Last year, The Cuphead Show came out of nowhere on Netflix and built up a quick and loyal
following. And although we’re still hoping for a season 4, nothing has been confirmed.
The show’s style reflects a similar comedy style to the old rubber hose cartoons of the thirties
and forties. Not just slapstick, but the show also has a bit of a dark and adult sense of humor. Even
including a bit of humor for the adults. But how far does this humor go? Let’s take a look!
I’m Brad from WickedBinge, and these are The Cuphead Show Adult Jokes: Cleanest to Dirtiest
Let’s start with the Immature Jokes; these are ones that aren’t really inappropriate…
but just kind of fun for everyone. First we have Soiled Pants. “Ghosts
Ain’t Real” starts off with the cup brothers leaving from seeing a scary movie,
and Mugman stating how it wasn’t as scary as he thought. Cuphead says “I’m proud of ya,
Mugsy. You only needed to change your pants three times.” And later in the episode,
when the brothers split up, Mugman hopes ghosts aren’t real because he’s “...outta
spare pants.” Hey, we’ve all been scared Mugman. Next is Milk? Cuphead and Mugman go searching in
the woods for Baby Bottle (well, what they think is Baby Bottle) in the episode “Don’t
Open the Door,” and come across a bear who had drunk the bottle of milk. The bear roars in
the cup brothers face, and they just stand there in terror, while milk pours out from
their straws. Does this remind you of anything? It’s almost like the cup brothers peed themselves
in fear. But I mean, c’mon… that’s pretty funny. Following up is Divorce Arc. This comes from an
argument Cuphead and Mugman had in the episode “Baby Bottle.” After getting locked out of the
house by Baby Bottle, the two brothers start arguing about taking care of the kid, which
leads to Mugman saying “Cuphead! The way you’re talking, it’s like you never even wanted a baby!”
to which Cuphead replies that no, he didn’t. Up next is Complicated Relationships. In the
episode High Sea’s Adventure, Captain Brineybeard tries his best to win over Cala Maria’s heart, yet
she keeps trying to turn him into stone. Mugman tries to get it into Brineybeard’s skull that Cala
Maria wants him dead, to which Brineybeard replies “relationships are a series of peaks of valleys.”
Now we have Tear the Clothes Right Off of Ya. In “Sweater Luck Next Time,” while trying to
cheer up The Devil, Henchman brings up an ad about a new ride that will, quote, “tear the
clothes right off of ya.” An interesting idea for a ride to be sure. And at the end of the episode,
Cuphead and Mugman get to ride it and we see the aftermath; though luckily they still had
their underwear on. But Cuphead adds on to this; even though he’s talking about having
Mugman as a brother, he says that he feels “so much less exposed,” and then we get the reveal
that they’re only in their shoes and underwear. And finally, we end this section with a Peter
Griffin Meme. There’s a part in the episode “Say Cheese” that pays homage to a well-known Family
Guy meme. Elder Kettle tries to tackle Cuphead and Mugman, who have his camera,
but he misses and falls on the floor, limbs sprawled and back crooked. This
looks very similar to how Peter Griffin looks in the Peter Falling Down the Stairs meme.
Now we get to the more Naughty Jokes. These are more likely to fly over younger viewers’
heads… and touch on some adult topics. Starting off, we have Goggles: In “Dangerous
Mugman,” When Cuphead tells Mugman that the Dirk Dangerous goggles had come off ages ago,
Mugman thinks he lost the bravery he had when he wore them. However, he realizes that he did
all the brave stuff without them on, and he says “You see Cuphead? The goggles were inside me this
whole time,” to which Cuphead immediately responds “Gross, but I see your point.”
Following up is Almost Swear: Here’s a quick one. In Sweater Luck Next Time, The Devil goes to the
cottage to try and get Cuphead to take off the sweater so he can take his soul. Cuphead tells
the Devil to meet him at the back door, and the Devil replies with “listen you little shoe-horn"
before getting the door slammed on his face. The Devil definitely wanted to say something
much less child-friendly than “shoe-horn,” but you have to please the censors, so “shoe-horn” it is.
Next we have The Talk: Mugman is devastated when all of his and Cuphead’s attempts to fix
his broken handle in “Handle With Care,” so Elder Kettle comes to cheer him up, though first asking
Cuphead to give him and Mugman some privacy. He then goes on saying “your bodies are changing.”
Mugman then looks up with a face of disgust. A common response to the puberty conversation.
(Now we have The Chair: We honestly don’t know how this scene was okayed to be in the show;
even though it’s not dirty, it’s pretty mature. Cuphead tries to escape the prison in “Jailbroken
and emerges out from the pipes thinking he has escaped. Turns out he dug into the
room with the electric chair, and the prison guard, with no change in facial expression,
straps Cuphead down in the chair, and while we don’t see Cuphead
getting shocked, it’s very clear it happened. Up next is Drinks On Me: In “Down and Out,” it
takes place in a barn-turned-club where King Dice can perform. After King Dice tells the Devil his
plan to get Cuphead’s soul by getting him to sign a contract, he heads over to Cuphead. Cuphead is
sitting at a table with a group of background characters, telling stories at the table, when
he snaps his fingers and calls out “let’s get another round over here!” Cuphead most likely
isn’t old enough to be drinking alcohol, so it probably wasn’t alcohol, but considering the
setting they were in, it definitely sounded like calling a bartender to get more drinks.
And last in the section is Drunk on Water. Apparently to vegetables, water is the
equivalent of alcohol. In “Root Packed,” when the Root Pack take over Elder Kettle’s garden to throw
a shindig, we see lots of party goers filling up on water from the hose, even spraying it
into each other's mouths, looking very similar to people in a speakeasy doing the same with
alcohol. It’s very clear that this is the intent when Ollie Bulb is at the bar, hiccupping and
speaking slightly slurred; he’s clearly drunk. And finally, we have the Adult Section. These are
the jokes that have adult implications that only older viewers will likely pick up on.
First we have Seductive Cheese. As a part of their plan to try and lure Werner Werman out of
his mouse hole in “Rats All Folks,” Cuphead sticks Mugman’s hand in a wedge of cheese. Cut to Werner
sitting in his home, Mugman makes the cheese walk in with his fingers as legs and arms, as
swanky music starts playing and Mugman doing high pitched giggles. We know that mice love cheese,
but we don’t think they love them in that way. Following up we have Bush-Slapped. Another one
from “Don’t Open the Door.” While searching on his own, Cuphead is spooked by a bush,
and whacks it with his baseball bat; causing all the leaves to fall out. He apologizes,
but then the bush gives him a big ol’ SLAP on the face, leaving a nasty hand mark, before pulling up
its leaves as if it were pulling up a dress/skirt. Maybe we’re looking too deep into this one, but
this scenario feels similar to women slapping men who try to hit on them.
Up next is Elder Kettles Still Got It. At the beginning of the episode “Day of Fun,” Ms. Chalice
possesses Elder Kettle, causing him to do a bunch of wacky stuff. When she un-possesses him and she
and the cup brothers leave, Elder Kettle gains consciousness and says this: “Waking up in the
city with no memory how I got here? Empty gas tank? Money gone?” Then with a smile,
he says “Kettle, you old rascal, you still got it!”
Not only is Elder Kettle thinking that he just experienced being black-out drunk,
but implying that it happened a lot when he was younger. Not really something that
should be considered a good thing. Next is Mugman’s Fantasy. Next we
have basically multiple moments during Mugman’s Mugbeard fantasy in “The I-Scream Man.” First of
all, Mugman is reading a romance novel literally titled “Romance on the High Seas,” so you know
things are going to get romantic. When the books Sea Beast, substituted with Cala Maria appears,
she wings her wet hair, which splashes onto Mugbeard, and his reaction shows how enamored
he is with her. Look at that face! He clearly enjoyed it. He also mentions at one point “burning
passion.” And now, while not necessarily an adult joke, but just how every time he’s about to kiss
her he gets interrupted by the Ice Cream Man is probably something many people who
daydream about their crushes have gone through. Now we’re on The Big D. An innuendo made by the
Devil. When he introduces himself through his song in the first episode, he names some of
his other names, including “Old Scratch,” “Mr. S,” and ending with “The Big D.” Obviously the
D stands for “Devil,” but older viewers might be filling in the blank a bit differently. Not
to mention that right after, he calls himself “a real naughty boy,” with a seductive shoulder roll.
And finally, we end with Take it Off: Multiple times throughout the episode “Sweater Off Dead,”
The Devil tries to get Cuphead to take off the invisible sweater that’s protecting him from
the Devil. He first tries bribing Cuphead, saying “Take it off and I’ll give you ten bucks.” Cuphead
almost makes the deal, when Mugman tells him that his soul is worth more than ten bucks, and Cuphead
replies “Hey, you’re right. Make it twenty.” It makes sense in context, but you take it out,
and we have a very different conversation going on. The Devil tries again later by pretending to
be Quadratus, and tells Cuphead to “take it off, that would be much better.” In general,
the idea of getting Cuphead to take off the sweater is played in a way that’s much more adult.
And that’s the end of our list. Did you agree with our list, and were there any
adult jokes we missed? Tell us in the comments below. Don’t forget to hit the like our video,
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