Ron Bates > Quotes

“out of the corner of his eye, Cuphead spotted a very curious thing. It was a positively delicious-looking pie just sitting there on the end of the pier. And when he moved closer, he saw that it was a cherry pie—his favorite—and sticking out of it was a little sign: FREE PI! TASTE GUD. EET IT! Well, Cuphead didn’t have to be told twice. He reached down, picked up the magnificent pastry, and then— YOINNNNNK! He was yanked right off the pier. Then down he went, deeper and deeper under the water, pulled by some unknown force. When he finally reached the bottom, he saw that a very large bass was reeling him in with a fishing rod.”
― Ron Bates, Cuphead in A Mountain of Trouble: A Cuphead Novel

“Help! Help!” he cried, splashing frantically in the water. “I can’t swim! I can’t swim!” “But you’re a duck,” Mugman reminded him. “Oh yeah,” said the duck, who immediately stopped drowning and started doing the backstroke. “Look at me, I’m waterproof!”
― Ron Bates, Cuphead: Middle Grade Novel #1