Once the boss is defeated, the announcer will shout 'Knockout!', which is followed by the bosses' defeat pose.

Whenever the player starts a boss battle, the announcer utters one of the following lines:įollowed by one of the following, accompanied by ' WALLOP!', or ' EN GARDE!' for the King's Leap Bosses. In the base game, the bosses take place in the form of debtors, whose souls Cuphead and Mugman must steal to win The Devil's bet.īosses can have as few as two phases or as many as five, but most of the bosses have three phases.