Chapter 1: He's Back!
Cuphead and Mugman enjoy playing marbles while Elder Kettle is kitting a blanket as he sits on his chair.
The radio then said, "Attention, Inkwell Isles. The monthly Inkwell Races have arrived on Isle 3. If you love horses and races, come on over to Inkwell Isle 3."
"Oh, boy. Oh, boy. Oh, boy. I love horses," said Mugman.
Then Cuphead added, "And I love races. We should watch. You want to come along, Elder Kettle? Elder Kettle?"
When the Cup Bros find their elderly caretaker has fallen asleep, they say quietly while tucking him with the blanket, "Aw. Sleep tight, Elder Kettle."
The brothers then tip-toed their way to the door before closing it gently. Cuphead and Mugman then happily hooked each other's arms and skipped forward before coming across a trolley station. Then a happy and bouncy trolley showed up for the brothers to get.
Once it drove off, the music of Camptown Races started to play.
Cuphead: The Inkwell folks sing this song [Cuphead bops his head to the beat.]
Mugman: Doo-dah, Doo-dah [Mugman pops up from behind Cuphead from left to right.]
Cuphead: The Inkwell racetrack's five miles long [Cuphead then catches a flying flyer that announces the races.]
Mugman: Oh, doo-dah day [Mugman then hugs his brother on the back before taking out a racer ballot.]
From all the horses, I picked one [The brothers then look at it thoroughly.]
Cuphead: Doo-dah, doo-dah [But when the trolley stops at Inkwell Isle 3, the twins walk out of it while still staring at the ballot.]
Mugman: When they're set to go, it goes the gun [Not far from them, Ms. Chalice is seen doing her cute dancing in front of a crowd.]
Cuphead: Oh, doo-dah day [The crowd cheer as they pour money into a hat on the ground.]
Cuphead and Mugman: Goin' to run all night [She then takes a bow before hearing the boys' singing.]
Goin' to run all day [She then spots them walking past her.]
Cuphead: I'll bet my money on a bob-tailed nag [Wanting to be with her best pals, she takes the hat filled with cash and follows them.]
Mugman: And I'll bet on the bay[Cuphead and Mugman writes on the ballot in pencil before putting it away.]
"Yoo-hoo! Cuphead! Mugman!" said Ms. Chalice, catching up with them.
"Hiya, Chalice," said Cuphead.
"Please tell me you didn't steal money in that hat," said Mugman.
"Nah, Mugman. Street performance," said Ms. Chalice.
"That's also called begging. You're lucky that the police aren't around to take us in your place of crime."
Then Cuphead said, "Come on, Mugsy. It's all in the past—anyway, Chalice. My brother and I are off to the Inkwell Races. Want to come along?"
"I'm done with my schedule. I can come along."
After Ms. Chalice put the hat away, Cuphead grabbed her hand, making her blush, and Mugman giggled while Cuphead said, "Alright. Then let's go."
But when the Cup Trio bumps into someone, they look up slowly to find out they ran into the Devil with an annoyed look on his face as he stared down at the Cup Trio.
Petrified from seeing him, the Cup Bros screamed before saying as they point at him, "THE DEVIL!"
Ms. Chalice, on the other hand, looked like she was in disbelief and said, "Who's the naked goat man?"
"What?" said the Cup Bros and the Devil, confused.
"Uh? Do you have any idea who I am, Ms.? I'm Old Scratch, Mr. S, the Big D. And your Cuphead boyfriend owes me his soul. Even I have the deed to his soul," said the Devil, as a deed of Cuphead's Soul is shown.
"Woah, no, woah! Not my girlfriend. I'm too young to date," said Cuphead in embarrassment, as Ms. Chalice blushed and Mugman tried to hold in his laughter.
"Well, I know she wouldn't go out with your brother. His nose is too big to attract girls."
Hurt from hearing this, Mugman touches his nose while his lips wiggle up and down.
Then Cuphead hugs Mugman in comfort while saying, "Don't you listen to him, Mugsy. You are beautiful. The ladies love ya. They always stare at ya."
"You're a good older brother, Cuphead," Ms. Chalice commented while finding it cute.
"Yuck, brotherly love. Anyway, can I take your soul now, Cuphead? I got a tea appointment at four and a tee-time at 4:30," said the Devil.
"Why does the Devil even want his Soul, delivery goat man?"
"Delivery goat-man?! I am the Devil! And he owes me his soul by playing my games."
She turned to Cuphead and said, "You owe the Devil your Soul?! Oh, wait. When you said that you someone your life and meant it literal, does that mean-"
"Yep. This is what I meant."
"If I knew you owe the Devil your Soul, I would've dragged you and your brother out of the Cookie Factory instead of leaving ya. Man, I thought I was the worst one in the group."
"Still, you are. Leaving my brother and me behind like that," said Mugman while crossing his arms with an unpleased face.
"It was one time, Mugman."
"Yeah, he knows how to hold a grudge," said Cuphead.
"Grr! Enough! Just let me take his soul so I can move with the rest of my life," said the Devil, until he noticed the Cup Trio were gone. "Unbelievable, again!"
But when he saw the Cup Trio fleeing from behind him, he got on his trident like a witch would ride on a broomstick and fly after them.
"Sorry, you have to join us in our problem," said Cuphead.
"Our problem?! You're the one he's after," said Mugman.
"Who was the one who made me miss my shot which cost me, my Soul?!"
"And who was the one who brought us to his alluring trap?!"
"How was I supposed to know it was a trap?!"
"Is the argument going to continue, or are we going to let that task-given demon give Cuphead's Soul to his boss?" said Ms. Chalice.
"You do realize that he's the Devil, right?" Cuphead asks in confusion.
"No way. This guy chasing us has to be the Devil's wannabe brother. Or maybe a fanboy nephew."
When the Devil is flying above the Cup Trio, he takes out a sack and says, "Fine. If you can't take your soul, I'll take you with me to Inkwell Hell until your soul is ready to come out."
But Mugman and Ms. Chalice stopped running as Cuphead continued to speed up as the pair shouted, "Cuphead, no! Stop, Cuphead! Stop running! You're going to get hurt!"
When Cuphead stopped as soon as the Devil appeared before him, the Devil said, "Aha! I got you!"
Cuphead tried to run back to his brother and friend, but the Devil quickly bags him in the sack. The Devil laughed like a psycho as Cuphead struggled and muffled screams in the sack.
"At last! You're mine! Now I can-," said the Devil, until he hears a truck horn.
When he turns to find a 16-wheeled truck heading towards him, Cuphead pokes his head out of the sack to see it. They both look at each other before looking down to find the Devil standing on the street walk.
"This is going to hurt," said the Devil.
"Oh, banana oil," Cuphead added when the truck's shadow closed in.
The scene then cuts to Mugman and Ms. Chalice with horrified and shocked faces as the truck hits Cuphead and the Devil off the scene. Then they do the Scream face as an ambulance is heard coming. Cuphead and the Devil are then seen being carried into the ambulance on hammock carriers by the cat, bunny, and dog paramedics. When they entered the ambulance, the doors closed before they drove off.
"Cuphead has been hit by a truck!" Ms. Chalice said in horror.
"And the Devil is still with him. We got to go after that ambulance," said Mugman, waving his hands in the air in a panic.
"I'm still spectacle about that naked goat-man demon being the Devil, but I'm way ahead of ya, Mugman."
Ms. Chalice then takes out a grappling hook to twirl it and catch it on the ambulance's bumper. She then grabs Mugman with one arm while holding onto the rope. She kicks her feet for the bottom of her shoes to turn into skis.
"Hold on tight," she said before being pulled as Mugman screamed.
