My favorite part about this is the implication that not only did Dr. Kahl's robot have a soul, but also snuck off to the casino and gambled it away and asked his dad to help him out when the debt collectors swooped in.
Literally all the phases are a mix of all three of those. The first phase I would say is *Critical Thinking and Timing.* You need to destroy them in the right order or you’re almost guaranteed to die. The Second Phase is more like testing your *Reaction Time and Endurance.* The third phase is *Endurance and Bullet Hell.* But that’s probably just me.
Sans I quit playing Cuphead a long time ago. I think I had a Low A on Doctor Kahl, and I plan to come back when The Delicious Last Course (The DLC) is released.
I just don't like how they turned the dash into a small plane. They should've just had the plane do a barrel roll to either dodge or go around projectiles and obstacles.
Mister Warsaw The invisible ink thing that grants invulnerability during a dash led to me just getting hit more often than not. Stuck with the extra heart the whole game.
@@bluerious5475 The Devil said that he had some "debtors", so all the bosses lost their souls to the Devil Casino. The thing is, on the contract, it's not Dr Kahl, but Dr Kahl's ROBOT, so that proves that it have a soul and he gamble.
@@zotethemighty8138 I moreso meant that its possible they owed their souls to the devil for different reasons than just gambling, but yeah it definitely is the robots soul
Even my *ss who knows every attack and have seen numerous people play the game (I always read stuff about games and watch people play them before I play them myself) and knows exactly what spots to shoot at in phase one, could never beat this as I can’t exactly deal with chaos and I also can’t work an X-box.
Doctor Erwin Kahl was a genius. A criminal, yes, but a genius. His aspirations knew no bounds, and he yearned to one day rule the entirety of Inkwell Island. But building a weapon powerful enough to subjugate the island's inhabitants would take both time and resources, neither of which he was in any hurry to expend in any great detail. Eager to gain such a weapon, or at least the material necessary to create it, Doctor Kahl sought out an even greater evil genius than himself: The Devil. The Devil offered to solve both of the mad doctor's problems at once by promising him a grand machine of incredible power, which the doctor would find in the nearby junkyard. Although hesitant, Kahl ultimately agreed, unaware that the Devil had not given him a gift...but a loan. And the time would soon come for him to collect his due.
Nice writing, but you should consider that it was the robot who made the deal with the devil, not Doctor Kahl. That's why when you complete the contract it says "Dr. Kahl's Robot".
Dr wily legally changed his name and got plastic surgery, stole the master emerald from sonic and knuckle, then built the second iron giant. You can't prove that I'm right, but you can't prove that I'm wrong
I have huge respect for the creator of this video, this boss has a difficulty rank as high as The Devil and is not easy to do. To beat this boss you need to be prepared for attacks, you need the right weapons, you need precision, accuracy, and lots of dodging skills.
@@Batzzylol I'll say I made it hard for myself and played with peashooter. Because I see that using weapons like shotgun or roundabout is a little bit chesse and i wanted to enjoy the fight I played against all the bosses with peashooter and they didn't even come close to the devil's difficulty
You know how cartoon mad scientist robots aren’t meant to last forever and will soon be destroyed by the hero? Dr.Kahl didn’t follow the rules and made his robot nearly impossible to beat. That’s what I love about this boss,how Dr.Kahl puts so much work in his creations,and he even tries to protect his robots “soul” from the devil.
Fun Facts about Dr. Kahl: Dr. Kahl has the least amount of health of any plane boss on every difficulty. Phase 1- 1250/675/840 Phase 2- 140/180 Phase 3- 1120/1440 Total- 1250/1935/2460 He has the record for least amount of space for a phase on the death screen progress bar. He also has the record for the most amount of space on the death screen progress bar. (Not counting bosses with one phase on the death screen progress bar.) He has the most amount of health for a phase out of every boss. (Expert Mode Final Phase: 1440) His final phase takes more hitpoints to beat than all of these bosses on Expert: The Root Pack Goopy Le Grande Baroness Von Bon Bon (even with highest hitpoints setup) Rumor Honeybottoms Captain Brineybeard Phantom Express King Dice + all his minions (each individually) No DLC bosses :( He is the only boss of the main game to remove two phases on Simple difficulty. (Other is Moonshine Mob) Health distribution for Phase 1: 3 Body Parts: 250/150/180 (each) Heart: 500/225/300 His music is a remix of the 2014 trailer for Cuphead. If you died in Phase 1, formally, no progress would be shown. He has the record for largest health difference between different difficulties of a phase. (1250 on Simple, 675 on Regular; 575 difference) He is the only plane boss to NOT have a total health on Regular ending with ‘0’. (Excluding secret phases) Final Fact: He has the record for being the main game’s most decided “hardest boss.”
Anyone else think the name of the scientist is a reference to Milt Kahl? I read an article the other day about him, apparently he was a Disney animator who worked on things like robin hood and winnie the pooh. I just thought this was interesting
does anyone else think this boss is the absolute worst in the game? Not because he's "too hard" but because you do no damage to him at all during his lengthy first phase, and his 3rd phase is cheap as shit, with projectiles you can barely see?
He is more like Dr.Wily from Megaman, even the enemy that comes from the robot's chest (the pink one) looks exactly to a common enemy in this game series.
I can't be the only one who got Eggman vibes in the third phase with the crystals he pulls out, and I also got a little bit of SMW Bowser vibes from the looks of the little hovercraft he's in but that might just be me. Still, it seems like he draws a lot of inspiration from old video game antagonists. Namely the scientists.
Doctor Kahl was a strange but kindly fellow, a misunderstood genius who was ignored by his fellow man due to his eccentric ways. Kahl was lonely and longed for a friend, then he got an idea. He managed to build a giant robot, but he wasn't satisfied with a mere machine, he wanted to make it actually alive and able to have emotions. Being a super genius he devised a way to place his own life force into the robot, but he himself was left a dry husk. The robot, now a thinking and feeling being, was grateful, but he was sad about his creator's fate. The Devil offered to grant Dr Kahl life again, in exchange for the robot's new soul. After returning to life Dr Kahl was rightfully afraid that the Devil wouldn't keep his end of the bargain and so the two of them hid in the junkyard ever since.
Honestly I thought Cala Maria was the strongest airplane boss. When I made it to this guy she seems pretty tame now. Instead of dealing with two attacks at a time we deal with 3 to 4.
@@pappy5330 with Cala Maria you need luck. When she turns you to stone you can’t avoid, and if the eel hits you you’re done. Just have to be luck and hope they miss.
After many months of frustration, I finally defeated this bastard tonight. Words cannot express the amount of relief and satisfaction I felt when 'KNOCKOUT!' appeared on the screen. Even more satisfying is that I landed the final blow with my fully charged super attack right into his smug face.
Who is having difficulties, read this! (Must be almost frame-perfect) First drop 4 bombs in the lazer and bait him upwards (The Lazer dies to 6 bombs) Quickly clean up the spaceships, do damage and parry on that other lazer thing. Use the bombs on the 2 down whenever is possible, those skull bombs die 1-shot to the bomb, so remember that. After you cleaned those two down, "kill" the lazer and get your fingers ready for changing weapon a lot. "Kill" the heart with the normal gun. In stage 2, "kill" the bombs ASAP, don't let more than 3 accumulate. Use the bomb for the head, around 9 bombs and you should be good. SAVE YOUR SUPER FOR HERE, in stage 3, you will want to use your Super Bomb in Dr. Kahl, then get ready for bullet hell, it's not that hard. Use normal gun. GG GOOD GAME. PS: The lazer on first stage shoots at approximately 3 seconds, so keep a mental note.
Finally S-ranking this fight was absolutely _CATHARTIC._ However, I can no longer hear Dr. Kahl’s maniacal laughter without bursting into tears of despair. This fight has _destroyed_ me. 13/10 game
Just to let you know every antagonist scientist does have an enemy that isn't human. Whether it's mostly animals or non human beings. So far that has become like an epic in my point of view based on my pop culture knowledge on this kind of scenario.
That first phase is annoying. It barrages you with 3 types of attacks no matter what. 2nd phase is easiest, but make sure to hit the bombs far away. Third phase you need to stay calm. Try to stay in the back, but not all the way in the back. Never stop shooting.
I like how in Phase 3, Cuphead is literally shooting bullets and missiles not at Dr. Kahl's Robot, his own face but Dr. Kahl didn't show any sign of minor or major damage.
Dr Kahl's Robot always takes the cake for being the hardest boss. And I'm trying to defeat him and got through the disembodied head phase at 1 HP, and died instantly by those homing bombs.
I didn’t even cheer in excitement. I couldn’t express anything anymore. The hours of torture fighting this robot and wack haired looking fellow had scarred me. I didn’t win. I survived.
I just realized.. the soul contract isn't for *Dr. Kahl.* It's for *Dr. Kahl's Robot* Does that mean that Dr. Kahl not only gave his robot a soul, but let it go to the devil's casino, and bet on it?
That's exactly what that means. The whole idea of a mad scientist is someone who toys with nature in ways that others would find unethical (the whole "playing God" thing), so it's probably for the best not to think too hard about where Dr. Kahl got a heart/soul for his robot and how he made it sentient enough to gamble it away.
Five stages of the Dr Kahl's Robot battle: Frustration "This is so hard!" Frustration "This is so hard!" Frustration "This is so hard!" Frustration "This is So hard!" Anger "This is so hard!"
Doom Demon Every other charm is useless in aeroplane battles. And frankly, I feel the coffee charm refills the meter far to slow to be effective, but it's the only charm to offer any kind of benefit it aeroplane fights since it adds on to the meter you're filling and you'll fill the meter pretty quick in aeroplane fights, the coffee just adds an early boost to fill it up a little quicker
With everybody bringing up Wily and Eggman, I'm surprised there's no mention of N. Gin here. Honestly, this fight, in the first phase especially, legitimately feels like a 2D interpretation of his fight from Warped, which makes this one of my favorites in the game, even WITH the difficulty.
I think the reason why there's a contract for Dr. Kahl's robot and not for Dr. Kahl itself, was because Dr. Kahl signed it in the name of his robot to avoid any consequences
I just wanna know who the hell playtested this and said “yeah this is playable.” I’m betting it took them days to beat it ONCE, and they never tried again.
Golden Opportunity That would be cool. If the creators of Cuphead reconsider a Cuphead TV show or movie, Dr. Kahl should be voiced by Jim Cummings, Tom Kenny or Clancy Brown.
![Cuphead All Bosses Speedrun in 23:16 (Legacy) [Former World Record]](/img/1.gif)
My favorite part about this is the implication that not only did Dr. Kahl's robot have a soul, but also snuck off to the casino and gambled it away and asked his dad to help him out when the debt collectors swooped in.
Spiny Justspiny and then... this
It never said that he gambled
Travenzen Well,the soul contract says "Dr Kahl's *Robot* ",not just "Dr Kahl"
Doesn’t mean he gambled it, just that he had some sort of Faustian pact. It’s a pedantic thing to point out though admittedly
What a savage
First phase: Bullet Hell
Second Phase: Crucial Timing
Third Phase: Endurance Test
Literally all the phases are a mix of all three of those. The first phase I would say is *Critical Thinking and Timing.* You need to destroy them in the right order or you’re almost guaranteed to die. The Second Phase is more like testing your *Reaction Time and Endurance.* The third phase is *Endurance and Bullet Hell.* But that’s probably just me.
Sans I quit playing Cuphead a long time ago. I think I had a Low A on Doctor Kahl, and I plan to come back when The Delicious Last Course (The DLC) is released.
@@akurai-v-4129 You did all bosses in expert?
Robotron 64 Haha, not even close. I *wish.*
@@akurai-v-4129 You can try it pal
Iron giant on the streets, Doctor Eggman in the sheets.
What the fuck
what is this
Augusto Vasconcellos true
Marcus for me, more dificult than devil!
Like too a megaman in dr wily
The fucking satisfaction of seeing "A KNOCKOUT!" On this boss is unreal.
It Hurts To Live im still waiting for that satisfaction myself...
omgggg yeah
Dr.kai
It’s rarer than a panda
LOLLL NICE PROFILE PICK IT HURTS TO LIVE
This is the closest the game gets to an actual bullet hell.
What about that fucking bird? I hate that bird ;-;
Sir Zoli Bleu
Cala Maria didn't have a "bullet hell" feel like Wally Warbles
that bird is alot harder than her
Wally isn't THAT hard. I got stuck in world two because of him, but Cala Maria is still seems a lot harder than that damn bird.
MINDBЯAND Have you done the expert Wally Warbles fight yet? It EARNS the title "bullet hell" with those fuckimg eggs.
Those eggs even at regular were annoying as hell.
Dr. Kahl chuckled, "You mean the Chaos Emeralds?"
L M A O
Jake’s Piggies no you
#Obama&ChaosEmeralds
Chaos Emeralds? More like Emeraldo Splasho
@@longtrinh1280 no bc unlike that this move actually hits and kills
Iron Giant meets Dr Eggman and Dr Wily.
Mr. Sizzle Cuphead needs Sonic and Megaman now.
Don't forget Bowser!
*cough* neo cortex *cough*
what mechon is this
Sonic is trash. No reason for him to ruin this game.
Hardest boss in the game. Even the devil doesn't crowd the screen this badly.
Retro United not to mention the colors blend making it 10x harder to use your peripheral vision.
I just don't like how they turned the dash into a small plane. They should've just had the plane do a barrel roll to either dodge or go around projectiles and obstacles.
Mister Warsaw I wonder why they parry move wasn't also incorporated as a sort of dodge. Would have made these expert mode runs a lot less frustrating.
Mister Warsaw The invisible ink thing that grants invulnerability during a dash led to me just getting hit more often than not. Stuck with the extra heart the whole game.
Retro United It's pretty bad when you're worse than Lucifer himself
Iron Giant 2 looks wild as hell
But he died...
@@saltycarrot3906 prequel
He going “nuts” again ;)
LMFAO
@Ok teud
Credit where it's due, building a robot with a soul and a gambling addiction takes some skill.
Nobody said he gambled, really. That might be how Cuphead/Mugman had to pay the devil, but it probably isn’t everyone.
@@bluerious5475 The Devil said that he had some "debtors", so all the bosses lost their souls to the Devil Casino. The thing is, on the contract, it's not Dr Kahl, but Dr Kahl's ROBOT, so that proves that it have a soul and he gamble.
@@zotethemighty8138 I moreso meant that its possible they owed their souls to the devil for different reasons than just gambling, but yeah it definitely is the robots soul
@@bluerious5475 I guess you're right, since the Devil must ask you soul for litterally anything...
I remember this boss being so excruciatingly hard that I had to step away from the game for a few weeks and then come back to it.
Even my *ss who knows every attack and have seen numerous people play the game (I always read stuff about games and watch people play them before I play them myself) and knows exactly what spots to shoot at in phase one, could never beat this as I can’t exactly deal with chaos and I also can’t work an X-box.
That’s exactly what I did. It’s been 5 weeks and I’m ready to try again, after watching this video 5x first 🤞 😂
@@removedfromthecorner6600finished the game now?
The tin man actually does have a heart
Why is this so underrated?
Good comment.
It's evil though
@@rhymesandvibes well if a cup-headed guy wants your soul I'm pretty sure you're not going to let him have it
@@joseemilioortaflores3526 Are you talking about Undertale at this point?
1:16
"YOU MEAN THE
*C H A O S E M E R A L D S"*
Blah Blah But the question is, where is the fourth one?
The Jay-Mez Station You mean that DAMN fourth one.
Blah Blah
Blah Blah na he ment Ahahahahhahahahahahahahaha
Obama chuckled
Doctor Erwin Kahl was a genius. A criminal, yes, but a genius. His aspirations knew no bounds, and he yearned to one day rule the entirety of Inkwell Island. But building a weapon powerful enough to subjugate the island's inhabitants would take both time and resources, neither of which he was in any hurry to expend in any great detail. Eager to gain such a weapon, or at least the material necessary to create it, Doctor Kahl sought out an even greater evil genius than himself: The Devil. The Devil offered to solve both of the mad doctor's problems at once by promising him a grand machine of incredible power, which the doctor would find in the nearby junkyard. Although hesitant, Kahl ultimately agreed, unaware that the Devil had not given him a gift...but a loan. And the time would soon come for him to collect his due.
Nice writing, but you should consider that it was the robot who made the deal with the devil, not Doctor Kahl. That's why when you complete the contract it says "Dr. Kahl's Robot".
Hmm, that makes sense, yet Dr. Kahl did create the robot, presumably, and more or less programmed it.
SonicDestroyer12 i look for you everywhere now
Stefan O'Neil same
SonicDestroyer12 damn
That's for killing Queen.
Oof yes
But still the cover art of News Of The World is creepy af.
Ah, the good old days, where cartoons like these never prompted anyone to ask “How’s that even possible?”
I know. The closest thing we had to a cartoon like that today was The Amazing World of Gumball. I wish more cartoons would actively do that.
@@canaisyoung3601 I never ever questioned Gumball since my first time watch. I love it
After playing cuphead i can say, Fuck this boss
Big Brawler Seriously every other boss is a fun Challenge, this boss is a pain in the ass
Finished it today after trying for like 2 hours
YOU TOOK THE WORDS RIGHT OUT OF MY MOUTH. I spent several hours and died 100+ times. NOT fun. Still haven't beaten it
I don't know why though... Last phase is ridiculously easy, I beat him after 8 tries and I'm not that good. I spent two full hours on the bee.
Oh my fucking god i hate the bombs so much. The third phase looks easy but i arrive with 1HP
Bite my shiny metal ass.
Robert Jindra it dosent look so shiny to me
Kamen rider guy Shinier then yours, meatbag!
Cuphead made him trans-robo
REMEMBER ME
bender
Dr wily legally changed his name and got plastic surgery, stole the master emerald from sonic and knuckle, then built the second iron giant. You can't prove that I'm right, but you can't prove that I'm wrong
You're onto something here, I'm just gonna say that.
hot damn youre right
That's just a theory, a game theory!
litterally
Shydieguymy don't forget he dyed his hair purple
0:40
We all gonna ignore the fact that dr. Kahl is probably getting spun around in the robot
Lmao
Maybe his seat is rotating in the opposite direction at the same exact speed, allowing him to not spin lol
That’s why when the third phase starts he comes out of the robot all dizzy-
He's a crazy scientist, he can take it
The robot moving in the first stage's animation is hypnotic to watch I don't know why
I have huge respect for the creator of this video, this boss has a difficulty rank as high as The Devil and is not easy to do. To beat this boss you need to be prepared for attacks, you need the right weapons, you need precision, accuracy, and lots of dodging skills.
as high as the devil? hes so much harder!
@@Batzzylol no of course this took me just 2h to beat and this devil took me a whole 2 days its the hardest in the game for me it least
I beat the game just recently and god the devil was underwhelming 💀💀 beat him in like 12 or so tries
@@Batzzylol I'll say I made it hard for myself and played with peashooter. Because I see that using weapons like shotgun or roundabout is a little bit chesse and i wanted to enjoy the fight
I played against all the bosses with peashooter and they didn't even come close to the devil's difficulty
I know all the attacks, and I know that freaking laser aims at YOU. And I could probably never beat this.
the devil created this level himself
*AHAHAHAAHAHA!*
*AHAHAHAAHAHA!!*
*EHEHEAHAHAHA!*
*AHAHAHAHA!*
*AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!*
(stops; takes out other Chaos Emerald)
*AHAHAAHAHAHAHAHA-*
Lol im dead XD
The damn fourth Chaos Emerald!
Wow, I didn't know Dr. Eggman was in this game!
Grunkle Cobro Wow you already have a Cuphead character as your pro pic. Pathetic
How is that pathetic? I have Hank Hill as my avatar, what does that make me? :v
Rhythm Audino amazing
Thump Therapist That's not a Cuphead Character. That's Oswald the Lucky Rabbit lol.
Ness It was cuphead when I posted the comment dude, you couldn't have guessed that? 😕
You know how cartoon mad scientist robots aren’t meant to last forever and will soon be destroyed by the hero? Dr.Kahl didn’t follow the rules and made his robot nearly impossible to beat. That’s what I love about this boss,how Dr.Kahl puts so much work in his creations,and he even tries to protect his robots “soul” from the devil.
Is that a chaos emerald I see??
Sonic Mania 2 confirmed
Yep and it looks like that scientist must be eggman's bother or relative and cuphead must a weird sonic version
Can't tell if sarcasm or weird fandom writer
Shockal random joke
Yong ho Shin I was thinking of saying that.
HE MUST BE USING THE POWER OF THE CHAOS EMERALDS
Fun Facts about Dr. Kahl:
Dr. Kahl has the least amount of health of any plane boss on every difficulty.
Phase 1- 1250/675/840
Phase 2- 140/180
Phase 3- 1120/1440
Total- 1250/1935/2460
He has the record for least amount of space for a phase on the death screen progress bar.
He also has the record for the most amount of space on the death screen progress bar. (Not counting bosses with one phase on the death screen progress bar.)
He has the most amount of health for a phase out of every boss.
(Expert Mode Final Phase: 1440)
His final phase takes more hitpoints to beat than all of these bosses on Expert:
The Root Pack
Goopy Le Grande
Baroness Von Bon Bon (even with highest hitpoints setup)
Rumor Honeybottoms
Captain Brineybeard
Phantom Express
King Dice + all his minions (each individually)
No DLC bosses :(
He is the only boss of the main game to remove two phases on Simple difficulty.
(Other is Moonshine Mob)
Health distribution for Phase 1:
3 Body Parts: 250/150/180 (each)
Heart: 500/225/300
His music is a remix of the 2014 trailer for Cuphead.
If you died in Phase 1, formally, no progress would be shown.
He has the record for largest health difference between different difficulties of a phase. (1250 on Simple, 675 on Regular; 575 difference)
He is the only plane boss to NOT have a total health on Regular ending with ‘0’.
(Excluding secret phases)
Final Fact:
He has the record for being the main game’s most decided “hardest boss.”
This is so underrated wtf? Good job!
@@itzyaboystellar you can thank the wiki (although it gets his health a bit wrong)
Hard boss, but very rewarding. The first phase demands timing and mechanic which you don't have in the other bosses, loved it
that fucking boss battle took me an hour to beat this shitty metal robot..omg ... but it was pretty good :P
by far the hardest boss on the entire game imo
mm good asshole
Took me 3...
I still can't beat it :'(
Sebastian Aguirre dragon is harder
Anyone else think the name of the scientist is a reference to Milt Kahl? I read an article the other day about him, apparently he was a Disney animator who worked on things like robin hood and winnie the pooh. I just thought this was interesting
Mak Appleson probably grim matchstick's name (the dragon boss) us similer to another for old animator
Bioshock King
That's right! Grim Natwick!
Could be a reference to him.
Definitely is.
1930's Iron Giant that turns into a Dr Wily/Eggman fight at the end.
Get a load of this!
Vegito blue?
no it's a eggman quote but I can see where your coming from
YOU KNOW WHAT THEY SAY, THE MORE THE MERRIER!
Does anyone else remember "The Iron Giant" movie?
Balbys23 yes
It's design is actually based off the illustration for the original novel.
Balbys23 yep
Balbys23 oh I member that.
Yeah.
does anyone else think this boss is the absolute worst in the game? Not because he's "too hard" but because you do no damage to him at all during his lengthy first phase, and his 3rd phase is cheap as shit, with projectiles you can barely see?
Beezlebup
His third phase is definetly not cheap.
If the gem colors were either green or a darker blue it would be 100x easier to see, so it then relies on skill rather than peripheral vision
Beezlebupb
Beezlebup he’s the hardest boss in the game but he’s fair.
Let us not forget the garbage in the foreground that literally obscures some of the projectiles in the third phase.
Why does Dr. Kahl look like Neo Cortex but without a huge forehead?
Stuart Pot true
He is more like Dr.Wily from Megaman, even the enemy that comes from the robot's chest (the pink one) looks exactly to a common enemy in this game series.
I can't be the only one who got Eggman vibes in the third phase with the crystals he pulls out, and I also got a little bit of SMW Bowser vibes from the looks of the little hovercraft he's in but that might just be me. Still, it seems like he draws a lot of inspiration from old video game antagonists. Namely the scientists.
So Dr. Kahl is like Dr. Eggman, Dr. Wily, and Neo Cortex combined?
Essentially. At least, from what I percieve.
Megaman's worst nightmare: Dr. Wily on acid
That moment when you are having so much trouble beating this boss on regular/expert mode and you finally hear the word ‘knockout!’
Doctor Kahl was a strange but kindly fellow, a misunderstood genius who was ignored by his fellow man due to his eccentric ways. Kahl was lonely and longed for a friend, then he got an idea. He managed to build a giant robot, but he wasn't satisfied with a mere machine, he wanted to make it actually alive and able to have emotions. Being a super genius he devised a way to place his own life force into the robot, but he himself was left a dry husk. The robot, now a thinking and feeling being, was grateful, but he was sad about his creator's fate. The Devil offered to grant Dr Kahl life again, in exchange for the robot's new soul. After returning to life Dr Kahl was rightfully afraid that the Devil wouldn't keep his end of the bargain and so the two of them hid in the junkyard ever since.
Nah Man you cant come up with a story for the Boss as good as SonicDestroyer12 can. What a stupid story.
@@naoaquieopatrickpatrick8565 Even if im a kid who cant change my pfp and username i agree
@@naoaquieopatrickpatrick8565 I like this one better
I love how he makes it look so easy.
it is for me… is it weird that it is for me?
@@TheAmazingPeterB hey can you come over and help me with him?
@@Gentleman534 u dont need me i spend a lot of time training on that boss just do that u will learn from his attacks like the other ones
Who else loves this guys laugh? XD
Malaysha Morgan Me
Malaysha Morgan me
The laugh oh my goodness,the laugh!!!! X3 I love the laugh!!!=3
Malaysha Morgan Nobody.
That laugh haunts nightmares
Not me, every time he laughed, he sent me through bullet hell 🤕
The last stage of the fight where the doctor is laughing like a maniac will forever be seared into my memory.
Honestly I thought Cala Maria was the strongest airplane boss.
When I made it to this guy she seems pretty tame now.
Instead of dealing with two attacks at a time we deal with 3 to 4.
Honestly Cala Maria isn't hard at all, I beat her first try. Dr Kahl is just painful tho.
cala maria is 2 attacks at a time, rarely three, and the robot has at least 3 attacks at the same time
@@pappy5330 with Cala Maria you need luck. When she turns you to stone you can’t avoid, and if the eel hits you you’re done. Just have to be luck and hope they miss.
I beat Cala Maria at my third try. This guy gave me headache
@@NotMyRealName541 positioning really helps best the stone.
Dr.wily,Dr.eggman,and bender must've joined forces
After many months of frustration, I finally defeated this bastard tonight.
Words cannot express the amount of relief and satisfaction I felt when 'KNOCKOUT!' appeared on the screen.
Even more satisfying is that I landed the final blow with my fully charged super attack right into his smug face.
Actually that scientist remind me of Dr. willy hehe
Cross Squirrel it's like someone took the DNA of dr Wily and EGGMAN, and gave the the blueprints for Bender.
*Wily
He wiggled his eyebrows at the beginning of the fight. Y'know who else does that? Dr. Wily of course.
It's Dr Wily with the Chaos Emerald in a knockoff Koopa Clown Car
Fiebre757 when Kahl is in the robots flying head it looks like a Koopa clown car to me
That fucking laugh
That was the dev's laugh when creating this boss
kookygremlin24 The laugh has to be up there with the best evil villain laughs e v e r.
Y a ti vosotros tengo un secreto en tumblr es una guía vale
It's up there with Ursula's
AHAHAHAHAHA AHAHAHAHA AHAHAHAHA
A H A H A H A H A
Mugman should fight Dr Kahl
Megaman Dr Wily
The robot can feel emotion, and it says Dr. Kahl's robot. What did it even trade to the devil? Maybe his creators soul?
probably borrowed a soul to be emotive and less programmed and never payed up when it was time to give it back
When the thing at the top of the robots head goes off it sounds really satisfying 0:06
Its probably some satellite dish or some laser turret
I love how after the knockout that Dr. Kahl's clothes disappear...
what…
🤔🤔🤔
🤨
It’s because the head blows up
yo watchu meen bye dat
Who is having difficulties, read this! (Must be almost frame-perfect)
First drop 4 bombs in the lazer and bait him upwards (The Lazer dies to 6 bombs)
Quickly clean up the spaceships, do damage and parry on that other lazer thing.
Use the bombs on the 2 down whenever is possible, those skull bombs die 1-shot to the bomb, so remember that.
After you cleaned those two down, "kill" the lazer and get your fingers ready for changing weapon a lot. "Kill" the heart with the normal gun.
In stage 2, "kill" the bombs ASAP, don't let more than 3 accumulate. Use the bomb for the head, around 9 bombs and you should be good.
SAVE YOUR SUPER FOR HERE, in stage 3, you will want to use your Super Bomb in Dr. Kahl, then get ready for bullet hell, it's not that hard. Use normal gun. GG GOOD GAME.
PS: The lazer on first stage shoots at approximately 3 seconds, so keep a mental note.
Finally S-ranking this fight was absolutely _CATHARTIC._ However, I can no longer hear Dr. Kahl’s maniacal laughter without bursting into tears of despair.
This fight has _destroyed_ me.
13/10 game
Just to let you know every antagonist scientist does have an enemy that isn't human. Whether it's mostly animals or non human beings. So far that has become like an epic in my point of view based on my pop culture knowledge on this kind of scenario.
Dr. Wily Cortex!
I legit kept dying on this boss then I finally beat him and got a solid A + and this only happened in one day
When the robot started laughing... Its like the game is legitimate taunting and making fun of me
I tried hours to beat him before watching this. I searched up a tutorial and I beat it FIRST TRY after watching this. THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!
Tf u mean hours, I took nearly 4 months to beat this fucker
Technically not first try
@@ZADARGG ?
I swear the plane levels are the hardest ones
AGHAHHAHAHAHAHH.... KAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH GHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH EUGHEUGHEHEHEHEHEHEH
*dies*
Alex Sans *_KNOCKOUT_*
kinda sad ..the way you say it .. lol
Should've gotten the other 5 chaos emeralds.
That first phase is annoying. It barrages you with 3 types of attacks no matter what. 2nd phase is easiest, but make sure to hit the bombs far away. Third phase you need to stay calm. Try to stay in the back, but not all the way in the back. Never stop shooting.
I always get the feeling that the one that's laughing is actually the robot, always.
I like how in Phase 3, Cuphead is literally shooting bullets and missiles not at Dr. Kahl's Robot, his own face but Dr. Kahl didn't show any sign of minor or major damage.
Definitely was the hardest boss for me, that final phase was hell.
didnt they fix it now?
@@TheAmazingPeterB when was it broken?
@@NathanSavageDamage i meant the final phase having parry diamonds and rubys now cuz some r pink
this is definitely one of my favorite boss fights in terms of design
yes gud difficulty
The difficulty felt pretty fair to me and progressing was quite fun
@@OmniversalInsect it was satisfying to finally beat it
This boss actually made me cry because of how hard it was to beat
FFFFFFFFUCK.
THAT.
BOSS.
oh my I did not expect to see you here o_o
Dr Kahl's Robot always takes the cake for being the hardest boss.
And I'm trying to defeat him and got through the disembodied head phase at 1 HP, and died instantly by those homing bombs.
Them bombs! I hated them
I found djimmi and Esther Winchester a lot harder though
Dr Kahl: *Finishes building robot that probably took him a long time to make*
Also Dr Kahl: *Realized that It was gone in 2 minutes and 17 seconds*
I couldn’t even beat his robot in even 1 minute
i can hahaha jk but its ok for me now
XD😂😂😂
I didn’t even cheer in excitement. I couldn’t express anything anymore. The hours of torture fighting this robot and wack haired looking fellow had scarred me. I didn’t win. I survived.
Dr Kahl cackled. "You mean the Chaos Emeralds?"
0:17 Idk why, but seeing the robot get angry at Cuphead for destroying his antenna makes me chuckle every time.
why does this look like the big iron giant
When you destroy his laser, his face is like "YOU LITTLE SHI-".
I just realized.. the soul contract isn't for *Dr. Kahl.* It's for *Dr. Kahl's Robot*
Does that mean that Dr. Kahl not only gave his robot a soul, but let it go to the devil's casino, and bet on it?
That's exactly what that means. The whole idea of a mad scientist is someone who toys with nature in ways that others would find unethical (the whole "playing God" thing), so it's probably for the best not to think too hard about where Dr. Kahl got a heart/soul for his robot and how he made it sentient enough to gamble it away.
@@canaisyoung3601
Then Dr. Kahl's Robot is my new favorite Boss.
He probably stole that diamond from the casino as well
Five stages of the Dr Kahl's Robot battle:
Frustration
"This is so hard!"
Frustration
"This is so hard!"
Frustration
"This is so hard!"
Frustration
"This is So hard!"
Anger
"This is so hard!"
He even does the famous Dr. Wily eyebrow wiggle at the very beginning of the fight
Nah bruh this should've been the final boss in the game. He makes the devils fight look like a damn cakewalk
My worst nightmare. Also, is coffee good enough for this fight?
It is pretty good if you don't want to speedrun him.
Doom Demon Every other charm is useless in aeroplane battles. And frankly, I feel the coffee charm refills the meter far to slow to be effective, but it's the only charm to offer any kind of benefit it aeroplane fights since it adds on to the meter you're filling and you'll fill the meter pretty quick in aeroplane fights, the coffee just adds an early boost to fill it up a little quicker
Those are sick moonwalking skills
iron giant when smoking weed.
*When chewing a gum
Haven't he already smoked weed when he imagined he was superman?
1:57
I loved how dr khal's robot arms are wiggling when the heart beats at 0:29
To me, the first phase was the the hardest in the battle because there were so many hazards coming at you from all angles.
There is a special place in hell for Dr Kahl and his robot.
I have a serious bone to pick with whoever designed this boss
I agree. Whoever designed it is a sadist.
Hey, Dr. Wily called, he wants his Haircut, Mustache and Capsule back
Y’all don’t know how bad I wanted to die doing this boss. It’s hard as hell.
Tbh it would be much easier for me if you could shoot through the beam
It’s so sad seeing Bender have his life ruined after Futurama ended.
My favorite boss on Cuphead. Not saying he's the easiest, but he's my favorite.
With everybody bringing up Wily and Eggman, I'm surprised there's no mention of N. Gin here. Honestly, this fight, in the first phase especially, legitimately feels like a 2D interpretation of his fight from Warped, which makes this one of my favorites in the game, even WITH the difficulty.
I JUST BEAT THIS DUDE 5 MINUTES AGO
I AM CURED OF PTSD
LIFE DECODED TO HELP ME FOR ONCE IN A WHILE
BY FAR one of THE IF NOT EASIEST bosses
I think the reason why there's a contract for Dr. Kahl's
robot and not for Dr. Kahl itself, was because Dr. Kahl signed it in the name of his robot to avoid any consequences
Nowadays kids will never remember the hell of Pre-Nerf Dr Kahl's Robot, when you only could parry the laser wall
It HURTS just seeing how difficult this boss is.
Like, did the game designers expect super humans to play this game or something?!
I just wanna know who the hell playtested this and said “yeah this is playable.”
I’m betting it took them days to beat it ONCE, and they never tried again.
Dr. Kahl's robot is probably my favorite Cuphead boss even if I haven't played the game
kahl sounds like ice king
Golden Opportunity That would be cool. If the creators of Cuphead reconsider a Cuphead TV show or movie, Dr. Kahl should be voiced by Jim Cummings, Tom Kenny or Clancy Brown.
@@arikatheprincessofhearts2043 awesome
@@arikatheprincessofhearts2043 who is jim cummings
@@laqundrabarnett4141 The actor who done many voices.
@@arikatheprincessofhearts2043 oh okay thanks fo r telling me
Top 3 hardest airplanes bosses:
1. Esther Winchester
2. Dr Kahl. Robot
3. Cala Maria