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The Devil, also called, Old Scratch, Mr. S, and The Big D, is the main antagonist and final boss of the 2017 Side-Scrolling Shooter Video Game, Cuphead: Don't Deal with the Devil and its Netflix adaptation The Cuphead Show!. He resides within a colossal Castle-like Casino in Inkwell Hell ruling over the area and all its inhabitants.

With the exception of his face, hands, and feet, the majority of the Devil's body is covered in short, black fur. While the color of his face matches that of his fur, the bare skin on his hands and feet are a much lighter grey; at the end of each of his fingers and toes are short, pointed claws. He is often illustrated carrying a trident in his hand and/or tapping the big toe on one of his feet.

The Devil is almost always shown sporting an ear-to-ear, toothy grin. He has round, protruding cheeks, a furrowed brow, and heavily-lidded, yellow eyes. He also has a drooping, round nose, tall, smooth horns, and ears that are pointed at their tips. Much like his lackey, King Dice, his normally small, black pupils seem gain large, red irises when behaving in a particularly sinister manner.

He is normally depicted as being quite tall in comparison to the rest of the cast, with the ability to change his size and shape at will. This includes being able to remove his skin from his skeleton and jump out of it all together. He is also confirmed to have a tail with a spade-shaped tip at its end, but this has only been depicted in official Studio MDHR artworks published before and after the game's release. As such, he is never actually shown with a tail in-game.

The Devil's design for The Cuphead Show! remains more or less the same, with only a few stylistic changes made. In addition to now always shown as having a tail, the tip of his nose has gained a red flush, and the red irises he is only occasionally depicted with in-game are now a permanent part of his design. His fur and horns have also gained slight blue and yellow tints, respectively.

The Devil in the series is depicted having a very similar personality to most depictions in other media. He is a pure evil, terrifying, yet charismatic, and both physically and financially powerful. He is obsessed with collecting the souls of the mortal denizens of Inkwell Isle and causing all sorts of mischief and chaos. He often does so by getting people to forfeit their souls in Faustian Contracts or Wagers within his Casino, which he will often have rigged in his favor. The Devil's Right-Hand-Man is King Dice.

The Devil's most notable ability is his Shape-Shifting. Being able to alter his size at will and transform into a variety of animals. He is also capable of summoning lesser demons such as imps to aid him or cast spells using his pitchfork.