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.
Appearance[]
Mugman is an anthropomorphic mug with a humanoid body and a mug as a head, hence the name Mugman. His head is slightly taller than Cuphead's head, making his head more mug-like. He appears to have gray skin, a blue and white striped straw protruding out the back of his head, along with an unknown liquid filling his head. He has small oval eyes and a large blue nose. He wears white Mickey Mouse-like gloves, a black long-sleeve shirt, blue shorts, and brown shoes.
Personality[]
Mugman is a joyful and goofy person who cares for his older twin brother Cuphead very much. He is more cautious, mature and self-aware than his brother and is a bit of a worrier. While he secretly loves the adventures Cuphead drags him into, he often frets about the collateral damage they might cause. He has a somewhat dorky nature and tends to over-prepare for a battle rather than jumping right in.
Mugman is fun-loving like Cuphead, but is shown to be careful and less rash compared to his brother, and acts as the voice of reason for him. This is shown when he begs Cuphead to not make the deal with The Devil, as that would end up costing them their souls in the introduction.
In The Cuphead Show!, Mugman is pretty much the same, but more in touch with his feminine side. While he cares for Cuphead, the two of them bicker half the time. He also has a personality that's part "lovable coward", part "cowardly lion", since, although being a timid person, he saves Cuphead from damnation in the pulling his brother's soul out of the Soul Ball machine and restoring it to his body, and has so far defeated the Devil three times. In Sweater Off Dead, while Cuphead is secretly panicking about the Devil taking his soul, Mugman is the one who decides to take decisive action and takes him to Quadratus.
Other Media[]
Super Smash Bros.[]
First appearing in the "Ready? Wallop!" event, Mugman appears in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate as a ace primary shield spirit that increases the user's jump. His spirit battle is on the Garden of Hope stage against two Mega Man (two Mii Gunners on their Cuphead costumes if the said costume got purchased) who have increased power on attacks, suddenly have a Final Smash and favors neutral specials.
Trivia[]
- In the Steam Store artwork for Cuphead, Mugman appears to be wearing blue shoes, despite him wearing brown shoes in-game. However, this was later revealed to be intentional to mirror the inconsistencies of cartoons back in the 1930s where the colors of the character's gloves and shoes in posters were different from their original designs.
- His parents have never been seen or mentioned, hinting that he and Cuphead are orphans.
- Mugman's age is unknown.
- There is a glitch that multiplies Mugman (as long as he is the second player) that is known as the "Mugman Army Glitch".
- Mugman was only able to be played by player 2 in co-op; as of April 18, there is now a character select option.