Cuphead

Cuphead (Usually referred to as Voidmates Cuphead or Determined Cuphead on the internet) is one of the main antagonists in Voidmates, originating from the indie game Cuphead, but more specifically from one of Star's AUs.

He makes his first appearance in Chapter 1.

Appearance
Cuphead in his base from appears to retain the look of the original game version of himself, but with some noticeable differences. His colors consist of a dark red shorts and shoes and a black sweater, which are the same colors as his true form. His straw appears to have a triangular shaped chip in it. He also appears to have cracks on his face and legs, and a broken handle as well. He has two eyes which contain red irises with black pupils, with one of these eyes having a dark red sclera. Both of his eyes may contain a dark red sclera if he is aggravated. He has eyebags under his eyes, presumably from either his 25 year long wait for Delphinie, or his lack of sleep. Parts of his true form may start to show if he is aggravated.

In his true form, Cuphead appears as a tall dark red creature, with black highlights on his feet, his neck, and on his waist. He has a tail, which has a black spike on the end. He also has two black horns, and a spike shape on the top of his head, which Star has confirmed to be a sensor. He has black spikes on his shoulders, his back, and his tail. His hands also consist of long black claws. Both of his eyes contain red irises with black pupils, and a red sclera. He still retains his eyebags from his base form. He gains sharp teeth in this form as well.

In his past form, Cuphead appeared just as small as his base form. He retained the same structure as his current true form, but smaller and much rounder. His skin was a much brighter and softer red from what is seen in his current true form. He had light red horns, shoulder spines, hands, and feet. The end of his tail was a light red as well. He also had dark red highlights on his waist, neck, nose, back spines, tail spines, and on his sensor. His eyes were a brownish color, with several white highlights.

Personality
For the most part, Cuphead seems to be a sadistic person. He seems to enjoy inflicting pain onto his enemies. He projects himself as a powerful threat, as to make it seem as if he's in control. He's also easy to aggravate in some situations. When he's not hurting others or doing something he enjoys, he seems to be bored.

Under all that edge and insanity, however, Cuphead has a softer side. He can actually get scared if he feels as if he's done something wrong. This fear most likely comes from his "punishments" at work. This fear even got him to the point of crying in Chapter 10, when he thought Bendy would hurt him after he severely damaged Super Sonic. Cuphead also seems to "attach" himself to someone he considers a friend. However, Star has explained that this attachment can turn toxic, as he was originally created to be with one person.

In the past, Cuphead seemed to be much more upbeat, and willing to do anything. This willingness did hurt him in the end however, as he was devastated when he learned that Delphinie abandoned him.

Origins
Cuphead originates from the game with the same name. However, this version of Cuphead more specifically originates from Star's mostly scrapped "Cuphead in Determination" AU. The version of Cuphead also uses several elements from Glitchtale, including Determination and HATE.

Known Abilities

 * Enhanced Agility: Cuphead seems to have enhanced agility, as seen in several situations.
 * Respawning: Cuphead can respawn after he dies, thanks to his determination and his coding. Star has stated that Cuphead has no control over this ability.
 * Teleportation: Cuphead has the ability to teleport several distances.
 * File storage: As a computer program, Cuphead can save several documents and files.
 * Bubble creation: Star has stated that Cuphead can create bubbles to store things.
 * Finger Gun: Cuphead can shoot several projectiles from his fingers, including but not limited to:
 * Peashooter: Cuphead can fire rapid shots at the enemy.
 * Charge Shot: Cuphead can charge up a shot to deal larger damage.
 * HATE shot: Though not yet seen, Cuphead can fire a HATE powered projectile at an enemy and infect them with HATE. He hardly uses this shot, as it might damage him.
 * Nightmare Shot: A shot given to Cuphead by The Devil. Cuphead can use this shot to show his enemy their worst fears. This shot also corrupts the enemy, yet Cuphead does not know that.
 * Sword of Determination: Cuphead can summon this sword and perform several attacks, including:
 * Common sword attacks: Cuphead can attack with this sword as if it was a normal sword.
 * Slash projectiles: Cuphead can send out slash shaped projectiles to slash the enemy. This may cause permanent damage, as Fleetway/Super Sonic still has a scar from one of these attacks.
 * Explosions: Though not yet seen, Cuphead can create a massive fiery explosion with this sword.
 * Beams: Though not yet seen, Cuphead can create beams with this sword to shoot at the enemy.
 * Shield of Determination: Though it has yet to appear, Cuphead can create a shield to protect himself from attacks.
 * Spin Dash: Like Super Sonic, Cuphead can curl himself up and rapidly spin his body to charge at the enemy. It's unknown how much damage this does, as the only time it was used, Super Sonic dodged the attack.
 * HATE: Cuphead can use HATE to perform several attacks. These attacks however can damage Cuphead if he uses too much HATE, and potentially kill him for good as well. These attacks include:
 * HATE Tentacles: Cuphead can summon several tentacles to attack the enemy in several ways.
 * Enhanced attacks: Using HATE can enhance any of Cuphead's basic attacks.
 * Poison: In his true form, Cuphead can use HATE to poison his enemies.
 * Transformation: Cuphead can transform to his true form and back.

Pre-Voidmates
Cuphead was first created by Delphinie Conoshwitz on September 29th, 1991 as a computer program. He spent most of his life with her, and loved every second of it. During this time, Delphinie also created a HATE prototype, as she was experimenting with the properties of magic in technology. In 1992, however, Delphinie got accepted into her dream college, and had to leave Cuphead behind. Before she left, she told Cuphead to "Wait and smile" for her. Cuphead did exactly that for the next 25 years, waiting for her to come back. In 2017, after waiting for so long, Cuphead receives a notification from the news app, and sees the broadcast where Delphinie announced a brand new C.U.P. Devastated, Cuphead's soul merged with the HATE prototype, turning him from a cute and lovable mascot to a monster. Cuphead then finds a way out of The System.

Eventually, he ironically finds his way into a prototype of the Cuphead universe. He runs into a curious Devil, who offers to strike a deal with him. The deal would be that Cuphead could stay in the universe, as long as he did The Devil's bidding. Cuphead accepted the deal, and this allowed The Devil to access his coding. Cuphead gains a new form, and attempted to live a normal life, while also doing the work he promised to do undercover. During this time Cuphead meets Mugman (Who he presumed was part of the game, when in reality he's the C.U.P that replaced him), Elder Kettle (Who he accepted as a father figure), Ms. Chalice (Who he'd grown to be best friends with), and King Dice (Who he'd have a good relationship with). Not everything was peaceful, however, as Cuphead struggled to do The Devil's bidding on time, leading him to physically abuse Cuphead as "punishment". King Dice would actually try and help Cuphead with collecting soul contracts, but The Devil noticed this, and exiled Dice.

One day, while tired and fed up with Cuphead's struggling, The Devil decided to kidnap Elder Kettle, and make it seem as if he died in an attempt to "motivate" Cuphead. When Cuphead came home, he was horrified of what he saw, and ran away crying. This caught the attention of a passing Chalice, who followed Cuphead into the woods. When she confronted him, Cuphead told her to leave him alone, but the stubborn girl kept insisting that he'd tell her what's wrong. Cuphead snapped, and attacked Chalice while ranting about how his life's "a living hell". In the end, he killed his best friend, and The Devil taunted him, saying that it's all Cuphead's fault. After the incident, more HATE filled Cuphead's soul.

Time passed on, and things only got worse and worse for Cuphead. There was more debts to collect, more work hours, and more "punishment". Eventually, he snapped at the Devil, who didn't take the response too well. He was about to delete Cuphead for good, when suddenly, a Void Portal appeared and spirited Cuphead away.

Volume 1
Before Chapter 1, it's known that Cuphead has had encounters with both Meicoomon and Super Sonic.

In Chapter 1, Cuphead appears trying to kill Bendy since he's a demon. Before he can do so, Marx intervenes and freezes Cuphead for a few seconds. Cuphead however escapes the ice and hits Marx with a Nightmare Shot, before slashing him on the back. When Cuphead's about to kill Marx, Bendy intervenes and gets the two to stop fighting. Cuphead, seeing there's no real reason to kill them, calls a temporary truce. He then joins the two in exploring The Void.

In Chapter 2, Cuphead appears and mocks a paranoid Marx for a bit, before following him to an ongoing battle. When Meicoomon sees him again, she panics and teleports away with Marx. Annoyed by Bendy's crying, Cuphead goes off to find the two.

In Chapter 3, Cuphead appears shortly after Marx's "tantrum", only to see that Marx is about to leave. Cuphead, remembering how Delphinie left him, yells at Marx to stay, which shocks the entire group. Mei approaches Cuphead, and starts going on about how Cuphead's only acting scary because he's scared himself, which embarrasses him. After noticing Marx's corruption, Cuphead starts to show actual concern for Marx, asking him about what's happening to him. Marx however, leaves the group out of fear, which sends Cuphead into a panic attack.

In Chapter 5, Cuphead starts seeing visions of the system he was abandoned in, and eventually sees a vision of Delphinie (which is actually Alastor), which he attacks. Bendy stops Cuphead from hurting Alastor, and Cuphead questions why he's here. The group is then attacked by a Giant Spider Creature, which Cuphead is willing to fight, telling Bendy to stay behind him. Cuphead uses HATE to grab a spike the creature launched, and throws it back at it. However when Super Sonic kills the creature, Cuphead, still under the influence of HATE, attacks Super, who smugly warns him that he's using too much HATE. Cuphead's body then rejects the HATE, causing him to cough up the substance, and leaving him vulnerable. Just before Super can fire an eye beam at him, Bendy gets in the way and blocks it using an ink shield. When the Voidmaster splits up the group, she leaves only Cuphead, Bendy, and Ruffles behind. Cuphead gets the panicking Bendy's attention, and actually thanks him. When they head off, Cuphead attempts to hold Bendy's hand, but gets embarrassed once Bendy notices.

In Chapter 10, while Cuphead questions why Bendy is hanging around him, Super Sonic suddenly returns and attacks him. Super takes Bendy hostage, and demands a rematch. Cuphead does everything he can to fight him off, even using excessive amounts of HATE, but Super proves to be too powerful. When Cuphead starts coughing up HATE, Super gets bored, and decides to electrocute Bendy to unconsciousness. Super then impales Cuphead with chaos energy, killing him. This isn't the end however, as Cuphead respawns in his true form, with a darkness activated Voidcharm. Before Super can even finish his sentence, Cuphead grabs him and starts attacking. After dealing massive amounts of damage, Cuphead asks Super how it feels to be so powerless, and he's probably feeling worthless right now. He then slams him into the ground with a HATE tentacle, knocking him out. Bendy wakes up and sees the beast right before his eyes. Cuphead then panics and reverts to his base form, trying to apologize to Bendy, and even gets to the point of crying. Bendy comforts him, saying that everything's going to be ok. Cuphead smiles, but then the two then notice the hurt and confused Fleetway. Cuphead almost attacks, before Fleetway panics, and both Bendy and Cuphead realize that they don't remember anything. Bendy explains to Fleetway that Cuphead is his friend, and Cuphead gets flustered by that statement. After patching Fleetway up, the three are about to head off, with Cuphead thinking that things won't be so bad, before Marx finds them, and insists that the three follow him. It's seen in one panel that Cuphead is pretty peeved at Marx.

In Chapter 11, Cuphead gets a surprise hug from Meicoomon. When he gets her off, he sees that everyone is surrounding Bendy, and he gets jealous. When Marx makes a wisecrack at him, he gets angry, mumbling profanities to himself. Mei calms him down with a lure, which tickles him. Cuphead later destroyed this lure, however.

Cuphead has been confirmed to appear in Chapter 14 to play a somewhat minor role.

Marx
Cuphead seems to hate Marx, especially after Chapter 3. Since Marx left Cuphead behind, Cuphead doesn't seem to trust Marx at all. Cuphead is even seen mocking Marx at times, calling him things such as "Pathetic Little Pipsqueak" and "Paranoid Plum".

Bendy
At first, Cuphead tried to kill Bendy, solely because he was a demon. However, later on it's shown that Cuphead starts to slowly care about Bendy. He offers to find Meicoomon and Marx for him after he starts crying in Chapter 2. He starts warming up to Bendy even more after he protects him from Super Sonic's attack in Chapter 5. Cuphead does everything he can to protect Bendy in Chapter 10, and starts getting scared when Bendy sees what he's done to Super. He also seemed to get jealous when the entirety of the cast (except for Fleetway and Meicoomon) surround Bendy.

Meicoomon
At first, Cuphead tried to kill Meicoomon before Chapter 1. In Chapter 2, Meicoomon flees the area with Marx, after seeing Cuphead. However, after seeing how Cuphead reacted when Marx was about to leave in Chapter 3, Mei started to warm up to Cuphead. In Chapter 11 when they reunite, Meicoomon gives Cuphead a big hug, which embarrasses him.

Oswald
So far, Oswald and Cuphead have yet to interact.

Sans
Sans has yet to make any interactions with Cuphead.

Larimar
Though Larimar and Cuphead were together for 3 chapters, they still haven't truly interacted.

Luci
Luci and Cuphead have had little to no interaction, not even in other media.

Betty
Betty and Cuphead have yet to interact, yet Star has stated that they're interested in exploring their dynamic.

Bill Cipher
Bill and Cuphead have yet to interact.

Alastor
Alastor seems to dislike Cuphead to some degree, however Cuphead’s opinion on him is unknown.

Super Sonic/Fleetway
Super Sonic and Cuphead truly hate each other. During the only times they've interacted, they've fought. Cuphead seemed to enjoy himself when he knocked out Super.

As for Fleetway, Cuphead's not sure if he can completely trust them, but he does know that he caused Fleetway's memory loss, and regrets it to some degree.

Delphinie
Cuphead was very close to Delphinie back in the day. Now that he knows that she abandoned him, Cuphead seems to hate her guts.

HATE
Cuphead seems to be buddies with HATE.

Mugman
Cuphead and Mugman accept each other as brothers. Star has stated that they're very close. However Star has also stated that neither of them know that the other is a C.U.P.

Ms. Chalice
Cuphead was best friends with Chalice. Star has stated that Cuphead deeply regrets killing her.

King Dice
Star has stated that the two had a good relationship.

The Devil
Cuphead doesn't seem to like The Devil, as The Devil hurts him. However, Cuphead is willing to mostly do whatever he says, as he knows that The Devil can delete him at anytime he wants.

Star (fictional) (non-canon)
Star ironically treats Cuphead like dirt, usually making fun of him, throwing him into places, and even killing him several times. Cuphead has also tried to kill Star on several occasions. Despite this, there seems to be some level of care between the two. However when Cuphead discovered Star's "certain doodle" of him, he seems to hate their guts.

Trivia

 * Star explained that Cuphead's design was based on a drawing accident.
 * Cuphead is voiced by GentlemenFencer in the teaser trailer and comic dub.
 * Star has stated that Cuphead's original weapon was a knife, but they changed it since they thought it was too edgy.
 * Star said that they were hesitant to speak about The Devil and Cuphead's dynamic at first.
 * Cuphead currently has the most lore revealed about him.
 * Star has stated that Cuphead's current true form is considered a Dark Evolution.
 * Star seems to low-key ship Marx and Cuphead, despite the two hating each other.
 * Cuphead's height in his base form is around 4 ft tall.
 * His true form's height is 7,06 ft tall.
 * Cuphead's past and mannerisms are very similar to that of Spinel from Steven Universe
 * Ironically, Star said that originally they were even more similar, but they had to change a few things.
 * In Cuphead's old design, he had no pupils. This was later changed in his current design.
 * Cuphead originally had a form called "HATE mode", which was originally intended to be his true form. However Star scrapped this form, since they felt that it was too similar to Ink Bendy.
 * Cuphead makes a guest appearance in "Brian Dies: The Movie", where he is seen chasing Star.
 * GentlemenFencer also returned to voice him in the scene.
 * Star has said that another Cuphead also exists in that universe, but he's still waiting for Delphinie, who unfortunately died after getting run over by Brian.
 * Star also said that in that universe, Cuphead would have a text to speech voice instead of the voice we hear in the comic dub.
 * A red beast is mentioned at the end of the video. This beast most likely refers to Cuphead.
 * Star has said that Cuphead cannot interact with liquids or gas in his true form, as he wasn't programmed to do so.
 * Star has confirmed on several occasions that Cuphead is biromantic demisexual.
 * Star stated in a Discord voice chat that they had to take a break due to something Cuphead does in the upcoming Chapter 14 scaring them.

Gallery
Cuphead (Gallery)