Episode 32: Dead Broke

One day, in the cottage, Red Rose walks down the path and to the door so she can visit today. Red Rose knocks the door, and Elder Kettle answers.

"Hi Red Rose, are you here to visit the boys?" Elder Kettle asks.

"Yeah. Are the boys home?" Red Rose replies with a smile.

"Sure. I think they're up stairs in their room," Elder Kettle says.

"Okay. I'll see myself up," Red Rose says.

"Of course, you and the boys have fun out," Elder Kettle says.

"Thanks," Red Rose says.

Red Rose walks inside the building, walks up the stairs, and down the hall.

Red Rose walks to the door and says, "Cuphead! Mugman! You guys wanna hang out?!"

She then opens the door to see the boys, but to her surprise, she sees the boys fighting and rolling around in their room again.

They both come to a stop, and Cuphead angrily says, "I'm sick of you always touching my stuff!"

They also fight and come to a stop.

Then Mugman angrily says, "Yeah? Well, I'm sick of your face!"

The boys continue fighting and they fall to the floor.

Red Rose sternly says, "Boys! Boys!"

Cuphead and Mugman come to a stop and see Red Rose.

"Oh hi Red Rose," Cuphead says.

"How are things going?" Mugman asks.

"Doing good," Red Rose says.

Then asks, "Are you guys fighting again?"

"We are," Mugman says.

Suddenly, Cuphead feels the wing.

Cuphead shouts, "Hey! Close the window! You know I hate fighting when it's drafty."

But Mugman notices, "It ain't open."

And the window is not open.

"Well, then where's that wind coming from?" Cuphead asks.

Red Rose feels the chill she has as well," You're right. There is a sudden chill.

Just then, the wind whooshes the three away with a yelp, "Whoa!"

They three scream as the wind swirls them around in the room. Then the wind comes to the stop and they drop to the floor. And suddenly, a white sheet begins to float as it glows blue and a face appears. The ghost makes moaning sounds.

The boys panic, "A g-g-ghost!" and hide behind Red Rose

Soon, the ghost removes the sheet to reveal Chalice and says, "Boo"

The boys scream and fall to the floor, and Chalice begins laughing.

"Chalice?" Cuphead replies.

"So it's true," Red Rose says.

And Mugman adds, "You really are a ghost."

"I told you so. Now fork it over," Cuphead says, and presents his hand to Mugman.

Mugman then gives Cuphead a dollar.

"Ghost? How many ghosts you know can do this?" Chalice questions.

She then changes to the living form and begins tap dancing and finishes with a jazz hands.

"So, not a ghost," Mugman says, and takes his money back.

Cuphead turns to Chalice, "Hmm. Would you say that you're half a ghost?"

"Well, I'd say you're half right," Chalice says.

Cuphead takes the dollar and rips it in half. Then gives the other half to Mugman.

Then Chalice says, "But keep it under your straw, boys. Mum's the word. It's a secret."

"That's amazing. I never met a person who can transform into a ghost and back to a living being before," Red Rose says.

"Well, now you do," Chalice says.

Then Cuphead asks, "So, you got any ghost powers?"

"Ooh, yeah!" Mugman says, excited.

"I definitely want to see that," Red Rose says.

"Hmm," Chalice replies and says, "I'd show ya, but what's in it for me?"

Cuphead and Mugman lift their half of a dollar and place it on Chalice's hand.

"Well…" Chalice says as she puts the dollar away.

She transforms into a ghost and says, "I can fly."

Then she flies in the air.

"Whoa!" The three replies, amazed.

"I can disappear," Chalice says, and disappears.

The boys and Red Rose react, "What? Huh? Wow!"

"I can pick stuff up," Chalice says, and lifts the trick or treat bucket out of the bed and floats it in the air.

"Whoa," The three replies, amazed.

Chalice passes through the floor behind the three "I can pass through stuff."

The three yelp and turn to see Chalice.

She then flies to a different side and thinks about it, "What else? What else?" then remembers, "Oh! I can do this!"

Then turns to them and lets out a roar with an angry face, frightening the three friends.

Then Chalice says, "And I can possess people."

Chalice then phases into Mugman and possesses him.

In Mugman's voice, Chalice says, "My name is Mugman. I'm a weenie who's afraid of everything." And honks his nose, "Honk, honk."

Cuphead laughs as Red Rose giggles. Chalice then comes out of Mugman and phases into Cuphead to possess him.

Chalice then imitates Cuphead, My name Is Cuphead. My straw is bent, and I ain't too worried about anything." And circle his head around, and sticks his tongue out.

Mugman and Red Rose begin laughing.

Mugman says, "Yes! He says all of that." and continues laughing.

Then Chalice leaves Cuphead's body.

Cuphead happily says, "Neat." and laughs with a smile.

Then Chalice possesses Red Rose, and says, "My name is Red Rose. I'm a pretty tough, tomboy sailor who loves the high seas adventures, and loves to dance and play music."

Then Chalice comes out of Red Rose's body.

She shakes her head and says, "That felt really weird," Red Rose says.

Then Chalice says, "Hey! You ding-dongs wanna grab some ice cream? My treat.

The boys happily cheer, "Yeah, yeah, yeah!"

Red Rose smiles and says, "Sure."

Sometime later, the group are buying their ice cream at the ice cream truck as they play Pop Goes the Weasel.

The Ice Cream Man hands them their ice cream, "There you go. Enjoy your flavors of the day!"

"Yay!" The kids cheer.

Then says, "That'll be one dollar."

Chalice presents them the two halves of the dollar bill from earlier.

But the Ice Cream man says, "Sorry, I don't accept damaged currency,"

"But that's all we have," Cuphead says.

"Tsk, tsk, tsk," The Ice Cream man replies and takes the Ice cream away from them.

Then says, "I'm afraid the flavor of the day is goodbye!"

He then slams the hatch shut and drives the truck away.

"Oh nuts," Chalice says, and snaps her fingers in disappointment.

"I really had my heart set on ice cream," Mugman says sadly.

"Yeah, but we don't have any money to buy some," Red Rose says.

Suddenly, Cuphead had an idea, "Say, I just thought of a way we could get all the ice cream we could ever want!"

"Oh yeah?" Chalice questions.

Then Red Rose questions, "And how are you planning on doing that?"

"Alright, huddle up!" Cuphead says, and everyone huddles up to hear the plan, "So first…"

Cuphead explains the plan and Mugman and Chalice are taking an interest, Red Rose however, not so much.

Inside the Inkwell Theater, there is Sally Stageplay, the wonder of the theater.

Sally is a skinny, fair-skinned, tall woman. Sally has curly/fluffy light blonde hair, which is divided in three sections and she has bangs; decorating her hair, she has a turquoise hairband with a ribbon in the middle. She is also wearing makeup, such as light red lipstick and pale rose eyeshadow. She wears a white short-sleeved coat with a blue button under her chest over a light blue top, a pair of white gloves that have three black stripes in the middle, high-waisted wide sea-blue pants with a black band, and a pair of black Mary Jane shoes with small heels. She also has a pale blue bag with gold details.

Sally turns off the lights and is preparing to leave, but not before she says, "Until tomorrow, dear, sweet The Theater."

Sally begins to walk away to leave when she hears a moaning sound.

She turns around and asks, "Who's there?"

Then the lights suddenly turn on on their own as two masks: a happy and a sad mask appear and float around the stage. Then Chalice appears with a frightening face as she roars and hiss and holds the masks. Sally screams in fear, until she hears a knock on the door.

Sally turns to the ghost and says, "Oh, do excuse me."

Sally opens the door to reveal Cuphead, Mugman, and Red Rose. The boys have big smiles, but Red Rose has a calm smile. Mainly because she doesn't want to do this idea, and the boys talked her into it.

"Ghost removers!" The boys reply.

Then Cuphead says, "They scare 'em…"

And Mugman says, "We snare 'em."

Then asks, "Are you having any paranormal issues?"

Then Sally drags the three friends inside the theater.

Chalice continues to fly around as she makes moaning sounds. Mugman cuffs his hands together and Cuphead places his foot on it. Mugman launches Cuphead in the air, allowing Cuphead to capture Chalice in the net. Then they walk out with Chalice on the net.

Sally happily says, Bravo, bravo! Wonderful job, boys."

"That'll be 25 cents, please," Mugman replies, and presents the piggy bank.

Sally reaches into her purse and opens her wallet. Then put the quarter inside. Then walks away. Once Sally is gone, Chalice floats out of the net and becomes mortal again.

It's the perfect scam. You go in and haunt the joint, then we come along and un-haunt it," Cuphead says.

"Boys, we got ourselves a gold mine," Chalice says.

"With extra sprinkles," Mugman says.

Red Rose sighs and says, "Sure hope this idea doesn't come back to haunt us."

"Metaphorically or literally?" Chalice questions.

"Whichever comes first," Red Rose replies.

And with that, the group begins their scheme, much to Red Rose's reluctance. Each time, Chalice turns to a ghost and haunts a building, Cuphead, Mugman, and Red Rose catch her and they get paid to catch her.

Later in the night, after dehaunting another house, Cuphead, Mugman, and Chalice laugh with smiles as they walk down the sidewalk. Red Rose remains with them, but still not too pleased with the idea.

"Definitely got enough for ice cream now," Mugman says, shaking the piggy bank.

Then Cuphead says, "I guess we're done scamming."

But Chalice stops them and says, "Unless you want those extra sprinkles."

"Yeah, yeah, yeah!" the boys eagerly say.

"That's the spirit," Chalice says.

Then Chalice walks down the sidewalk, "Now, to find one last sucker."

"I think we had enough scaring for one day. We'll get in trouble if we keep this up," Red Rose says.

"Oh you worry too much. One more house and we'll be done," Chalice says.

Then finds the next house, "Ooh, this next house is creepy."

The others soon look to see the next haunting spot. It's a very old house that looks very old and eerie.

"Half the work's done already," Chalice says.

"Are you sure this house is safe? I'm not even sure if anyone lives here," Red Rose says.

"All the more reason to take a look," Chalice says, "See you in a minute, ghost removers.

She transforms into a ghost and goes through the wall. She then begins to make moaning sounds. However, no one seems to hear. She then searches around the house and to places to make moaning sounds. She even tries making frightening faces.

However, Chalice notices that the place looks old and dusty, and rundown.

She floats around and says, "Oy! This place is deserted."

Then Chalice notices four portraits on the wall and replies, "Yikes."

She floats over to see one of the portraits. It's a vulture woman with gray bond hair, and wears a dark dress.

"Hmm," Chalice replies and reads the name of each portrait, "Belinda, Bedelia, Bonnie, Boo-Boo."

Then notice a sign above, "Ooh, what's that?

She floats up to it and begins to read the sign, "'We are the Birnbaum quadruplets.' 'Say our names to release our spirits.'

Chalice scoffs it off and says, "Yeah, right."

She changes back to her living state and says, "Well, this place was a bust. Guess we'll have to find another house."

Suddenly, the flames of the fireplace roar behind her.

She turns around and gasps at something shocking, "They're gone. Oh…"

And it's true, the four sisters are no longer in the painting. Then chalice hears voices laughing, and turns around as she screams.

Outside of the house, Cuphead, Mugman, and Red Rose hear the screaming.

"You hear that? That must be the lady of the house. That's our cue," Cuphead says.

He knocks on the door, but it opens by themselves.

" I guess we'll let ourselves in," Cuphead says.

Red Rose opens the door and the boys announce, "Ghost removers!"

However, no one answers. Then the three begin to walk inside the house.

Cuphead looks around as he says, "Ugh. Kind of a dump."

Then calls out, "They scare 'em, we-"

Red Rose gasps and quickly moves them back before the chandelier shatters on the ground.

"Good job, Chalice," Cuphead whispers.

Then Cuphead calls out, "Nothing to worry about, ma'am, just a falling chandelier. We see this kind of thing all the time."

Soon, the group begins to search around.

Mugman calls out, "Yoo-hoo!"

Cuphead calls out as well, "Miss Ghost! Come out, come out, wherever you are."

Red Rose calls out, "Is anyone here?"

Then the three begin to search elsewhere. However, the furniture begins to move towards them from behind, and hits the back of Cuphead's head.

Cuphead yelps, "Ow!"

And turns to see the floating furniture.

Cuphead whispers, The old floatin' furniture routine. Good idea, Chalice."

Then shouts loudly, "Oh no! Look out!"

"We better get out of here," Cuphead says.

Then the boys mock yellow as they run up the stairs. Red Rose follows from behind. They run up the stairs and down the halls. They continue yelling and laughing

"Oh no!" Mugman yelps as Mugman screams, "Don't hurt us!"

Soon, the three run into the restrooms.

Cuphead says, "All right, Chalice. Enough already! Now take-"

Then the drawers fly into the boys faces.

Cuphead screams, "Ow! Take it easy!"

"Yeah! That one hurt," Mugman yelps.

Then the other drawer flies at them.

Red Rose quickly moves them out of the way and they all duck into the bathtub. Then the floor breaks from underneath and they crash into the living room down stairs. Then the three lift themselves up to feel the pain they have.

Cuphead groans as he rubs his head, "Jeez, Chalice is really laying it on thick."

"Anyone thinking that Chalice is going overboard? Ow!" Red Rose says, and rubs the back of her head.

Just then, with a frightened expression, Mugman nervously says, "Cuphead? Red Rose? Look."

Cuphead and Red Rose turn their heads and are shocked to see that Chalice is trapped in the painting with a frightened expression on her face.

"It's Chalice!" Red Rose says shocked.

Cuphead nervously gulps, "But if Chalice is in that painting, then that means this house really is…"

"Haunted," Mugman adds, frightened.

Suddenly they hear voices laughing. The three gasp as they turn around to see the four ghosts of the Birnbaum quadruplets.

"So these are real g-g-ghosts?" Cuphead asks, frightened.

Mgman nods his head in fear, "Ya-huh."

"This is terrible!" Cuphead cries.

Mugman also cries, "I just wanted ice cream."

"I think we have more things to worry about," Red Rose says.

Then the sisters begin cackling. The three friends remain close as Cuphead and Mugman are shaking in fear.

Mugman nervously asks, "We're the g-g-ghost removers."

"Are- Are you having any p-p-paranormal issues?" Cuphead nervously adds,

The first sister says, "Why, yes! We've been trapped in that painting for 100 years.

Then the second sister says, "Waiting for someone to take our places."

Then the third sister asks, "Can you help with that?"

"All right, you let our friend out of that painting this instant!" Cuphead says.

Then Red Rose says, "He's right! You let Chalice go right this minute!"

However, the four sisters laugh.

Then the third sister floats to Chalice and says, "Oh, we couldn't possibly. It's our turn to go out into the world and have some fun."

Then the fourth sister asks, "Do you have any idea what it's like to be trapped in the same house with your sibling day in and day out?"

Cuphead and Mugman look at each other and bluntly answer, "Yes."

"I wouldn't know. I don't have any brothers or sisters," Red Rose says.

"Good for the boys though! Then you'll be used to it, 'cause whoever's in the painting at the stroke of midnight stays trapped in there for the next 100 years," The third sister says and laughs as she holds the empty frame.

The three look at the clock and gasp to see that they don't have much time.

"That's in four minutes," Mugman says.

Then Cuphead climbs out of the tub and approaches the third sister, "Now, listen here, lady. We're gonna get our-"

And she slams the painting on Cuphead, trapping him inside.

Red Rose and Mugman cry out, "Cuphead!"

The ghost sisters maniacally laugh and have two paintings set up for Mgman and Red Rose. Red Rose and Mugman run in different directions as they dodge the sister from trapping them in the paintings. Mugman quickly jumps up as he grabs Chalice trapped in the painting. He then slams the painting at one of the sisters and traps her inside, and Chalice is free.

Mugman happily says, "Chalice!"

They soon hear laughing and gasp to see the other sisters chasing them. And are soon cornered by one of the sisters. Red Rose, with Chalice's help, grabs the painting of Cuphead and slams it on the sister. That trapps the sister and free Cuphead in the process.

""Cuphead! I was just- " Mugman happily says.

But then one of the sisters trapped Mugman in the painting. Cuphead then runs away as he's being chased. Then another one of the sisters swipes the painting and traps the girls inside, freeing the sister trapped. Cuphead continues to run around the house.

Suddenly, one of the sisters appears in front of him and says, "Come to Mama!"

Cuphead quickly slides down to escape, but then her sister ends up trapping her instead, and freeing Mugman in the process.

The sister cries out, "Bonnie!"

Mugman hides behind the tub until one of the sisters has the empty painting in her hands. Mugman doges before she can trap him, but also breaks the painting in the process.

The sister panics, "Oh no! "

The fourth sister floats over, "You broke it, you idiot!"

"We still have three more. That should be plenty," The third sister says.

And the chase continues, each group trapping the opponent in the mirror as they free their own. And during the time, the kids and Chalice are able to have the four sisters destroy the frame to prevent them from being trapped. And now, the four sisters have Cuphead and Mugman cornered.

The sister says, "Well, it would seem that there's only one frame left, but it's still big enough for the two of you."

Mugman and Cuphead are shaking in fear.

"Where'd Chalice and Red Rose go?" Mugman ass in fear.

"See you in 100 years!" The sister says.

Suddenly, Red Rose calls out, "Oh no you don't!"

They turn their heads and Red Rose throws the piggy bank at the painting, causing it to be knocked out of her hand. The Piggy Bank lands in Red Rose's hand as the painting lands in Chalice in her ghost form.

"Uh-oh," Birnbaum quadruplets reply, realizing that they have trouble.

Then Chalice slams the painting on them, just before it strikes midnight. Trapping them all for the next 100 years.

After that, Chalice hangs the portrait and says, "I got a lot of plans for these next 100 years, and I don't wanna spend 'em trapped in a painting."

Then the group decides to leave the haunted house.

Chalice happily says, "Thanks for getting me out, boys. Whadda ya say we put all this behind us and get ice cream?"

"Ooh! With extra sprinkles," Mugman says.

"That was pretty smart, using the piggy bank to knock the painting out of her hand," Cuphead says.

"Thanks," Red Rose says.

Cuphesd looks at Red Rose's shoe and says, "Hey Rose, you got something under your shoe."

Red Rose looks down and lifts it up to see a dollar is stuck to it.

"Huh. Where did this come from?" Red Rose wonders.

She takes the dollar off her shoe and Chalice looks at it.

"Wow! That's a 10 dollar bill. It's enough to get us a lot of ice cream," Chalice says.

Red Rose sighs, "After this, I could use a scoop. Let's get outta here before we have any more surprises."

And with that, the four friends leave the haunted house without looking back. And learned that it's not good to scam people with spirits, because it's going to come back to haunt you.