Sweater off dead
Upbeat jolly music plays in the air as we zoom into a little teapot cottage we’re three little sunflowers Briar, Lotus, and Poppy we’re seen pouring pancake mix from a pitcher together in a hot stove as they stand on a chair as Elder Kettle grabs two spatulas into each hand and begins to flip the now finished pancakes.
He then threw the pancakes behind him to the two individuals sitting at the kitchen table as Y/n was seen sitting on the couch reading a book in the living room.
Cuphead slams his foot on the plate that flies into his outreached hand as he reads his Adventure comic book. He looked up in glee at seeing he had caught the pancakes without his older sister's help.
Mugman, who was waving goodbye at his older sister, Y/n, grabs his plate and holds it aloft in excitement, but the pancakes flew just under where he raised the plate, the pancakes fell to the ground one by one.
Except for one that was stuck to the wall, Mugman reaches and rips the pancake off the wall to reveal a demonic face in the wall that screeches at the boy and uses his long tongue to catch the scared mug.
Mugman: “Cuphead, save me!” He screamed terrified as the demonic faces pulled him into the wall and disappeared as Cuphead lunged forwards.
Cuphead: “MUGMAN!!!” He screamed as he banged his fist on the wall where the demonic face appeared “Elder Kettle! Help!” He yelled at his grandfather, who turned around motionless as a skeleton causing his body to collapse into a pile of bones as his head rolled near Cupheads feet “No!!!” He wails as he hesitates to touch his dead grandfather's skull before hearing a few feet away from him, a shrill scream.
He looks up to see Briar trying to run through the window in the kitchen from two devils that grab the little sunflowers and ripped her into shreds, the devils who laugh maniacally before disappearing on a cloud of purple as they leave a pile of what remained of Briar.
Cuphead: “Briar!!” He screamed before he saw Lotus trying to open the back door before he looked behind him terrified seeing a form starting to shape in the floorboards.
It took on the shape of a mouth that grinned evilly revealing its rows of large shark-like teeth as it opened its razor mouth underneath Lotus who saw Cuphead and tried to run towards the cup who rushed to him with a hand out towards him.
Lotus: “HELP!!!” He cried before he was swallowed up whole by the floor before the demon's mouth disappeared with the little flower before he could grab the cup's hand.
Cuphead: “Lotus!!! Poppy, Y/n, where are you?!” He cried out as he banged on the floor with his fists on where the mouth disappeared. He looks around for the two remaining members of his family as he hears a sharp piercing scream from the living room.
He rushes to the room to see Y/n hunched over screaming as she sits on the couch.
Cuphead: “Y/n???” He said cautiously but worried as he walked towards her hunched screaming form.
Y/n: “WHAT DID YOU DO?!” She screamed as she wiped her face around to reveal that half of her face
was melting revealing a grotesque look as her right eye was a dark empty void of where her eye should be.
Her body started to melt as she walked to the scared boy as her legs began to melt into a wax puddle.
This didn’t deteriorate her as she began to crawl with her hands leaving scratch marks on the floor as she snarled at the terrified boy who backed away.
Cuphead: “I don’t know?! I’m sorry!!!” He cried, scared as he looked at his melting older sister.
Y/n: “WHY DID YOU DO THIS TO ME!!!!” She wailed as she outstretched a clawed hand towards his face before the floor underneath her cracked and soon broke away, causing her to scream in fear as she fell into a dark abyss.
Cuphead: “Nooo!!!” He yelled as he tried to reach down to grab her hand, but couldn’t catch her hand “No, no, no, no!” He said as he held his head in his hands horrified before he heard a rough cough a few feet in front of him causing him to look up cautiously.
Laying in a broken pot on the floor was Poppy, who was turned into a skeleton with withered petals. She twisted her head to look towards Cuphead with empty sockets in where her eyes should be as he raced over to her fallen form.
Cuphead: “P-Poppy..” he stuttered horrified as he hesitates to touch her.
Poppy: “Run.” She mutters as the window in the living room was smashed open by their pet goat that leaps in front of Cuphead crushing Poppy’s corpse into dust as the goat grinned evilly at the scared cup.
Goat: “Remember me?” He said menacingly in a disembodied voice.
Cuphead: “Y-Yes. I think of you often, goat from the front yard.” He stuttered as hot flames surrounded the boy and the goat.
Goat: “Your soul is mine!” He says as his form changes into Th Devil who laughs maniacally as Cuphead’s soul went down his mouth into the dark abyss as the boy screamed as everything went black.
Cuphead: “I ain’t too worried about it!!!” He screamed as he woke up panting in a cold sweat as his brother, Mugman lays on the top bunk bed with an expression that just says he’s done.
The door to their room is opened to reveal Y/n holding a mallet who looked around the room, when she saw nothing bad was there causing her brother to scream, she sighed in relief as she put away the mallet away.
Y/n: “Cuphead…” she said reassuringly to her little brother who looked like he was about to burst into tears.
In her fluffy pink robe with an eye mask resting on her forehead where her hair is seen pulled up into a messy high bun, she quickly walked over to the boy's bunk bed as her bunny slippers squeaked with every step.
She walked towards Cuphead and sat on his bed causing the boy to hug her tightly.
She sighed as she lightly hugged him back as she rocked him back and forth slightly in her hold.
Mugman: “You had the dream again, didn’t you?” He said already knowing the answer as Cuphead broke from her hold.
Cuphead: “It’s nothing!” He said nervously as he grabbed his red sheets and tucked himself back into bed “The Devil probably has a huge operation to run. He’s not worried about little old me…” he chuckles nervously as Y/n dabs his forehead with a piece of cloth before she sighs to herself frustrated at herself.
Y/n: “That’s it!” She said as she got up from sitting on his bed “Boys get up!” She said over her shoulder as Mugman leaped from his bed and walks towards his sister, having an idea as to what she was planning, as Y/n shuffled through their drawers.
Cuphead: “Where? It’s the middle of the night!” He said as Y/n threw his clothes at his face before she walked out of the boy's room to hers.
Mugman: “We’re dealing with this Devil thing.” He explained to his brother as he got his arm through his long black-sleeved shirt as Y/n came back into the room dressed in her everyday dress.
Y/n: “Once and for all! Now let's go!” She said as Cuphead finished putting his shoes on as leaped from his bed.
Cuphead: “This is crazy! What do we-“
Y/n and Mugman: “Trust us.” They said in unison as Y/n scooped her brothers into her arms and gave them a tight hug.
Y/n: “You have to trust us Cuppy, it’s the only way to deal with this nightmare…” she said as she put down her brothers and walked out of their room, causing the boys to follow her.
It cuts to the trio walking out of the front door of the house with Y/n in front leading the boys as they walk behind her.
Cuphead: “Whoa?!” He said as he cautiously walked around the sleeping goat, he whimpered as he ran towards his siblings who were a little further ahead of him.
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It cuts to the underworld we’re a bunch of little devils we’re seen working on tech.
Little Devil 1: “If you step over here, sir. This is the Gluttony Department. Our reports have shown an 89% increase in global overeating.” He said as he wore a headset as he took his boss, The Devil and Henchman on a tour around their workspace.
The Devil: “Oh! How delicious!” He says with a grin as he taped his fingers together before he noticed something “Oh! What’s over there?” He questions as he walks over to where another little devil is seen punching in some buttons on a large screen.
Little Devil 2: “Team Famine, sir.” He said as he turned his seat around to look up at his boss “Not only is famine on a global upswing, but we also branched out into hunger-induced rage.” He gestures to the chart on his desk “Projected numbers are through the roof!” He explained.
The Devil: “Wonderful!” He said as he clasped his hands together with a wider grin “Did you know about this?” He questions Henchman as he nudged his side with an elbow before he noticed another thing that untreated him causing him to squeal as he walked over.
The Devil: “So this is where we do war!” He said in glee as the little devils switched cords.
Little Devil 3: “Three new wars are being waged with catastrophic results on both sides,” she said to her boss before going back to work as her partner turned her head towards the boss.
Little Devil 4: “We’re breaking all previous records, sir.” She said.
The Devil: “That. Is. Amazing! Oh, I’m impressed with how fantastically I’m running this whole operation.” He said smugly, “In fact, I think I deserve a celebration!” He said as he slammed his pitchfork down, a purple cloud encased everything, the cloud dispersed revealing streamers, balloons, and cups colored in teal and purple decorating the room as a punch bowl was seen on the side with cups lined up on top of each other in a row along with a long table filled with treats on the opposite side of the room.
All the demons wore Purple or teal striped party hats on their heads with only the Devil wearing a red striped party hat because he was the boss as a banner was seen behind him hanging from the wall that read CONGRATS DEVIL!’, he leans over as he takes a red champagne glass from a tray a little devil was holding.
The Devil: “Attention, everyone.” He said as he tapped his pitchfork against his drink “We’re having our most productive year in a millennia.” He said smugly “All thanks to my hard work and dedication…”
Little Devil 5: “What’s he talking about?” She whispers to her friend next to her as their boss continues to ramble in front of them.
Little Devil 6: “I don’t know, but we haven’t had a break in 3,000 years, so go with it.” He said quickly.
The Devil: “So, let’s all raise a glass to me!” He said as the group of little devils looked at each other before they all smiled and clapped their hands in unison.
???: “Um… excuse me!” Said a nasal voice from the back of the crowd of little devils as a thin teal green hand pointed into the air raised as seen, the crowd parted a bit as a little ugly bald demon walked, he wore a big blue bow tie with white spats on his wrists and ankles as we had large glasses as he held a large ledger with paper tabs as he tucked a pencil behind his ear.
Henchman: “Oh, not this guy.” He said annoyed as the ugly demon walked up to the Devil.
???: “Um, according to the ledger, there is one outstanding soul in need of collection.” He said as Henchman tried to signal him to shut up but the Devil narrowed his eyes down at the ugly demon before the ledge was thrust into his face “It is a cup. He played Soul Ball. He was on Roll the Dice.” He said as Hechman grimaced.
???: “As of today's date, his soul remains uncollected.” He said as Devil looked through the page in the ledge that the ugly opened for him.
The Devil: “Thank you, Stickler, our very diligent auditor.” He says as he pats the ugly demon, Stickler on the head “But I’m sure it’s just a clerical error, everyone.” He chuckles through gritted teeth as he shoves Stickler away with his finger.
Stickler: “Doubtful.” He says coming back to where he was previously standing with a pointed hunter raised “As you-“
The Devil: “Hey! Let’s get that music going!” He interrupted Stickler as he snapped his fingers, as upbeat party music plays, Devil starts a conga line as he pushes Stickler in front of him.
Stickler: “Ahem, excuse me!” He says as the henchman and the other little demons form a conga line behind their boss. “Excuse me!” He shouts out loud but the other demons ignore him and continue the conga line.
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It cuts to the siblings who were walking through the forest in a swampy area where small clouds of fog are seen, the brothers holding onto Y/n's dress as she walks through the fog.
Cuphead: “Y/n, where are you taking me?” He questions his sister who keeps looking around, double-checking that they're going the right way forward.
Mugman: “You’ll see.” He answers for their sister.
Y/n that parts away some long grass to reveal a rock pool glowing a light blue, giant rocks were decorated in different shapes around the glowing pool as the fog circles around the decorative rocks not going near the glowing blue pool.
Cuphead: “Whoa!” He said amazed as the trio walked up to the rock pool, Y/n reached into her pocket within her dress and pulled out a large candy jawbreaker wrapped in a plastic bag “Is that my sour fizzy jawbreaker?” He questioned.
She tilted the open plastic bag above the water.
Cuphead: “HEY!” He yelled as he tried to lunge toward her but was held back by his brother.
The jawbreaker fell into the water, causing the water to fizzle in a light blue color.
Cuphead: “Aw, man! I was working on that for months!” He said sadly as Y/n placed a comforting hand on his head.
Y/n: “I’ll get you more candy to make more of those jawbreakers.” She said reasonably as Mugman threw his hands up in a shrug.
Mugman: “I’m sorry, Cuphead, but we had to make the waiter fizz so appear.”
Cuphead: “So who will appear?” He questioned his siblings as a beam of light blue light hit the water causing a voice to echo out around them.
???: “When in doubt, young man of mug, give your siblings one last hug.”
Cuphead: “What was that?!” He questioned his siblings, scared.
Y/n: “A sage advisor, rumored to know all.” She said wisely, “At least, that’s all I got from the book I read at the local library.” She shrugs her shoulders as the water at the rock pool gushes around.
Quadratus: “I am Quadratus, the great and wise! Come closer, young ones, so I may advise.” He said as a chubby head appeared, he had a large hooked nose as his skin was pale, long earlobes, a white unibrow was seen along with a white goatee, and his eyes were a bright blue.
Y/n: “We come seeking your wisely wisdom to save my baby brother, Cuphead.”
Quadratus: “Protection is your candlelit goal, for the Devil seeks his cuply soul,” He says as he shows in the water the Devil grinning wide as he holds Cupheads soul “But fear not, for there is one way to save his soul and keep the Devil at bay.” He said as he showed again in the waters a dark long-sleeved knitted sweater
Quadratus: “A sweater, knit with invisible fur from a long-extinct creature, will deter.” He says as he comes back into the water.
Quadratus: “Uh, basically, the sweater is impenetrable to the Devil, so…” he says.
Cuphead: “Uhh, you stopped rhyming.” He commented as he and his siblings looked down at Quadratus.
Quadratus: “Eh. It gets old. If you’re wearing it, he can int collect your soul.”
Quadratus: “Now, where is that..? Ah-ha! Here it is!” He says as the water surges upwards as it holds a water-covered ball of yarn “This is the last ball of invisible yarn! Take it, Mugman!” He says as Y/n grabbed Mugman from under his armpits and lifted him close to the yarn, he reached and grabbed the invisible yarn.
Quadratus: “And you two must knit the sweater.” He says as he uses the water to point at Mugman and Y/n as they look down at Quadratus.
Mugman: “Wait. Why do we gotta do all the work?”
Quadratus: “The sweater is only effective if it’s made with brotherly and sisterly love.” He says as he shows in the water a pink heart.
Y/n: “Well, guess Me and Mugsy are gonna have to make the sweater, then, it's been a while since I knitted one…”
Cuphead: “Gee! Thanks, guys!” He said as he hugged both his sister and brother “You’re the best siblings a cup could ever have!”
Quadratus: “Oh, how sweet.”
Quadratus: “Now get knitting!!!” He shouted.
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Cuts to the underworld where the Devil is seen laughing with some little demons as a server came by with a tray of deviled eggs.
The Devil: “Oh! Deviled eggs! You know, I invented these.” He says as he grabs an egg and is just about to eat it when.
Stickler: “Excuse me!” He says as he clears his throat “Excuse me!” He said from the back of the crowd.
The Devil: “There goes my appetite.” He groans annoyed as he tosses the deviled eggs to the side “Oh, games!” He squeals as he walks over to a table “Anyone up for a round of darts?” He says as he picks up a dart and is just about to throw when.
Stickler: “Excuse me, please.” He says as he pops up from a pile of teal and purple balloons, Devil looks over annoyed at Stickler as he throws the dart that ends up hitting a little demon, who yelped from being hit.
He angrily walked up to the punch bowl and he used a ladle to pour some punch as he looked around for the ugly demon, he took a sip from his drink as Stickler rose from the punch bowl.
Stickler: “Um…” he muttered, causing Devil to spit out his drink before looking at him angered.
The Devil: “Fine!” He yelled as fire surrounded him “Attention, everyone. I have a teensy-weensy thing to take care of. Don’t stop the party.” He says as he reaches for his pitchfork “I’ll only be a minute.” He said lowly at Stickler before he poofed himself away.
The little demons looked at each other as they gossiped as to what caused the boss to be so mad at Stickler that he left after just one word from the ugly demon.
Henchman: “Uh, nice work, Stickler.” He said annoyed at the ugly demon, who is still in the punch bowl.
Stickler: “I will not apologize for doing my job.” He reports back.
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Mugman and Y/n were seen knitting the invisible sweater together with Y/n sitting on the ground with her legs crossed as Mugman sat in her lap before they both broke out into smiles.
Y/n: “All finished!” She says as Mugman proudly held up the sweater he and his sister made for Cuphead.
Mugman: “Okay, Cuphead. Put it on.” He said as he hit up from his sister's lap and walked over with the invisible sweater.
Cuphead: “Urgh!” He said in disgust as he sniffed the sweater “Yuck?! It stinks!” He yelled in disgust.
Y/n: “You heard Quadratus.” She said sternly as she got up from sitting on the ground and walked over to her brothers “It’s the only thing that’ll stop the Devil from taking your soul.” She said as her flame from on top of her head formed a hand that lowered to Cupheads height and waved a stern finger at the cup.
Y/n: “Now, wear it! We made it so you’ll stay alive.” She says as she crossed her arms
Cuphead: “All right, I’ll put it on.” He says as he puts on the invisible sweater “Oh! I guess it is nice and toasty.” He said to his siblings before they all heard a poof behind them.
They turned to purple smoke that revealed the Devil glaring down at them.
The siblings: “THE DEV-“ They screamed as Y/n pushed her brothers behind her.
The Devil: “Yeah, yeah, yeah, I’m here for the soul, let’s make it snappy.” He says as walks over to the trio “As much as I’m happy to see you, darling. You have to move to the side so I can get your brother's soul.” He purred as he waved a hand at her so she could move.
Y/n: “No way am I letting you get past me, bucko!!!” She growls as she narrows her eyes at him causing her to threateningly hold fire in her handset.
The Devil: “Hmmm no.” He said as he used his magic to shove Y/n away from her brothers.
Y/n: “NO!!” She screamed as he reached for Cupheads soul who braces himself fearfully.
*ZAP!!!* Devil is electrocuted so badly from the invisible sweater, the sibling saw his skeleton.
The Devil: “YOWCH!!!” He yelled as he waved his burnt hand, Y/n raced over and snatched her brothers into her arms as she glared at Devil.
Cuphead: “Hey, it worked!” He said surprised towards his siblings as Devil nurses his fingers.
The Devil: “You’re wearing an impenetrable, invisible sweater?!” He yelled as he pointed a finger at Cuphead “But how?!” He demanded as he glared at the boy.
Y/n: “He don’t have no reason to tell you-“ she says with a glare before she was interrupted.
Cuphead: “My siblings made it for me, it works on account for our brotherly and sisterly love.” He said as Y/n while keeping her eyes trained on Devil as she lowered her brothers to the ground.
The Devil: “Of course it does.” He groaned annoyedly as he rolled his eyes before he was hit with a fireball “What the?!” He said as he saw Y/N's flame on her candle head has formed into a hand that was casually throwing another fireball in their flame hand “Ooooh, spicy~ I like that~” he purrs as she narrowed her eyes at him.
Y/n: “Excuse us, Wacky egg, we’ll be on our way home.” She says as held her head high annoyed at Devil.
She holds her brother's hands in her own as they walked past him with Cuphead looking cheerful and carefree while Mugman looked warily at the Devil with a worried expression.
After Devil took a few seconds of admiring Y/n's figure walking past him before he poofed himself into purple smoke to teleport in front of the siblings that were now a few feet away from where he was original.
The tall candle woman bumps into Devil, face first into his furry chest causing her to immediately back away as she looks up to see Devil who smirks down at her.
Cuphead: “THE DEVIL!” He screamed as leaped behind his sister before he pointed at the demon while his siblings nonchalantly looked at the Devil annoyed.
Y/n: “Cuphead.” She said calmly as she rested a hand on top of his head from where he was hiding behind her legs.
Mugman: “You’re wearing the sweater, remember?” He reminds his brother, who instantly calms down.
Cuphead: “Oh, right.” He pats himself to feel the invisible sweater on him.
The Devil: “Yeah, about that.” He says as he leans his upper body down to the two boy's height “Why don’t you save us both some time and take it off?” He says lowly.
Y/n: “Hey….!” She says threateningly as she immediately uses her pointed finger to push the Devil away by his nose away from her little brother's face.
Y/n: “Back off!” She said as she conjured another fireball into her left hand.
Cuphead: “Fat chance!” He said with his hands on his hips.
The Devil: “Hmmmm. Oh!” He says as he suddenly gains an idea, he conjures fire into his hand that transforms into 10 dollars.
The Devil: “Take it off, and I’ll give you ten bucks!” He says as he tried to bribe the boy causing Y/n to gasp from his audacity to ask a child that question.
Cuphead: “Oh, boy! Ten bucks!” He says as he begins to lift the invisible sweater.
Y/n: “Don’t you dare!” She says as she makes sure Cuphead is still behind her.
Mugman: “No! Your soul is worth more than ten bucks.”
Cuphead: “Hey, you're right…. Make it 20,” he says as his brother immediately hits him over the head.
The Devil looks at the boys done but looks hopefully at Y/n as he shakes the 10 dollars as he raises his eyebrows up and down suggestively causing the candle to widen her eyes and gasps in shock.
Y/n: “AS IF?! YOU CRUMB!!!” She yelled as flames covered her right hand as she slapped Devil across the face hard, causing him to fall to the ground with a burned handprint on his left cheek, he groaned in pain as he landed face-first into the dirt.
Y/n: “You are keeping that sweater on! Now let’s go!” She said annoyed from her one-sided conversation with the Devil as she grabbed her brothers by their hands and walked away fast from where they were standing.
The boys look at each other with confused looks as they follow their sister, not knowing what just happened that caused their sister to be so mad.
The Devil: “What a woman.” He said muffled as his face was still in the ground.
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The siblings are seen with Y/n having a peeved look on her face as she drags her brothers behind her.
The boys heard carnival music 1 foot away causing them to freeze in their place which made Y/n turn around to see why they froze.
Carny: “Hurry, hurry, hurry! Step right up!” He shouts as he taps his cane on the pink podium.
The man’s skin was a pale white like the color of paper, his black hair was short but curly as was his black handlebar mustache, and he had a red button nose.
The man wore a magenta suit with a yellow dress shirt with a big raspberry bow tied to his neck that matched his yellow hat.
The boys walked up to the podium and Y/n huffed to herself as she walked behind her brothers.
Carny: “See the teapot tentacle lady! Encounter the bearded flamingo! Gawk at the really big squirrel!” He said, causing the boys to gasp.
The Cup Brothers: “Big squirrel?!” They shouted before turning to their sister “Please!!!!” They pleaded to their sister who signed to herself as she rubbed between her eyes.
Y/n: “How much are the tickets?” She said to the Carny who smiled wider at seeing the woman.
Carny: “It’s 20 bucks, but for a pretty darling like you, it’s on the house!” He says as he tips his hat at her.
Y/n: “Really?” She says surprised before she is dragged by her brothers toward the tent's entrance.
Mugman: “We gotta see how big the squirrel is!”
Carny: “Right this way!” He says as he points with his cane at the entrance but the siblings stopped in front of the entrance.
Mugman: “Wait, Cuphead! It says ‘No sweaters allowed’” he says pointing to the sign hanging in front of the entrance.
Cuphead: “Oh, well, off it goes.” He shrugs as he begins to take off the invisible sweater before he’s stopped by his sister.
Y/n: “Hold it! Something’s fishy about this… and I don’t like the look of that carny.” She mutters to her brothers as she looks to her side causing the boys to follow where she was looking to see the carny snickering evilly as he rubbed his hands together as he looked at the trio peeking around the corner of the tent.
Mugman: “Come on. Let’s scram.” He stays as Y/n grabs her brother's hands and drags them away from the circus tent causing the carny to growl before his form changes into the Devil.
As the siblings walked away from the suspicious carny and carnival tent they all smelled something delicious In the air.
Y/n: “Oh, something smells good!” She says.
Mugman: “It smells delicious!” He said as the siblings turned towards where the smell came from, a few feet away from them sitting under the moon's light was a hotdog stand that had a chalkboard that said ‘free hot dogs!’
Cuphead: “Oh, boy! Free hot dogs!” He shouts as he drags his sister over towards the stand she and Mugman raise an eyebrow.
The cup splats the ketchup onto the hot dog and just as he was about to eat it, it’s pulled away by Y/n who looks at the hotdog with a questionable eyebrow.
Mugman: “Hold on, Cuphead. Look!” He says as he points to the weenie, as their sister whacked off the bun and sauces on the weenie.
Y/n: “‘Warning: One bite of this free hot dog May unleash a plague of sweater-eating demon moths.’” She says as she reads the writing on the weenie with narrowed eyes “Something weird is going on here!” She said as she threw the weenie on the ground and stomped on it a few times with her high heels.
Y/n: “Come on!” She says as she grabs her brother's hands for the fourth time walking away as her little brothers follow her.
The hot dog stand turns back into the Devil, who was crouching on all fours, he snarls as the third plan didn’t work.
The siblings walk a few feet with Y/n and Mugman having peeved-off looks on their faces as they walk past a pool of water surrounded by rocks.
Quadratus: “I know I said to wear a sweater,” he says, causing Cuphead to break the hold his sister had on his hand to look down at the water causing the other siblings to look overhearing a familiar voice.
Quadratus: “But take it off, and that’s much better.” He says with a smile as some new features were seen, such as his ears We're now pointy, his eyes yellow with the iris now red, a long red oval-shaped nose, and last but not least two yellow horns on top of his head.
Cuphead: “You’re the boss," he says as he snapped his fingers and began to take off the invisible sweater.
Y/n: “HEY?! Quadratus doesn’t have horns!! He’s not supposed to!!” She said with suspicion in her voice as she raised an eyebrow.
Mugman: “That the Devil in disguise!” He said, realizing causing his older sister to look at him with wide eyes “He’s been trying to get your sweater off this whole time!” He said as he pointed at the fake Quadratus.
Y/n: “Let’s go!!!!” She yelled as she pushed her brothers in front of her as she walked away with Mugman throwing a raspberry over his shoulder at the Devil who turns back into his original form, he growls frustrated as he hits the ground with his fist as he lays on the ground.
The candle woman was seen now running with her brothers running alongside her
Y/n: “Look! We’re almost out of the woods!” She pants as she makes sure the boys were not running behind her, they ran closer to the door exit of the woods but were stopped due to the Devil appearing in front of them in s purple smoke, glaring down at the trio.
The Devil: “No, you're not!” He yells “Now take off that sweater!” He yelled as he used his pitchfork to tap the boy's nose causing the cup's siblings to stand in front of the boy.
Mugman: “It’s not happening, Devil.” He says bravely.
Y/n: “Just give up already and take a hike!!!” She says as she makes sure she stands in front of both boys.
Cuphead: “Yeah! You should really try transforming into someone who doesn’t fail all the time.” He says as he flicks away the pitchfork from his face, causing his siblings to burst into laughter with the cup laughing with them as well.
The Devil growls in anger as he automatically lights himself on fire as he roars, the sudden heat causes the trio to steadily stop laughing as the heat starts to make them sweat or in Y/N's case causes her wax-like hair to melt more.
Cuphead: “Phew! So hot.” He says as he fans himself before he pulls on the collar of his invisible sweater.
The Devil: “Oh!” He says as an idea pops into his head causing the demon to snicker to himself before he inhales deeply and lets out a roar as he made the fire around expand more causing a pool of sweat around Cuphead who looks utterly uncomfortable as he tried to fan himself while wearing the invisible sweater as Y/n kept pushing her melting wax hair from her face as the wax begins to pool around her in thick wax clumps.
Cuphead: “I’m cooking in here. I gotta take this thing off.” He says exhausted as he began to pull the sweater off his stomach causing his siblings to look over in a panic.
Y/n: “You keep that sweater on mister!” She said as she tried to push his hands down to keep the sweater on him but did so weakly due to the amount of wax melting off her causing her to move slowly.
Mugman: “No! Keep it on!” He yelled as Cuphead shoved Y/n's hands away from him.
Cuphead: “I can’t! I can’t take it!” He groans out as he begins to lift the sweater covered in sweat, Y/n looks over in horror as she falls to the floor with her wax-like hair melting more around her as Devil grins to himself.
Mugman watches on whimpering not knowing what to do before he hears a voice in his head.
Quadratus: “When in doubt, young man of mug...”
Mugman: “Give your siblings one last hug!” He said, completing what Quadratus said before he leaps over to where his brother was just about to take the sweater off and hugs him and their older sister tight in his arms.
Y/n: “Mugman?!” She said surprised as she held onto her.
Cuphead: “Hey! What are you doing?” He says exhausted causing Devil to glare and create more fire causing the fire to speed over towards the trio but doesn’t light them on fire but goes over them from the invisible sweater.
The fire rose more and more concentrated as the fire erupted into an explosion, destroying the forest near them in a giant ball radius.
The Devil grins manically as he looks at the spot where the trio were standing but as the smoke clears the trio is standing on the one patch of grass that wasn’t burnt, safe, and not burned to the ground.
Upon seeing them coming out of the fire unscathed, Devil growls to himself in frustration before he shapeshifts into different monsters, he yells out in frustration as he throws himself a tantrum.
The siblings look on at the Devil's tantrum before looking at each other as Y/N's wax hair has stopped melting around her.
Y/n: “Let’s go.” She says as she quickly picks up her brothers into her arms.
Mugman: “Yeah let’s go.” He says as Y/n quickly walks away from the Devil.
As they get away from the Devil he transforms into a miss match of the different monsters he previously transformed into before reverting back to his normal form.
The Devil: “Ugh! I hate those cups.” He said annoyed before he teleports himself away in a puff of purple smoke.
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Back in hell all of the little demons were chatting with each other before Devil teleported himself in the middle of the congratulation party causing all the little demons to look over.
The Devil: “Well, I got him!” He said with a fake happiness as he began walking to a big flat rock that to snare into a makeshift table.
The Devil: “Now where is that cake!” He says as he snaps his fingers, causing a little demon to bring over a giant devil chocolate cake before placing the cake in front of his boss and walks away.
Devil smiles wide as he grabs a large knife and a plate but just as he begins to slice the cake.
Stickler: “Um… where is the soul that has been retrieved? Hmm?” He asks from behind Devil, causing the boss to grit his teeth while still maintaining his wide smile as his hand, which was once holding the large knife, clenches into a tight fist as he turns to look at Sickler.
The Devil: “I put it in the soul vault. With the others.” He feigns innocence as he explains to Sickler who raises a suspicious eyebrow.
Sickler: “You mean you didn’t register it?” He said before holding up the thick book he holds plunder his bone-thin arms.
Sickler: “We have a tracking system in place. Every soul must be officially accounted-“ he said before a blast of fire burns a giant hole through the book.
As Sickler brings the book down to examine the obvious damage Devil holds his pitchfork in the direct line of the book, he fakes his surprise as he brings a hand up to his mouth in fake surprise.
The Devil: “Oops. I guess the auditor will have to do a full recount.” He says waving a hand nonchalantly at Stickler to run along.
Sickler: “But! I’m the auditor.” He says weakly as Devil leans down and places a clawed hand on top of Sickler's large bald head.
The Devil: “Oh, that’s right. Well, don’t let us keep you.” He says as he moves Sickler in the direction of the exit before shoving the little teal demon away.
The Devil: “Bye!” He says causing Stickler to groan to himself annoyed before Devil turns around to address the other litter demons in the room enjoying their once-in-a-lifetime break.
The Devil: “Who still needs cake, huh?” He says in a happy tone causing one lone little demon to shout in excitement as Stickler exits the party to “Recount” the souls in the soul vault.
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It cuts to Cuphead and Mugman back in their red and blue pajamas smiling as they are tucked into their beds by their older sister Y/n, who smiles gently as she gives each a kiss on their porcelain foreheads.
Cuphead: “Finally, I can get a good night's rest.” He says as he shifts around to get more of the red fuzzy blanket to cover him more.
Cuphead: “Nothing is better than you two making me a sweater.” He says to his siblings, causing Y/n to gently caress his forehead as Mugman leaned down from on top of his bunk bed.
Y/n: “Aw, thank you, sweetie.” She says as she looks down at Cuphead with a heartwarming smile.
Mugman: “I’d make a sweater for no other than my dearest sweet, sweet brother.” He says to his brother as Y/n gently grabs his hanging form and places him back laying down in the bed tucked into his blankets.
The tea kettle house is seen from outside where all the lights are out for the night, the pet goat is seen sleeping as a long piece of rope on one end is tied onto his red collar, and the other end of the rope is tied to a little wooden pole sticking out of the ground.
Y/n: “Quadratus was right, the rhyming gets old.” She says out loud to her brothers as the moon's light shines down on the little home.