This Cuphead Clone is Literally Unbeatable and Maybe Illegal?

Rubber Hose Rampage just came out, and it's a good ol' Cuphead-like! Except this one's different. It stars Mickey Mouse himself now that he and everyone from Steamboat Willie are in the public domain! But it also features some characters from other cartoons that may or may not be in the public domain. Either way I checked it out, and here's a nice edited down version of my playthrough where I had to cheat to beat the whole thing.
Rubber Hose Rampage:
store.steampowered.com/app/27...
or
www.xbox.com/en-US/games/stor...
Full Stream: kzbin.info79UTQbuFgUQ
Music Used:
Excelsior Ost: DoubleTap - Arcade
Stream Schedule: Tues, Thurs, Fri, Sun ~6:30 PM EST
Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
2:15 Intro Cutscene / Tutorial
4:57 Flight of the Bumblebee
6:45 The Little Piggy Incident
13:42 Waltz of the Flowers
16:24 Cheating through Every Other Boss
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[@cursedryona6265]

The developers really heard that Steamboat Willy was public domain and just assumed every animated character and asset from every era was public domain too.

[@samamies88]

most of them are in public domain, even the "Porky Pig" which actually isn't porky at all but a pig with either number 1 or number 2 in his shirt. That pig boss and wolf both come from 1943 Looney Tunes Pigs in a Polka animation which fell under public domain despite high-ish publication year since WB either forgot to renew it or maybe the studio even had policy of letting shorts slip under public domain (60 other movies fell at the same time with Polka and over 190 older ones were already there before). Even Mad doctor boss is under public domain altho his short came after steamboat. This was because disney didn't renew his copyright. But! There are some that aren't in public domain (like betty and i think that snowman as well). It might not matter tho as studios still could sue these devs for trademark infringement.

[@cursedryona6265]

@@samamies88 A lot of it is, but even then they add stuff in which makes it illegal regardless, like how Porky is dropping the Jellyfish from Spongebob.

[@Falkuzrules]

@@cursedryona6265 Have I truly read with my very own eyes someone calling mushrooms "the jellyfish from Spongebob"? (Edit: I have been informed he threw jellyfish in the trailer... or something. Mystery solved!)

[@suncrusher.]

@@FalkuzrulesYou did, and yes the pig did throw jellyfish, but only in the trailer. They changed it to mushrooms probably to not get sued

[@cursedryona6265]

@@Falkuzrules It might not be featured in this video, but he uses multiple types of projectiles. One of which is literally just greyscale PNGs of the Jellyfish from spongebob

[@cheeseyleaves]

This game makes Enchanted Portals look well-made and original

[@nyancatpoptart5441]

Comparing Enchanted Portals to this game is an insult to Enchanted Portals. At least that game is playable, has variety in gameplay, and 99% of all the assets are not traced over or straight up just stock images from google.

[@cheeseyleaves]

@@nyancatpoptart5441 I'm saying that even Enchanted Portals is better than this game

[@snezzzz]

and thats really saying something

[@TheOldCryptid]

I don't think enchanted portals is bad, I think the ideas they had were too ambitious. I say this because the art and music in enchanted portals is actually well made, but just isn't original. Enchanted portals isn't a bad game, its just unoriginal and a bit too hard. enchanted portals had actual passion and love put into it. This game is just a cash grab and has no effort or love put into it.

[@Knockoff_Zacian]

I forgot Enchanted Portals existed

[@epsilonthedragon1249]

Fun fact: that lizard boss is traced from an animation that starts like a documentary, discussing how reptiles occasionally shed their skin, but then the lizard stands up and it turns into a striptease. I’m not joking

[@GrandCorsair]

I laughed at the fact they actually added clothing.

[@wantedbird55srandomchannel28]

*I saw that video.*

[@goobermcnoober8140]

HUH?

[@wantedbird55srandomchannel28]

@@goobermcnoober8140 Yes

[@agentkmr]

What?

[@ThereIsOnlyModok]

Finally, now we can make a Mickey Mouse game without getting sued by Disney Now we can make a Mickey Mouse game and get sued by everyone except Disney

[@JulianR2JG]

No they're still getting sued they use Mickey's glove designs

[@jameseads6597]

@@JulianR2JG The steamboat Willy poster had gloves on, so gloved Mickey is allowed I believe

[@therandombacondrip]

Underrated comment

[@TemmiePlays]

​@@JulianR2JGthey didn't lol they traced over Cup head who *also* wears shorts and gloves

[@mastermewtwo5503]

@@TemmiePlays Mickey had the pants and gloves first, and it's been long confirmed that Cuphead's design was based off him. [So, this kind of goes full circle, doesn't it?]

[@thatnicyolo]

This game honestly feels like one of those poorly made creepypasta about a cursed game. Only thing missing is the VHS filter and big bloody floating Micky.EXE head

[@Zackolot404]

and the iconic hyperrealistic bloodshot eyes that was drawed in ms paint

[@lrobin-is8dg]

It feels like a shitty flash game

[@somethingclever4297]

@@lrobin-is8dg it looks like a KZbin poop. With how things are just placed with each other. No matter how little they fit together.

[@_y4020]

It reminds me of the Scratch games that I used to make 💀

[@somemadnessfan4763]

i remember seeing that specific image on Markiplier's FNATI playthrough and not being able to sleep cause that image kept popping up whenever i close my eyes good times

[@fredrickbanks1966]

I absolutely adore how the game over texts are no holds barred and brutal. Not clever, not in character, just cutthroat

[@elenahaya1195]

Get gud LMAO -Pete to everyone who played this

[@thecringeking873]

Xbox live Pete

[@spookyscaryskeletons578]

@@thecringeking873 he'd totally be that guy tbh

[@tehdrago]

"you should give up"

[@herec0mestheCh33f]

"Remember that time you died? Oh yeah, that's now"

[@TheUNlucky0013]

With my knowledge of cartoons I recognize the strangest cameos in this game. For example, the lizard girl is ripped STRAIGHT from a Chuck Jones cartoon where a lizard does a strip tease. Mr. Hyde was ripped from an Australian cartoon adaptation of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. The witch was from the Betty Boop short “Snow White,” and a lot of those ghosts are from the “Minnie the Moocher” short This game is a fever dream…

[@matthewseggelink1192]

Lizard lady’s also wearing a Phish t shirt Frankenstein’s wearing a misfits shirt The sun’s a Grateful Dead logo in the smooth cigar riding bear’s level Whoever made this has some good taste in music

[@ThereIsOnlyModok]

The dancing bear is ripped from the Oswald the Rabbit cartoon "Hells Heels", which is also still under copyright lol

[@solgaleo3533]

Don’t forget the obvious stock photos, a couple of which include watermarks

[@hatt3rene]

Just realized there are like 3 bosses in this game that are just anthro animals with a T-shirt hastily edited on

[@thatsawrapstudios2674]

The wise monkeys in the Banana gun boss are moddled after the marx bros

[@okiedoki1494]

For anyone who wants to suffer through this themselves; pressing 9 on your keyboard gives you infinite health and pretty much lets you one-shot every boss.

[@Hugelag]

They put an infinite health code in their own game? Absolutely incredible.

[@generaldurk-a-dur]

@@Hugelag and a one-shot code.

[@BinglesP]

Accidental Touhou reference w/ the whole Cirno ⑨ strongest meme

[@dragon723.]

@@Hugelag Probably for testing and never took it out. This game, if its meant to be legitimate, is half done at best.

[@monchete9934]

@@Hugelag Many devs use debug codes for testing (the Konami code is the most famous example)

[@MythicRBLX]

I just realised Mickey's sprite is literally a traced version of Cupheads with Mickey's head

[@TemmiePlays]

yup and that's why it has gloves randomly and it's why the map sprite is weird on diagonals - cuz they didn't have anything to trace

[@royalblanket]

The sprite is so low quality I'm convinced they just ripped a jpeg, edited it a bit, and put it in black and white

[@hamburger_eatspie]

the first thing that happens when something becomes public domain is usually people flipping the script to make it into a horror movie where the character is a killer, but this is stupid to another level.

[@DeltaBlazin]

Nah this is stupid but the whole horror game thing is super stupid

[@alexgreer6336]

Unironically the horror movie is gonna be better than this probably, and from what we see in the trailer, if infestation manages to be half as bad as this I would be shocked

[@DeltaBlazin]

@@alexgreer6336 Let's be honest, *it's gonna be shit.*

[@alexgreer6336]

@@DeltaBlazin I doubt it

[@BinglesP]

Ah, yes. The "cashgrab mascot horror" effect

[@usuallyangry]

"Purky Pig" isn't actually Porky Pig. He's one of the three little pigs from the Looney Tunes short "Pigs in a Polka". The tambourine wolf you encounter is from the same short. That said, Warner Bros will absolutely come down hard on this game. If they didn’t even let Anthony's Animation Talk make his own commentaries for their shorts for free on his channel, there's no way ripping several of their characters for a _monetized game_ is going to fly.

[@sonicfanboy3375]

I'm pretty sure "Pigs in A Polka" fell into public domain

[@usuallyangry]

​@@sonicfanboy3375Didn't stop Warner Bros. When they came after Anthony, ALL of the commentaries had to come down, even the public domain ones.

[@Duncaster]

Mickey and Minnie also both have gloves. The Steamboat Willie design doesn’t have that. Disney’s also gonna come down on them for that.

[@sonicfanboy3375]

@@Duncaster The title card and some promotional material depicted Mickey with gloves so I think they can get away with it

[@kayoss4667]

@@sonicfanboy3375 nope 1943, still got a good few years till we get it

[@sunnyd6519]

Alright, im gonna give the game credit. The ‘cheap shot’ involving santas present was genuinely funny and kinda makes me sad that they only cared very few times

[@Tom-jy6mc]

Same! I was laughing until my stomach hurt when Santa threw a petty, unexpectedly well animated punch. The way he kept going back and forth through laughing maniacally and his shitty talking animation while random things flew all over the screen was perfect build up

[@Zorothegallade-gg7zg]

This game has like 3 decent ideas buried under 20 tons of copy pasted bosses that move left to right and back

[@sunnyd6519]

@@Zorothegallade-gg7zg yeah no kidding x-x

[@sackfu7952]

That part was funny but i wouldn't count it because clearly it was just lifted straight from whatever black and white film the santa is originally from, which is like having an entire stand up comedy routine made up of about a thousand jokes about Mickey mouse you half-assedly made up in the span of a weekend to capitalize on the public domain hype, then one actually really funny joke that you obviously stole from some dead guy who was much funnier and had much more creative integrity than you, and just told the joke verbatim the exact same way it he told it all those years ago.

[@Tom-jy6mc]

@@sackfu7952 oh definitely it's just straight up stolen. It's just that it was in this game it stands out

[@lorddestrustor8828]

It feels like the dev heard of Mickey Mouse entering public domain and somehow interpreted that as "copyright as a concept has been repealed entirely" Which, you know, considering Disney's track record I don't blame someone thinking that that's what it would take for Mickey to become public domain. But still.

[@RSN_SGT_RENEWAL]

Absolutely 100%, he didn’t care if any of the cartoons were public domain, as long as they are animated what-so-ever, then EVERYTHING IS FAIR GAME!

[@MINE_OK]

What a magnificent game. The one boss that walked back and forth was the highlight for me.

[@thecringeking873]

Action 52 ass fight

[@Textyyyy]

I loved the one where the phase two had something fall from the sky.

[@WarterHat6232]

@@TextyyyyRoboty from BFB!!!

[@autumn_sunday]

I loved the one that allowed you to have a platform in the middle. Made it very convenient.

[@kawiianimekitty7472]

I personally liked the one that started flying in the air back and forth and dropping projectiles from the sky it added a much needed challenge

[@dafungazzzz4573]

I like how most of the bosses are just walk left to right

[@thebrightdiamondtp7871]

And there’s just a single platform in the middle

[@notveryintelligent6239]

They just saw that one King Dice miniboss and was like “yeah that’s mine now”

[@somemadnessfan4763]

fun fact: in the original trailer for the game the objects that Porky throws during the second phase weren't mushrooms, THEY WERE THE SPONGEBOB JELLYFISH, THAT MEANS THEY COULD'VE GOTTEN VIACOM ON THEIR ASS TOO IF THEY DIDN'T CHANGE IT

[@atomicrenegade8194]

if they changed it, they actually MIGHTVE gotten contacted lmao

[@bag3l_cak3]

tiger - *(From Congo jazz.)* mad scientist *(from the movie the mad doctor yes its an actual old mickey mouse cartoon from 1933. his second phase is mr hyde from the iconic mr Jekyll & Mr hyde.)* the chicken *(from swing you sinners by fleischer's 1930.)* the witch and cat - *(ghost from betty boop & Felix and cat the first character.)* the pig - *(pigs in a polka ITS NOT PORKY PIG.)* the guy who throws bombs at mickey - *(steamboat willie pete 1928.)* the wolf - *(big bad wolf by Disney.)* the samurai- *(africa 1930 yes.. that's literally the title.)* the grade system - *(also steamboat willie)* the flower - *(unknown.)* the Cactus - *(the dance is traced from lackadaisy but the character is unknown.)* The snowman - *(frosty snowman.)* *(they also added jelly fish from Spongebob.)* the cow - *(it's unknown where the cartoon came from but it might be carabell.)* queen bee - *(from eatin on the cuff or the moth who came to dinner 1942 movie.)* Lizard - *(everyone knows it's from the country detours)* I did research for this

[@xylopiano3]

Surprisingly, there is one game mechanic in this game that I think is actually kind of unique and interesting: Pete showing up randomly to throw a projectile. It helps make things personal between the protagonist and antagonist. If they had used this idea in Cuphead, they could have made King Dice be the one to show up and sabotage the player, since in the game's story, Dice made a bet that Cuphead would fail to beat all the bosses and get their soul contracts. It would have to be a different character in the Delicious Last Course, though. Probably the jumping flame from Chef Saltbaker's battle, because that little a-hole is BY FAR the most evil being in the entire game.

[@cullenlatham2366]

no so sure it is random, but hard to judge on a highlights vid. It seems more like, against certain "simpler" bosses, throwing the bomb is a visual for a phase change that comes out when the hp threshold is crossed without needing to wait for animation of the boss itself to finish. As for it being a good addition, maybe if it wasnt so predictable. It only ever comes from the right side of the screen and passes straight over the center platform.

[@gianlucacolangelo6578]

There was going to be a similar mecanic with a grim reaper like character, but was cut because it was proving to be too messy

[@BlazerMinecrafter]

Cuphead kind of still accomplishes this by making king dice the barrier between worlds, but I actually do agree that having the main antagonist show up randomly to sabotage you is actually cool.

[@foxycinnamonkitten997]

I thought he showed up when you stood still for too long

[@gianlucacolangelo6578]

@@foxycinnamonkitten997 nope he would show up if you took too long. Forcing you tò defeat the actual boss and the grim reaper.

[@DakkaNah2619]

17:42 other steam games that cost $5 or less (without discounts) Helltaker (free) Plants vs Zombies (4.99) Doki Doki Literature Club original (free) FNAF 1 (4.99) FNAF Pizza Sim (Free) FNAF UCN (free) Her Tears Were My Light (2.99) Half-Life: Blue Shift (4.99) Half-Life: Opposing Force (4.99) Holocure (free) Insaniquarium (4.99) Learn to Fly 3 (free) Bloons Monkey City (free) Counter Strike 2 (free) Deltarune Ch 1 + 2 (free) Cry of Fear (free) Ninjakiwi Archive (free) Pony Island (4.99) Vivid Stasis (Free) Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel (Free) These were everything in my Steam Library that were $5 or less, and there’s infinitely more that’s worth playing than Rubberhose Rampage

[@ButterTofu1]

Also tf2 which is FREE

[@zetahrblu]

yo her tears were my light is an amazing vn, glad to see someone else who knows about it!

[@DakkaNah2619]

@@zetahrblu the only thing that was needed to convince me that it was worth it was that it was made by the same creator of Bad End Theater, plus the cheap price helped too

[@zetahrblu]

@@DakkaNah2619 honestly anything by nomnomnami is awesome

[@VictoriaBarrios96]

also the sims which is free and had multiple expansion packs including one that allows you to make furries

[@notauntarctic]

Rubber Hose Rampage is technically violating copyright laws because some characters in the game are still protected under copyright (Betty Boop, Frosty The Snowman, etc.)

[@eyanbradley7373]

@@busimagen which Betty Boop cartoons are under public domain? I've been about that since I saw her in the game.

[@ariautumn_tea6865]

@@eyanbradley7373 I’d say the Betty Boop cartoons that were made in the early 30s are public domain/becoming public domain in 2024

[@user-ug1vt2xb5b]

the graphic design is my passion game

[@ItsJustTrevor]

You don't know how much I laughed at this comment 🤣🤣🤣

[@feztroutthetripledeluxefan]

(Super Utilities pops up)

[@shockdoggo6889]

At LEAST enchanted portals tried to have its own visual style

[@donzen9749]

I was also convinced the chicken was gonna just kill you irl, the way it looks right into your eyes before transforming was visceral and dark magic

[@creditsunknown7974]

This is what Nikola Tesla meant when he said "You may live to see man-made horrors beyond your comprehension" when he showed off one of the first radios. Also y'all vid watchers don't know how hype it was for Flembons to defeat the Purky Pig without cheating.

[@chobies5383]

IT WAS HIM THAT FIRST SAID THAT?!

[@at_witts_end3470]

I thought that was him talking about Alastor.

[@thehappiestchaos]

@@at_witts_end3470 Huh? 💀

[@ThatDanFox]

DUDE. THAT EGG CATAPULT SPRITE IS RIPPED OUT OF ANGRY BIRDS CLASSIC. NO JOKE. IN THE BIG SETUP LEVEL BACKGROUNDS YOU CAN SEE IT.

[@redstreak9430]

37:42 that’s actually The Mad Doctor from a Mickey Mouse Short, most noticeably reappearing in the Epic Mickey games. Still not public domain yet though ☠️

[@geoffreyrichards6079]

Actually, it is. “The Mad Doctor” is one of the very few Disney cartoons whose copyright was never renewed and entered the public domain early on.

[@Aescalona]

You just unlocked memories I didn't even know I had

[@TsuladanGaming]

@@geoffreyrichards6079 Yeah I think the short and the black and white character is, as long as it isn't the Epic Mickey version which I assume would be separate in terms of copyright age? (Like, his model, voice, and mannerisms from Epic Mickey specifically.) ...still sad I never got Epic Mickey 3 though.

[@geoffreyrichards6079]

@@TsuladanGaming A bit tricky to say since the Epic Mickey depiction is pretty faithful to how he was originally portrayed in the old cartoon - even down to his singing. I think so long as it’s based on his original depiction and not any later iterations, you should be in the clear.

[@ShoshoDupers]

its going to get violently thrown off steam at some point. ignoring the fact that this is a cuphead clone that manages to make enchanted portals look like a saint, many of the sprites are just dogshit or genuinely poorly done. not to mention while alot of them are taken from Public domain cartoons, The others are straight up illegal to use as betty boop and porky pig from looney tunes haven't entered the public domain yet. and some of the sprites are just royalty free stock images.

[@_FatNuggets_]

Enchanted Portals isn't theft but this definitely is.

[@TECH097]

The thing is some characters that are still copyrighted with their first shorts STILL owned by their respective studios, some of their copyrights have run out. EXAMPLE, technically Mickey has been in the public domain for a LONG time cuz The Mad Doctor was never renewed for a new copyright, juuust because it was such a dark short and blemish on Disney's reputation at the time. So there are indeed SOME Betty Boop shorts alleged to be Public Domain. Also that's not Porky, that's actually one of the Three Little Pigs from Pigs in a Polka.

[@TemmiePlays]

Betty boop, along with other poorly named Fleischer cartoons; enters the public domain in 2026

[@TECH097]

@@TemmiePlays Well their earliest SHORTS do, the CHARACTERS are still trademarked

[@TemmiePlays]

@@TECH097 the shorts are trademarked that's fine. you can make a cartoon about a dog girl and boy ( Betty and bimbo, and yes that's his name ) but you can't COPYRIGHT a ' short ' as you'd call it lol. and yes Betty is a dog. at some point they removed or covered her ears up 🤷🏻‍♀️ But yeah 2026 is the earliest. the only ONE Betty boop you can use is from the banned cartoon of Popeye where she's a different skin color, and Popeye plays a game where you throw baseballs at an African person. THAT Betty boop is fine, it's off model and they don't call her Betty. that's also still not the one used here

[@mattheil6873]

This game already has plenty of stolen assets, but at 31:54 during the dancing bear fight, you can clearly see The Grateful Dead’s logo in the background.

[@mm3shadowman982]

"I have a present for you 🎁" -Proceeds to Pharaoh Man tf out of "Mickey"

[@lemonsmug]

you're so real for this shadow man from mega man 3 for the nintendo entertainment system

[@skelefeddy7928]

is this what hell feels like

[@skelefeddy7928]

i have a hole in my brain

[@carameleoncookieee]

good

[@Knapperoni]

@@skelefeddy7928 i have a hole in my brain

[@ifardedveryloud420]

Gehenna.

[@trollsansofficial]

That's an insult to hell

[@oboll6064]

42:42 Damn bruh, Santa isn't taking any naughtiness from anyone this year 💀

[@kaka_445]

He got tired of having to mine coal to give it to the bad kids

[@TheFancyBeeYT]

Come my little helper elves🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@nobodyimportant9443]

can't believe the lizard transforming is perfectly timed with the music

[@simonthebelievierbogalo4ab426]

After watching this video 5 separate times, I can say: Santa boss is moment where the game peaks

[@cantin8697]

11:23 Pete's such a bro giving genuine advice for anyone trying to play that broken game

[@justamicrowave5297]

Fun fact: mickey and Minnie have absolutely no junk in their trunks because the hit boxes are actually smaller in the back. Also i learned this from another guy who played this game who had to stop at the chicken because even after micromanaging damage to get in as much damage as fast as humanly possible, the ufo phase is so badly coded that it will go all the way across the screen leaving no safe spots at least 3 times before you can kill it making it actually impossible even with full health.

[@Zorothegallade-gg7zg]

I thought it was impossible for someone to program a game by smashing a cat into a keyboard while both the programmer and the cat are on lethal doses of methamphetamines, but I guess you learn something new every day.

[@asra-5180]

You mean smashing a dog into a keyboard.

[@trollsansofficial]

Cat smashing a small child on a cancelled12*

[@willbunnell889]

27:27 That cactus is literally doing the dance of that one cat from Lackadaisy!

[@Mario_Angel_Medina]

I love that half of the bosses don't even attack you, they just dance around while other guy trows proyectiles everywhere... Also, _not having any animation when the bosses are deffeated is such a good design decision, it doesn't make beating them feel extremely unrewarding, not at all_ (sarcasm)

[@Disatiere]

Tbh regardless of public domain this game probably has the strongest parody defense ever

[@solgaleo3533]

This literally feels like it came from scratch

[@brodiscool2752]

scratchhead is made on scratch and is a better game

[@trollsansofficial]

That's an insult to scratch

[@softbones9700]

this would be a great drinking game, every time you get hit you drink an entire bottle of vodka

[@KaiaBrodbecker]

Death due to alcohol poisoning 👍

[@ArcherSlamBAM]

Okay, time for some fun factoids: the chicken boss, the one that turned into the UFO, is literally ripped straight from the animated short, Swing You Sinners. What makes it sort of a fun fact is that the sunflower boss from Cuphead, his movement was actually based on that of one of the characters from the very same short, except they didn't just take the whole thing from the short, wholesale.

[@milkymilk53]

Here's another fun fact Everything in this game is ripped from some animation or another..

[@Textyyyy]

Every boss in this game ever: run around the floor and turn around everytime you hit a wall. Have a single platfrom in the middle of the screen. have pete throw a bomb. then for phase two make something fall down from the sky with an absurd hitbox. Die.

[@jAujAl1]

Actually, a bunch of Looney Toons and Merrie Melodies cartoons are public domain, due to copyright neglect. The Copyright Act of 1909 only guaranteed copyrights for an initial period of 28 years, which needed to be renewed to be extended further. It's only since the Copyright Renewal Act of 1992 that the requirement for a renewal registration has been removed, retroactively applying to all work published since 1964. Therefore many works published between 1929 and 1963 are public domain, despite being more recent than 95 years. I would assume the appearances of Porky Pig in this games are from one of those cartoons, hence why he's playing hula hoop in his animations, he's probably from a public domain cartoon where he happens to be playing hula hoop.

[@oswald-kp1bm]

42:45 LMAO bro really fell for the old "Santa Claus giving you a present" trick

[@username5155]

15:14 This game got beta tested in the sense where the person who is by definition the best at the game because they made it beat half of the levels once and called it a day. Wait, sorry, let me fix that. The developer beat half of one of the levels and called it a day.

[@cosmicspacething3474]

24:54 That’s the exact same patters as the flower boss. Wow, this game really only has three repeating boss fights…

[@Nosenomeacuerdo1]

The lizard is truly a masterpiece. How the level's name is literally just "the lizard", Also Sprach Zarathustra in the background, how it's literally just a lizard, how it turns into a furry during the most epic part of the piece. Got me on the edge of my seat the whole time, truly life changing

[@lazerpie101]

It's amazing that this game got even 1 feature of game design right. I am absolutely astonished they put in the effort to actually show that the bullets are hitting the enemies.

[@ProtoSpectra]

Alternate title, the little piggy incident

[@blucatgamerz]

Yes 100%

[@djangel3108]

Step 1: Go back in time to stop the resistance that makes AI sentient in your present

[@jneal1347]

24:34 The peak of evolution

[@gray_awesome]

Cuphead if the budget was 4 dollars

[@MDLuffy1234YT]

And they had to make it in 4 minutes

[@notveryintelligent6239]

@@MDLuffy1234YTAnd just 4 crackheads in a basement

[@AnAnimatorsWorld]

​@@notveryintelligent6239All with 4 braincells

[@ItBurnsOwStopHelpMeItBurns]

@@AnAnimatorsWorld ™️

[@sourcefreak7997]

More like 2 cents.

[@TemmiePlays]

that chicken turning into a UFO... I've seen it in a cartoon with a bunch of animals performing skat. Including a frog i used in an edit years ago. it's from " swing you sinners " by Max Fleischer

[@pizzanopastano9159]

God, I legit did not have a good laugh in a while until I saw that second phase of the Santa Claus fight in this video! Literally the perfect boss fight! “cOmE mY lItTlE hElPeR eLvEs!”

[@kacpersobieraj5421]

40:25 The REASON WHY Ice King looks like this is because he was made in the 1920’s, and Rankin’ Bass Christmas Specials didn’t EXIST yet, neighter did Color Television, so they couldn’t make him the Snow Miser.

[@Quartzer.]

The lack of Rankin Bass specials being in the public domain (except maybe Rudolph kinda but even so probably not enough for it to significantly do anything with it) didn't stop them from putting Frosty

[@peterosullivan4764]

Flembons: I can beat this. The game: Suddenly, pineapples. *he dies not just in the game but also in real life from all the pineapples*

[@latexu9589]

26:17 The movie in question is "A Trip to the Moon" (Le voyage dans la lune) from 1902. It is in fact one of the first "sci-fi" movies in cinema history.🤔🌕🚀

[@geoffreyrichards6079]

Having already watched the Tex Avery cartoon it came from, I knew immediately what that lizard was going to do in its second phase.

[@Galvatron102]

It's like if Dingo Pictures made a game

[@Cyber_kumo]

I noticed some items that are nowhere near the time period and are not public domain: The Grateful Dead logo The Misfits logo Mr. Hyde model (1986 cartoon movie from Australia) Frosty the Snowman

[@lazysheetghost]

the samurai lion just has a good gaming chair is all

[@alanoppizzeria9590]

18:32 that's genuine fear In his eyes

[@mehiloll]

20:20 the bomb noise had me in the air 💀

[@bag3l_cak3]

Bro farted💀💀💀 20:20

[@papayaboat1780]

The turtle with the banjo is stolen from a Grateful Dead album cover. The sun in the same level is the band’s logo. Not to mention, there are several other copyrighted band logos (both famous and obscure) scattered throughout the game. EDIT: Oh, and the skeleton with the top hat? Another stolen Grateful Dead asset. Call it a hunch, but I don’t think the developer understands how “tributes” work.

[@marshmallowbiscuit4553]

I'm convinced that the creator was a cuphead pro and decided to make their own version of the game that was harder and glitchy. Watch the mf no hit speedrun it.

[@calebwashere]

The Bell sound after being hit is driving me crazy

[@Gyrokun]

Mod for Taco Bell sound when

[@monstery8027]

Enchanted portal is going to be popular thanks to whoever made the game

[@stacyoday5793]

The fact he talked about BETTY BOOP before the betty boop boss is crazy

[@nathanzavala2861]

27:27 The Charleston boss, It's quite literally the animation from the Lackadaisy - Jazz Cat Dance Loop video. Straight up had whiplash when I saw it in the trailer.

[@milkymilk53]

Here's a little secret. EVERYTHING is a rip from an animation

[@Lampshadecollector]

The stock images that have colour are the best part about this game I also just realised half the bosses are dancing creatures with guns I really hope this is a crypto miner for the funnies

[@SpongeMan020]

If you ever played or know a Epic Mickey game you should know who the Mad Doctor is

[@genyakozlov1316]

Or Mikey Mania

[@ABANDONED23456]

35:39 Certain versions, yes. Felix the Cat was created in 1919 and he's the very first rubberhose cartoon. However, only his first appearances and certain films of him are public domain. This basically makes his design public domain since he's only had one change and that was from Master Tom to Felix. His magic bag, as far as I know, is not in public domain.

[@Catfishade]

I just wanted to say that I've watched this video like 7 times while drawing genuinely excellent background noise

[@anthonyoliver418]

Is it me or was it genuinely surprising seeing them use the Mad Scientist considering he and Peter are the only 2 characters I remember that actually appeared as enemies to Mickey canonically, all the more weird is how they have him turn into a completely unrelated character

[@krealyesitisbeta5642]

“Oh boy! My favorite game!” “Um excuse me-“ *Rubberhose rampage* 😱

[@kylerzam9749]

Man, Pete popped out with 100% anger and disbelief at the end of 1st try lizard lol

[@makitstop]

just looked it up, everything from media released before 1943 is now public domain, that includes those versions of the wolf and porky pig, WB might still come down on them, but if they do, they will probably lose in court

[@hagfish4998]

Imagine losing in court to a shitty cuphead knock off

[@Anti-Crave_]

38:39 SCARIEST PHASE 😱

[@Kaydenjames1028]

This phase gave me nightmares🥺🥺😭😭

[@WarterHat6232]

Whatever. I didn’t need any sleep anyways…

[@bag3l_cak3]

Bro has the mr Hyde drip💀💀💀

[@NoName-oz3gj]

Legend has it that the king of the mountain is still getting faster

[@-MelodyMoment-]

41:43 this phase was so stupid i almost had a heart atack while laughing 💀

[@imthatoneguyirl]

COME, MY LITTLE HELPER ELVES!

[@porterbrown836]

this game gets an instant 10/10 due to that santa fakeout

[@laggy3099]

I am GOBSMACKED by Frankenstein's Monster wearing a straight up Misfits shirt and doing the Thriller dance. My brain was actually malfunctioning, I could not take in what I was seeing

[@ThiccSteveYT]

If I made a Mickey Mouse Cuphead Ripoff, Every level will start off in B&W, then gradually get colors, and better sounding music during the level.

[@pirateizzy]

Even the pause menu and settings are the same as Cuphead, this is wild

[@milkymilk53]

Wild. They used a generic unity menu UI. That is wild. I've never seen it before

[@pirateizzy]

@@milkymilk53 k

[@milkymilk53]

@@pirateizzy 😭 🤣🤣

[@SamiTheAnxiousBean]

i find it absolutely insane that you beat Little piggy incident the way you did, because that's not the intended way to beat it and you made it way harder for yourself You literally just move from left to right, left side of screen, middle platform, right side of screen, middle platform, left side of screen, repeat like a /\/\/\ pattern thats literally it, thats how youre supposed to beat it

[@djangel3108]

Does that work against the mushroom spam phase though? Cause if you touch a Mushroo, you lose health

[@kota2373]

Oh yeah, what a shame for such a well designed game! "just go back and forth" in a game where everything goes back and forth. But what he's supposed to do in the 1-frame hits and the other two or three bosses that spam projectiles with impossible random patterns? Or the final boss that shows that ducking is pointless bc it doesn't change your hitbox and blocks the only platform that would let you avoid damage?

[@SamiTheAnxiousBean]

@@djangel3108 i am specifically talking about the mushroom phase

[@SamiTheAnxiousBean]

tbh i may have badly explained it, but seeing it actually done would make this comment make more sense@@kota2373 as for the other bosses, yeah theyre bullshit

[@Mewtwo557]

This is the Meme Run of cuphead clones.

[@DraytonProductions2010]

I can't believe they didn't use the steamboat willie design for the player sprite and instead uses his 1929 design (with GLOVESSS!!) Like, did they even check.

[@gusviddygammies]

You do know they just traced it from Cuphead's sprites, right?

[@DraytonProductions2010]

oh......................so this is more crap@@gusviddygammies

[@ryaquaza3offical]

18:21 it’s probably just me but i feel like the chicken boss is strangely uncanny. Why does it move like that?, what are those proportions? Legit caught me off guard the first time

[@ccs-bd7ts]

the way it badly walked into frame cracked me up

[@nopenope4848]

it's hilarious how some bosses are straight up IMPOSSIBLE

[@skylarkblue1]

12gb thing is just compression. Downloads are going to be smaller than the final size - just means the compression was pretty good. Crypto miner, very unlikely. A miner that would go undetected by you through the whole stream + windows defender would take a lot more effort than this whole game did lmao. Crypto miners are a lot more rare than people think.

[@blairwasser7533]

This whole time I kept losing my mind because most of the characters are stolen, and seeing them took me back to watching old cartoons with my family

[@glitchhunter09]

the lizard is from an old tex avery cartoon. in it it talks about the lizard shedding its skin and then the lizard starts walking around and dancing like a stripper taking off its skin. and then finally a black bar and the words "CENSORED" appear over it and the scene ends

[@theodore63.84]

The sun in the bear level is literally the Grateful Dead logo which is not even the same half of the century

[@pairofpears3]

That's literally the peashooter from Enter the Gungeon

[@waylonthompson3507]

I think Devolver Digital might have a couple of words about that Gungeon brand Peashooter

[@kaligath6616]

The concept of public domain is no one can claim ownership over it so even if two products was similar none of them would have legal grounds to sue the other as they both are aware the thing in question is within the area of public domain and the only thing they could claim ownership is features that are distinctively different. If someone is taking full advantage over the steamboat willie style then they are 100% within their right to do so.

[@AttackHelicopter-xu1yk]

The game ironically has not entered the publics domain bc of the great timing of the steam approval submission

[@Anonymous-oh4xw]

What are Betty and Porky doing there? They aren't in Public Domain yet!

[@supergigantbaby1718]

santa just punched mickey straight in the face after tricking him for a present

[@Idk_267]

This whole game is a fever dream😭

[@J.T._Entertainment]

this is the decade of amature-bad cuphead games and I'm all here for it *now S rank it*