The Cuphead Show is a love letter to the 30's "rubber hose animation" and "golden age cartoons", but it also pays tribute to specific animators !
*Clip from season 3 but not a proper spoiler per say*
Just like season 2/ s1b, I have MANY THOUGHTS about this last batch of episodes ! I bingewatched it and enjoyed a lot of things. Will share my highlights later.
Now, it may sound silly, but my attention got particularly caught on a very short and specific moment of animation:
Doesn't Mugman's little head swaggle look familiar to you ?
It's just like the signature trademark of Milton Erwin Kahl, one of Disney's Old Men and supervisory team of animators ! I love when animators have their unique little quirks we can recognize when seeing the films/cartoons they worked on. I think this homage of the famous "Milt Kahl head swaggle" is completely intentional, as he used to do it with characters that are getting a bit too cocky or self-confident. Which is exactly the case for Mugman here (As he should, he deserves to be) !
This proves just how much love, thoughts and efforts the animators put in the creation of the Cuphead Show, with other very remarkable animated scenes through the whole series, and I think it's truly beautiful 🥺
Shoutout to them !
This makes me wonder: are there any other tributes we might have missed ?
Ok- I get that u guys think the new season clip of Cuphead crying is funny but in my opinion, it's pretty sad.. Because, imagine knowing a person that is always positive energetic and happy. Then seeing them cry and worried one day, seeing how traumatized and worried Cuphead is just makes so much sense in the saddest way possible. Especially when he had a nightmare about Mugman getting taken away in season one, and knowing how much of a great energetic positive person he was. It's really sad to see such a funny laid back positive charecter become like this. ( You guys can call me over dramatic, but this is how I see it)
FUCK Do I want to scream about season 1C now and reblog everything about it- It was so good and fun and just AAAAAAA
Gotta wait for my buddies to watch it first, maybe by tomorrow.
Meanwhile, please Tumblr, go crazy, take screenshots, scream aimlesly (?) At everything You loved about this group of episodes, I need to see people just as excited as I am.