The Devil's Imps
The Devil's Imps are the Devil's minions and minor characters of The Cuphead Show!
Appearance
The Devil's imps are small black demons with red or purple noses, devil tails, orange horns, and yellow eyes with red pupils. They also wear a pair of yellow gloves. While some of them are depicted with wings, they all look a lot like the Devil in terms of appearance, unlike their in-game counterparts. In "Sweater Off Dead", aside from their regular headphones, they're all briefly seen wearing party hats. Their black skin color are somehow different from each other, from normal bluish black to really black. Some of them have long eyelashes, implying that some of the demon imps may be females.
Personality
The Devil's minions are shown to be intellectual, hardworking, and dedicated to their tasks, and obey to their boss' orders without question. Although the Devil doesn't give them credit for the work they do, neither of them is bothered by his conceitedness if it means they get to take a break and simply go with it.
Appearances
Carn-Evil
The imps are managing the Soul Bank before the Devil starts singing and even join in the chorus.
Sweater Off Dead
One of the minions is touring the Devil and Henchman in the Gluttony Department, while numerous others are seen working in the background, before the Devil holds a party in celebration of collecting souls. They then joins in on a conga line from the Devil after he tries to get rid of Stickler. After the Devil has to go out to collect Cuphead's soul, they all exchange confused looks. In the end of the episode, the Devil tries to continue the party but Stickler tries annoying him again, so he destroys his ledger causing him to do a full recount and kicks him out of the party before exclaiming "Who still needs cake, huh?".
Relationships
The Devil
Although the Devil gives no credit to his employees for their grueling work, his minions don't seem to mind their boss' conceited nature if it means they can finally take a break after 3000 years (according to one of the workers). In fact, they actually seem to admire him and become a bit upset when the Devil has to go out to collect Cuphead's soul during the party.
Henchman
The imps serve the Devil along with Henchman, however, their relationship beyond that is currently unknown. Still, they happily join him in on a conga line from the Devil after he tries to get rid of Stickler, which might indicate that they do get along.
Stickler
Nobody in the Underworld really likes Stickler and even the minions seem a little peeved at his presence in the party.
Trivia
- They are based off of the imps and purple demons that appear during the Devil's boss fight in the game. Contrast to their in-game counterparts, they all look identical to the Devil in the show.
- According to leaks from the Devil's song, the Imps originally had red fur.