King Dice
King Dice is a character in Cuphead, a 2017 run and gun video game developed by Studio MDHR, acting as the game's secondary antagonist. He tasks protagonists Cuphead and Mugman with collecting souls for his employer, the Devil, and fights the pair in his casino after they succeed. In the game's cartoon adaptation, The Cuphead Show!, he fills a similar role, now serving as a game show host instead of a casino owner. Created by Joseph Coleman, King Dice was meant as a tribute to black artists from the 1930's era, namely singer Cab Calloway. In game, he is voiced by Alana Bridgewater, while in the cartoon he is voiced by Wayne Brady.
King Dice was well received for his portrayal as a smooth individual and his swagger, and has been praised for being a more present and memorable villain than the Devil. However, some criticisms arose from the game's source material, which references 1930's cartoons, and the racial connotations. Additional discussion arose in this context around the use of Calloway as inspiration for the character, and how King Dice's theme song directly references Calloway's "Minnie the Moocher".
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