You can speedrun Cuphead in LESS than 20 MINUTES

Speedrunning Cuphead is honestly a ton of fun, and this category makes it quick and easier! It's been a while since my last Cuphead video, but with the Cuphead DLC finally getting a release date and the new Cuphead Show, I've been taken right back into the world of Cuphead lately! Anyways, I hope you enjoy this speedrun! Which game should I tackle next??
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Sections:
0:00 - Intro
0:45 - Speedrun setup
1:35 - Let's go!
2:18 - Forrest Follies
3:05 - Upgrades
3:45 - Weapon Swap Glitch
4:20 - Inkwell Isle 1
7:28 - Inkwell Isle 2
11:35 - Inkwell Isle 3
15:38 - Most epic final boss fight of all time.
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[@TetraBitGaming]

What's in Cuphead's head???

[@mccalebs3312]

First (Why won't the devil just drink Cuphead and Mugman, it's a pretty good idea ngl.)Also glue is in Cuphead's head.

[@obj_shaggy]

Its a liquid that containing his soul

[@Boomi609]

Water that contains diseases

[@Pacmanfan-po9rn]

Cum

[@raninabwani4383]

a straw

[@arcadialuci]

Crazy how speedrunners do literally anything to shave off even a few seconds. It's really admirable even if this isn't really "anything" but it's super cool

[@certifiedfnhater4038]

A few seconds. They do tricks to shave milliseconds off their times. But it is a lot of work. I watched a guy show all 5000+ runs he did of Mario 2. It’s insane to think someone played thousands of hour of a game only to beat it in 10 minutes

[@otaking3582]

The devs have actually said that the liquid inside Cuphead and Mugman are their souls. Which makes it really weird when Mugman drinks from his own straw...

[@ericb3157]

reminds me of a silly fan-video where they needed to fight the Pink Elephants from that scene in Dumbo... and one of them poured liquor into his head!

[@cocolocobirb981]

So in the show when they fall and spill milk(?), they are spilling their soul?!

[@otaking3582]

@@cocolocobirb981 Unless the show uses different rules, then yes.

[@maiselph7456]

Maybe not so weird? The mug that is Mugman's head holds his soul, and he has a mouth on one of the walls of the mug, so technically his soul liquid goes back to his head where it's supposed to be anyway.

[@dream_walker9726]

@@ericb3157 I needs to see this-

[@internetdingus]

“No game breaking glitches” *Cries in Mugman Army*

[@RDustDust]

I said that to lol

[@assaaddandashi7396]

@Anthony of Joe mama like?

[@diamondlol5830]

@@assaaddandashi7396 refuses to elaborate

[@jime1636]

Ive also had a glitch in tutorial

[@callmeobsequious]

Have you ever looked into Army%? It's a super funny category using an exploit that allows you to have multiple Mugmen (Mugmans? Help). It's really fun to watch. I believe they've patched this out so anyone who wants to try it would need to downpatch to the "legacy" version, as seen in the video (sorry console players :c). Edit: I'm hearing that it hasn't been patched out? So. If it hasn't then yay, Army% for the console players! If it has then sadge.

[@c0rn701]

And his pal mug man and his pal mug man and his pal mug man and his pal mug man and his pal mug man

[@SpaceNG]

So multiple mugmen and duble damage

[@callmeobsequious]

@@SpaceNG Pretty much, yeah! It's hilarious to watch.

[@thevioletskull8158]

Oh yes

[@MikeyTaylorGaming]

My cuphead glitch picnic video actually shows how to activate this army ahaha

[@art-and-a-half507]

Nice, I like your in depth description of speed runs! You're always thorough, I appreciate it!

[@TetraBitGaming]

Appreciate the kind words! Thanks for watching!

[@BrainDeadXX]

For goopy it doesn't matter how close you are to him. If you crouch his head punch will miss.

[@TetraBitGaming]

Interesting!

[@josephmarin4109]

HOW DIDN'T YOU KNOW THAT TERA?!?!?!

[@Porygon_1]

@@josephmarin4109 STOP SCREAMIN AT HIM

[@Caarotz]

I DIDNT KNOW THAT

[@edortagarcia2809]

CHICKEN SANDWICH 🥪

[@CarlytheWolf23]

Y'know it makes sense as without the final segment of each boss sequence, you're not technically getting any of their contracts like you would normally in normal difficulty, as you literally have to beat them dead and pry those contracts from their cold hands.

[@eldarzh6290]

I like that comment

[@Hello-sl3oz]

They don't die

[@CarlytheWolf23]

@@Hello-sl3oz well in the sense that they lose their souls, their body is practically dead without it, and yeah they don't die die, just their body doesn't do anything without their soul, leaving it a disheveled shell of their former self, so it's a yes and no for them being dead, but a definitely not at all dead if you don't get their contracts at all, and only are until after you defeat the Devil himself if you did collect them all.

[@Hello-sl3oz]

@@CarlytheWolf23 I personally think they are just really beat up since before they get their contracts back after the good ending they are all good and well and happy

[@FrogInShorts]

@@CarlytheWolf23 You don't take their actual souls. Its a contract to get the rights to the soul. When you beat them you just take their contract and leave them be for the devil to claim their soul down the line.

[@maxwellmegagamer8535]

“This I’d say is one of the easier air fights since Wally warbles attacks are predictable” Expert mode: am I a joke to you?

[@Noobsler]

Soul contracts: I HAVE TO BE COLLECTED ON REGULER NOT STUPID SIMPLE

[@Kromer__]

@@Noobsler yeah I don't get that either

[@De_an]

I'm guessing somebody in the comments has already told you that you can fire bombs during Djimmi's "totem phase" which will go offscreen and damage Cuppet.

[@russellmarch4983]

I thought it was required to beat every boss on regular to progress to the next isle, since simple doesn’t reward you with the soul contracts required to move on.

[@TetraBitGaming]

Nope! Just can't fight King Dice or the devil

[@russellmarch4983]

@@TetraBitGaming literally playing Cuphead when you replied. Neat.

[@wonderlandrose995]

@@TetraBitGaming wait what? Ik this comment is 2 years old but what? I'm 99.99% sure that if you beat all isle bosses (say II1) on simple (which doesn't grant contracts) and go to the Die House, King Dice will tell you that he won't let you through to II2 until you've collected all the soul contracts. He also tells you the after the first time beating a boss on simple. Also also he tells you in his song The Die House, multiple times that he can't let you pass until you bring him the contracts.

[@wonderlandrose995]

@@TetraBitGaming genuinely please correct me if I'm wrong here. Maybe this was something changed in a later patch after this video had been posted? Sorry to bother you about this I'm not trying to be rude. It's just that I'm confused bc I thought the whole point of simple mode was that it was just practice. The catch is that you can't play the whole game on simple and cheat it because you wouldn't be able to get past just the first isle without the contracts.

[@vustswe]

Great vid! Cuphead is easily one of my favorite "hard" games! The addition of Simons Theme at 14:17 was an amazing cherry on the top!

[@TheNaiveity]

I remember when this game came out on switch, i was so excited that i could play it now. I played the game on simple, and my face dropped when king dice wouldnt let me in, because i needed to beat the game on regular lol. Im better at it nowadays. And yes, i beat the game.

[@xxsusmasterxx5491]

I'm just getting into cuphead and i love it!

[@hoxiipoxii56]

Glad you are enjoying it!!

[@xxsusmasterxx5491]

@@hoxiipoxii56 i just got the game, and i just absolutely love the game and the art style, especially the music! And i also watched the show, and i liked it aswell!

[@aeiou901]

you should try getting all s-ranks and p-ranks, it’s really fun to s-rank, basically you fight all the bosses all over again, but on expert (but not get hit, finish under 2:10, use 6 cards and parry 3 times) to p-rank, just beat the run n’ guns without shooting at a single enemy (tip: use smoke dash+super #2 for p-ranks)

[@xxsusmasterxx5491]

@@aeiou901 Thank you! I'm just taking my time with the game and i love it so far. Just really being amazed at the visuals, and i straight up was listening to the Floral Fury boss song and i love it! It's so good it's amazing.

[@lavbubblez]

this series is nice!

[@TetraBitGaming]

Thanks! Glad you're enjoying!

[@why-you_sewn]

@@TetraBitGamingsad these only comments

[@slxuttshxmingxo]

Your videos feel so professional and taking itself seriously but then I just get hit with the *e x t e n d* lmao I love it

[@TetraBitGaming]

😎

[@LS_Dash]

So happy to get another Cuphead video! Keep up the good work!

[@TetraBitGaming]

Thank you for watching!

[@GottaSwoop]

Finally someone who doesn’t call Cuppet “Puphead”

[@TetraBitGaming]

I actually prefer Puphead tbh

[@GottaSwoop]

@@TetraBitGaming same. but "Cuppet" is canon so

[@HotdogAmigos]

I actually watched your stream, and to me you did a great job!

[@kermitsudoku6446]

2:47 that acorn falling transition was so smooth

[@mythmusic6681]

But don’t you not get the contracts on simple mode?

[@lavbubblez]

8:53 LOL, this is ironic for me, wally took me FOREVER to beat!

[@otaking3582]

Same

[@killertalent]

"Plant Boy will also E X T E N D" Me: Can't believe I am saying this but that's what she said

[@lpapyrusbankai]

Nice Speedrun, hopefully you could enhance it since it looks so cool for you to do that.

[@AylicZ]

Dang it’s been a while since i’ve seen your videos. i remember one time you responded to my comment years ago and it made my day. Glad to see that you’re still making great content

[@TetraBitGaming]

Welcome back !

[@JameyMcQueen]

I mean, the devs were aware that it was possible to beat the game in 23 minutes on regular mode, so 20 minutes on simple mode, although still impressive, is not that groundbreaking.

[@idk_tbh3358]

WHAT. I HAVE PLAYED FOR HOURS ON SIMPLE MODE AND HAVE ONLY JUST GOT TO INKWELL ILSE 2.i am on ps4 tho

[@certifiedfnhater4038]

Technically you can’t beat the game on simple mode. You can beat all the bosses but you don’t get the soul. So you can’t get into fight king dice and the devil. I made that mistake myself.

[@JameyMcQueen]

@@certifiedfnhater4038 You can't. But did you watch the video?

[@grxdy6362]

@@JameyMcQueen hes right? maybe you should

[@fishylove1821]

@@certifiedfnhater4038 i also made that mistake

[@trainfun5567]

Omg thank you so much bro I needed a release date. Oh and there is milk in Cuphead's head

[@deeisnuts4179]

10:47 There is a cheese for the clown's third phase, Crouch under the pony's head and you will be safe!

[@bunnybuns7921]

THANK YOU

[@deeisnuts4179]

@@bunnybuns7921 the wagon can still hit you tho

[@Alex-hg7ek]

I thought that you cant progress to the next island until you beat all the bosses on regular

[@SomeStupidIdiot]

At 2:49 I'm pretty sure he could have used the pink object to get extra height and jump over the acorn maker. (Unless you can't do this in old version)

[@markinsws]

Yeah, you can. You can also use the knockback from a damage to jump over it or you can clip through it with an EX, all this is doable even on current patch

[@SomeStupidIdiot]

@@markinsws oh cool

[@anotherjacob]

great content, ive seen this speedrun before, but hearing the specific tactics used to maximize time save is so cool, might even try some of them while playing the dlc for the first time.

[@TetraBitGaming]

Thanks! :)

[@zachplayzyt7412]

13:22 HEY IT'S ALREADY 20 MINS

[@totothepotato2794]

Man these speedruners make it look easy!

[@totothepotato2794]

EVEN SIMPLE ISN'T SIMPLE!!!!!

[@paulolsen2197]

I thought you needed to beat all the bosses on regular just to get to Inkwell isle 2

[@coux_1283]

11:50 I love Bee puns

[@gg_bro4289]

I got cuphead recently and beat all the bosses (except the last two) on simple and didn’t know you have to beat all the bosses on normal to get the soul contracts and now I have to go back and do all the bosses again

[@Yo_ItsRyder]

I was there! He actually read one of my comments! I was so happy! I still haven’t beat Grim without using the glitch. Edit: Just realized I’m on a Switch, meaning I cannot do the glitch. Oof. Editing an edit: I DID IT! After probably 50 tries idk, I beat Grim.

[@ijustlovepotatoes]

So I would like to say something here 15:03 cala maria you can actually go to the bottom and shoot 2 rockets which will kill all eels and damage maria idk why people don't do yhis

[@baca1112]

1:12 You are the best youtuber on the platform without a doubt

[@cartergautreaux8717]

You posted this te day right after my birthday😄

[@Wubtastic5585]

2069: How you can speed run cuphead in 1 minute

[@toasty6969]

He said “smash the like for a sip of whatever is in cupheads head”… that’s … his soul😳

[@hongyanxian7209]

Muffin dude crying at 7:45

[@patrickwhelan8439]

Tip: during the gienies sarcophagus Stage fly at the the top of the screen next to him and you shouldn't take any damage

[@IofSheikah]

Them: beat Cuphead in under 20 minutes Me: Has been repeatedly fighting this damn flower for more than 20 minutes Edit: I’m on regular

[@ProfessorWhocario]

I'd be curious to see how different the speedrun times/strats would be on Regular tbh. Surely runs on that mode would end up changing significantly.

[@TetraBitGaming]

Takes about 3 minutes longer from what I've seen. Basically just slightly longer fights + King Dice and Devil

[@MrMariosonicman]

@@TetraBitGaming if on that specific version. I think even more fights in regular difficulty have ALOT of those out of bound hitboxes that you exploit to do insane damage and skip more phases. heck in the devil fight you dont even go to hell and just shoot at the side to damage him with no risk.

[@foxzero99gaminglaptopadven60]

now I want to see the suffering of after-patch and regular mode

[@rolandojosemorato3455]

I RESPECT UR VIDS SO I LIKED IT

[@williamgauthier1936]

no it's in cupert's head is milk

[@carmikeblue7557]

I had a glitch when I first beat cuphead, when I first beat the devil the flag pole ( the one when you beat a boss) didn’t appear neither the sound too, i left the game to see my progress and it was the same as when I beat king dice, I had to beat the devil again, hope you don’t encounter that glitch, and hope it gets removed too

[@TheSillyMan9337]

I KNEW IT (but it's still not 16 seconds. It also took me four whole years to beat the genie and your over here speedrunning the game)

[@nopoint1234]

I didn’t really want to speed run it, you just told me how to beat most of the bosses. Because I suck at every single boss, so thanks for the help

[@handsomelessking]

When i played this game i used 5hp and that green homing attack for cuphead So my damage output was as minimum as possible

[@TetraBitGaming]

Same LOL

[@amazingfireboy1848]

Simple mode removes so much from the game...

[@bones-1166]

Good

[@alexhiind]

you say that like its a bad thing?

[@amazingfireboy1848]

@@alexhiind Well, yeah. I want to play the creative parts of the game, not just the easy and boring parts. They got rid of the crying onion, and the living castle, and the 3 headed dragon. They even got rid of the good ending for crying out loud!

[@kovexplay]

@@amazingfireboy1848 I mean simple mode should be used for practise instead of a full playthrough. I don't see a problem here

[@amazingfireboy1848]

@@kovexplay That's true.

[@Insert-a-Mii]

TetraBitGaming: finished cuphead in less than 20 min Me: suffering still on the first boss for 2 years

[@Bendy705]

Fun fact in the dijimmi the great boss fight in the second phase you can kill the pillars but if you kill both of them when you can it does more damage in the third phase

[@Logiebear2310]

The stuff in the cups’ head is alcohol. There is a game theory about it

[@Catsgotobattle]

Well done

[@BigShotSpamton]

Best combo Lobber and Round About

[@Galaxy210]

The drink in Cuphead and Mugman’s head is milk because in the series, The Cuphead Show, Cuphead and Mugman get a cookie, and dip it in each other’s heads.

[@thatcokestuff]

I gotta get back into this game!

[@InsaneInVR]

man, it's crazy to think most of cup head was drawn by hand

[@ravinaashetty]

I’m pretty sure the spread shot even withought the whole weapon swap glitch does more damage per second then what the speed run uses considering the spread shot speed

[@tsunamo2081]

6:54 i counted 9 hits there.

[@johnx4531]

I agree with you on Beppi.

[@MelodyTheFelony]

This speedrun was half the amount of time it took for me to beat the root pack.

[@seeminglyatom9988]

This made me notice how ridiculously easy simple mode is

[@mariomaster101official]

Impressive

[@GmShyGuy]

Now that i think about it, i am absolutely surprised that Super Mario Galaxy still hasn't got a "Lost Bits" episode.

[@SomeStupidIdiot]

Fun fact: If you don't do the weapon swap glitch the bombs will actually take longer to kill the boss than just using normal bullets. (BOMBS do more damage then the normal bullets, but their cooldown is long enough to make it so you will end up dealing more damage by using normal bullets.) (In short: bomb only exists to shoot enemies below you. Specifically wally warbles and the robot dude, as none of the other bosses go below you.)

[@rbexcess]

there are enemies that get one-hit by the bomb, so there's also that

[@SomeStupidIdiot]

@@rbexcess true

[@Local_PepsiOfficial]

Ah yes, a boss a minute

[@Swaylon_Da_Panda]

My friend: only save a few seconds? Me: new to speedruns eh?

[@Vulpas]

I'm guessing the algorithm blessed your trendy content. I remember when you used to do cool videos like Sonic LostBits. Oh well, congratulations and I wish you the best.

[@TetraBitGaming]

Thanks

[@Vulpas]

@@TetraBitGaming BRO the timing, just saw your LostBits, great vid, didn't know you still did them 🤣

[@JustThatHelloNeighborFan5653]

If you do all bosses in cuphead in simple if your button is grey you can get the simple mode glitch for king dice and devil

[@elainad6728]

So his chat can beat the tutorial but not that damn journalist? lol

[@nourmottawea6996]

Cool and helpful dude so cool 😎

[@Mrserverman]

Cuphead pours some sort of alcohol into his head in the trailer. Alcohol boosts your energy so it makes sense for mugman to take a big gulp of it before battle.

[@Lumberjack_king]

1:54 lol game journalist didn't think so

[@ThisChannelIsAbandoned300]

the liquid inside Cuphead's head is the essence of his soul.

[@andreworders7305]

What about the non-boss run and gun levels?

[@bilguunbilly5340]

You:so fast. Manager:short cuts

[@Livia_Poiana]

1:14 I tested it out today and the PlayStation 4 Version Has The Weapon Swap Glitch Not Patched Out

[@him.mp4]

I just realized the cuphead dlc releases on my birthday

[@Ryu_D]

Thank you for the video.

[@TetraBitGaming]

Thank you for watching!

[@tmottbg]

7:53 I think that goofy ah chocolate bar is the worst

[@hi-rv4eb]

The weapon swap glitch kind of still works on switch cuz I literally skipped a phase with it

[@mariofire3940]

I found beppi the clown fairly easy with chaser and spread only use chaser on first phase

[@N1N_JA]

I thought if you beat a boss on simple in legacy the devil is like "You may have defeated the boss but you didnt get his full soul contract, Beat the boss on regular instead"

[@Hawaiian_plaguedoctor]

Fun fact: if you ex attack with the bomb equipped on plane levels it will shoot a bunch of targeting… magnets???

[@roguerayquaza2547]

That might be easy to try to do, if I do it enough.

[@dXnnys.]

The developers of the game actually revealed that the liquid in Cuphead's and Mugman's head is the essence of their soul.

[@klockowikolesie18]

Time for more PLANT BOI

[@wesley-jk4lq]

Imaginative if tetrabitgaming and eazyspeezy collab to get world record speedrun on cuphead two player that would be fastest two player speed run cuphead ever

[@2shy2guy52]

"You can speedrun Cuphead in less than 20 minutes" _You overestimate my power_

[@lordnobody2210]

When did they add that you couldn't get the next area until you beat all the bosses that you're currently at

[@buddyluigi4902]

But how do you get from island to island if you’re doing the run on simple? If I’m remembering correctly, you need to beat the bosses on regular difficulty to get the soul contract.

[@nicolevincent9638]

I'm in love in cuphead

[@vepply]

i beat Celeste in an hour on my 2nd playthrough. The thing is the game isn't too bad once you've already beaten everything

[@brankosilain3750]

how do u make the timer pause during the loading animations?

[@alfredovazquez664]

When you said "That's no good," I instantly thought to The Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog