tired look and their arms dangling limply. But Ms. Chalice? She instead waves her hands like wings and has a sad, dumbfounded look on her face, likely over the fact that [[OhNoNotAgain despite just getting a body, she has just died again]].
65	* "Gnome Way Out":
66	** One of Glumstone's attacks has him gleefully pinch up an angry grizzly bear and drag it towards you as it roars and snarls. After a few moments, he gets a rather disappointed look on his face, as if this wasn't as effective as he hoped, and [[BlackComedyAnimalCruelty tosses it howling into the valley below]]. There's even a little cloud of dust where it lands.
67	** The very start of the battle features Glumstone's gnomes hanging all around him as he awakens from his stony form. What's funny is that they're smiling the entire time, including the gnome in the foreground who gets thrown aside by the arm he's standing on - he even stretches his arms out as though he's welcoming it!
68	** For his second phase, Glumstone brings out hand puppets of King Dice and the Devil to attack you. He even does little unintelligible voices for them!
69	* Mortimer Freeze has a few hilarious moments in his fight.
70	** How does this snow wizard make his entrance? He ice-skates into the arena with a lot more style than you'd expect. Evidently, he's quite the showman.
71	** The way his snowmen/friends/cult members/followers/whatever all light up in the background whenever he does something is [[FunnyBackgroundEvent pretty amusing.]]
72	** In his first phase, Mortimer can summon little icicle minions. Some of them have [[TertiarySexualCharacteristics bow ties]]. They're also not immune to being hit by the [[ShamuFu Winter Walloping Whale]], which causes them to fly off into the foreground!
73	** So his {{Snowlem}} is toasted and [[HalfTheManHeUsedToBe its upper half blasts off]] into the sky with him in it. What does the lower half of it do? ''[[MajorInjuryUnderreaction Waddle offscreen like a hotdamn Goomba.]]'' If its waddling remains don't wind up killing you, it's pretty funny. Though admittedly, [[UndignifiedDeath losing your last HP to snowman legs]] is pretty funny too.
74	** After the ice wizard gets a cold beat-down, his snowflake form melts, revealing him shivering sick from the cold. In the original version, he didn't even have the usual exploding smoke effect over him like the other defeated bosses have, he just sits there shivering. You beat him that badly.
75	* The Howling Aces:
76	** Their fight is unique in that it takes place on a plane--but instead of the more normal scenario where the Cups are flying a plane themselves, Canteen Hughes, the NPC who teaches flying mechanics, is doing it. It's hilarious all by itself in that a fight ''defined'' by a battle with pilots and their planes is, in fact, ''not a plane battle'', but the inclusion of Hughes adds another funny element: every time you beat a phase of the boss, Hughes cheers in a goofy and funny way, which is both amusing and heartwarming. He particularly goes wild when you win!
77	** The image of a buff bulldog [[TestosteronePoisoning flying a plane, then leaping out, flexing his muscles like a total unit,]] [[ARareSentence and weaponizing his bone tattoos against you,]] [[ArtisticLicensePhysics suspended in the air by his hat]] is certainly something to behold.
78	** Another of the bulldog's attacks involves [[BlackComedyAnimalCruelty forcing a cat to spit yarn balls at you.]] The look on the [[OhCrap cat's]] [[ThisIsGonnaSuck face]] the whole time is something to behold as well.
79	*** The visual pun is that it's a [[Franchise/TomAndJerry Tom]]my Gun.
80	** Just how far they go with the dog-theming of the Howling Aces. It's not enough the bulldog sends crossbones and weaponizes a cat, the Yankee Yippers spend the first phase popping out of his plane tossing tennis balls everywhere, while the airship flying in the background shoots fire hydrant missiles. And in the third phase, the saluki, Sergeant O'Fera, actually launches doggy bowls at you!
81	** The Yankee Yippers' death quote. "Affirm Roger Fox! Affirm Roger Fox!" What's the abbreviation of that? ARF! ARF!
82	** The surreal nature of Sergeant O'Fera's wiener-dog airship just makes the third phase. First off, it's actually wearing ribbons on its propellers just like how real dogs wear bows. Throughout the fight, you can see it flying through the background, bending and stretching like a noodle. Then comes the third phase, where they actually break the fourth wall by grabbing the camera and twisting it 90 degrees. The defeat animation involves the airship's teeth getting knocked out and its ribbons getting frayed. And O'Fera starts whimpering like real dogs do.
83	** If one makes it to the secret phase of the fight, the Yankee Yippers fly into the airship's mouth and it licks its lips like it just ate a tasty treat. Then the airship grabs the camera like before, but instead of twisting the screen, both O'Fera and the Yippers pop out of the hatches in the paws to continue their assault. This includes them actually using the Pineapple Mint against you! Bear in mind the Pineapple Mint looks like a [[StealthPun grenade.]] The defeat animation this time includes the airship making the silliest face, O'Fera wringing her hat crying like she has to hang up her wings, and the Yippers making various silly faces of their own.
84	* Esther Winchester's boss theme features ''yodeling''.
85	** Speaking of Esther, her later transformations delve into [[BlackComedy comedy blacker than the snake oil she's shooting at you.]] She gets sucked into her own vacuum, which ''cooks'' her. Into sausage. Living sausage. [[CrossesTheLineTwice That still fights you.]] And if that's not enough, she turns into ''a grocery store tin can of sausage.'' And yes, you fight that too. Her defeat is only finalised by [[WingedSoulFliesOffAtDeath banjo-playing sausage angels floating out of the can]]. And here you thought Goopy and Wally were [[WhyWontYouDie persistent.]]
86	** The worst part about losing to her in such a state is the bad [[{{Pun}} puns]] she throws at you in her death quote:
87	--->'''Esther:''' Let's be franks here, I'm yer wurst nightmare.
88	* The Moonshine Mob:
89	** Charlie Left Legs has an attack where he kicks a caterpillar goon around the stage. That's amusing on it's own, but it gets funnier because [[FreezeFrameBonus if you look closely,]] you can see the caterpillar smiling as he's carried out, only to [[ThisIsGonnaSuck panic]] when he realizes that the spider is reeling up to kick him, as if he's thinking "Okay, what's the plan! Wait... [[OhCrap CRAP!]]"
90	** After you beat the anteater, you get a [[VictoryFakeout fake "KNOCKOUT!" screen]] made of flypaper (with two fly enemies stuck to it). Then when the snail mob leader (who impersonated the announcer at the beginning of the fight and the fake knockout) is defeated and the actual "A KNOCKOUT!" screen appears, the real announcer can be heard clearing his throat just before delivering the line, implying he didn't appreciate the snail stealing his bit.
91	*** The best part of this? Go to any video of the Moonshine Mob battle. Someone in the comments will mention that the fakeout got them, and [[CherryTapping they had to restart the fight.]] The power of the element of surprise, folks!
92	*** And then there's the snail's quote: "Surprise! Forgettin' about the boss ain't wise." Yes, [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall he's basically telling you that you failed]] because you forgot about the damn Snail. The fact that this means the devs intended to trick you into thinking the fight was done makes all of this even funnier.
93	** The fact that the giant anteater that is fully ready to eat or just beat up both children and the local police is [[AffablyEvil polite enough to tip his hat first]] is pretty amusing as well.
94	** You'd think the ingredient gotten from the Moonshine Mob would be vinegar or whiskey or something to give the tart extra flavor but nope! It’s the dough! And no, we don't mean their cash. We mean barrels of pastry dough! All that hoopla and the gangsters hiding out on the island are smuggling flour...
95	* The mini-bosses in the King's Leap:
96	** Where do we begin with the Knight? He wears a helmet with a visor that [[EyeObscuringHat only covers his eyes]], leaving his big, bucktoothed snout sticking out. His walking animation is glorious, the way he takes big, exaggerated steps with his floppy shoes. It looks like something WesternAnimation/{{Goofy}} would do. Finally, his defeat animation has him get down on all fours and [[FurryReminder start bucking like a real horse]].
97	*** Furthermore, if he beats you, he'll say "A 'W' for me and an 'L' for you!" Him delivering the closest thing to modern slang in this 1930's-inspired video game is funny on its own, but he's also referencing how knights in chess move in an L shape. That's right: the game not only just told you to take the L, ''it also made a chess joke while doing it''. Class act, MDHR.
98	** The Bishop's "voice" consists of [[HolyPipeOrgan pipe organ noises]]. When you defeat him, his teeth turn into organ keys, and the headdresses on his heads turn into organ pipes that spew out smoke.
99	** If you thought Esther turning into sausages was dark, the Rook on the King's Leap would like a word, because he's a '''[[TheExecutioner medieval executioner]]'''. [[MalevolentMaskedMen Black hood]]? Check! A literal axe to grind? Yep! Daydreams about a beautiful, WesternAnimation/BettyBoop-inspired ''guillotine''? Sure does! Launches severed heads[[note]]in the likeness of UsefulNotes/MarieAntoinette and UsefulNotes/LouisXVI, no less[[/note]] and skulls your way, the former of which you [[TennisBoss parry back at him to damage him]]? Absolutely! And if all that wasn't enough, [[LosingYourHead his head falls off the top of his body]] when you beat him. He's probably the [[BlackComedy grimmest boss in the game]], and it's ''[[CrossesTheLineTwice hilarious]]''.
100	*** Also, the pink heads he tosses at you normally look as miserable as you'd expect, but parrying them back makes them take on a sadistic, determined grin, happy at the chance to get some payback on him!
101	*** The way his fight starts, with him daydreaming about said guillotine, looking all lovesick, then he looks down at the cups and snaps out of it. Clearly, you caught him at a bad time.
102	** The Queen fights you by summoning a couple of angry Faberge eggs, which then proceed to spit even smaller Faberge eggs at you. It has to be seen to be believed.
103	* As frightening as Chef Saltbaker can be, there's something hilariously fitting about the very last boss in ''Cuphead'' boiling down to... [[StealthPun a big pile of salt]].
104	** The fates of the ingredients in his first phase are horrible and cruel... save for the box of Gnome Berries. Saltbaker lets him go after giving him a quick squeeze (complete with silly honking sound), and the little guy runs off crying as if he stole his lunch money.
105	** In the second phase, Saltbaker's indignant cries of pain whenever he gets hit with a pepper shaker can be funny. He almost sounds like Series/MrBean.
106	--->"Oh! Ooh! Oof!"
107	*** The pepper shakers themselves are also pretty silly. While kaiju-sized Saltbaker is intimidating as hell, the constant loud cries of "ACHOO!" when the pepper shakers attack definitely helps deflate the tension.
108	** There's something amazing about beating Saltbaker, then going from a salt-covered wasteland with his horrific, screaming face covering two endless pillars of salty agony to a trashed cellar where he's back to his cutesy [[UnexplainedRecovery (and not destroyed)]] design. ''Still'' [[MindScrew somehow]] sitting in a giant pile of salt that came from his suddenly-unharmed self. MoodWhiplash at its finest.
109	** This becomes even funnier with some FridgeBrilliance. Saltbaker's final form after his body is wrecked is a heart that needs to be parried, much like the ones the Cups themselves reveal when they die, meaning a combination of the Cups and his own SuicidalOverconfidence actually got Saltbaker killed, and the final phase is just the Cups performing very elaborate CPR on him. They will not grant him the sweet release of death.
110	** The goofy way Saltbaker runs out of his bakery at the end (complete with wobbly sound effects) is also worth a laugh. So is the way he collapses to sitting in defeat after his bakery caves in.
111	--->'''Saltbaker:''' No! My bakery!\
112	'''Cuphead:''' [[NoSympathy Serves him right for duping us]]!
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115	[[folder:Meta]]
116	* When [[Creator/ConanOBrien Conan O'Brien]] played the game for his "Clueless Gamer" segment, Studio MDHR created a special selection screen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NF3dT9bDu_4&t=1m41s with his head floating in the middle of it]]!
117	* Someone got [[WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse Deedee Magno Hall]] to say [[https://a-little-ray-of-fantasy.tumblr.com/post/166959284486/jammer536-hanabergheadquarters-y-all-my Hilda Berg's phase 1 death quote]].
118	* At The Game Awards 2017, when Creator/HideoKojima and Creator/GuillermoDelToro prepared to announce [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8agz7O5DxRM the winner for Best Art Direction]], del Toro opened the envelope...[[ActuallyPrettyFunny then looked at the name of this game on it and cracked up, giggling a bit before joking at Kojima's name and blurting out, "CUPHEAD!"]] As a bonus, del Toro had never seen the name of a game on the envelope like this one, let alone that said name like ''Cuphead'' looked a bit silly-sounding to the director. Heck, this whole Best Art Direction speech by the Moldenhauer brothers is pretty funny and a SugarWiki/{{Heartwarming Moment\|s}}.
119	* The Nindies Spring Showcase 2019 had an ad opening up about drinking milk instead of coffee. The man in the commercial comes from the "Ministry of Drink and Health Regulation". [[{{Foreshadowing}} Why does that sound familiar...?]]
120	** The fake PSA is about [[TooIncompetentToOperateABlanket how to properly and safely pour milk]] which somehow requires the man to wear a protective mask.
121	* An example of both funny and awesome: The physical limited collector edition for Cuphead in Japan ships with artwork from ''Creator/YoshitakaAmano''. Yes, that ''[[Franchise/FinalFantasy Yoshitaka Amano]]''.
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