Moving on, and as promised, I'll answer the questions you asked me.
Do you have any favourite quotes and moments from the show?
- That's hard to answer but personally I like the moment from the episode Release the Demons where the devil tries to pull himself together so he doesn't snap. Which of course ends with him wiping out his first and second finest demons. The next one would be where he asks Cuphead to take off his sweater and Cuphead asks him for $20.
- My favorite quote is from the Baroness "Oh please we're friends now. Call me The"
By the way, is there any things about the cartoon version of Elder Kettle that may bother you a bit?
-In the first season he was like Dumbledore from the first Harry Potter part. A quiet, calm old man who rarely flips out.
-But in the second season, they changed his character a lot. When I saw Say Cheese for the first time and he chased them around the house I thought I was in the wrong movie. So I really hope they give him back that Dumbledore character again from the first season.
Your honest opinions about the endings of Say Cheese and Lost in the Woods and if there any parts you wished could have ended?
- The two episodes could have been written differently. Instead of Elder Kettle breaking his promise, they could have come up with a compromise that was okay for both brothers. Also, the photo would have been taken inside the house instead of somewhere outside.
- For Lost in the Woods I would have liked Cuphead not to be such an ass to his brother or Elder Kettle. Even though the title reminded me a bit of Zelda, I thought both brothers should work together.
- You will see how the two titles end when I rewrite them.
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Until then
"Prepare to have your face rearranged, pal!" Cuphead said as he blindfolded his eyes with a cloth. "You're messing with the wrong mug, buddy!" said Mugman as he also blindfolded his eyes. Both got ready for a duel while Elder Kettle worked outside in the garden. Alicia and Cuppy, on the other hand, sat in their guest room and enjoyed the peace and quiet. The devil had not been with them yet, which not only reassured Cuppy, but Alicia as well. But what did not reassure her was the scar she had received from him.
Cuppy was still angry about it and wanted most to fight the devil himself. But Alicia did not want him to hurt himself. Therefore, she hoped that he would calm down faster than usual by reading a book. It was The Maltese Falcon that she was reading with him. Until the two heard the noise from the living room and just rolled their eyes. "Can't they play something that doesn't make so much noise?" asked Cuppy, annoyed. His wish was granted as the two fell silent for a second before a shard-like sound rang out with an "Uh-oh" from the two brothers.
Both of them immediately went into the living room where they saw both brothers with their eyes blindfolded and a pillow in each of their hands and lots of feathers on the floor. Cuppy gave himself a face palm until he saw something lying on the floor in front of him and startled. "What was that?" asked Mugman as he took off his blindfold and looked at the two confused. Cuphead also took off his blindfold and noticed that something was wrong. "Ooh!" he said, which confused Mugman even more, so he turned to him and showed his broken handle to Alicia and Cuppy, who were more than startled. Well, it looked a bit weird to Alicia, but she understood why Cuphead and Cuppy were so scared.
"What is it?" Mugman asked, but Cuphead looked from him to the broken handle lying on the ground behind him. Alicia took it before Cuphead nervously continued, "Uh...Nothing, at all. Nothing. Why? What? Why?" but Mugman could tell from the tears of sweat running down his face that something was wrong. "Oh, it's something" Mugman said and went to a wall mirror to look at himself in it. "Hmm..." he looked at himself more closely but found nothing that was different. His nose was still the same as it was before. Also his teeth were not broken. Confused, he stood sideways and only now saw the broken handle he looked at in shock.
He turned around and now also saw the broken handle in Alicia's Hand behind him before he touched himself where his handle was supposed to be. Panicked, he started screaming and running through the living room while clinging to Alicia's right leg. Cuphead, meanwhile, took the handle and tried about. "Can you fell this?" he asked as he tapped the handle with his fingers and began to tickle it. From one second to the next Mugman started laughing and detached himself from Alicia's leg while lying on the floor and not stopping laughing. Cuppy bent over this before going to Cuphead and taking the handle from him "Hey! Give me that!" he said.
Mugman stopped laughing and stood back up as he stared at his handle Cuppy gave him. The latter began to stutter as he held the broken handle in his hands. "Buddy, relax. We'll handle it" said Cuphead. But none of the others were very pleased with his statement. All three gave him an annoyed look because of it. "I mean, take care of it" Cuphead said nervously as he took the handle. Alicia thought Cuphead was looking for a glue, but what happened instead she couldn't quite believe. He licked both broken ends with his tongue and turned Mugman around so that he could attach the broken handle to the spot. "Easy as pie" Cuphead said but Alicia just gave herself a face palm as the handle came off and Mugman panicked again. "Boy, that never gets easier," he said nervously. But Cuphead didn't give up and held a tape in his hand "Don't worry just yet!".
"Um, I don't think it's going to hold like that Cuphead," Alicia said as she looked at the completely duct-taped Mugman who could barely speak. "How do I look?" he asked as he turned to face Cuppy, who recoiled slightly when he saw him. "As good as new" Cuphead said but the handle still fell off which Mugman saw. But Cuphead didn't want to give up and thought again until he came up with another solution. He ran out of the house while Alicia watched him. "Um what's with the hive?" she asked him before he dipped both ends of the handle into the honey to attach it to Mugman.
Amazingly, this held what Alicia very impressed. "Thanks, Cuphead," Mugman said as the two shook hands and suddenly felt drops on their heads. Confused, the two looked up where they saw a bear growling at them both. Until another growl was heard and the bear looked up and saw a large wolf as big as the room. It was Alicia in her wolf form threatening the bear that he should not harm the two brothers. The bear took the hive and left the house grinning nervously while closing the door behind him with a thud. Both brothers landed on the floor and Mugman's handle fell off. The latter saw it and was more than frustrated about it.
"If only there were some substance that could stick one item to another that didn't attract bears" Cuphead asked thoughtfully while Alicia transformed back and gave Cuphead a hint. "It's called glue my friend" she said as both brothers looked up at her. "Hey! That's right!" said Cuphead "Glue is glue!" the two said in duet. Alicia had to grin when she saw the two of them. "So where do you guys have the glue?". Cuphead went with the others into the kitchen to a table with a drawer next to the refrigerator. "Here we go" said Cuphead and opened the drawer in which all the odds and ends were packed. Also the glue that had run out and stuck together with the rest. "Oh, boy" said Cuppy as Cuphead tried to take the glue out but took the rest of the contents with him and tried to remove it from the glue which didn't really work.
Mugman became sad again and wanted to lie on the floor before he was taken in the arms of Alicia who comforted him. "I'm never gonna fix my handle. Maybe I am Bowlboy" he said depressively as he laid his head on the side of her shoulder. Alicia felt for him "Cheer up Mugman we'll find you some glue even if we have to go outside and buy it" Alicia said as she walked with him towards the door. But this one got scared "But I can't go out looking like this" he said and wanted to get off her. She put him back on the floor so that he wouldn't hurt himself even more. "No one's even gonna notice" said Cuphead but the whistling sound that suddenly sounded said something else.
Elder Kettle saw the broken handle and ran away in a panic, which only made Mugman sadder than he already was. "Okay then, you stay here with Cuppy while I go with Cuphead to get some new glue" said Alicia. But Cuppy did not agree to that. He didn't want her to go alone with him because he was worried that the devil would do something to her again. "Don't worry, we'll pass a bus stop where he won't show up," Cuphead said, but Cuppy still looked at him angrily before he and Alicia went on their way to Porkrind.
As Cuphead said, it wasn't long before the two passed a bus stop where a few residents of the island were sitting and waiting for the bus. These noticed the two and had to smile with joy. "Awww aren't they cute?" asked the toaster. "Yes, they fit together really well" said an elderly lady. Cuphead and Alicia looked at each other in confusion and continued walking, but didn't notice that in the bushes behind the bus stop the devil was looking out and watching them.
However, both continued until Cuphead groaned in annoyance. "Hey Cuphead" said a round anthropomorphic bowl with a large red nose, lime-green bow tie, buck teeth and three freckles on his cheeks. He also wears a shiny black shoes and has a spoon ih his noggin. It was Bowlboy. "Hey Bowlboy" Cuphead said annoyed as he stared at him. "Who's your girlfriend?" he asked him as he looked at Alicia. "This is Alicia she's new here and she's my best friend more not understood Bowlboy!" said Cuphead as he poked him on the nose and kept walking. Alicia didn't think much of him and went on with Cuphead. "Gee, what's eatin' him?" the latter asked, confused.
"Well, I think he's kind of creepy," Alicia said as she continued walking with Cuphead and saw the wagon from a distance that was Porkrind's store. "Yeah me and Mugsy don't like him that much" said Cuphead as he knocked on the door. From outside you could already hear voices coming from a radio. "It's Frenchy's Dream and Granny's Whiskers!" said the radio announcer. What the... Cuphead knocked again, but no one seemed to have heard him. So he opened the door. Both looked into the store that sold all sorts of things. From food to other things. Behind the counter sat the store owner Porkrind.
He is an anthropomorphic pig with a portly, yet somewhat muscular build, with skin color similar to humans, a pink snout, and a black curled mustache similar to those typically worn by cartoon villains. He wears a grey shirt with white hems, brown overalls, and a black eyepatch with a grey band.
He held a pamphlet and a pen in his hand while the radio was on in the background and kept saying Granny's Whiskers or Frenchy's Dream until it finally said only Granny's Whiskers, which annoyed Porkrind. He turned off the radio while grumbling. Only now he heard the door open and looked at the door where he saw Cuphead and was annoyed again. But that changed when he saw Alicia and dropped his pen and the brochure while looking at her with his mouth open. Alicia just rolled her eyes in annoyance.
"Porkrind we have a problem" said Cuphead as he walked to the sales counter. Alicia followed him. Only now did Porkrind realize that Alicia belonged to him and was annoyed. Why is such a beautiful woman with an annoying cup? "Hey, Porkrind, are you listening to me?" asked Cuphead, slightly annoyed, when he looked at him. "Yeah I heard you what do you need?" he asked annoyed. "We need a tube of glue bad" Alicia said "Real bad" added Cuphead. "Gonna be real expensive then" said Porkrind as he looked at the two. Luckily Alicia still had the $20 in her pocket which she slammed down on the counter. Porkrind was a little surprised, but he took the money. Porkrind went to the back with the money "I'll sell you the glue. Be back in a jiff" he said and disappeared into the back of the waggon.
While waiting for Porkrind, the two looked around. Alicia immediately saw the potions on the counter. She thought of the potions from the book that the two brothers bought to fire bullets from their fingers. She wondered if that would work here, too, while her attention was focused on Cuphead, who was looking at various items that resembled Mugman's handle. "I doubt a snake will suffice as a handle substitute," she said as Cuphead tossed the snake away.
Just in time as it almost flew into Porkrind's face would the snake have flown only a little lower. In his arms he holds a cardboard box with a picture of the same glue they had at home. He turned the cardboard over and tapped it. But nothing came out. "I'm outta glue. I get the next shipment in three months" he said and sat down again behind the counter while turning on the radio. They didn't want to hear that. Alicia went to the sales counter where Porkrind gave her back the $20. But she only looked at him annoyed. He saw it and turned off the radio. "Is there anything else I can do for you?" he asked while looking in the brochure. "Yes you could look in the box again" she said slightly irritated. He stood up and did it. "I told you there was..." he took the box away and felt a tube fall on his head.
Cuphead was confused and said nothing while Porkrind gave her change and sold her the glue. Everything seemed perfect until Cuphead went to the door and opened it, but immediately slammed it shut, startling Alicia and Porkrind. "Hey don't slam the door!" said Porkrind annoyed as Cuphead walked anxiously toward Alicia. She knew something was wrong and asked him what was going on. But he asked her to bend down so he could explain everything to her without Porkrind noticing.
"It's the devil. He's at the front door," Cuphead whispered in her ear. Great. Alicia wanted to avoid him but he seems to be more interested in her than she wished. "Um, Porkrind, do you happen to have a back entrance?" asked Alicia. He looked at them both confused. "Yes I do but why do you want to take this one if you don't mind me asking?". Both of them thought up a good lie so that Porkrind would not open the door and let the devil in. "The store sign fell down and is blocking our way" Cuphead said nervously as Porkrind looked at him.
Cuphead was sweating with nervousness as Porkrind stared intently at him before shrugging his shoulders and asking them both to follow him. "But this is the last time, understand?" said Porkrind annoyed as he walked back into the store. Alicia took the chance and changed into her wolf form and disappeared into the forest with Cuphead on her back.
Both heard only the screams of pain from the devil who was apparently caught by the door that Porkrind had opened. But they did not care. They had the glue and only had to go home and glue the handle to Mugman. Despite her size, Alicia was moving very fast. Cuphead held onto her fur while his lips began to flutter. However, a river blocked their way. But Alicia thought nothing of it, took a running start and jumped over in one go. Well, she almost made it and threatened to go swimming with Cuphead, but she took all her strength and climbed up.
"Wow that was rad! Do it again!" said Cuphead as he celebrated the jump. But Alicia was more than exhausted and lay down to regain her strength. "I'd rather not Cuphead, I used all my strength to get us across" she said and rested while Cuphead got off her and looked around the part of the forest they were in. It was very quiet and peaceful. The birds were chirping while the deer and hares were grazing. Cuphead took a big drag and exhaled when he felt a flowery smell going through his nose. He followed it to a dark blue almost purple flower which he picked and brought to Alicia who was woken up by his footsteps.
He had knotted the flowers into a wreath and placed it on her head. "Ah Nigella damascena" said Alicia when she felt the smell of the flowers. She liked the wreath very much. So much so that she pulled Cuphead to her and held him in her wolf arms to cuddle him. Her nose poked him several times in the face which made him laugh and thus attracted the devil who was looking for them. He was at the other end of the river and saw the black wolf. There she is and the cup. He couldn't be happier and flew across the river to the other side.
Both did not notice that the devil was on his way to them. "Hey, don't lick me, please," Cuphead said as Alicia licked him with her wolf tongue as a sign of her gratitude. "Let's not go any further Mugman is waiting for his glue after all". Alicia nodded, held him by the collar with her teeth and was about to put him on her back when the two of them saw the devil approaching behind them. "Well, what do we have here, my future queen and the cup that owed me her soul!" said the devil as he approached them. But Alicia, who was still holding Cuphead by the collar with her teeth, moved back a bit the closer the devil got to her. She didn't want him to get anywhere near Cuphead. That's why she growled.
"Oh you don't have to be afraid of me my love" said the devil but Alicia was even more angry than before. Only her devil was allowed to call her that. He, however, was not. She put Cuphead on her back and stared at him angrily while he was confused as well as Cuphead who was looking at her. "I am not afraid of you" she said in a growling voice as the devil stood right in front of her. "But you rather get on my nerves with your statement that I am your future queen!" she said. Her pupils resembled those of a snake as she looked angrily into his eyes.
One could not miss the burning halo that appeared above her head. The devil was fascinated by it while Cuphead was frightened by it. The devil had triggered her more than enough with his constant appearance. But he still wanted her for himself no matter what. And he also wanted to have Cuphead's soul. He wanted to reach for him but Alicia turned around and thundered a paw in his face as she ran out of the forest with Cuphead and saw the bus stop. She jumped over it and ignored people's reactions and ran on without thinking about it.
While the devil got up again and rubbed the spot where Alicia caught him, he was more than thrilled by her power. Yes, she is more than perfect. But persuading her to come to his side was difficult. She liked the cups very much and wanted to protect them at all costs. "Hmm maybe soon I'll find a good solution on how to win her over" he said and disappeared into a puff of smoke as he tapped his trident on the ground.
He really wanted her to be his queen and not the other candidates who meandered around him when he was alone. Silk, Vespae, Caterina, Daiyu and Scorpina had been trying to win the position of Queen of the Underworld for a long time. Be it for reasons of power, greed or wealth. They all just wanted to abuse their power as queen. But he wanted to be happy with his queen. She should love him and rule together with him. But Alicia seems to be different. She used her demon power, which was much stronger than his, only when she or her friends were in danger. "Whether you are married or not, you will soon sit next to me and make the Inkwell Isle's unsafe with me my dearest Alicia" said the devil as he sat on his throne, not noticing that Amnon was watching him.
He flew away when he heard the news. "Silk won't l-l-l-like that the devil has already c-c-c-chosen someone e-e-e-else," he said in a stuttering voice as he flew unintentionally into Henchman. "S-s-s-sorry H-h-h-henchman I d-d-d-didn't mean to fly into y-y-y-you!" he said nervously and flew on. Henchman shrugged his shoulders and flew towards the devil. "Heya boss I see you are more than happy so you got the soul of the cup I guess?" asked Henchman as he landed next to the devil. "Unfortunately not Henchman but I have an idea how to persuade Alicia to become my queen".
Alicia and Cuphead reached the cottage and opened the door when they saw Mugman on the couch, lying under a blanket and sobbing. Cuppy sat next to him and was glad to see them again. "What happened?" asked Alicia as she and Cuphead went to Mugman and tried to take the blanket off him. But this one did not let the blanket be taken away. "Go away!" he said with a stuffy nose. Both turned to Cuppy who told them everything that happened while the two were away. The letter carrier came by as did the milkman. Both were about to give them the mail and the milk when they ran away in fear when they saw Mugman's broken handle.
"After that, he had been hiding under the covers and avoiding all eye contact," Cuppy said. Alicia took the glue from Cuphead's pocket and walked over to Mugman. "Hey Mugman we bought some new glue and want to glue your handle back together" He lifted the blanket up a bit causing Alicia to see his eye. He was still sniffling a little. "But we can only do that if you get out from under the blanket" she said. "But only if you don't freak out like Elder Kettle or the others" he said. Alicia and the two Cupheads nodded.
He took the blanket off his head and Cuphead cried out when he saw the broken handle. Alicia and Cuppy looked at him annoyed. "Sorry. I'm still getting used to it" he said. But Mugman was about to crawl back under the covers when he realized he was sitting on Alicia's lap and felt something sticky. This feeling went away when he suddenly didn't feel it anymore and ran to the wall mirror to look at himself in the mirror. His handle stuck to his head again and that calmed him down a lot. So much so that he ran to Alicia and jumped onto her lap and snuggled into her. Elder Kettle saw this and couldn't be happier. His eyes wandered over to Cuppy who was closing the tube of glue and setting it down next to the radio. "Thank you, thank you, thank you," Mugman said as he looked up at Alicia.
"You don't have to thank me Mug-" "You can call me Mugsy Alicia" he interrupted her. She nodded and hugged him before putting him down. This solved the problem with the handle and the glue worked very quickly. "So shall we finish our game then?" Cuphead asked his brother as he grabbed a pillow. Mugman of course didn't say no to that and grabbed a pillow as well. They both covered their eyes again with a cloth before running towards each other to hit each other with the pillow. But instead they either hit the wall or the chair.
Alicia and Cuppy just shook their heads as they watched the two. Elder Kettle went back outside to his garden and took care of his garden which has grown a bit and is already bearing vegetables. Both brothers continued to beat the pillows until they heard another clanking sound. "Uh-oh," the two said as they took off their blindfolds. Alicia and Cuppy looked at the two brothers. Mugman's handle was still on but Cuphead's was not. Alicia pinched her nose bone in annoyance as Cuppy walked over to Cuphead with the open tube of glue to fix his handle as well.
While the glue still had to move in, Alicia had no idea that even in this world she was not safe from her rivals. When Amnon heard the news of who the devil wanted to take as his queen, he immediately went to Silk, his master, to tell her the news. But she was not alone. Next to her were four other figures that he could not quite make out through the darkness. "What news do you have Amnon?" Silk asked him. He landed next to her and shivered as he looked into the yellow eyes of the other figures.
Annoyed, she pulled at the ring hanging from his collar and looked him annoyed in the eyes. "The devil has chosen a queen," he said shakily as Silk and the others looked at him. "And who is the lucky one?" asked Silk. Amnon swallowed and knew what was about to happen. "The name is Alicia" Silk dropped him as he said the name. He landed on his butt and saw how angry Silk and the other four were. "What kind of demon is she?" asked Silk as she stood on Amnon's tail. He stifled a cry of pain as he looked into Silk's angry eyes. "She's both human and demon," he said, holding his breath to keep from screaming.
"So he fell in love with a human demon hybrid?" said one of the four figures. "And I thought he was more into demons with a certain something" said another figure. Silk was furious and couldn't believe what she was hearing. Silk took her foot off Amnon's tail who exhaled in relief. "Ladies, I think I agree with everyone here when I say we need to take this Alicia out once and for all!" the four figures agreed with her and disappeared one by one. Amnon stood up again and walked toward Silk. The latter turned to him. "You, my faithful servant Amnon, will receive a special assignment from me" Amnon gulped as she whispered the task to him.
His task was to serve the devil alongside Henchman in order to get information concerning Alicia. He was then supposed to pass this on to Silk. What she does with it, only she knows. But Amnon already suspected what she had in mind. It was not the first time that Silk had eliminated someone she saw as a danger or a competitor.
