This Cuphead Clone is Literally Unbeatable and Maybe Illegal? 

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.

@@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.

@@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!)

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

@@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

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.

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

and thats really saying something

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.

I forgot Enchanted Portals existed

I laughed at the fact they actually added clothing.

*I saw that video.*

HUH?

@@goobermcnoober8140 Yes

What?

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

It feels like a shitty flash game

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

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

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

Get gud LMAO -Pete to everyone who played this

Xbox live Pete

@@thecringeking873 he'd totally be that guy tbh

"you should give up"

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

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

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

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

@@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?]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

@@Zorothegallade-gg7zg yeah no kidding x-x

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.

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

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

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

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

@@DeltaBlazin I doubt it

Ah, yes. The "cashgrab mascot horror" effect

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

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

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.

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

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

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

@@Hugelag and a one-shot code.

Accidental Touhou reference w/ the whole Cirno ⑨ strongest meme

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

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

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!

And there’s just a single platform in the middle

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

(Super Utilities pops up)

Action 52 ass fight

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

@@TextyyyyRoboty from BFB!!!

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

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

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

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

Also tf2 which is FREE

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

@@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

@@DakkaNah2619 honestly anything by nomnomnami is awesome

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

IT WAS HIM THAT FIRST SAID THAT?!

I thought that was him talking about Alastor.

@@at_witts_end3470 Huh? 💀

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.

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

@@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.

@@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.

if they changed it, they actually MIGHTVE gotten contacted lmao

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

Enchanted Portals isn't theft but this definitely is.

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.

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

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

@@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

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

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

Come my little helper elves🔥🔥🔥🔥

i have a hole in my brain

good

@@skelefeddy7928 i have a hole in my brain

Gehenna.

That's an insult to hell

You mean smashing a dog into a keyboard.

Cat smashing a small child on a cancelled12*

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

scratchhead is made on scratch and is a better game

That's an insult to scratch

Death due to alcohol poisoning 👍

And they had to make it in 4 minutes

@@MDLuffy1234YTAnd just 4 crackheads in a basement

​@@notveryintelligent6239All with 4 braincells

@@AnAnimatorsWorld ™️

More like 2 cents.

Yes 100%

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

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

Imagine losing in court to a shitty cuphead knock off

Bro farted💀💀💀 20:20

Or Mikey Mania

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

Mod for Taco Bell sound when

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

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?

@@djangel3108 i am specifically talking about the mushroom phase

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

the way it badly walked into frame cracked me up

This phase gave me nightmares🥺🥺😭😭

Whatever. I didn’t need any sleep anyways…

Bro has the mr Hyde drip💀💀💀

COME, MY LITTLE HELPER ELVES!

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

@@milkymilk53 k

@@pirateizzy 😭 🤣🤣

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

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

SOMEONE finally said it. Literally copy pasted Ivy's dance

the way my expression changed when i recognized the dance LOL . i love lackadaisy so this feels actually disrespectful