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Cuphead vs steven universe! Which old cartoon inspired character will come out supreme? Cuphead or spinel?
interlude[]
Boomstick: cartoons have been a thing ever since the early 1900's, and there are tons of characters that are based off of early cartoons!
Wiz: like cuphead, the devil dealer
Boomstick: and spinel, the abandoned plaything, he's wiz and I'm boomstick
Wiz: and it's our job to analyze their weapons, armor and skills to see who would win a death battle.
cuphead[]
Wiz: cuphead and his brother mugman lived without a care with their elder kettle, till they went to the devil's casino, even though kettle said not to.
Boomstick: what's with people not listening to their family? Don't they ever learn?
Wiz: it was going well until cuphead tried to gamble with the devil himself! Of course, it didn't go well...
Boomstick: you see, cuphead used his soul as a way for gambling, so when they lost, they pleaded for him to give them mercy
Wiz: he decided that if they were to live, they would have to collect the souls of his enemies...
Boomstick: or they would become his possessed servants! ...creepy!...
Wiz: the two would be given a magical potion by elder kettle that would give them magical powers
Boomstick: now, there's way to many powers for us to count, so we're only going to say a few.
Wiz: the one any player starts off with is the pea shooter
Boomstick: ever see someone in the distance that you want to be taken out? The peashooter can make you be able to shoot beams from your hands! I mean, they all do this, but this is the OG!
Wiz: never say og again
Boomstick: whatever wiz...
Wiz: in summary it can go a pretty good distance and take a well amount of damage
Boomstick: next on our list is the roundabout! If one of your bullets misses your target, with the roundabout, it can hit what it missed!
Wiz: it's basically the same as the peashooter other than the fact that it's basically a boomerang...
Boomstick: you make it sound less cool than it actually is, wiz!
Wiz: now, we need to look at their specials!
Boomstick: first we have the mega blast!
Wiz: it's basically the same as ryu's hadouken but it does a ton of damage!
Boomstick: there's also the super art 1
Wiz: which is a huge beam that comes from the head of cuphead, taking down anyone in his way!
Boomstick: also, cuphead even has his own plane!
Wiz: which can shoot pellets and even turn into a insanely powerful missle!
Boomstick: we weren't able to get ALL of his abilities, but we did get some!
Wiz: now, time for the slinkie...
spinel[]
Wiz: years upon years ago, there was a small but well known lord named pink diamond, unlike the other diamonds, she was more playful and less serious
Boomstick: she even had her own playmate who she used to play with on her magical floating garden, sounds weird, I know
Wiz: and that playmate of hers was spinel
Broomstick: *laughs* wait, THAT'S spinel? She does look troublesome at all!
Wiz: oh, you are so, so, SO wrong about that!
Boomstick: you see, what pink diamond really wanted was her own planet to control
Wiz: when she finally got her own planet, she told spinel to stay there
Boomstick: oh, for how long? An hour, a da-
Wiz: 6,000 years...
Boomstick: WHAT!?!
Wiz: yeah, and to make it worse, she never came back, if it wasn't for her son making a message to the universe, she would have never left
Boomstick: jeez, pink's a jerk!
Wiz: yep, now, she's angry, angry enough to avenge herself by attacking steven.
Boomstick: and she has some ways of doing it!
Wiz: she can stretch out her limbs, making herself able to hit things from afar
Boomstick: and she can enhance her fists to give out a harder punch!
Wiz: also, she can make herself into a mini tornado, hitting you on each side
Wiz: with this cartoony ability, she has a LOT of strength
Boomstick: like how she can destroy a machine the size of 4 houses in one huge punch!
Wiz: speaking of machine, the machine boomstick was just talking about was spinel's inator
Boomstick: it's a big machine full of dangerous poison!
Wiz: so dangerous that it can take out a whole planet in 48 hours!
Boomstick: also she has a scythe that can send gems to their beginning state
Wiz: well, in this case the memory warp part isn't helpful, but she can still cut with it!
Boomstick: she DOES have some flaws though
Wiz: yeah, like how her scythe can be used on herself
Boomstick: oh yeah, we forgot to mention, spinel has 2 side
Wiz: a silly side and a serious side
Boomstick: her serious side is what we have been talking about
Wiz: her silly side is really clumsy and not to harmful
Boomstick: hopefully that won't be a problem!
Spinel: gee it's swell to finally BEAT her other friends!
time for a fight![]
Wiz: alright, the combatants are set, let's end this once and for all
Boomstick: it's time for a death battle!
fight[]
The wind was blowing against the forest trees, there was absolutely no sound... Except the sound of a scared cup.
Cuphead: ok cuphead, you just have ONE more contract to get, no big deal.
In the distance, he could see spinel
Spinel: hey, who are you?
Cuphead: I'm here to take your contract!
Spinel: what contra- WOAH
Cuphead had just shot a pellet at spinel, who quickly dodged
Spinel: ok, now it's on!
Spinel enlarged her fists while cuphead aimed his fingers at spinel
FIGHT!
Cuphead shot 3 pellets at spinel, which she all dodged. Spinel then stretched her fists out, punching cuphead and sending him flying into a tree. Spinel then got out her scythe and started slicing it towards the cup
Cuphead: ah!!
Spinel chuckled while trying to hit cuphead with her scythe
Cuphead: better change my attack plan!
And so he did, he changed his pellets to roundabout pellets
He shot one at spinel, which she dodged
Spinel: Haha, missed me!
Cuphead: think again!
Spinel looked behind herself in confusion, seeing the pellet come back at her which she then barely dodged
But what spinel didn't know is that cuphead had grabbed her scythe when she was distracted
Spinel: hey, where is my scy-
Before you could say gem, cuphead had slashed spinel with the scythe, poofing her
Cuphead: pfft, that wasn't so bad!
Cuphead started looking for spinel's contract, but after a bit, he realized that he couldn't find it!
Cuphead: wait, does this thing even HAVE a contract!? Erg, well time to end this once and for a-
Suddenly, spinel's gem started to rise into the air, then, spinel appeared! But, she was different, she was her silly version!
Cuphead: w-what, that's Impossible!
Spinel: what's impossible?
Cuphead: wait, do you even REMEMBER what happened?!
Spinel: nope!
Cuphead clutched his fists
Cuphead: you know what? It doesn't even matter, cause your about to be dead!
Cuphead shot some normal pellets at spinel, none of them hitting
Spinel: missed!
Cuphead then turned his pellets to roundabout pellets!
Cuphead: have some of this!
He shot the pellet, it missing the first time and also missing the second time!
Spinel: ya still missed!
Cuphead yelled in frustration
Cuphead: That's it! You gave me NO other choice!!!
Cuphead jumped into the air and shot out a mega blast going towards spinel!
Spinel: uh oh spaghettio-
The mega blast hit, creating a huge crater on the ground.
Cuphead landed on the ground noticing that spinel was nowhere to be found
Cuphead: phew! Finally, now I never have to deal with her aga-
But right when cuphead turned around, he was eye to eye with spinel, who was smiling all the way!
Spinel: nope, you still missed!
Spinel wrapped her stretchy hands around cuphead, raising him up into the air and shaking him up and down!
Spinel: today's just not your day is it? Well, that's ok! Your friend spinel is here to cheer ya up!
Spinel then gave cuphead a huge hug which made cuphead growl in frustration
Cuphead: get... off... of... me...
Suddenly, footsteps could be heard, and then, Bismuth appeared!
Bismuth: I KNEW I heard something coming from here! What are you guys doing, making all of this racket?
Cuphead wasn't listening to bismuth, he had his eyes on a chainsaw that was on bismuth's tool belt.
Cuphead grinned in excitement and quickly grabbed the chainsaw away from bismuth!
Bismuth: hey, you can't take that, it requires a lot of profession and-
Cuphead: be quiet, you have NO clue how much I need this!
Cuphead threw the chainsaw at spinel.
Spinel: gah!
Spinel jumped just in time, making the chainsaw hit and cut down a tree.
Bismuth: ok that's ENOUGH! you can't just go around cutting tre-
Out of nowhere, the tree fell onto another tree, making it fall and hit another tree, and just like that, a domino effect started to happening, and after a bit, the whole forest was down! Bismuth yelled in anger.
Spinel:I'm sorry ma'am...
Bismuth: oh it's ok, it not your fault...
Bismuth looked at cuphead
Bismuth:but YOU, oh yeah, YOUR the one whose in SO much trouble, you little tree harmer!
But bismuth wasn't the one who was the most furious, oh no, that award goes to cuphead. Cuphead shoved bismuth out of the way and looked straight into spinel's 1930 looking eyes
Cuphead: THAT'S IT! I'M GOING TO KILL YOU AND LEAVE YOUR REMAINS IN A GARDEN AND LEAVE THEM ALONE FOREVER!
spinel's happy expression changed into a sadder look.
Spinel: gar..den..? A...lone?
Then, she remembered, and just liked that, she reformed into her more serious form
Cuphead: uh oh...
Spinel: uh oh indeed! You just made a grave mistake, mister!
Spinel turned her hand into a horn and blew on it.
Spinel: I would LOVE to see you try to stand a chance against my lovely injector!
Cuphead: in...jector...? What injector?
Suddenly the ground started shaking as spinel's injector appeared over the earth's surface, and after 10 seconds, it shot it's needle into the ground.
Spinel: THIS injector! Spinel quickly jumped to the top of the injector as it's toxic poison started to go into the earth.
Bismuth: I gotta go get Steven and the others!
Bismuth started running back to beach city. Cuphead started to notice that the earth was starting to break open, revealing a river of poison at the bottom
Cuphead: keep! I have to get off the ground, and fast! But how?
Then, an idea grew in cuphead's, well, head!
Cuphead: of course, the plane!!!
Cuphead took a running start, and after at least 20 seconds, he finally found the plane.
Cuphead: ha, she'll never know what hit her!
Meanwhile: Spinel was walking around the edge of the injector, looking for cuphead
Spinel: he better have not left like a coward
Out of the blue, spinel could hear something... Spinel looked up to see cuphead flying a plane towards the injector Cuphead: hey you rubbery abomination, have some of this!
Cuphead started shooting bullets at spinel
Spinel: eep!
Spinel quickly jumped out of the way.
Cuphead: ready for round 2?
Cuphead kept shooting out bullets, making spinel run around the top of the inator, trying not to get hit. After a bit spinel stopped and looked up at the plane
Spinel: now that you've had YOUR fun, time for me to have MY fun!
Spinel giggled
Spinel: oh, I know! Let's play CATCH!
Spinel grabbed her scythe and threw it, cutting off one of the plane's engines, making it start to plummet downwards
Cuphead: gah!
Cuphead quickly jumped out of the falling plane, grabbing onto the side of the injector as his plane hit the ground and exploded on impact! Cuphead quickly climbed the injector and finally reached the top, seeing spinel on the other side.
Spinel: you survived! Wow, you really are full of surprises!
Cuphead got his fists ready
Spinel: looks like somebody just wants to get down to business! Oh, don't you worry, I won't keep you waiting any longer!
Cuphead shot out some pellets, which spinel quickly dodged
Spinel: hey cuppy, wanna go for a SPIN!?!?
spinel started to go into her mini tornado like form, hitting cuphead from different sides
Cuphead: hey- OOF!- stop doing- OOF!- that!
Cuphead kicked at spinel, making her back off a little. Cuphead shot 2 more pellets, one that spinel easily dodged, and one that was so close to her that she fell over.
Spinel: that was really close but you still-
Cuphead: if you say "missed" one more time I SWEAR!
Spinel started running around cuphead in circles, trying to catch him off guard
Cuphead: oh, I don't think so!
Cuphead shot out a couple of round about bullets, only for all of them to be easily dodged.
Spinel: uh oh, look's like somebody's starting to get PREDICTABLE!
Spinel started to laugh.
Spinel: but seriously, are you really ALL out of tricks to use on me?
Cuphead started to laugh like a maniac, this made spinel nervous
Spinel: h-hey, wh-what's so fu-funny?
Cuphead looked at spinel with a huge smile on his face.
Cuphead: it's just that your forgetting the most important rule of a fighter!
Spinel looked at him In confusion...
Cuphead: and that rule is that you ALWAYS save your best trick for last!
Spinel chuckled
Spinel: oh of course! Thanks for reminding me!
Cuphead lifted up into the air and aimed his head towards spinel as spinel enlarged her fists to a huge size ... ... ... And suddenly, just then, cuphead used his energy beam while spinel punched at cuphead with her huge hand. The beam and fist both hit each other, creating a huge explosion, leaving an impossible-to-see-through cloud of dust. ... ... ... ... After a second, the dust cloud lifted, revealing spinel, who was holding cuphead around the neck
Spinel: you know, during this whole fight, I was always thinking: "I wonder what the liquid in this cup tastes like!" Well, now, I'm gonna finally find out!
Spinel brought cuphead towards her and took a huge gulp from the liquid in his head, this made spinel cough a bit
Spinel: bleh! 1 star, would not recommend!
Spinel laughed and then threw cuphead over the side of the injector, his body falling into the poison, never to be seen again!
Spinel: finally, some peace and q- Steven jumped onto the top of the injector, looking straight at spinel...
Steven: spinel, you need to stop this!
Spinel: oh you have to be kidding me
The two both got into fighting positions.
K.O!
results[]
Boomstick: what a fight!
Wiz: cuphead would have put up a really good fight, but he just couldn't be able to defeat spinel
Boomstick: spinel beats cuphead in alot of things.
Wiz: this includes speed and strength.
Boomstick: but, I hear you say, wouldn't just ONE pellet take spinel down?
Wiz: well, probably yes, but here's the thing, spinel's energy.
Boomstick: what? What does that mean?
Wiz: spinel is insanely energetic, so energetic she could probably dodge all of cuphead's attacks while still being able to hurt cuphead in the process
Boomstick: even if cuphead had more weapons he could use, it still wouldn't have mattered!
Wiz: yeah...
Boomstick: well, I guess that victory was to much of a STRETCH for cuphead!
Wiz: Cartoons. Since the early 20th century, the simple act of mimicking motion by flipping through drawings have become a staple of the entertainment industry.
Boomstick: But of course, you have to go back to where it all started, and what's a better way of showing your love to the humble beginnings of animation by tributing it nearly a century later?!
Wiz: Cuphead, the soul-contract collecting cup
Boomstick: And Spinel, the rubber hose gem. He's Wiz and I'm Boomstick
Wiz: And it's our job to analyze their weapons, armor, and skills to find who would win… A Death Battle.
CUPHEAD[]
Wiz: On the small island of Inkwell Island lives 2 brothers, Cuphead and Mugman, living under the watchful eye of their mentor, Elder Kettle.
Boomstick: Of course, these boys are quite the risk-takers, so they went over to the Devil's Casino despite the ol' Kettle's wishes.
Wiz: It's here that the boys were on a winning streak against the other contestants, up until they made the critical mistake of betting against the Devil himself.
Boomstick: Not surprisingly, they lost the bet, and the Devil threatened to either take their souls or take the soul contracts of betters that also lost against him and ran off. Aw man, taking the souls from people? It's just like Ghost Rider! Except, well, they're cup people.
Wiz: Of course, they couldn't do this alone, Elder Kettle gave them special magic potions that game them-
Boomstick: Fingerguns! No, literally, they can shoot lasers from their fingers.
Wiz: These pellets are rapid-fire, have great range, and can be fired in any direction, it's basically a given that Cuphead would have to fire these at all times in order to get through these bosses efficiently.
Boomstick: Of course, blue pellets aren't the only lasers this cup can use, he has a bunch more!
Wiz: Cuphead has multiple other weapons to use, such as a chargeable blast that gets bigger and stronger the longer it is charged, and a shotgun-like weapon that is stronger the closer the opponent is.
Boomstick: Of course, you would have to basically be up-close-and-personal with those big baddies, because this thing has pitiful range, way worse if you can't even aim it properly! Speaking of aiming properly, there's also a weapon that homes in on foes, basically giving Cuphead less of a need to aim at all, yeah, sure, it may be way weaker, but still.
Wiz: If that wasn't enough, Cuphead can fire lobbed-blobs that deal large damage and travel in an arch, and even boomerang-like projectiles!
Boomstick: Finger guns aren't the only thing this drink can do, he has tons of charms to use! Basically upgrading his skills.
Wiz: For example, the Smoke Bomb allows Cuphead to poof out into smoke and teleport forward, perfect both offensive and defensively. He can also use a Whetstone to turn his straw into an axe during parries, slicing and dicing foes!
Boomstick: What's a Parry, you might ask? Well, Cuphead has the strange ability to parry pink objects, capable of destroying projectiles, boosting him up in the air, damaging opponents with the Whetstone, and even reviving souls!
Wiz: Of course, Cuphead has much more powerful abilities. After parrying enough pink objects, or by damaging foes enough, he can use a powerful EX ability, which fires a much stronger version of his weapon.
Boomstick: Firing large blasts, powerful spikes in all directions, an explosive shot, rebounding buzzsaws, gee, Cuphead can do so many things right at his fingertips, literally!
Wiz: Crazily enough, Cuphead has an even more powerful array of abilities, after parrying or shooting even more times, he has the ability to use a powerful ability with massive potential. Such as the Energy Beam, in which Cuphead fires a wide, large blast of milk from his head forward, dealing large damage to anybody caught in.
Boomstick: Jesus christ, that's metal! That's basically the equivalent to some dude puking out a giant blood laser at you! Speaking of Super Abilities that are absolutely brutal, Cuphead can buff his soul up and control it alongside his physical form for some powerful combo-potential, you know what they say, teamwork makes the dream work! But, ehh, would it REALLY count as teamwork if it's you and your soul?
Wiz: ...Going on a less-brutal tangent, Cuphead's last Super is in which he emerges from a giant version of his head with a rainbow finish, being invulnerable to all attacks, though this lasts for a limited time.
Boomstick: And in case being able to fire giant milk lasers and using his own soul to punch you a gazillion times, Cuphead even has his own plane, PLANE!
Wiz: This red plane allows Cuphead to take to the air and fire small pellets forward, giving him a good advantage in the air, he can also shrink himself down to a tiny size, capable of dodging attacks easier, though he will need to get a bit closer.
Boomstick: Although getting close may seem bad, get this, Cuphead can just, like, straight up turn into a missile and explode in front of his enemies, and then he just reforms as if he didn't explode from the inside! Gotta love cartoon logic.
Wiz: In terms of physical feats, Cuphead certainly doesn't disappoint. He commonly takes on and beats opponents much stronger and larger than him, including the Devil himself!
Boomstick: His laser pellets alone managed to level an entire candy castle, destroy vehicles like cars, sunk a living pirate ship, demolish a ghost train, and defeated a living zeppelin who manages to create small constellations, of which he easily dodged.
Wiz: In terms of speed, Cuphead managed to react quickly to cannon fire, explosions, and laser fire and fire blasts, can keep up with speeding trains and cars, and has incredible dodging abilities.
Boomstick: Not like he should worry about that, anyways, because this cup, unlike non-living ones, has some incredible durability! He managed to resist being transformed into stone, survives being crushed, burned, and stabbed, and can even TAKE HIS HEAD OFF HIS BODY. Jesus, is there anything this cup can't do?
Wiz: Well, Cuphead does have some fatal flaws, he is considerably brash and a risk-taker, which can get him into trouble.
Boomstick: Yeah, like the time he almost sold his soul to the Devil after losing a bet! He also doesn't have many physical strengths, as such, he prefers long-range combat, meaning he has quite the disadvantage at close range.
Wiz: Despite this, however, Cuphead is certainly a fighter not to be reckoned with, and let's just say, you don't wanna be on the Devil's list with him around.
SPINEL[]
Wiz: Thousands of years ago, the Diamonds, Yellow, Blue, White and Pink respectively, roamed Home World, Pink Diamond, however, was feeling quite alone, so she created the gem known as Spinel.
Boomstick: You can tell because of the gem in her chest, it's made of spinel! Anyways, ever since she was made, she and Pink Diamond would spend every day in the garden playing, until one day, she outgrew her old toys, and decided to abandon her in the very garden they played in under the guise of a game.
Wiz: There she waited and waited for thousands of years, up until she received a notification about a descendant of Rose Quartz, A.K.A Pink Diamond, named Steven Quartz Universe, were having their best future.
Boomstick: Naturally, she had a big grudge against Steven due to him being a descendant of the woman who abandoned her, and by grudge, I mean 'Destroy all life on earth' type of grudge.
Wiz: Though like most villains in Steven Universe, she eventually settled down and befriended the Crystal Gems and Steven, living with the diamonds to be adored.
Boomstick: Yeah, yeah, we get it, she became nice in the end and got her ways yadda yadda, but trust me, before all of that, she was one CRAZY son of a bitch, let me tell you!
Wiz: Spinel wields a Gem Rejuvenator, a scythe-like weapon that can cut through objects and is designed to reset Gems back to their original state, as well as forget who they are.
Boomstick: Though her weapons isn't why she's so powerful, due to, y'know, being a cartoon, Spinel has elastic powers, y'know, the thing where your limbs stretch out really far!
Wiz: Spinel's elastic limbs are incredibly versatile, being able to spring her up in the air and even expand her arms and legs for a stronger hit. They can also stretch out insanely far, with her arms being able to stretch as far as across a field and around a high lighthouse!
Boomstick: Ah, I get it, so it's basically like if Ruby Rose from RWBY and Pinkie Pie had it on!
Wiz: This elasticity isn't the only thing they can do, she can wind up her legs to fly in the air like a helicopter, spin around into a ball, and run with her legs in a figure-8 like pose.
Boomstick: ...Add Sonic in there too….
Wiz: As for physical feats, Spinel could effortlessly defeat the Crystal Gems, Gems which easily defeated larger threats and beings. She also managed to take a being from Garnet.
Boomstick: She also nearly managed to destroy all life on earth with her big Injector, y'know, the big pink thing plugged onto the earth. And then she managed to destroy that entire thing with a single punch! Who is she, Saitama?
Wiz: She also managed to jump extremely high up into the air above the clouds, and could expand the size of her fist so large it moved nearby clouds!
Boomstick: Yeah, she may look like a way more powerful and crazier Luffy, but she does have her flaws.
Wiz: After being abandoned by Pink Diamond and waiting in the garden for 6000 years, she became emotionally fragile, which could leave her vulnerable.
Boomstick: Speaking of fragileness, you see that upside-down heart on her chest? Yeah, that's her gem, and it's basically her weak point.
Wiz: Every Gem and Diamond has their respective gem or diamond somewhere on their body, and essentially acts as their life source, if it were to get damaged or crack, the Gem will begin to 'glitch' out and become weaker.
Boomstick: And if they're gem manages to completely break or shatter, well, let's just say their dead, but don't worry! They can get revived just by taking a bath in some diamond juice and Steven's tears!
Wiz: Despite this, however, Spinel's powerful abilities and weaponry gives her incredible strength, and it's now wonder why she was one of the most powerful foes Steven and the Crystal Gems ever faced.
PRE-FIGHT[]
Wiz: Alright, the combatants are set, let's end this debate once and for all!
Boomstick: It's time for a DEATH BATTTTLLLLEEEEEEE!!!
The scene cuts to a large 2D animated field, with birds chirping and flowers blooming. There, Spinel is seen walking across the field, looking around anxiously.
Spinel: Augh, can't believe I lost the diamonds, they should be around here somewhere….
Suddenly, a large, real energy blast fires towards Spinel, launching her back as she lands on her blanket legs, as she checks to see the source of the attack, she sees a cup-headed man jump out from a nearby forest, pointing his finger guns at her.
Cuphead: Aha! There you are!
Spinel: Huh? Who are you supposed to be.
Cuphead: All you need to know is that I'm working for the Devil, and I'm gonna need your soul contract! You can either give me the contract or get blasted into nothingness!
Spinel hesitates for a bit before looking down at the ground, smirking to herself.
Spinel: Hmmm, I may not know what a 'Soul Contract' exactly is…
Spinel jumps backwards and gets out her Gem Rejuvenator as it erects and propels it's laser- like blade, Spinel's gem shines fanily while it happens.
Spinel: But I WON'T let you take it!
FIGHT![]
Cuphead wastes no time as he starts firing his pellets forward, the pellets mostly hit Spinel's chest and face as she covers her gem to avoid it getting damaged. Spinel then leaps up into the air and slashes downward, in which Cuphead quickly sidesteps away from the strike.
Spinel: Hrm.. you are quite mobile…. But can you do THIS?
Spinel expands her fist as she lunges it forward, punching Cuphead as he launches backwards, barely landing on his feet. Spinel then follows up with a quick leap as her legs coil like springs as she bounces forward and begins rapidly slashing Cuphead with the Gem Rejuvenator, as he attempts to block the attack with his arms, she then ends it off with a strong kick.
Cuphead immediately gets up from the ground as he blocks a punch from Spinel, the two are both at standstill when Spinel attempts to slash Cuphead with the Gem Rejuvenator; However, Cuphead uses the Smoke Bomb as he teleports behind Spinel in a cloud of smoke, stunning her for a bit. Cuphead then begins to use the Charged Shot as he begins charging up, however, before he can finish charging, Spinel quickly turns around and shoulder-charges into Cuphead, knocking him back as she follows it up with 3 quick swipes from her Gem Rejuvenator before finishing with a kick.
As Cuphead tries to get up from the attacks, Spinel stretches her arms forward as she grabs onto a nearby tree, she then begins to swing around violently before lunging forward towards Cuphead. However, Cuphead manages to dodge it and fire his fully-charged shot at Spinel's back, launching onto a tree as it knocks down.
Spinel wasn't finished there, of course, she began spinning into a ball as she spins forward towards Cuphead, he attempts to fire at her with his Peashooter, but she is simply too fast to accurately hit as she spins into him, quickly grabbing him by the collar and slamming him to the ground.
Cuphead quickly uses his Smoke Bomb to teleport away before Spinel slams both of her enlarged fists downwards, this time, she manages to find Cuphead as she begins to spin up and speed forward. This time, Cuphead equips his homing shoot as he shoots his shots forward, homing in on the spinning Spinel as she is hit by the 6 shots, flinching her and knocking her out of her spinning state.
Cuphead tries to deliver punch to the stunned Spinel as she blocks it with her Gem Rejuvenator, kicking him forward and delivering 2 quick slices before launching him on the final slice. Cuphead, now in the air, begins firing some lobbed shots as they go up in the air. As Spinel leaps up into the air to slice Cuphead, the lobbed shots land on her, stunning her as Cuphead stomps on her head, lunging her to the ground.
Spinel quickly regains her senses as she sees Cuphead using the Smoke Bomb yet again to teleport to the ground quicker before delivering 2 quick kicks Howard's Spinel's waist before using the Spread Shot to quickly shoot Spinel multiple times. However, Spinel quickly takes the upper hand as she manages to backhand Cuphead and choke him with her Gem Rejuvenator, Cuphead quickly uses the Boomerang Shot as he fires forward as Spinel pulls towards her chest.
Spinel: Hah! You think those shots still stand a chance! Pitifu-
Of course, being boomerangs, the shots quickly spin right back around and hit Spinel in the face, stunning her as Cuphead delivers multiple punches before he uses his EX Spread Shot as multiple red spikes blast from all directions, blasting Spinel backwards. Cuphead begins running towards Spinel shooting his peashooter at her, in which she responds by spinning her Gem Rejuvenator around, deflecting the bullets as they haphazardly blast back at Cuphead. Spinel then leaps forward and strikes Cuphead with her scythe, knocking him to the ground. Using her legs as springs, she jumps up into the air as she attempts to give the final blow, however, as soon as shes close, a ghastly fist punches her, launching her in the air to land back on her feet.
Spinel: H-huh?
Cuphead quickly gets up as he aims his finger gun towards her, Cuphead's muscular soul appears behind him, flexing.
Angered at the point, Spinel and Cuphead's soul dash forward towards each other as both fighters begin slashing and punching each other. After being knocked back a bit, both Spinel and Cuphead's soul spin around as they begin colliding with each other like beyblades, just then, Cuphead uses his EX Boomerang Shot to fire a buzzsaw with catches Spinel, spinning her around before launching her in the air, Cuphead's soul then jumps in the air as he punches Spinel is the chest, though luckily she managed to wrap herself with her arms as a shield, though she lands towards the ground in a dust cloud.
Spinel's Gem Rejuvenator is out of Spinel's normal reach as she lays on the ground, stunned, Cuphead's soul then grabs her by the neck as he lifts her up in the air, getting ready to punch her in the face as Cuphead watches laughing. Just then, however, Cuphead's soul returns to inside Cuphead's body as Spinel lands back on the ground, both shocked.
Spinel then quickly delivers two lanky kicks before doing an uppercut and head butting Cuphead forward as she quickly grabs her Gem Rejuvenator. Cuphead quickly Smoke Bombs to Spinel as he grabs onto the Gem Rejuvenator. The two are at standstill when Spinel notices that one of Cuphead's fingers was glowing orange, alas, it was too late. Cuphead delivers a fully-charged Charged Shot at Spinel's chest, launching her back. Spinel stares at the smiling Cuphead in pure shock as she reluctantly looks down towards her chest as she sees her Gem cracked. Spinel then starts glitching out as she looks at Cuphead in pure rage, she then lunges out towards Cuphead, he attempts to counter this by using an EX Peashooter Shot, however he was too late, and was now caught in Spinel's fury of rapid swipes before being launched forward with a powerful punch with her enlarged fist.
Spinel: You… You MONSTER! Don't you know how important this gem is to me?
Cuphead ignores her blathering as he attempts to kick her gem, however, she manages to grab onto his leg as he spins him around before launching him into the air, with her soon jumping towards the air by using her arms as springs.
Seeing himself in a pickle, Cuphead quickly whistles as his plane quickly flies into Spinel's chest, thankfully not causing too much damage to her gem, but she did start to glitch out a bit, she coiled up her legs as she flown up to the air like a helicopter as Cuphead got into his place, putting on his goggles.
At this point, Spinel was in complete fury, she began lunging towards Cuphead swinging her Gem Rejuvenator wildly, however the plane is quickly too fast as Cuphead quickly fires his plane shots before using his EX Peashooter Shot to launch her backwards. Spinel quickly grabs onto her Gem Rejuvenator, which almost fell onto the ground with her stretchy arms as she quickly grabs onto the plane. Cuphead attempts to shoot Spinel off the plane, however, she quickly gets the upper hand as she stomps on both of Cuphead's hands, crushing them. She then kicks him off the plane, knocking his goggles off as she tightens onto the plane with her stretchy limbs as she crushes it as it falls to the ground. She quickly flies up to higher air as her fist starts to expand incredibly large, with her arm coiling as Cuphead looks in complete shock.
Spinel: Alright! No more games this time!
Spinel quickly aims her fist towards Cuphead as he is helpless due to his broken hands.
Spinel: It's time to END THIS!
Spinel punches Cuphead with her giant fist as he is in complete pain, being closer and closer towards the ground. As he looks around for something to help him, he notices something about Spinel: She's pink. This gives Cuphead an Idea.
Cuphead's straw becomes an axe as he begins scaling her fist with parries quickly speeding up towards Spinel, who looks on in a fusion of shock and confusion. As Cuphead kicks Spinel in the face, she grabs him by the leg and throws him downwards, in which he quickly teleports above her with the Smoke Bomb. Cuphead then uses the Whetstones to attempt to axe Spinel, she attempts to block it off with the Gem Rejuvenator, however, it snaps in half as Spinel is propelled downwards. Cuphead then charges up as he fires a gigantic laser of milk downwards towards Spinel. She attempts to shield herself with her arms, however it is no use as she begins fading to dust, with everything but her gem gone.
After the fact, Spinel's cracked gem lands on the ground as it bounces up, Cuphead then drops down and parries the gem with his Whetstone, shattering it as Cuphead strikes a pose.
K.O[]
Boomstick: Damn, that was metal! Spinel literally died in Cuphead's own blood, damn, cartoons are fuckin' AWESOME!
Wiz: Spinel could certainly stand her ground against Cuphead, with on-par speed and superior rubberhosey-ness and seemingly intelligence. However, Cuphead has dealed with much stronger foes, and has plenty of experience battling tricky opponentss.
Boomstick: Yeah, the Gem Rejuvenator was also an extremely powerful weapon against Gems, but it's simply just okay against anything else. But hey, why didn't Spinel just use that life-extractor-thingy? Y'know, the machine that Spinel managed to destroy with a single punch?
Wiz: See, the Injector, obviously, is an extremely large machine, nearly larger than the lighthouse nearby it. It it unlikely that she would be carrying it around, yeah, pretty hard to hide a building-sized life extractor.
Boomstick: Also, c'mon, she's pink, Cuphead parries pink things, it's no secret that Cuphead would've taken advantage of that.
Wiz: And, as we know in her backstory, Spinel was designed for entertainment only. She may have been quite impressive with that scythe, but Cuphead clearly had more fighting experience after fighting dozens of giant, powerful bosses.
Boomstick: But Wiz! She was waiting for 6'000 years! She had plenty of time to train with that scythe!
Wiz: Boomstick, she was literally doing nothing those 6'000 years.
Boomstick: Oh, yeah….
Wiz: Spinel was a certainly impressive fighter for Cuphead to deal with, but thanks to his superior combat experience, variety, and strength meant he had the advantage.
Boomstick: Looks like Spinel was really stretched out thin here…