User:Becarbone/sandbox/Mugman (The Cuphead Show)

'''Note: These reasons are not biased or opinionated, and this is no hate page. Also please don’t change the headings because this character is well-liked despite his flaws.''' ""Come on, Cuphead! It's time for a double down!""

""And you owe the Devil your soul!""

Mugman is one of the 2 main protagonists (alongside Cuphead) of the Netflix adaptation of ''[https://cuphead.fandom.com/wiki/The_Cuphead_Show! The Cuphead Show!]'' series. He is the younger and more responsible brother of Cuphead and he lives in a Kettle house with their caretaker, Elder Kettle. Back then they used to be more bored doing chores but then he's actually scared of doing adventures with Cuphead.

While he is usually a likable character in the majority of the Cuphead franchise, his TV show counterpart isn’t as good and is a different story.

Why His Soul Should Be Owed By The Devil Instead of Cuphead

 * 1) To start off the list and to get the elephant out of the room, while he did it accidentally and unintentionally, he is heavily responsible for The Devil owing Cuphead's soul in the first place, and while it could be argued he wasn't looking, it's still a pretty messed up thing to do and is one of the more unforgivable acts on TV/Movie/Video Game history, especially for 2022 standards.
 * 2) He was flanderized from the supportive, if timid brother of Cuphead, into a selfish, cowardly, and somewhat unlikable wuss who gets worked up over everything (You'd be hard-pressed finding an entire episode where he does not get worked up), and is often afraid of just everything from stage fright in Roll The Dice and Cupstaged, to losing his handle in Handle With Care.
 * 3) *Mugman may have been cowardly in the Cuphead video games, but not to this extent.
 * 4) He is an absolute jerk and killjoy to Cuphead, as he keeps nagging him and ruining his ideas, despite him being his brother. And as such, despite the fact he tries to be the responsible younger bother of Cuphead, he is anything but that and is often just as reckless as his brother, and while Cuphead can be bratty for the most part, Mugman is arguably even worse.
 * 5) He sometimes threatens to kill people and can be quite psychopathic and rude at times.
 * 6) *Mugman is pretty chill at taking care of Baby Bottle and repeatedly tell Cuphead to be nice with it. But the very moment the baby rips his favorite teddy bear apart, he loses it at a drop of a hat and attempts to kill it in retaliation.
 * 7) *His first solution to Ludwig choosing Cuphead as his prodigy over him? – mutilating Cuphead's hands with Elder Kettle's garden shears. Elder Kettle's annoyed reaction implies Mugman has tried something similar in the past.
 * 8) *To get back at his brother, Mugman ties a log house he built to fireworks because he believes Cuphead is inside. Somewhat justified since Cuphead had been acting in true foolish sibling and jerk-like fashion up to this point, and he actually ends up doing just that to Mugman moments later, even if he didn't even have a valid reason to do it.
 * 9) *Although he didn't threaten to kill him, he is quite rude towards Bowlboy for no apparent reason whatsoever.
 * 10) He is an absolute Butt-Monkey, as, aside from the Telephone, he is the most unlucky member of the cast, as he is always at the end of suffering from other characters, mainly from Cuphead's antics, and he doesn't seem to be as worshipped and loved by the citizens as Cuphead is. Not that he doesn't deserve it half the time due to his rude behavior towards Cuphead and several other characters.
 * 11) In Dead Broke, He, his brother Cuphead, and Ms. Chalice create a fake ghost-removal business to make some money for ice cream, which is against the law.
 * 12) Although Frank Todaro's voice for Mugman isn't too bad per se, it can get a little annoying at times, especially when it's pitched up since mid-season 1.
 * 13) He's a bit of a hypocrite. At the end of the first episode, he tells Cuphead multiple times that he owes The Devil his soul, despite the fact he actually caused him to do so.
 * 14) Aside from a brief call-out from Cuphead in CarnEvil, and in some other episodes where he, his brother Cuphead and a group of other characters are treated badly. He doesn't get any karma for his actions. Making him a Karma Houdini.
 * 15) Overall, while there are quite a few fans who like him. You can't overlook what trouble he's caused for his brother throughout the series, and he isn't a very good brother to Cuphead, even if he protected him.

Looking for Fun Qualities

 * 1) He was a better character outside of the television series, and in addition, he is somewhat more tolerable in the third season of The Cuphead Show, if not by much.
 * 2) As said before, Frank Todaro's voice for Mugman is fine.
 * 3) He isn't as selfish and deceptive as Ms. Chalice.
 * 4) You can feel bad for him sometimes. Such as the fact that he's a total Butt-Monkey much of the time, and for the fact that his rude behaivor towards Cuphead is understandable, since Cuphead is a reckless person with zero impulse control whatsoever. As such, there is a handful of people who do like him despite his numerous flaws.
 * 5) He ultimately cares about his brother despite how harsh he can be towards him.

Trivia

 * It has never been revealed in the game nor in the show who Cuphead and Mugman's parents are or their current whereabouts. It is also unknown if the brothers ever knew their parents (though that is debatable as Elder Kettle has raised them since they were babies), or if Elder Kettle knew them. Though there are some fans who have theorized that their souls were taken by the Devil.