Editing Cuphead

|universe    = {{uvm|Cuphead}}

|image        = [[File:CupheadSpirit.jpeg|200px]]

|lastappearance= ''Cuphead: Tesla Edition'' (2019)

|gender      = Male  

'''Cuphead''' ({{ja|カップヘッド|Kappuheddo}}, ''Cuphead'') is the eponymous main character of the indie-developed run-and-gun platformer, {{uvm|Cuphead}}. He is an anthropomorphic teacup whose design pays homage to vintage cartoon characters like {{s|wikipedia|Felix the Cat}} and {{s|wikipedia|Mickey Mouse}}.

Cuphead lives in the Inkwell Isles with his brother, Mugman, and his caretaker, the Elder Kettle. Despite the Elder Kettle's warnings, the brothers wandered far away from their home and found themselves at the Devil's Casino. Their winning streak impressed the casino's owner, the Devil, who tempted them by betting all of the casino's riches, promising to take away the brothers' souls should they lose. Blinded by greed and ignorant of his brother's warning, Cuphead rolled the dice, but ultimately lost the gamble. With the brothers pleading for their lives spared, the Devil cut a deal with them, letting them live should they retrieve the soul contracts of the debtors who previously gambled with him. After receiving a potion from the Elder Kettle that allowed them to fire bullets through finger snaps, the brothers set off to collect the soul contracts, encountering the Devil's cronies along the way. After Cuphead and Mugman returned all of the contracts, the Devil offers them the choice of handing the contracts to him and have them join his team. After refusing, they defeat the Devil and burn the soul contracts, releasing the debtors from his grasp.

===As a costume===

Cuphead appears as a downloadable {{SSBU|Mii Gunner}} costume as part of {{h2|Downloadable content (SSBU)|Round 5}} for ''Ultimate''. He is the second indie character to appear as a Mii costume, following [[Sans]]. Upon downloading the costume, the song ''{{SSBUMusicLink|Other|Floral Fury}}'' is unlocked as an additional music track in the [[List of SSBU Music (Other series)|"Other"]] category. Like Sans, Cuphead appears as a fully modeled character; his "mask" is just his head, instead of a mask with the Mii's face visible like other character-based costumes. Much like in his game, his "gun" is simply his hand in reference to the myriad of attacks that Cuphead performs by making a gun formation with his fingers.

Cuphead's reveal trailer makes many references to his game. It opens with an imitation of the storybook-style opening of ''Cuphead'', with the screenshot closely matching to its first "page". Said screenshot features has a {{SSBU|Villager}} using a bug net (resembling Mugman) and uses the phrase "a good day for a swell battle", something that's said before boss fights. [[Mushroomy Kingdom]] is used in the trailer, referencing the sepia colour palette and grained filter of ''Cuphead''. The Cuphead Mii Gunner uses moves that are similar to weapons from the game: [[Bomb Drop]] mirrors the Lobber, forward smash mirrors the Peashooter, and forward aerial mirrors the Spread. In addition, the way the screen scrolls, the Gunner's usage of projectiles, and the usage of Stamina mode, all reference the "Run-and-Gun" minigames that appear in the game. The characters fought in his reveal trailer are references to various bosses from his game: {{SSBU|Piranha Plant}} represents Cagney Carnation (whose theme song, "Floral Fury", is the track included with the costume); blue {{SSBU|Kirby}} represents Goopy Le Grande; green {{SSBU|Charizard}} represents Grim Matchstick; and {{SSBU|Falco}} represents Wally Warbles. His reveal ends on [[New Pork City]], which resembles the Devil's Casino due to its flashing neon signs and searchlights; the stage is also used for his spirit battle.

Additionally, Cuphead appears as a spirit, released via a [[Ready? Wallop!|Spirit Board event]] on February 14, 2020.

{| class="wikitable sortable"

! No. !! Image !! Name !! Type !! Class !! Slot !! Ability !! Series

| 1,398 || [[File:CupheadSpirit.jpeg|center|108x108px]] || Cuphead || [[File:SpiritTypeAttack.png|20px|center|Attack]] || ★★★ || 1 || Shooting Items Power ↑ || ''Cuphead''

[[File:Cuphead Trailer Comparison.png|thumb|right|A comparison of ''Cuphead''{{'}}s intro (top) with its reference in his reveal trailer (bottom).]]

*Cuphead is the first and so far only [[Mii Costume]] to have a pre-rendered segment in his trailer.

*Cuphead is the only DLC Mii costume used in Spirit Battle; specifically, those of Cuphead himself and his brother Mugman. If the costume is not purchased, the Mii Gunner is replaced with a red {{SSBU|Mega Man}}.

*[[Sans]] and Cuphead, as Mii costumes, share several distinctions between them:

**As both of their games's logos are white, their reveal trailers contrast them against a black background, with the black color of ''Ultimate''{{'}}s logo being inverted accordingly.

**Cuphead is also the second Mii costume to come with a song. Unlike Sans, however, ''Floral Fury'' is directly ripped from an existing source, rather than being a remix.

*As a reference to inconsistencies seen in posters for cartoons from the 1930s and 1940s, Cuphead has different colorations seen across his home game, with the in-game appearance using white gloves and brown shoes, the results screen appearance using yellow gloves and brown shoes, and the overworld map appearance using white gloves and yellow shoes. However, Cuphead's spirit in ''Ultimate'' is edited from its basis (being that of the results screen), changing his yellow gloves to white. This was likely done to have it match with the in-game appearance of Cuphead (both in his home game and ''Ultimate''), which uses the white gloves.

==External Links==

Articles on [https://cuphead.fandom.com/wiki/Cuphead_(character) Wikia] and [https://cuphead.gamepedia.com/Cuphead Gamepedia].  

[[Category:Third party characters]]