![]() We expect cartoons nowadays to have a lot more narrative substance to them. It’s refreshing to see it return in The Cuphead Show! since it is almost entirely opposite of what we expect modern-day cartoons to be like. Looney Tunes follow this exact same structure where a central character gets into cartoony shenanigans that are quickly resolved. This should all be familiar to fans of classic animation. The two bicker but ultimately work together to solve whatever problem comes their way. Cuphead is your stereotypical hyper-energetic kid with a cocky attitude, while Mugman is his Luigi. One episode has Cuphead and Mugman stuck in a cemetery trying to escape another has the pair go on an adventure for the local merchant Porkrind, among many others. A third of the episodes deal with how Cuphead is trying to get away from the devil after losing a game of Skee-Ball, but the majority of them are situational comedies that are entirely self-contained. The Cuphead Show! follows Cuphead and Mugman and the misadventures that they go on. In fact, that was probably the smartest decision that Netflix Animation, King Features Syndicate, and Studio MDHR made about the show. It is perfectly fine for The Cuphead Show! to target younger children and not adults or gamers who played the original game. ![]() Many fans have said that the series only loosely follows the game’s structure and feels like a generic kids show. I even did a double-take when I saw that the first season consisted of 12 episodes, yet each episode was about 12 minutes long. ![]() Unlike with the game, however, the reception to the show has been a lot more mixed.īoth fans and critics have been left disappointed by the series due to its lack of substance and short nature. So it made perfect sense when Netflix announced The Cuphead Show! as an actual animated series, which finally released its first season on February 18. Cuphead was one of the best games of 2017, a tough-as-nails boss rush / run-and-gun platformer highly regarded for its animation inspired by Max Fleischer cartoons and early Disney.
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