CalaMug

CalaMug is the het ship between Cala Maria and Mugman from the Cuphead fandom.

Canon
Mugman, alongside his brother Cuphead, was sent by the Devil to collect the soul contracts of several debtors after Cuphead's recklessness got them indebted to the Devil when he gambled too much, among these debtors was Cala Maria who confronts the Cup brothers when they reach her but ultimately loses and is forced to surrender her contract. Luckily, the Cup brothers eventually get strong enough to stand up to and defeat the Devil, with the two not only freeing themselves but also destroying the contracts and freeing every debtor from eternal servitude to the Devil, with the debtors (Cala Maria included) coming to befriend and celebrate the heroes' success.

In the official novel Cuphead: Carnival of Chaos, Mugman ends up smitten with Cala Maria after she blows a kiss at him and he becomes determined to satisfy her whims, which she takes advantage of, Mugman only stops catering to her when he sees a plane and gets distracted enough to forget about Cala Maria, to her dissatisfaction.

In the second half of Season 1 of The Cuphead Show Cala Maria makes her debut in the third episode, in the episode Mugman initially is afraid of Cala Maria and later on tries to help Captain Brineybeard hook up with her, only for Cala Maria to reject the Captain despite his best efforts. Later on, Mugman himself would end up smitten with Cala Maria after hearing her singing voice and even try to awkwardly introduce himself only to be dismayed when she dismisses him as her "dinner". In the sixth episode Mugman has a fantasy where he and Cala Maria fall in love and kiss while reading a book.

Fanon
The ship's start was had more or less around the release of the game and when the fandom was in its more initial stages, though the exact reason for the ship's popularity is partly unknown, some allude it to the dynamic between Mugman's kind-hearted and passive nature and Cala Maria's implied sultry and alluring attitude due to being a mermaid, starting off with Mugman being smitten with Cala Maria and doing his best to win her over. Cala Maria will be depicted either being annoyed at first by his advances or becoming charmed by them and reciprocating without issue. Other times Mugman will even be depicted with a preference for "Giant Women" as a cause of his crush on Cala Maria.

CalaMug is one of the most popular ships of the Cuphead fandom and both Mugman's and Cala Maria's most popular ship for each and has enjoyed a fair share of popularity in the fandom ever since the inception of it. Though some take issue with the possible age gap and pedophilia aspects of Cala Maria being an adult and Mugman implicitly being a child, though others tend to ignore it or consider ages ambiguous enough not to be bothered by it, that said the debates tend to not be too impactful to the ship's popularity outside a few circles.

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Trivia

 * If Cala Maria kills you in her first phase she will jokingly wonder if she should "catch and release" Cuphead and/or Mugman (depending on which character you're playing with).
 * Mugman having a crush on Cala Maria started out as a fanon thing due to her having no interaction with the main duo outside of her boss battle and last cutscene both interactions being the same as the other bosses, but was added in the novel Carnival of Chaos and in the cartoon adaptation, presumably as a result of the ship's popularity.