Chef Saltbaker (RecD)

Near Pure Evil
Full Name	Saltbaker
Alias	Chef Saltbaker Baker Man
Origin	Baking The Wondertart WITH LYRICS
Allies	Cuphead Mugman Miss Chalice (All Formerly)
Powers / Skills	Cooking expertise Size manipulation Salt manipulation Food manipulation Intelligence
Goals	Bake Cuphead's soul into the Wondertart to take complete control over the Astral Plane. Kill Mugman and Ms. Chalice and turn their heads into serving dishes. Drown all of the citizens of the isle in his salt (all failed).
Moral Event Horizon	Attempting to bake the soul of Cuphead into the Wondertart. Attempting to drown all of the citizens of the isle in his salt.
Kill Count	Numerous
Crimes	Mass murder (inc. attempted child murder) Attempted populicide Attempted hegemony Kidnapping Assault Torture Fraud Theft
Type of Villain	Traitorous God Wannabe

“	♪Baking the Wondertart, is such a simple task... It's not enough to make the stuff... I'll eat it, at long last! THE FLAVOR OF THE SUFFERING, THE ANGUISH AND THE TEARS! WILL BE MY PAY FOR THE AWFUL WAY, I WAS TREATED ALL THESE YEARS!♪ ♪Make me Cakes, say, Baker Man! Make a Doughnut if you can! Make me French Bread, I don't care if it's Night-Time, just GET OUT THERE! No rest, no peace, you can't slow down! Share your labor with the town! WON'T BE PUSHED AROUND!♪ ♪I HAVE TOILED, BUT THIS ISLAND'S SPOILED! MY FURY BOILS! THEY WILL KNOW THE WAY IT FEELS TO BE TREATED LIKE A MEAL WHEN THEY DROWN!♪	„
	~ Chef Saltbaker singing his supposed tragic backstory.

Chef Saltbaker is the main antagonist of Baking The Wondertart WITH LYRICS, a musical adaptation of the song of the same name.

He is the renowned chef of Inkwell Isles who plots to obtain the ingredients required to bake the Wondertart, allowing him to gain control over the Astral Plane, in order to kill all of its inhabitants.

He was voiced and sung by Tom D. Hart Jr., better known online as RecD.

His Evil Ranking

What Makes Him Close to Being Pure Evil?

• After Ms. Chalice and Mugman collect all of the ingredients, he reveals that he had snatched up Cuphead's soul, plotting on baking it in the Wondertart.
• He brutally slaughters several of the sapient ingredients, breaking the sugar cube in pieces, flattening the dough and cutting it up into horse cookies, slicing and dicing the limes and throwing their eviscerated corpses at Ms. Chalice and Mugman, and squeezing the berries out of a barrel.
• He plans on drowning all the residents of the isle in his salt during his control of the Astral Plane.
  • This would've been especially worse for the Announcer Snail, Spider mobster and fly goons from the Moonshine Mob, As they will not only die from drowning but also suffer from the toxins and dehydration due to the fact that they are insects and gastropod
• Unlike his original counterpart, who redeemed himself at the end of the story, this version of Saltbaker lacks any redemption.

What Prevents Him from Being Pure Evil?

• He has a few comedic moments that detract from his villainy, such as whining about his peppercorns hitting being "assault", getting defeated by Mugman tricking him into thinking that he died, when he prepares to bake Cuphead's soul into the Wondertart to give to Mugman and Miss Chalice, who prevent him from doing so, leaving him to give them his soul while saying "You guys are no fun." in an annoyed manner, and the post-credits scene of the video where he freaks out over Cuphead, Mugman and Mrs. Chalice as flies saying "WE HAVE COME FOR YOUR WONDERTART".
• He has a tragic backstory, due to him being mistreated by the townsfolks, and even if it does not excuse his actions, he was motivated from it, and said backstory is portrayed with sympathy.
• Has some honor, as he does give back Cuphead after he was defeated.

Trivia

• During his song, the phrase "This pleasure island hosts such joys but you'll never come back as BOYS!" is a reference to the Coachman from Pinocchio, an approved Pure Evil.
• He, alongside Fatal Error, are one of the only non-OC Near Pure Evils whose creator is aware of their moral scale.