And it continues with the story.
Since the whole Cuphead universe is set in the 30's I like to inform myself about some things from the 30's be it clothes or other things.
But let us come to the questions:
Would like the idea of Cuphead and Mugman having a guest role if there was any agreement and approval of both companies doing a crossover game Cuphead and Kingdom Hearts?
-so it would be interesting to see how the boss fights would be. It would definitely be interesting to see if it would happen at all.
Any thoughts they would make a movie adaption of either the game or even the cartoon show?
- So I would find it great, but the question remains how the story would be.
If you were out in Alicia's shoes and end up in either versions of the Cuphead universe, which character would be best friends with and which one can you relate to the most?
- Friends from the Game: Mugman, Dr. Kahl, Brineybeard, Bon Bon and Grim
-Friends from the Show: Again Mugman, Sally, Bon Bon and Henchman
-Who I compare myself to most would really be Mugman and Henchman. I am rather quiet and calm but can explode like a bomb if you annoy me too much.
-Since you mentioned that you'd like to be roommates with Henchman/Stevie, what kind of wacky misadventures would you two have?
-Watch movies and play video games together. Maybe take a normal walk in the forest.
Besides from Alicia's adventures in the Cuphead universes are based and inspired by Who a framed Roger, Rabbit, Space Jam and even Alice in Wonderland, where there other inspirations for her characteristics and personality?
-Partly my personality but also that of other female characters I like like Hermione from Harry Potter.
Until then
What was supposed to be a quiet breakfast. Ended with a fight between Cuphead and Cuppy. Both accused each other of eating each other's food. "Admit it, you ate my bacon when I went to the bathroom!" said Cuphead. But Cuppy just shook his head "You ate your own bacon, not me!". Alicia, Elder Kettle and Mugman were visibly annoyed. The three of them tried not to interfere, but when Cuphead started pushing Cuppy, who almost fell off the chair, the barrel was overflowing. Cuppy jumped on top of him and the two jumped back and forth in the kitchen while fighting.
"Okay you two that's enough!" said Elder Kettle as he held both of them by the handle to pull them out of each other. But the two were still trying to get at each other's throats and growling at each other. "You two need to get your act together and stop fighting all the time" said Alicia. Both cups calmed down again but still growled while staring at each other. Cuppy clung to Alicia while Cuphead clung to Elder Kettle. Both stuck out their tongues to annoy the other. But instead, Alicia and Elder Kettle were annoyed.
Of course, the quarrels did not stop at breakfast. Be it in the garden, in the bedroom of the two boys or even in the bathroom. The two could not stop arguing. Alicia and Mugman already suspected why. It was because of the scar Alicia had gotten from the devil when he wrapped his tail around her waist. The scar was a constant reminder to Cuppy that Cuphead was a little coward and didn't think much of it.
Or as he says "I ain't too worried about it" that's what he used to say when something bad happened or was going to happen. And exactly these character traits Cuppy could not stand. Cuphead was like him when he gambled away his and his brother's soul in the casino. Of course he is friends with the devil from his world thanks to that now the devil from this world also wants to have his soul did not please him. And that Cuphead did not care about it annoyed him even more.
He had a good relationship with Mugman and Elder Kettle. Even Elder Kettle likes him more than his own Cuphead because he is always ready to help. But the quarrels should stop that was certain for Alicia, Mugman and Elder Kettle. Therefore, the three decided that they had to find a way that the two should somehow get along. "Cuphead probably won't just give in," said Mugman. He knew his brother more than enough and knew that he loved it when others agreed with him. "And Cuppy doesn't like to give in," said Alicia.
It was difficult but Elder Kettle had an idea. "How about this?" he whispered his idea to the two. Both agreed and so the five went hiking the next day. Each carried a backpack and a walking stick. Elder Kettle led the group until they stopped before a fork in the trail. Cuphead and Cuppy were still staring angrily at each other before Elder Kettle cleared his throat and the two looked to him. "You must be wondering why we are here?" everyone nodded. Alicia and Mugsy knew why they were here, of course, but they pretended not to know either. "Well, I hid a treasure last night and you'll have to look for it together," said Elder Kettle, dividing the four of them into two groups. Alicia and Mugman were in one group while Cuppy and Cuphead were in the other.
"To get to the treasure you have to work together as a team because only one of you has a map on which I have marked the treasure and the other has the compass" they all opened their backpacks. Alicia had the compass and Mugsy had the map. Cuppy had the map while Cuphead had the compass. So that one group didn't look off from the other, Alicia and Mugman took the right path while the two Cupheads took the left. Both led to the same destination, only there were different obstacles that they had to overcome.
But there was one obstacle the four could not have foreseen. It was the devil who was after the two cups to snatch their souls. "Are you really sure we have to go that way?" asked Cuppy as they continued on their way. Cuppy just rolled his eyes, "Yes, the path points north and your compass points north too," he said. Cuphead looked and he was right. The compass was pointing north so they were right.
With Mugman and Alicia everything went without problems. The two were able to overcome the first obstacle, which was another fork in the road. But the second and obstacle they could not solve so easily. They had to cross a flowing river that could only be crossed with a tree trunk. Of course, one was right next to the river. But there was still one problem. Alicia didn't have a suitable shape that didn't immediately catch her eye she was desperate. But Mugsy gave her courage and Alicia felt a new form being released in her, which she transformed into in front of Mugman.
She became a female reindeer with black and gray fur that went from the chest to the tip of the tail, white antlers and white hooves. Her eyes were yellow, her inner ears grey and the muzzle was also gray. The size was enormous and the same as her wolf form. She looked at Mugman who was more than surprised by the transformation. "Wow, you look beautiful as a deer," he said, but Alicia knew she was not a deer but a reindeer. You could tell by the antlers. "But I am not a deer but a reindeer Mugsy" she said. He got a little nervous when he heard that but calmed down again when he saw Alicia lift the tree trunk with her antlers and place it to serve as a bridge so they could cross the river. Of course they fixed it with ropes before they crossed.
Cuphead and Cuppy also arrived at the river but at a different part of the river. They also had a log that was already half in the water. The two pulled on it until they had it out of the flowing water before they clamped it between two rocks with a rope. But just as they wanted to fasten the other end there was already again a quarrel between the two. "You didn't wrap the rope tightly around the log!" said Cuphead as he removed the rope and walked over to Cuppy who was attaching the next rope. "Then do better!" he said, annoyed. But Cuphead was fed up and the two of them fought each other and thus wrapped the rope around the tree trunk and were trapped.
"You did a great job again, genius!" said Cuppy as he tried to free himself. "You're lucky it can't be worse," Cuphead said easily. But when they heard a familiar laugh, Cuppy just rolled his eyes while Cuphead was startled when he and Cuppy felt someone walking on the log. They both looked ahead and there he was at the other end. The devil. "AHHHH THE DEVIL!" screamed Cuphead as he tried to free himself but slid down and was almost in the river. The devil laughed again when he saw that. "Well, well, well, who would have thought that I would get my two missing souls so easily?" he said and walked up to Cuppy.
But just before he could grab his soul, he suddenly heard a cracking sound and looked both behind him and in front of him. The two ends of the tree trunk were about to split with the weight of the devil and the middle part was going into the flowing river. But the devil did not want to give up and grabbed the soul of Cuppy, which had a holy glow that was actually only his straw. However, the river swept away the splintered tree trunk and thus also the two cups. The devil was able to escape, but not the soul, which went back into the body of Cuppy. Both realized that they were in a dangerous situation and screamed like a banshee. This was heard by Alicia and Mugsy who had just crossed the river. "That doesn't sound good" said the latter when he noticed that he was sitting on the wyvern back of Alicia who was flying along the river. The two knew that the river ended at a waterfall.
While the two were looking for the Cupheads they were swum further and further away from their actual path. Cuppy looked around several times for a good way to free himself and Cuphead, but when he saw a waterfall from far away that they were heading towards, he got scared. "Uh-oh.." he said nervously. Cuphead, who saw nothing of it, was confused and already suspected what they were swimming towards. "Don't tell me. We're about to go over a huge waterfall" Cuphead said with a deadpanned look on his Face. "Yep" answer Cuppy bluntly. "Sharp rocks at the bottom?", "Most likely". It was silent for a moment before Cuphead continued talking with an annoyed expression on his face. "Bring it on!".
Both prepared for the painful fall. Both closed their eyes and screamed as they fell. But suddenly they realized that something was wrong. They did not hit the ground and heard the sound of wings. Both opened their eyes and saw that they were in the air and that the tree trunk was held by something. It was Alicia who had saved them. Mugman looked down at the two and waved at them. "Hey, how's it going?" he asked while Cuphead just shrugged his shoulders. "Oh, we're fine, we're just hanging around, that's all," said Cuppy.
When Cuphead and the others heard this, they had to laugh. Alicia landed with the others next to the river and freed the two Cupheads with her sharp foot claw before turning back. Mugman slipped off her tail before transforming back. Both Cupheads were delighted with the rescue but the devil was still after them. Both of them didn't want to say anything at first, but saying nothing doesn't help them either. So the two Cupheads told them about the encounter with the devil and that Cuppy almost lost his soul. Alicia growled when she heard that and didn't want to leave them alone. But they had to search for the treasure separately.
But with the devil around, that was another matter. Both Cupheads were a meal ticket for him and not only Alicia knew that, but also both Cupheads. But Alicia had an idea how to keep the two Cupheads away from the devil. The devil didn't know that Alicia and Mugman were walking along the path that the two Cupheads were supposed to take. He was still hiding until he heard footsteps and jumped out of the bush. "Finally I have..." suddenly he started to twitch as his body received a strong electric shock.
Confused and slightly burned with clouds of smoke rising from his slightly burned fur, he only now noticed that Alicia and Mugman were standing in front of him. The latter stood kneeling behind her, not even wanting to look the devil in the eye. But Alicia was of a different opinion and looked at him annoyed. She was back in her demon form and her tail wagged back and forth like an annoyed cat. She was not pleased to see him again. And she was even less pleased when she found out about Cuppy. "Um my dearest Alicia what are you doing here?" he asked her before she continued walking with rolling eyes while pulling Mugman behind her with her tail. She didn't want to look him in the face but the devil wouldn't be the devil if he suddenly appeared in front of her out of a puff of smoke only to kiss her. But she can play that game too and disappeared with Mugman also in a cloud of smoke.
The devil was confused when he didn't feel a kiss and opened his eyes and didn't see Alicia in front of him anymore. He scratched his head until he looked behind him and saw them on an elevated plain, which they continued walking while Alicia looked with the compass where they had to go now. "We have to go left now," Mugman said until he realized he was holding the map upside down and corrected it. "No, we have to go right," he said nervously. Alicia was about to take a step to the right when she bumped into something soft. She heard the chuckle. And a glance upwards told her that it was the devil she had run into.
"Stay here my dearest and enjoy the view together with me" he said and ran his claws through her fur. She tried to free herself, but he held her too tightly for her to break free. Mugman saw it and slowly walked behind the devil. "Let me go!" she said annoyed but he just had to laugh. "Why my dearest don't you like my soft fur?" he asked her while pushing her closer to him so that her head was more in his fur. But it was not softer than Lucifer's. His fur was more soft and did not scratch as much as that of this devil here. She did not like that. Especially not the tickling in the nose. Why do you have to be so interested in me? she asked herself while trying to free herself. But he tickled behind her wolf ears again and she hated that. Not because she didn't like it but because then she was loose and he could do whatever he wanted with her.
And she knew what he was going to do with her. His trident almost touched the ground, but suddenly the devil cried out and let her go. "YOOOOWWWW!" he shouted as Mugman stepped on his tail. Alicia took the chance to change into her new reindeer form and flee from the devil together with Mugman. The devil saw this and took his bull form and ran after her. Alicia saw it and abruptly turned around and stretched her antlers towards the devil. His horns collided with hers and hacked into each other. He pushed her further back before he was overwhelmed by her strength and was suddenly in the air before she threw him down and ran on the way to the last obstacle they had to overcome.
They were rid of the devil for the time being and could go on without any problems. Of course Mugman stayed on her back before she turned back when they saw the other two in front of a rock wall. Cuphead saw them and waved to the two. "Hey there you guys are" he said and walked up to the two. Cuppy also noticed that the two were with them again. "Where's the devil?" he asked her. "He's out of action for now," she said, looking at the rock wall. There was no way around it. And the map Cuppy held said they had to climb it.
All four of them opened their backpacks and took out the climbing equipment they needed to climb the rock face, in addition to the food. One had to go ahead to guide the other and set the safety hooks. Alicia went first together with Cuphead. The safety hooks were placed so that Cuppy and Mugsy could climb the rock face if it weren't for the devil who appeared and aimed his trident at Cuppy who had a hard time escaping. But Alicia stood up to him. The devil lowered his trident which he now holds in front of her while he started to grin again. "Hello my pretty" he said and stroked her cheek. She let him do it so that Cuppy could climb up the wall without any problems. "Why the worried face Darling?" the devil asked her. But before she could answer, she disappeared with him in a cloud of smoke.
Cuppy saw it and was angrier than ever. But Mugman calmed him down when he told him about the plan. The plan was to distract the devil so they could climb the rest of the rock face. But for that, Alicia had to come with him to the underworld. Even if she did not like it. He had already wrapped himself around her again in his dragon form. "I like that a little more" he said, squeezing her tighter. She could still free her arms and was thinking how she could best escape him. He must have an entrance and exit. She looked around but saw no sign anywhere. Damn what now? She looked up at the devil while he stroked her hair with his dragon arms.
Was she comfortable? Not really when she has to think that he wants her only for himself. Lucifer gave her at least free space if she wants to do something with the two brothers or just want to go for a walk. But the devil here was different he was like a limpet that she no longer got rid of. "Could you not press me so tightly I would like to get some air and not suffocate" she said annoyed as he loosened his grip on her. She took a deep breath and was glad to be able to breathe normally again. She turned as she did so to avoid looking into his yellow eyes. And his grin didn't make it any better. But like Lucifer, he was affectionate and turned her around so that she had to look into his eyes. Great. She rolled her eyes again while he grinned at her. "Come on, you like it," he said. But the aching scar she got from him said something else.
"But my scar that I got from you says otherwise" she said and transformed into her Wyvern form which was significantly larger than his dragon form. This scared him a bit as well as the blue flames coming out of her mouth. "I'm out of here!" she said and flew away from him. She flew upwards and wanted to hope that she could escape him. But when she felt someone climbing on her tail, she already suspected that it was him. So much for that. She ignored him and flew on until she found a familiar cave entrance through which she flew. But since she was too big in her Wyvern form, she had to change into her reindeer form to escape from the cave. However, the devil did not let up and made her fall. "You stay right here!" he said.
She fought against his power, unaware that she was using her antlers to create magic that would hurl the devil back into the underworld. Alicia stood up and was glad to have no more scars except for the one around her waist. "Let's go find the others then". She jumped over every rock, tree and river until she reached the rock wall where the others were waiting for her. With one jump, she was on the same level and transformed back. "Oh man I missed you guys" she said and hugged the three cups with joy. "We were worried about you too Alicia" said Mugsy. "Yes, very worried" said Cuphead, which surprised Alicia because he is usually the type who doesn't worry.
While Alicia was away Cuphead and Cuppy also made up and now seemed to be best friends. If not brothers. But the four now knew that the devil will still try to hunt them. This worried Alicia very much. She had told him several times that she was forgiven, but he always seemed to ignore that. Oh, boy. "Ah, there you are," said a voice from behind the four. The four turned and saw Elder Kettle holding a small treasure chest in his hands. "I knew you could do it," he said, praising the four of them before placing the treasure chest on the floor and opening it.
In the chest there were sweets. Especially Cuphead and Mugman's favorite candy. But there was also something for Alicia and Cuppy. "So you really deserve this treasure" he said and the five decided to have a little picnic to enjoy nature and the rest of the day.
Despite the encounter with the devil, they had a nice day. Both Cupheads get along and the picnic was undisturbed. But like any adventure, today's quickly came to an end as the sun threatened to set. Fortunately, however, the way to the cottage was not as exhausting and far as the way to the treasure. "Ah, it's good to be home again," said Elder Kettle as he put the treasure chest in the cupboard where the china was before sitting down and turning on the radio.
Cuphead, Cuppy and Mugman meanwhile played a board game while Alicia went upstairs to the bathroom to take another look at the scar. "Is it just me or is the scar getting worse rather than better?" the bruise said otherwise. She got scared and hoped that nothing bad would happen. She wouldn't know who to ask except maybe Quadratus. Cuppy had already told her once that he got advice from him about her nightmares. That some were visions. But she very much hoped that the scar would be only a scar and nothing else. "Alicia, are you all right?" there was a sudden knock on the door as she covered her scar with her blouse. "I just had something in my hair, that's all, Elder Kettle!" she said as she heard his footsteps moving away from the door. Thank God. She was relieved and lifted her blouse again.
The scar became even worse than before. What the hell is this? she asked herself in panic. She had no idea that something bad would soon happen to her. The worse her scar was, the better the devil could know how to mix her blood with the Toon blood.
In any case, the Imps noticed that their blood was trying to mix with the black droplets of Toon blood. All they had to do was figure out what to add to make the two mix. "And is there any news about the blood?" asked the devil as he walked over to the Imps who were working with the blood. Henchman and Amnon accompanied him. "So far we haven't found a solution, but we have found that their blood is trying to combine with yours," said one of the Imps as he showed the test tube to the devil, in which it could be seen trying to combine.
"We suspect it's reacting to outside influences," the imp said as he put the test tube back. The devil thought until an idea came to him. "She said I scarred her when I held her too tightly with my tail," he said. Henchman nodded at him. "So you want me to..." he fell silent as the Imp nodded at him. So he knew what he had to do now. But she will not get into his clutches as easily as she did today. He knew that. Alicia was clever. But he was smarter.
But he had to come up with something. "Hmm maybe Dice could come in handy" he said and rubbed his hands together as he started to grin. He knew how to force her to become his queen. "Oho I couldn't beat myself" he said as Henchman and Amnon looked at him in confusion. "Is he always like this?" whispered Amnon to Henchman. "Duh I don't know?" replied Henchman to him. "Alright then, keep working on the blood and let me know if there are any changes" the devil said and left the part of the underworld together with Henchman and Amnon.
But Alicia didn't want to hide the scar thing from the boys. They should know that the scar is getting worse. That's why they were back in the guest room where Alicia showed the scar to the three. All three were more than worried and were very concerned about Alicia. "Is there anything we can do to make you feel better or does the scar still hurt?" asked Mugsy worriedly.
"So far it doesn't hurt but thanks for asking anyway Mugsy" she said and stroked his cheek. Cuphead and Cuppy were also worried about her. But they knew that she could turn to the three of them if anything should happen. "But Elder Kettle should know about it," Cuppy said, even though he knew he would ask. So they had to come up with a lie. But that will be difficult. Alicia knew that as well as the three boys. But fortunately Cuphead was a master at it. So the evening went without further problems. The food was eaten up and there were no arguments between the two Cupheads. "I'm glad you two are getting along," said Elder Kettle as he reached into the upper cabinet above the sink.
From this he took out a cookie jar which he opened and from which he took two cookies which he gave to both Cuphead and Cuppy. "Wow, thanks Elder Kettle" Cuphead said as he was about to bite into his cookie until he realized he had to go to the bathroom. So he disappeared while Cuppy ate his cookie. After a short time he came back to find that his cookie was missing. "What the... Where's my cookie?" he asked as he looked at Cuppy who was eating strawberries. "I knew you ate my cookie!" he accused him until he looked at Mugman who was covering his mouth with his hands. This confused Cuphead and the others a lot. "Mugsy did you..." the younger brother took his hands away from his mouth out of which half a cookie was peeking which he swallowed without thinking about it.
Elder Kettle and Alicia rolled their eyes as the former gave Cuphead a new cookie. That settled who had eaten the bacon earlier. "I think I could use an apology" said Cuppy as he looked to Cuphead. The latter looked at him with a half-eaten cookie in his mouth which he swallowed before continuing to speak. "Sorry, Cuppy," he said. That settled the question of who had eaten the bacon earlier. All five laughed as they enjoyed the rest of the evening.
But the matter of the scar and the blood had not yet been resolved. But the devil already had a plan how he could force Alicia to become his queen without the two cups standing in his way. The door to his throne room opened and footsteps could be heard. The devil turned around and had to smile. "There you are Dice" he said as he nervously approached the throne. Not as nervous as last time, but a little. "You wanted to see me?" the latter asked. The devil nodded and grinned at him. "You'll get a special order from me" said this one with a diabolic grin on his face. Dice didn't know what was coming, just like Alicia who didn't know anything about the whole thing.
