There are 74 Characters in Cuphead. The real question is never “what exists” but “which one fits the situation you are in” — so this page lays the full set out with the numbers that actually decide a pick, grouped so you can jump straight to the cluster that matches your run.
The full Characters list
| Name | Gender | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Dr. Kahl’s Robot | Genderless (Automaton) Male (Dr. Kahl) | Dr. Kahl’s Robot is a boss in Cuphead comprised of the titular mad scientist along his giant robot, itself known as the Automaton. It appears in Inkwell Isle Three, in Junkyard Jive!. The Automaton is a grayish, giant humanoid robot. It has a hatch on its head which leads to a cockpit from where Dr. Kahl controls it. An antenna springs out of its forehead, which can fire substantially large lasers. There are two slots in its torso, at the height of the abdomen and the heart, from where the majority of the explosives within the robot is shot. It has glimmering yellow eyes and bears many automatic lights of the same color through its body, such as in its shoulders and knuckles, around its forehead and torso sides, and even in its antenna. Although not shown in-game, the Automaton’s lower half is comprised of squarish, boxlike hips and rubbery legs similar to its arms. It also has nostrils. |
| Elder Kettle | — | Elder Kettle is a supporting character in Cuphead who acts as the caretaker of Cuphead and Mugman. He is responsible for the brothers’ finger gun powers and possibly writing the tutorial. Elder Kettle is a tannish-looking coffee pot with a light fawn lid and stripe on the bottom of his body and a long spout above his metal mustache that has a small chip to the side. He wears white gloves, light fawn shoes and he’s always carrying a brown cane. |
| Icy Sugar Cubes | — | The Icy Sugar Cubes are one of the ingredients of the Wondertart. They are held by Mortimer Freeze in the level Snow Cult Scuffle. Icy Sugar Cubes are sugar cubes with small grains, a slight tint of blue to emphasize their native home being cold, and a layer of snow on them. They are put in the bucket hat of the Snow Monster. |
| Fly Goon | — | The Fly Goons are members of the Moonshine Mob, serving as grunts and underlings and are enemies in Bootlegger Boogie on Inkwell Isle Four. The Fly Goons are stout flies wearing red shirts, teal pants, brown shoes, yellow gloves. On their heads are teal bowler hats with an orange rim similar to that of the Anteater’s. They have a single gold tooth, and they smoke brown cigars. |
| Baroness Von Bon Bon | Female | Baroness Von Bon Bon is a character of Cuphead residing in Inkwell Isle Two, and the main boss of the Sugarland Shimmy level with her candy-based, anthropomorphic castle fortress Whippet Creampup. Baroness Von Bon Bon has a very feminine appearance and color palette, mainly composed of pinks. |
| Demon Bat | — | The Demon Bat is an unused boss in Cuphead. The Demon Bat was a horned bat who would’ve been fought in a hell-like environment. The bat would rest in a coffin, and would open and free his bats, which you would need to dodge in order to succeed, he would also chase the player(s) around by flapping his wings. The Demon Bat was a large black bat, with red wings, and small horns attop his head. The bat didn’t have any legs, only a stubby tail, he would also have pink lips, accompanied with a large pink nose. He also had gray rings around his eyes. |
| Angel | Female | Angel is an NPC in Inkwell Isle One. She is a fish who is, rather ironically, fishing in front of the first Mausoleum. She explains that the player can destroy the ghosts in the Mausoleums by parrying against them. Angel is a cantaloupe orange goldfish with large eyes each with two eyelashes, a round honey yellow mouth and light yellow fins for arms and for legs. She also wears a rose red bow on the left side of her head. |
| Jelly Bully | — | The Jelly Bullies squad are enemies fought in the Sugarland Shimmy boss level of Inkwell Isle Two. The Jelly Bully are simply tiny jellybeans. Each wields a sword, and wore white gloves and brown shoes. Most of them are green in color, and others are pink and can be parried. |
| Djimmi The Great | Male | Djimmi The Great is one of the two flying bosses fought in Inkwell Isle Two, the other being Wally Warbles. He is encountered in the level Pyramid Peril. His battle takes place in the air, so Cuphead and his companions have to fight him with airplanes in their attempts to get his contract. Djimmi The Great is a muscular red genie wearing a turquoise vest with a yellow inside, and a turban the same color as his vest that has a red gem and a large white feather on it. Djimmi is almost always seen with his cob pipe clenched between his teeth. He also wears black and cream arm bands and light blue pants. In official art for the Switch version of Cuphead, he has a tail that matches his body. His shoes appear to be magic genie lamps. |
| Esther Winchester | Female | Sheriff Esther Winchester is one of the new bosses from the DLC, fought during High-Noon Hoopla. Her level takes place in a desert plain. She was first revealed in the Game Awards trailer, and is the first and only shoot-‘em-up boss in the DLC (although the gang fights her on the ground, or rather, near the ground). She is also the guardian of the Western Plains of DLC Island and the keeper of the Desert Limes. Esther has the usual western apparel for cowboys and cowgirls, while also being a cow in her entirety. She has a puff of curly hair, white horns, and a big snout with two gaping buck teeth. She wears a light blue hat with a pink flower for decoration. She wears a red bandana around her neck, a yellow shirt, pale yellow gloves with tassels, a red belt with a golden buckle, light blue trousers with white woolly chaps, and a pair of yellow boots with spurs. |
| Eye Pyramid | — | Djimmi’s Pyramids are enemies summoned by Djimmi The Great in Pyramid Peril. The pyramids are about as big as Cuphead’s plane. On each side, there is an eye, and all of them have blue-green eyelids. The irises are red, the eyes also look like slits. When idle, they will have their eyes closed, and when attacking, their eyes will open. |
| Beppi The Clown | Male | Beppi The Clown is a boss in Cuphead that is fought in the Carnival Kerfuffle level of Inkwell Isle Two. Beppi is a tall clown with a red and blue clown suit with a blue and a red diamond drawn on each side, as well as a collar that has blue and red triangles on the sides with the top and bottom of the collar being white. He also seems to have a red and white face as well as a small black top hat. He also has yellow eyes with black pupils, red and blue eyebrows, a long red nose, and short eyelashes. |
| Cyclops | Male | The Cyclops is a sub-boss encountered in the Run ‘n Gun level Rugged Ridge from Inkwell Isle Three. He makes his lair near the stage’s end, and the fight against him is unique due to his invincibility. The Cyclops is an enormous ogre-like behemoth with a slight resemblance of an ape, sporting grey skin, black fur, double pairs of fang-like tusks in his mouth, a large lumpy nose, and elvish ears with both golden rings. Based on the Greek mythological monster of the same name, he has a large single yellow eye with a broader brown eyebrow. |
| Caterpillar Mobster | — | The Caterpillar Mobster is a member of the Moonshine Mob and an enemy in Bootlegger Boogie on Inkwell Isle Four. He only appears during the boss battle’s beginning cutscene and, provided the player is not on Simple Mode, the first phase of the fight. The Caterpillar is seen wearing a lime suit and top hat with a yellow bow-tie. They also have red hair and a red nose. Their actual body is also lime green, and on his feet are black shoes, and the sides opposite to their soles have white teardrop-shaped marks. Defeating him causes his limbs, head, and clothes to vanish and the segments forming the rest of his body to explode outward harmlessly and a short distance and then fall. |
| Glumstone The Giant | Male | Glumstone The Giant is one of the new bosses in the DLC, fought in the level Gnome Way Out. He is the keeper of the Gnome Berries. Glumstone is a giant that wears roughly-tailored clothes. His head has a few bruises with bald spots similar to the peaks of a mountain and his beard lays across the battlefield where the player(s) actually have to walk on. He has a big red nose and a few missing teeth, with pink puffy cheeks and thick eyebrows. Though not shown in-game, he wears open-toe sandals and a blue belt. |
| Cuphead (character) | Male | Cuphead is the titular protagonist of Cuphead. Cuphead is Mugman’s irresponsible older twin brother and, like the rest of his family, lives on Inkwell Isle. He is usually played by the first player and, as a result, was the default character for Player One before the update in April 2019, after which the first player can choose whether to play as him or Mugman. He is voiced by Tru Valentino in The Cuphead Show! |
| Chef Saltbaker | Male | Chef Saltbaker is the hidden main antagonist and final boss of Cuphead: The Delicious Last Course. He is also the founder and owner of his bakery, claiming to have a recipe for the proper ingredients to bring a soul back to life. Cuphead and his gang have to fight him in the laboratory that Chef Saltbaker had set up below his bakery in the stage A Dish To Die For. Saltbaker cannot be fought in Simple Mode like King Dice & The Devil. Chef Saltbaker is an anthropomorphic salt shaker who has a pointy nose and wears a chef’s uniform, including a traditional white jacket with red-trimmed sleeves, and a red ascot around his neck. In addition, his metal cap (which has holes to pour salt from on it) resembles a toque blanche. |
| Cala Maria | Female | Cala Maria is one of the bosses on Inkwell Isle Three on the boss level, “High Seas Hi-Jinx!” Her stage is a side-scrolling shooter level. Cala Maria has a physical appearance reminiscent of a typical humanoid female character. She is a giant, tall, slender mermaid with fairly wide hips. She has pale lavender-pigmented skin, an exposed belly, a small button-nose, and two scar-like markings on the bicep of her left arm (though how or why she got them is unknown, but it could be a reminiscent of eel bite marks). |
| Deadly Daisy | — | Deadly Daisies are enemies found in the Forest Follies of Inkwell Isle One. The Deadly Daisies resemble small versions of Cagney Carnation. They have a yellow head, a green body, have orange petals around their neck allowing them to parachute and eight green leaves around their waist. They also wear yellow gloves and light brown shoes. |
| Goopy Le Grande | Male | Goopy Le Grande is one of the first bosses in Cuphead. He appears in Ruse Of An Ooze from Inkwell Isle One. Goopy is a blue slime with a small red nose. During Phase 2, he grows to double his normal size and he gains a pair of thick, brown eyebrows. In his final form, he manifests as an angry face on a grey gravestone with a cross on top, displaying the term “RIP” (Rest In Peace). |
| Angel and Demon | Male (both) | The Angel and Demon are a duo of secret bosses who are fought during the level One Hell Of A Dream in the DLC. The duo consists of an Angelic and Demonic entity. After defeating them, the fight can be triggered again by stand in front of the middle tombstone and hold L+R, LT+RT, ZL+ZR, L1 + R1, or Tab+Backspace for a bit, reactivating the tombstone. There is no difficulty selection for this boss. The Angel and Demon both resemble The Devil, being horned fuzzy bipedal creatures with wings and yellow eyes with black pupils, though their designs are different. They take the appearance of stereotypical angels and devils respectively, as the Angel looks more benevolent with a warm smile and a praying gesture while Demon has a malevolent grin and deathly stare. |
| The Devil | Male | The Devil is the main antagonist and the final boss of Cuphead: ‘Don’t Deal With the Devil. As ruler of the underground isle of Inkwell Hell, he resides within the colossal, castle-like casino that takes up most of the isle’s landscape. The Devil is encountered in his throne room inside of the casino, after which he is fought in the final stage One Hell of a Time. Upon his defeat, the game’s narrative concludes. |
| Hot Dog | Male | This article is about the Funfair Fever mini-boss. The Hot Dog is a mini-boss found in Funfair Fever. It serves as the second mini-boss of the level. His location is close to the stage’s end after some moving signs, and defeating him allows the player to reach the end goal. |
| The Knight | Male | The Knight is a boss in The Delicious Last Course. He is one of the King of Games’ five champions and the second one to face the player, after the Pawns. His battle takes place in the Hall of Knights, and upon defeating him, the Bishop can be fought. The Knight is a gray anthropomorphic horse with a body shape similar to his namesake chess piece, with a round bottom and lanky arms and legs. He dons a golden knight helmet with his ears sticking out, a pink plume of his hair, and neck protection. His tunic is mostly red with gold diamonds at the bottom, with a gold seam around his hips. His armor has some round plating on the elbows and knees. His knockout animation shows him to have yellow horse hooves for feet. The Knight wields a short sword with a round golden guard in his left hand and a wooden shield in his right arm. |
| The Howling Aces | *Male (Fighter Pilot Bulldog and Yankee Yippers) *Female (Chinook Pilot Saluki) | The Howling Aces are one of the new bosses in the Cuphead: The Delicious Last Course DLC. They are fought during Doggone Dogfight. They are the keepers of the Pineapple Mint. The Fighter Pilot Bulldog wears a sleeveless top, brown open finger gloves, trousers and a red beret, and his arms have two bone tattoos on his left arm that creates a cross. He has a bandage on his chin. |
| Grim Matchstick | Male | Grim Matchstick is the dragon boss in Cuphead. He appears in Inkwell Isle Two and is fought in the Fiery Frolic level. Grim Matchstick bears an appearance similar to a typical dragon character from the game’s time period. |
| Katzenwagen | None | Katzenwagen is a minor boss in Cuphead fought in Murine Corps, which is located on Inkwell Isle Three. Katzenwagen is a mechanical feline that has purplish fur, light grayish-blue skin, yellow eyes, salmon paws and inner ears. |
| Announcer | — | The Announcer is an unseen character who is present all throughout the game, announcing the beginning and end of every stage and boss fight. He is voiced by Luke De Ayora, who has voiced many other characters such as Goopy Le Grande, Werner Werman, Sally Stageplay, and Chef Saltbaker. |
| Anteater | Male | The Anteater (whose name is currently unknown) is a member of the Moonshine Mob and the third mini-boss in Bootlegger Boogie. The Anteater has a teal and red bowler hat like most of the members of the Moonshine Mob. He has brown fur with a striped trunk that contains a long tongue. |
| Announcer Snail | Male | The Announcer Snail (whose name is currently unknown) the leader of the Moonshine Mob and the last mini-boss in Bootlegger Boogie. The Announcer Snail, who serves as the Moonshine Mob’s boss, is an anthropomorphic snail with a scar over his left eye wearing a yellow suit. On his back is a dark yellow shell, and he carries a megaphone to amplify his voice and a cane in the intro. |
| Captain Brineybeard | Male | Captain Brineybeard is a pirate boss in Cuphead. He appears in the level Shootin N’ Lootin, and resides in Inkwell Isle Three. Captain Brineybeard looks like a stereotypical cartoon pirate, with an eye patch, a red pirate bandana with a yellow line across it, and two wooden peg legs. His eye patch sometimes opens to reveal his intact second eye. He wears a slightly torn grey shirt with the sleeves seemingly stitched on and has yellow cuffs. He also wears a black belt with a golden, rectangular buckle, with deep red pants. Captain Brineybeard has a deep red nose, a short, but shaggy black beard, and a rotund body. He dons a golden ear piercing. |
| Cuppet | Male | Cuppet The Art of Cuphead, page 106, also known as Puphead, is a minor boss created by Djimmi the Great in Phase 4 of Pyramid Peril. Cuppet is a sentient, Pinocchio-Esque Marionette version of Cuphead, sharing the same color scheme as Djimmi The Great. Since Djimmi took inspiration from Cuphead and Mugman, he bears a striking resemblance to them. He has a cylindrical, red nose, a mug-like head, a white and turquoise striped straw and pie cut eyes. He also wears what appears to be a red wooden shirt, turquoise puffy pants, white gloves and red plunger-shaped shoes. |
| Gnome Berries | — | The Gnome Berries are one of the ingredients of the Wondertart. They are held by Glumstone and his gnomes in the level Gnome Way Out. In their ingredient form, Gnome Berries are similar to real-world strawberries, and are put in a gnome hat and on top of Glumstone’s beard. |
| Cagney Carnation | Male | Cagney Carnation is the boss of the level titled Floral Fury. He is one of the bosses that can be encountered in Inkwell Isle One. Cagney Carnation, like his last name implies, is a tall, sentient carnation flower. |
| Hilda Berg | Female | Hilda Berg is one of the bosses that appears in Cuphead. Her stage, Threatenin’ Zeppelin, is unlocked when Cuphead finds the blueprint for an Airplane. She is the first shoot-em’-up boss in the game. Cuphead and Mugman fight her in the air, despite the entrance to the level being next to an observatory. Hilda Berg bares a rather stylized design to her physical appearance in contrast to a few of the other females in the game. |
| Fat Demon | — | Fat Demons are enemies fought in the One Hell Of A Time boss level of Inkwell Hell. They only appear in the third phase of the fight, where they are brought into the stage as The Devil grabs their backs with his hands and drops them into the ring. The Devil stops summoning them after he gets damaged enough and starts crying. One Fat Demon appears in The Cuphead Show!, referred as the Devil’s Henchman. He is voiced by David Wasson. |
| Jelly The Octopus | Male | Jelly the Octopus is an unused boss who would have been one of the bosses for The Airship stages. He is a yellow octopus with cyan, triangular eyebrows and white and lavender tentacles with cyan blobs between each tentacles. He has a yellow antenna with a pink tip which can turn cyan when parried. Jelly simply idles while looking at the player, before moving around. He can only be damaged by having his antenna parried; once it is parried, he will speed up a bit. |
| King Dice | Male | King Dice is the right-hand man of the Devil and the secondary antagonist of Cuphead, making his very first appearance in the game in the opening cutscene. He can be found within every Die House, where he acts as a gatekeeper, blocking passage between isles until a required list of soul contracts are turned in to him by either Cuphead or Mugman. King Dice is later fought in the stage All Bets Are Off! which serves as the penultimate boss-fight in the game. Instead of being able to damage him immediately, a minimum of three mini-bosses must be defeated before one can directly attack King Dice himself. |
| Head of the Train | Male | The Head of the Train is the final phase of the Phantom Express in Railroad Wrath. He is not fought in Simple Mode. The Head of the Train is a blue and purple anthropomorphic saddle-tank steam engine with yellow eyes. After uncoupling from the rest of the train, he looks similar to a horse, with his body raised above his wheels by four legs and a tail that ends in a light-bulb. |
| Chalice Fan | — | Chalice Fan is an unused NPC who may or may not have appeared on Inkwell Isle Four in the DLC. He was created as an early or alternative design prototype for Unnamed cactus girl. It’s also likely that he may have been utilized as a placeholder to test and/or choose locations on the map for other NPCs that he would later be replaced with. Chalice Fan has a circular shiny gray head and wears a bright orange long-sleeve shirt with oversized blue pants that cover part of his round brown shoes. |
| The Rook | Male | The Rook is the fourth boss fought in the King’s Leap within the Delicious Last Course. He is encountered in the Dungeons. The Rook overall takes on the appearance of a medieval executioner, with his overall design giving him an intimidating appearance, a stereotype of executioners. |
| Tipsy Troop | Female (Ginette) Male (Rumulus and Ol’ Ethan) | The Tipsy Troop is a group of three drunk alcohol beverages that appear on the boss fight with King Dice when landing on Space 1. Their names are Rumulus, Ol’ Ethan, and Ginette. The Tipsy Troop is a trio of three different glasses. Ol’ Ethan is a rum glass with a red nose, a brown mustache and large eyebrows. Ginette is a martini glass with purple eyelashes and eyeshadow, with magenta lipstick. Rumulus is a whiskey bottle with a large nose, red eyes and has a gap between two of his teeth. All three members of the Tipsy Troop have bags under their eyes and move sluggishly, representing intoxication. |
| The Pawns | Male (All) | The Pawns are a group of the King of Games’ champions in the DLC. They are the first boss in The King’s Leap. Their battle takes place in a hallway with a rafter on top for them to attack from, and the Knight can be faced after their defeat. The pawns each have a round and pink head, a round nose and a wide mouth. They have a body shape similar to a chess pawn piece, with round bottoms and noodle-y blue limbs. Their armor sports a golden protector which goes around the waist. It is red on the plate with a golden diamond pattern around it. Each pawn also wears yellow shoes on their feet. |
| Sally Stageplay | Female | Sally Stageplay is a boss in Inkwell Isle Three. Her fight takes place in the level Dramatic Fanatic, which takes place in a theatre that she was working in. She was seen in the E3 2017 trailer for a couple of frames. Cuphead and his friends have to go through four scenes in Sally Stageplay’s act during their fight against her. |
| Pyro Head | — | Pyro Heads are one of the enemies found in the Run ‘N Gun level Rugged Ridge in Inkwell Isle Three. As their name implies, Pyro Heads are disembodied heads on fire, or, floating fireballs with human like faces that float around the level. They have a very mischievous or sadistic expression. |
| Unnamed pickaxe, shovel, and lantern climbing contestants | — | The unnamed pickaxe, shovel, and lantern climbing contestants are a trio of NPCs appearing on Inkwell Isle Four in the DLC. They give the player clues to solve the enigma of the Cemetery. The shovel is a red-handled shovel, with his face is on the handle. He holds a rope and wears a blue shirt with light blue sleeves underneath and a stripe in the middle, and gloves. He stands in second place and has no visible legs. |
| Rumor Honeybottoms | Female | Rumor Honeybottoms is a boss in Cuphead, making her lair in Honeycomb Herald. She resides in Inkwell Isle Three. Cuphead fights her in a vertical autoscroll level that is constantly filling with boiling honey and resembles a cross between a workplace and a beehive. Rumor is a very large queen bee. She has red lipstick, a round yellow nose and a yellow and peach colored muzzle. |
| Shelly | — | Shelly is an unused NPC that appears in the game demo. She would have stood in the center of Inkwell Isle Two next to Coin-Op-Bop. Shelly is an anthropomorphic peanut with yellow hair, brown arms and legs wearing a lavender bandana with a purple stripe and knot. She also wears plain white gloves and a stylish pair of white heels. She also appears to have red lipstick. |
| Sir Waffington III | Female | Sir Waffington III is one of the multiple minor bosses fought in the Sugarland Shimmy boss level of Inkwell Isle Two. She is a subject randomly summoned by Baroness Von Bon Bon, the level’s primary boss. Sir Waffington III is a large, brown-colored, slightly cube-shaped, flying waffle with squarish eyes and nutcracker-like teeth. Her “hat” and a pair of wings appears to be made out of butter. |
| Mountain Lion | — | Mountain Lions are one of the enemies found in the Run ‘N Gun level Rugged Ridge in Inkwell Isle Three. These are mountain lions in the very literal sense. They resemble the head of a lion carved from mossy stone or rock and lie dormant until Cuphead or Mugman approach. |
| Werner Werman | Male | Werner Werman is a boss in Cuphead. He is encountered and fought in the level Murine Corps, which is located in Inkwell Isle Three and takes place in a house that Werner apparently lives in. Werner is a long-snouted brown rat who operates a dented red tin soup can that bears 4 gold stars perched on a wooden cart that he uses as a battle tank. (Although during his second phase, it crumbes, leaving behind only the cart that his tank was perched on and exposing him to his opponents.) He wears white gloves, blue shoes, and light brown pants (with a tan stripe running down each side of the pants) held up by a single suspender strap. His most notable feature is his metal Pickelhaube helmet strapped to his head, giving him a slight resemblance in his design to a Prussian soldier. He also smokes a cigar. |
| Ms. Chalice | Female | Ms. Chalice is the tritagonist of Cuphead. She was first revealed in the announcement trailer for the DLC, Cuphead: The Delicious Last Course. She can be used if Cuphead or Mugman equip the Astral Cookie charm, however only one player can swap places with her. She is voiced by Grey Griffin on The Cuphead Show. |
| Tuba | Male | Tuba is one of the enemies found in the Run ‘n Gun level Funhouse Frazzle of Inkwell Isle Two. He is a giant anthropomorphic tuba with light vinyl colors of orange, yellow, and aqua-green. He has an orange nose, a yellow tongue, and a mustache. |
| Moonshine Mob | — | The Moonshine Mob is a crime syndicate fought during the level Bootlegger Boogie in The Delicious Last Course. They are the keepers of the Distillery Dough. The entire mob is composed of a spider, caterpillar, light bug, anteater, snail and many flies (alongside living barrels of moonshine). |
| Ribby and Croaks | Male (both) | Ribby and Croaks are a boss duo in Cuphead. They are fought and encountered in the level Clip Joint Calamity on Inkwell Isle One. Although they are separate during the first two phases of the fight, they still share the same health pool. The duo seem to be wood frogs, but Croaks is a brown frog with a light salmon underside and he wears a maroon belt, brown boxing gloves and red pants/leggings. Ribby is a green frog who is shorter than Croaks, and has a yellowish white underside. He wears red boxing gloves, a red belt and white pants/leggings. |
| The Queen | Female | The Queen is a boss making her appearance in the DLC. She is fought in The King’s Leap in Inkwell Isle Four as the final opponent. Cuphead and company fight her in what seems to be the Throne Room of the castle. She appears to be the wife of the King of Games. The Queen has a red and blue long-sleeved dress patterned with diamonds. She also has yellow skin and a floating head and lanky arms with a scepter with blue and pink jewels on the top. She wears lipstick, diamond earrings, and a royal crown with the same blue and pink jewels on her scepter. Her ruffle collar, crown and the tall cylindrical body make her look like a queen chess piece. |
| Woodpecker | — | Woodpeckers are enemies found in the Run ‘n Gun level Treetop Trouble of Inkwell Isle One. They are just enormous woodpeckers with a cone-shaped red head, a sharp beak, lighter-blue eyes, and green-colored extended neck. Other than their heads, the rest of their bodies are not visible. |
| Patsy Menthol | Female | Patsy Menthols are an enemy and one of the many subjects summoned by Baroness Von Bon Bon in the Sugarland Shimmy boss level of Inkwell Isle Two. They are large wheel-shaped pink peppermints with reddish-pink swirls. They have a face in the front consisting of eyes and an opened mouth with a single long tooth. |
| Wally Warbles | Male | Wally Warbles is a bird boss that can be found in Inkwell Isle Two. He appears in the level Aviary Action!, which is an airplane level. Wally is a red-headed, blue-feathered bird who wears a cuckoo clock for armor that hides most of his body save for his legs, wings, and head. His legs are disguised as a pendulum before the battle with him begins. He has red and blue feathers and an orange beak and feet. Inside the clock resides his son. |
| Mortimer Freeze | Male | Mortimer Freeze is one of the new bosses featured in The Delicious Last Course. He is fought during Snow Cult Scuffle, and his battle takes place in an ice palace, although damaging him enough shifts his fight to above his ice palace. He is the keeper of the Icy Sugar Cubes. Mortimer Freeze is a plump old man with pale blue skin that looks frozen and an icy beard and eyebrows that looks a bit melted, has a long, pointy nose, and large ears. He wears a purple wizard hat with a band. His robe is also purple and looks ragged with patches on the arms, it is held up by yellow buttons. His pants are lavender also with some patches and he has yellow shoes. |
| Mr. Chimes | Male | Mr. Chimes is a mini boss that appears in the boss fight for King Dice when landing on Space 9. His stage is set inside a claw machine with the airplane. Mr. Chimes is a cymbal-banging monkey toy with empty eye sockets. He wears a white hat with a red stripe on it, a turquoise sleeveless shirt, and red and white striped shorts. He also has cymbals strapped onto his hands. |
| Pilot Saluki | Female | The Pilot Saluki (whose true name is currently unknown) is the leader for the Howling Aces, and the final mini-boss faced by the player in Doggone Dogfight. The Pilot Saluki is a slender, female saluki dog who wears a yellow pilot’s suit with a red collar, a red chest pocket on the right, with a red armband and belt. She also wears brown open finger gloves and boots, and a red garrison cap. She has long ears resembling twintails and a long snout. A patch of forelock stick out from her hat. |
| The Ship | None | The Ship is a minor boss and the sentient ship of Captain Brineybeard in the level Shootin N’ Lootin. The Ship has a very simple design. He is just a red wooden ship with lips and a bowsprit. The overworld sprite shows it has a big sail on a mast with a crow’s nest. After its transformation, it becomes similar to a narwhal and its bowsprit turns into its tusk, with a mouth full of sharp teeth, angry eyes (which have yellow irises), and an hanging uvula that has a face. |
| Pilot Bulldog | Male | The Pilot Bulldog (whose true name is currently unknown) is a pilot for the Howling Aces, and the first mini-boss faced by the player in Doggone Dogfight. The Fighter Pilot Bulldog wears a sleeveless top, brown open finger gloves, trousers and a red beret, and his arms have two bone tattoos on his left arm that creates a cross. He has a bandage on his chin. |
| Ludwig | Male | Ludwig is a grumpy looking gramophone that has a slight rivalry about their music tastes with another instrument, named Wolfgang. Talking with them will unlock the piano themes for the overworld. He can be found on Inkwell Isle Three standing outside the entrance to Rugged Ridge. Ludwig is a simple-looking gramophone with a yellow tube and yellow turning handle that is constantly spinning. He wears what appears to be a blue jacket/sweater and a white shirt. He also wears white gloves and brown shoes. |
| Unnamed cactus girl | Female | The unnamed cactus girl is an NPC that appears on Inkwell Isle Four in the Delicious Last Course. She is an anthropomorphic cactus who speaks with a Southern drawl. She inadvertently requests the player to defeat all the bosses - both of the main game and of the DLC - with Ms. Chalice. She does so by saying how she’d “sure love to tell” tales of how Ms. Chalice defeated the bosses, with the titles of the tales alluding to the bosses Ms. Chalice has yet to defeat (e.g.: “The Tale of That Slime Smashed Silly” alludes to Goopy Le Grande). |
| Toothy Terror Floater | — | Toothy Terror Floaters are enemies that appear in the Floral Fury level. Toothy Terror Floaters are flying flowers with four orange petals that open and close that reveal a yellow mouth and two small leaves that act like wings. One Toothy Terror Floater will come out of Cagney Carnation’s parryable pink seed. It moves from side to side at the top of the screen, then momentarily stops and opens its mouth to shoot a pink parryable bullet at the player. Even when Cagney goes into his second phase, they still live, unlike other Toothy Terrors. |
| Toothy Terror | — | Toothy Terrors are enemies that can be found in Cuphead. They make their debut appearance in the Run ‘n Gun level Forest Follies of Inkwell Isle One. Smaller versions of them also appear in Cagney Carnation’s level Floral Fury. Toothy Terrors are plants resembling Venus Flytraps with huge human teeth, mainly colored in black with yellow polka-dots, and sport green leaves underneath. |
| Spectral Rats | — | Spectral Rats are fought in the Murine Corps boss level of Inkwell Isle Three. The Spectral Rats wear cartoonish, 1930s-stile prison uniforms and broken chains around their hands. They also sport a pink-ish dot nose with shaggy whiskers, a grey, jagged beard and have holes for eyes. They basically look like ghosts of prisoners, except the fact that they have a head of a rat. |
| Mugman | Male | Mugman is the deuteragonist of Cuphead. He is Cuphead’s sensible younger twin brother and, like the rest of his family, lives on Inkwell Isle. He is controlled by the second player and can join or leave the game at any time. Due to his deuteragonistic role, Mugman formerly could not be controlled by the first player. However, as of the update in April 2019, the first player can choose to play as Mugman instead of Cuphead, making it so that Mugman won’t have to be controlled by the second player. Mugman is very similar in overall appearance to his twin older brother Cuphead, with his head reminiscing a mug and his body being almost identical to his sibling: wearing a black, long-sleeve shirt, yellow gloves, a pair of shorts and brown shoes, although artworks sometimes show him with white gloves. |
| Mangosteen | Male | Mangosteen is a mini boss that appears in the boss fight with King Dice when landing on Space 8. Mangosteen is a round, black 8-ball with two rows of teeth acting as a mouth and two eyeballs situated at each end of the mouth. |
| Porkrind | — | Porkrind is the shopkeeper throughout Cuphead. He sells charms and weapons to aid the player in boss fights and run and gun levels, and appears in every overworld of the game except for Inkwell Hell. Porkrind resembles a pig-headed man who has light orange skin and a black moustache between the nose and mouth. He wears an eyepatch over his right eye, indicating that something either caused him to lose that eye or his right eye has an astigmatism. His outfit consists of a grey short-sleeved short and a brown dungaree. It is unknown what shoes Porkrind wears in the game, but in The Cuphead Show! and the advertisement for the XBox Black Friday Sale, he is shown with black boots. |
| Yankee Yippers | Male (All) | The Yankee Yippers are a group of 4 puppies that are members of the Howling Aces and are fought as the second mini-bosses in Doggone Dogfight. The Yankee Yippers are small light brown puppies with darker brown ears. They have brown shoes on and wear a yellow jumpsuit and red bracelets. They are seen with jetpacks. |
| Moonshine Barrel | — | The Moonshine Barrels are said sentient barrel containing illegal alcohol that are with the Moonshine Mob. They appear in the level Bootlegger Boogie in Inkwell Isle Four. Moonshine Barrels are ambulatory, sapient barrels that have two arms at the midpoint of the body where the shoulders of a human should be and two legs on the bottom circular face. Their main body is a barrel with a sign stuck to them, indicating they contain moonshine. |
How the Characters split by Gender
Male (29)
Djimmi The Great — Djimmi The Great is one of the two flying bosses fought in Inkwell Isle Two, the other being Wally Warbles. He is encountered in the level Pyramid Peril. His battle takes place in the air, so Cuphead and his companions have to fight him with airplanes in their attempts to get his contract. Djimmi The Great is a muscular red genie wearing a turquoise vest with a yellow inside, and a turban the same color as his vest that has a red gem and a large white feather on it. Djimmi is almost always seen with his cob pipe clenched between his teeth. He also wears black and cream arm bands and light blue pants. In official art for the Switch version of Cuphead, he has a tail that matches his body. His shoes appear to be magic genie lamps. Beppi The Clown — Beppi The Clown is a boss in Cuphead that is fought in the Carnival Kerfuffle level of Inkwell Isle Two. Beppi is a tall clown with a red and blue clown suit with a blue and a red diamond drawn on each side, as well as a collar that has blue and red triangles on the sides with the top and bottom of the collar being white. He also seems to have a red and white face as well as a small black top hat. He also has yellow eyes with black pupils, red and blue eyebrows, a long red nose, and short eyelashes. Cyclops — The Cyclops is a sub-boss encountered in the Run ‘n Gun level Rugged Ridge from Inkwell Isle Three. He makes his lair near the stage’s end, and the fight against him is unique due to his invincibility. The Cyclops is an enormous ogre-like behemoth with a slight resemblance of an ape, sporting grey skin, black fur, double pairs of fang-like tusks in his mouth, a large lumpy nose, and elvish ears with both golden rings. Based on the Greek mythological monster of the same name, he has a large single yellow eye with a broader brown eyebrow.
Female (13)
Baroness Von Bon Bon — Baroness Von Bon Bon is a character of Cuphead residing in Inkwell Isle Two, and the main boss of the Sugarland Shimmy level with her candy-based, anthropomorphic castle fortress Whippet Creampup. Baroness Von Bon Bon has a very feminine appearance and color palette, mainly composed of pinks. Angel — Angel is an NPC in Inkwell Isle One. She is a fish who is, rather ironically, fishing in front of the first Mausoleum. She explains that the player can destroy the ghosts in the Mausoleums by parrying against them. Angel is a cantaloupe orange goldfish with large eyes each with two eyelashes, a round honey yellow mouth and light yellow fins for arms and for legs. She also wears a rose red bow on the left side of her head. Esther Winchester — Sheriff Esther Winchester is one of the new bosses from the DLC, fought during High-Noon Hoopla. Her level takes place in a desert plain. She was first revealed in the Game Awards trailer, and is the first and only shoot-‘em-up boss in the DLC (although the gang fights her on the ground, or rather, near the ground). She is also the guardian of the Western Plains of DLC Island and the keeper of the Desert Limes. Esther has the usual western apparel for cowboys and cowgirls, while also being a cow in her entirety. She has a puff of curly hair, white horns, and a big snout with two gaping buck teeth. She wears a light blue hat with a pink flower for decoration. She wears a red bandana around her neck, a yellow shirt, pale yellow gloves with tassels, a red belt with a golden buckle, light blue trousers with white woolly chaps, and a pair of yellow boots with spurs.
Male (both) (2)
Angel and Demon — The Angel and Demon are a duo of secret bosses who are fought during the level One Hell Of A Dream in the DLC. The duo consists of an Angelic and Demonic entity. After defeating them, the fight can be triggered again by stand in front of the middle tombstone and hold L+R, LT+RT, ZL+ZR, L1 + R1, or Tab+Backspace for a bit, reactivating the tombstone. There is no difficulty selection for this boss. The Angel and Demon both resemble The Devil, being horned fuzzy bipedal creatures with wings and yellow eyes with black pupils, though their designs are different. They take the appearance of stereotypical angels and devils respectively, as the Angel looks more benevolent with a warm smile and a praying gesture while Demon has a malevolent grin and deathly stare. Ribby and Croaks — Ribby and Croaks are a boss duo in Cuphead. They are fought and encountered in the level Clip Joint Calamity on Inkwell Isle One. Although they are separate during the first two phases of the fight, they still share the same health pool. The duo seem to be wood frogs, but Croaks is a brown frog with a light salmon underside and he wears a maroon belt, brown boxing gloves and red pants/leggings. Ribby is a green frog who is shorter than Croaks, and has a yellowish white underside. He wears red boxing gloves, a red belt and white pants/leggings.
None (2)
Katzenwagen — Katzenwagen is a minor boss in Cuphead fought in Murine Corps, which is located on Inkwell Isle Three. Katzenwagen is a mechanical feline that has purplish fur, light grayish-blue skin, yellow eyes, salmon paws and inner ears. The Ship — The Ship is a minor boss and the sentient ship of Captain Brineybeard in the level Shootin N’ Lootin. The Ship has a very simple design. He is just a red wooden ship with lips and a bowsprit. The overworld sprite shows it has a big sail on a mast with a crow’s nest. After its transformation, it becomes similar to a narwhal and its bowsprit turns into its tusk, with a mouth full of sharp teeth, angry eyes (which have yellow irises), and an hanging uvula that has a face.
Male (All) (2)
The Pawns — The Pawns are a group of the King of Games’ champions in the DLC. They are the first boss in The King’s Leap. Their battle takes place in a hallway with a rafter on top for them to attack from, and the Knight can be faced after their defeat. The pawns each have a round and pink head, a round nose and a wide mouth. They have a body shape similar to a chess pawn piece, with round bottoms and noodle-y blue limbs. Their armor sports a golden protector which goes around the waist. It is red on the plate with a golden diamond pattern around it. Each pawn also wears yellow shoes on their feet.
Genderless (Automaton) Male (Dr. Kahl) (1)
Dr. Kahl’s Robot — Dr. Kahl’s Robot is a boss in Cuphead comprised of the titular mad scientist along his giant robot, itself known as the Automaton. It appears in Inkwell Isle Three, in Junkyard Jive!. The Automaton is a grayish, giant humanoid robot. It has a hatch on its head which leads to a cockpit from where Dr. Kahl controls it. An antenna springs out of its forehead, which can fire substantially large lasers. There are two slots in its torso, at the height of the abdomen and the heart, from where the majority of the explosives within the robot is shot. It has glimmering yellow eyes and bears many automatic lights of the same color through its body, such as in its shoulders and knuckles, around its forehead and torso sides, and even in its antenna. Although not shown in-game, the Automaton’s lower half is comprised of squarish, boxlike hips and rubbery legs similar to its arms. It also has nostrils.
*Male (Fighter Pilot Bulldog and Yankee Yippers) *Female (Chinook Pilot Saluki) (1)
The Howling Aces — The Howling Aces are one of the new bosses in the Cuphead: The Delicious Last Course DLC. They are fought during Doggone Dogfight. They are the keepers of the Pineapple Mint. The Fighter Pilot Bulldog wears a sleeveless top, brown open finger gloves, trousers and a red beret, and his arms have two bone tattoos on his left arm that creates a cross. He has a bandage on his chin.
Female (Ginette) Male (Rumulus and Ol’ Ethan) (1)
Tipsy Troop — The Tipsy Troop is a group of three drunk alcohol beverages that appear on the boss fight with King Dice when landing on Space 1. Their names are Rumulus, Ol’ Ethan, and Ginette. The Tipsy Troop is a trio of three different glasses. Ol’ Ethan is a rum glass with a red nose, a brown mustache and large eyebrows. Ginette is a martini glass with purple eyelashes and eyeshadow, with magenta lipstick. Rumulus is a whiskey bottle with a large nose, red eyes and has a gap between two of his teeth. All three members of the Tipsy Troop have bags under their eyes and move sluggishly, representing intoxication.
The numbers at a glance
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Total Characters tracked | 74 |
| With a written description | 74 |
| Without a written description | 0 |
| Other / unlisted — Gender | 30 |
| Male — Gender | 29 |
| Female — Gender | 13 |
| None — Gender | 2 |
What the Characters data tells us
If you only remember one thing: the gender split is the fastest way to narrow 74 Characters down. Male is the largest group at 29 entries, so start your comparison there before looking at anything else.
Entries worth a closer look
Dr. Kahl’s Robot — Dr. Kahl’s Robot is a boss in Cuphead comprised of the titular mad scientist along his giant robot, itself known as the Automaton. It appears in Inkwell Isle Three, in Junkyard Jive!. The Automaton is a grayish, giant humanoid robot. It has a hatch on its head which leads to a cockpit from where Dr. Kahl controls it. An antenna springs out of its forehead, which can fire substantially large lasers. There are two slots in its torso, at the height of the abdomen and the heart, from where the majority of the explosives within the robot is shot. It has glimmering yellow eyes and bears many automatic lights of the same color through its body, such as in its shoulders and knuckles, around its forehead and torso sides, and even in its antenna. Although not shown in-game, the Automaton’s lower half is comprised of squarish, boxlike hips and rubbery legs similar to its arms. It also has nostrils. Elder Kettle — Elder Kettle is a supporting character in Cuphead who acts as the caretaker of Cuphead and Mugman. He is responsible for the brothers’ finger gun powers and possibly writing the tutorial. Elder Kettle is a tannish-looking coffee pot with a light fawn lid and stripe on the bottom of his body and a long spout above his metal mustache that has a small chip to the side. He wears white gloves, light fawn shoes and he’s always carrying a brown cane. Icy Sugar Cubes — The Icy Sugar Cubes are one of the ingredients of the Wondertart. They are held by Mortimer Freeze in the level Snow Cult Scuffle. Icy Sugar Cubes are sugar cubes with small grains, a slight tint of blue to emphasize their native home being cold, and a layer of snow on them. They are put in the bucket hat of the Snow Monster. Fly Goon — The Fly Goons are members of the Moonshine Mob, serving as grunts and underlings and are enemies in Bootlegger Boogie on Inkwell Isle Four. The Fly Goons are stout flies wearing red shirts, teal pants, brown shoes, yellow gloves. On their heads are teal bowler hats with an orange rim similar to that of the Anteater’s. They have a single gold tooth, and they smoke brown cigars. Baroness Von Bon Bon — Baroness Von Bon Bon is a character of Cuphead residing in Inkwell Isle Two, and the main boss of the Sugarland Shimmy level with her candy-based, anthropomorphic castle fortress Whippet Creampup. Baroness Von Bon Bon has a very feminine appearance and color palette, mainly composed of pinks. Demon Bat — The Demon Bat is an unused boss in Cuphead. The Demon Bat was a horned bat who would’ve been fought in a hell-like environment. The bat would rest in a coffin, and would open and free his bats, which you would need to dodge in order to succeed, he would also chase the player(s) around by flapping his wings. The Demon Bat was a large black bat, with red wings, and small horns attop his head. The bat didn’t have any legs, only a stubby tail, he would also have pink lips, accompanied with a large pink nose. He also had gray rings around his eyes. Angel — Angel is an NPC in Inkwell Isle One. She is a fish who is, rather ironically, fishing in front of the first Mausoleum. She explains that the player can destroy the ghosts in the Mausoleums by parrying against them. Angel is a cantaloupe orange goldfish with large eyes each with two eyelashes, a round honey yellow mouth and light yellow fins for arms and for legs. She also wears a rose red bow on the left side of her head.