Line #22 ShoutOut/TheCupheadShow


1	ShoutOut examples from the 2022 {{Creator/Netflix}} original animated series, ''WesternAnimation/TheCupheadShow'', based on the 2017 video game ''VideoGame/{{Cuphead}}''.
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4	!!!'''In general'''
5	* Right off the bat, the "Netflix Presents" logo for the show has Mugman flying a plane across Cuphead's floating head in space, [[https://youtu.be/FeCSdzSouUI a reference]] to one of Creator/{{Universal}}'s 1930s {{Vanity Plate}}s.
6	* Characters have a tendency to do quiet, desperate gasps of terror, complete with WideEyesAndShrunkenIrises expressions almost exactly like those in ''WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse2013''.
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8	!!!'''Specific episodes'''
9	* There are multiple nods to classic Fleischer Bros. cartoons throughout, including the slide scene and the fake door gag in "Carn-Evil" from ''WesternAnimation/BimbosInitiation''. Bimbo himself (or at least an {{Expy}} of him) appears briefly in the first episode, as one of the carnival attendants.
10	* At one point during the Devil's VillainSong in the first episode, he slithers across the ground in a similar manner to [[WesternAnimation/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas the Grinch]].
11	* In "Roll the Dice", Cuphead asks King Dice for a helpline, similar to how contestants stuck on a question can ask for a few lifelines in ''Series/WhoWantsToBeAMillionaire''.
12	** For that matter, King Dice's walk onto the stage for his studio audience is very evocative of [[Music/CabCalloway Cab Calloway's]] dancing style; Calloway collaborated with Fleischer Studios and "appeared" in several ''Betty Boop'' cartoons via rotoscoping, probably most famously as [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext a singing dancing ghost walrus in "Minnie the Moocher"]].
13	** At the end of the episode, [[spoiler:the Devil lifts King Dice using his magical force that renders him helpless to the point of choking from a distance, similar to how Darth Vader strangles those who displease him in ''Franchise/StarWars''.]]
14	* "Ghosts Ain't Real" may as well be renamed to "Shout-Out: The Episode" for how much it crams into its runtime:
15	** The singing tombstones that scare Cuphead and Mugman are a reference to ''WesternAnimation/SwingYouSinners.'' The setup of the episode itself, where a character (or characters, in this case) ends up locked inside a haunted graveyard for the night, may also be done in homage to the short. [[spoiler:Luckily, Cuphead and Mugman fare much better than Bimbo did...at least until they get home.]]
16	** The dancing skeletons are an obvious nod to ''WesternAnimation/TheSkeletonDance''. The upbeat Hispanic music that plays while the skeletons dance may be a more subtle nod to ''WesternAnimation/{{Coco}}''. The end of the bit has a skeletal bride emerge from a coffin and try to kiss Mugman, a reference to ''WesternAnimation/CorpseBride''.
17	** Mugman's anxious whistling while waiting for Cuphead to return is likely inspired by a scene from ''[[WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfIchabodAndMrToad The Legend of Sleepy Hollow]]''.
18	** Mugman's reaction to a spooky tree, as well as the design of the tree itself, are near-directly lifted from the forest scene from ''WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs''.
19	** The ghosts exiting a grave as a marching band recalls both a similar scene from the iconic Mickey short ''WesternAnimation/LonesomeGhosts'' and the infamous "Pink Elephants on Parade" sequence from ''WesternAnimation/{{Dumbo}}''.
20	** Jasper's name is probably derrived from ''WesternAnimation/CasperTheFriendlyGhost.'' He even uses Casper's shoelace trick from [[Film/{{Casper}} the theatrical film]] against Mugman.
21	** When Jasper introduces himself to Mugman, he removes his hat to reveal his exposed brain, not unlike how Beetlejuice introduces himself to Lydia in ''[[Theatre/{{Beetlejuice}} Beetlejuice: The Musical]]''.
22	** The episode could also have a couple of references to the ''Franchise/{{Ghostbusters}}'' franchise. The BigThinShortTrio of ghosts tormenting Cuphead and Mugman remind of the ghost family (short father, lanky tall mother and huge dopey son) from the first episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheRealGhostbusters'', and among the ghosts chasing them there's a convict still strapped to the electric chair that is reminiscent of the Scoleri Brothers from ''Film/GhostbustersII''.
23	* A living telephone similar to the one from ''WesternAnimation/ThruTheMirror'' appears in "Carn-Evil" and "Roll the Dice". The latter episode also features cameos of an {{Expy}} of ''WesternAnimation/FlipTheFrog'' and the saxophone from ''WesternAnimation/MusicLand'' in the audience.
24	* In "Sweater Off Dead", Mugman getting grabbed by a nightmarish TentacleRope and pulled out of the dining room through the wall in Cuphead's nightmare is similar to Toaster's nightmare in which the smoke from the electric fire forms a hand that grabs a panicked Master and pulls him out of the kitchen in ''WesternAnimation/TheBraveLittleToaster''.
25	** Also, this whole nightmare sequence is a possible homage to Scarecrow's fear toxin-induced hallucination in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries''.
26	* In "Sweater Luck Next Time", the scene in which the Devil uses his magic to paint the fence, leaving the boys to slip out of the house in avoidance of doing chores, somewhat echoes the scene in which Merlin enchants the dishes to wash themselves while getting young Arthur out of doing the chores himself in ''WesternAnimation/TheSwordInTheStone''.
27	** In the same sequences, the painting is synchronized to ''In the Hall of the Mountain King'' and ''Danse Macabre'', echoing ''[[WesternAnimation/{{Fantasia}} The Sorcerer's Apprentice]]''.
28	** Dirk Dangerous, a character mentioned in that episode, and also the basis of a pinball machine in "Dangerous Mugman", is a possible reference to the 1980s arcade game ''VideoGame/DragonsLair'', which stars Dirk the Daring.
29	* One of the inmates in "Jailbroken" is nearly identical to the WesternAnimation/ClassicDisneyShorts villain, Pete.
30	* From "Sweet Temptation":
31	** Mugman [[Series/{{Seinfeld}} eats his candy with a knife and fork]].
32	** [[Film/FightClub The first rule of Sugarland is "Do not talk about Sugarland."]]
33	** When Bon Bon is telling Cuphead about the rules of Sugarland, she says "Rule number one!" and "Rule number two!" in the same way that [[WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}the Genie tells Aladdin about his own rules]].
34	* In "Release the Demons!", the fake dead horse head is kind of a callback to the film adaptation of Mario Puzo's ''Film/TheGodfather''.
35	* In "Dead Broke", Ms. Chalice as a ghost scares the cups the same way Film/{{Beetlejuice}} does, by making "something" erupt from [[NightmareFace her face]]. The scene is framed exactly like in the movie, with Chalice seen from the back and the frightened cups on the right side of the screen.
36	** The cups' scam business of faking a ghost removal service in the first half of the episode is reminiscent of ''Film/{{GhostBusters\|1984}}''. The episode's second half, meanwhile, draws more from the ''VideoGame/LuigisMansion'' series, with the heroes having to avoid being eternally trapped in paintings by malevolent ghosts in a spooky manor.
37	* In "Say Cheese!", when Elder Kettle crashes against the wall he lands in a similar way to [[WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy Peter Griffin's]] [[https://wompampsupport.azureedge.net/fetchimage?siteId=7575&v=2&jpgQuality=100&width=700&url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.kym-cdn.com%2Fentries%2Ficons%2Fmobile%2F000%2F040%2F300%2Fdpcover.jpg infamous "Death Pose"]].
38	** The "Diaper Baby" ad, which Elder Kettle is embarrassed by and tries to destroy, is a parody of the Gerber Baby ads with Ann Turner Cook as the titular baby.
39	* In "The Devil's Revenge!", the various tortured souls/ghouls in the underworld bear a striking resemblance to the Goons from ComicStrip/{{Popeye}}.

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