Courage the Cowardly Dog/Characters

The Courage series tend to not have many Sympathetic characters except for Muriel and Courage himself (And some minor monsters that have a sad backstory). Most characters are either major Jerkasses, legitimately scary, or just rather stupid.

Courage
Serves as the titular character who is a pink and black spotted dog (of no known specific breed) who saves his owners Muriel and Eustace from all the creatures. No matter if they're Nightmare Fuel, Uncanny Valley, or just plain weird.


 * Adorkable
 * Amazing Technicolor Wildlife
 * Amusing Injuries: Courage takes a lot of pain in many episodes (most notable perhaps in Mecha-Courage), but he's usually okay, and even laughing (albeit as if slapped silly).
 * Animal Reaction Shot: At almost everything he finds scary it instantly cuts to him scream with his mouth open. Different things happen during the screams each time so that each scream doesn't get repetitive.
 * Anti-Hero (Type I): Though just barely. Would be a straight hero, and often is, if not for his massive cowardice.
 * Badass
 * Badass Adorable
 * Breaking the Fourth Wall: "I know something fishy is going on, or my name is (insert random weird name). And it's not!"
 * Butt Monkey
 * The Cassandra
 * Captain Obvious: In the early episodes. Though he got better as the first season went on, this probably contributed to him becoming a Speech-Impaired Animal in later seasons.
 * Catch Phrase: Several. ("The things I do for love..." for example.)
 * Civilized Animal
 * Cool Pet
 * Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass
 * Deadpan Snarker: When he can talk.
 * The Determinator: No matter how terrified he is or how powerful his opponent may be, Courage will never back down. Best exemplified in the battle with Mecha-Courage.
 * Dogs Are Dumb: Inverted. Courage is one of the smartest characters in the show.
 * Evil-Detecting Dog
 * Fanservice: The extremely gratuitous close-up shot that the bare soles of his feet get when said feet start transforming into kangaroo ones in "The Transplant".
 * Gag Nose: With a zigzag on it.
 * Genre Savvy: He KNOWS when something's wrong.
 * Gonk: He often becomes one of these whenever his (often nasty) teeth are being shown off.
 * Heroic Dog
 * Humanlike Foot Anatomy
 * Keet
 * Large Ham
 * Loyal Animal Companion: No matter how scared Courage gets in an episode, he lists Muriel's safety over his own.
 * Lovable Coward: Strangely subverted as he seems to prove his name more then the Cowardly part of the title. Therefor, he's more like a...
 * Cowardly Lion
 * Meaningful Name: Despite all his screaming he doesn't run away when his owners are in trouble.
 * "Courage is not having no fear. Courage is fighting and overcoming your fears."
 * Narrative Shapeshifting: Mainly uses this to try to tell a story to Muriel or Eustace. It is unknown if this is just an ability Courage is able to do, as it's mainly used for laughs. But on rare occasions he uses it to get himself out of a jam
 * Parental Abandonment: Rather a sad story, revealed in the last episodes of the series when
 * Silent Snarker: In his non-speaking moments.
 * Speech-Impaired Animal: Subverted in the early days of the show, where he spoke more freely usually. Due to perhaps Executive Meddling he played it more straight later.
 * Talking Animal: He was very talkative during the first season. But afterwards the creators decided to try and make him not quite as chatty and mostly saying one liners now and then.
 * Voluntary Shapeshifting
 * Wild Take: Frequently.

Muriel Bagge
A sweet old lady of Scottish descent who found Courage abandoned by an alley and took him home. She is constantly in danger from the things that come to Nowhere but she always smiles at some point during the episode. And she loves Eustace despite his Jerkass personality. She also loves using vinegar in all of her cooking, and in an early episode picked up playing the sitar and also has a fondness for tea.


 * Blind Without'Em: Shown in "Muriel Meets Her Match".
 * Captain Oblivious
 * Catch Phrase: "Oh my".
 * Cool Old Lady: Once successfully defeated KATZ when he was strangling Courage.
 * Owner In Distress: She is commonly the only reason Courage goes so far to try to beat the many villians that attack the Middle of Nowhere.
 * Deadpan Snarker: Sometimes around Eustace.
 * The Ditz: Although she means well, she seems to not be that very smart and never seems to expect all the horrible things that head toward their house.
 * Fat Girl
 * Friend to All Living Things
 * Funny Afro
 * Granny Classic
 * Genre Blind
 * Housewife
 * Literal Metaphor Old Couple: With Eustace. Probably one of the only notable ones of Western Animation
 * Mama Bear
 * Multiple Choice Past: Currently, Muriel has white hair from old age. Whenever a younger version of Muriel appears, her hair color is never the same; it has been shown brown (in a flashback), red (in what was either a painting or photo), blonde (in a dream sequence), and even white (when she was actually turned into a child)!
 * Opaque Lenses
 * Parental Substitute: To Courage, of course.
 * Rolling Pin of Doom: Her Weapon of Choice.
 * Sesquipedalian Smith
 * Too Dumb to Live: Most of the time, though she does have her moments of clarity (ex. Family Business).
 * Took a Level in Jerkass:
 * Trrrilling Rrrs: Does this sometimes.

Eustace Bagge
A self-proclaimed farmer that tends to be grumpy and isn't really a nice guy to anyone. He thinks he can fix anything and grow anything but this is never the case. He also has a greed for money. Although early on with no backstory whatsoever he seems to deserve what happens to him in each of the episodes when you learn he didn't have that great of a childhood with a non-loving mom and a always better Big Brother he turns into more a Jerkass Woobie and depending who you are you may actually feel sorry for the guy.


 * Adult Child: He's basiclly a Bratty Half-Pint in an old man's body.
 * Anti-Hero: Type I, see Freudian Excuse.
 * Anti-Villain: Type II
 * Anti Role Model
 * Asshole Victim
 * Bald of Evil: He's very embarassed about his hair loss.
 * Berserk Button: Cheating him out of money, and messing with his hat, chair, or truck.
 * Big Bad: He's this in an episode wherein he assembles a team consisting of himself, Katz, the foot fungus gangsters, the queen of the black puddle, and the weremole in an attempt to kill Courage, luring him into that situation by holding Muriel hostage above a boiling pot.
 * Non-Action Big Bad: While the rest of his Five-Bad Band is attempting to kill Courage, he just watches from the sidelines.
 * Big Eater
 * Blind Without'Em
 * The Bully
 * Captain Oblivious
 * Catch Phrase: "Stupid Dog!", "Ow, Wicket!", "Big deal", etc.
 * Eustace apparently has the greatest amount of catchphrases than any other character in the show, possibly in all of Western Animation.
 * Chew Toy
 * Cool Mask: That he uses to scare Courage
 * Four Eyes, Zero Soul
 * Freudian Excuse: And how. His mother is much worse than he is and his brother was The Ace and rubbed it in his face his entire life (his brother's entire life that is). The end of "The Curse Of Shirley" has his 'true self' shown to him by a mirror (well it was broken but considering it was supposedly magic). What was it? . No wonder he's so screwed up.
 * Get Rich Quick Scheme: Tries this many times, never works out for him.
 * Greed: Many episodes have him obtaining (only to lose it later), wanting, or basically bathing in money he found.
 * Grumpy Bear
 * Grumpy Old Man: Should be obvious with what he does for most of the series.
 * It's All About Me
 * Jerkass
 * Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Although it never shows anywhere else, the ending of "The Curse of Shirley" where another hallucination caused by the curse has him see Courage as himself as a young boy with no hat. And in a Crowning Moment of Heartwarming gives him the hat and undoes the curse.
 * Jerk with a Heart of Jerk: Except in "Curse Of Shirley" and "Demon in the Mattress".
 * Lack of Empathy
 * Lantern Jaw of Justice
 * Lazy Bum
 * Lazy Husband
 * Lean and Mean
 * Literal Metaphor Old Couple: With Muriel.
 * The Load: On most trips.
 * Man Child
 * Never My Fault
 * Nice Hat
 * No Sympathy
 * Opaque Lenses
 * Personal Raincloud: In "Curse Of Shirley".
 * Screw Politeness, I'm a Senior!
 * Small Name, Big Ego: "I'm a farmer! FARMER, FARMER, FARMER!"
 * Strong Family Resemblance
 * This Is My Chair
 * Too Dumb to Live
 * Neutral Selfish
 * Took a Level in Jerkass: In "Ball of Revenge".
 * Took a Level in Badass: In "Katz Kandy" he actually defends Muriel and puts up a fight with Katz.
 * The Unfavorite
 * Villain Protagonist: By the end of the series, he's pretty much this.
 * Villainous Glutton: A rare skinny example.

The Computer
A Jerkass helper who Courage commonly goes to for advice on stopping the Big Bad of the episode. His advice for the most part works well, but his insults and sarcastic vibes gets contempt from Courage.


 * A Day in the Limelight: "Mega Muriel the Magnificent", "Hardrive Courage".
 * A.I. Is a Crapshoot
 * Anti-Hero: Type 2.
 * British Stuffiness
 * Catch Phrase: "You Twit".
 * Character Blog: He has a Twitter account, You Twits.
 * Deadpan Snarker
 * Snarky Inanimate Object
 * Everything's Better with Bob: 2+5=BOB
 * Freak-Out: In "Hardrive Courage" when he gets the virus.
 * Jerk with a Heart of Gold: As the end of his episode 'Mega Muriel The Magnificent' would suggest.
 * Magical Database: Seems to have everything to know on how to help Courage defeat the monsters that invade their home.
 * The Mean Brit
 * Smug Snake: A heroic example.

Di Lung
A guy of extremely-heavily implied Chinese descent that makes small cameos in episodes where he almost runs into Courage (usually in his car) and says his catchphrase.

--> Di Lung: I'm gonna make a satellite fall, ya FOOL! --> Di Lung (talking about Mecha-Courage): Give up, dog! I win bet! New dog in town! He better than you! Better than you in every way! Better than you in every other way! No way you beat him! No way you ever beat him!
 * All There in the Script: He's never referred to by name, though his name is known.
 * Amusing Injuries: One of numerous ways in which the show punishes him for how much of a douche he is.
 * Arrogant Kung Fu Guy: Especially when he brags about how "invincibly superior" Mecha-Courage supposedly is to Courage in "Courage VS Mecha-Courage"; he isn't entirely wrong about that, however.
 * Asian and Nerdy
 * Asian Drivers: Especially when he parks his car all the way across an open road in "Hothead".
 * Asian Rudeness
 * Asian Speekee Engrish: He can speak English pretty decently for the most part, but his grammar can be a bit off at times.
 * A Day in the Limelight: "Courage vs. Mecha Courage", "Courage The Fly", and "Squatting Tiger, Hidden Dog".
 * Annoying Laugh
 * Asshole Victim: Good luck finding a Courage the Cowardly Dog character who deserves getting his/her car blown up (and being hit by a truck, and being publicly humiliated in his own home country, and being crushed by a giant starfish, and only appearing for about five seconds in most of his episodes) more than this guy...
 * Big Fancy House: He uses the TV show that he stars in to show off his beautiful new mansion in "Campsite Of Terror".
 * Brainy Brunette
 * Breakout Character
 * Card-Carrying Villain: In "Courage VS Mecha-Courage" and "Squatting Tiger, Hidden Dog".
 * Catch Phrase: "Watch where you're going, ya foo'!"
 * The Chew Toy: Somewhat. What makes his appearances entertaining to watch (despite him being an awful person) is the fact that he usually gets just enough time to say his catchphrase and then suffer some kind of either cartoony or outright lethal injury.
 * Colony Drop: He attempts to use this tactic on Courage's house in "Courage The Fly".
 * Cool Car: His appears to be a red vintage Corvette...now if only he would stop wrecking it.
 * Cool Shades: His version of Eustace's Sinister Shades.
 * Dirty Coward: Especially when he gets caught "de-boning" Muriel and pretends that he was "re-boning" her.
 * Eviler Than Thou: He seems to be one of these to Eustace, complete with the glasses (of which Di Lung's are sunglasses rather than reading glasses), the chin (which is pointy while Eustace's is bulky), the incredibly abusive relationship with Courage (unlike Eustace, Di Lung attempts to actually kill Courage on a fairly regular basis whenever an episode gives him an even remotely major role in itself), the Annoying Laugh (Eustace's is a stereotypical "old man laugh" while Di Lung's is an extremely stereotypical "Asian laugh"), and even the personality (Psychopathic Manchild for both of them, with Di Lung seemingly being a Royal Brat while Eustace is just a regular Spoiled Brat due to his wife). However, Eustace is genuinely Too Dumb To Live, whereas Di Lung is an Insufferable Genius who often acts Too Dumb To Live due to how arrogant he is. Also, Di Lung and Eustace are both massive sources of Hypocritical Humor.
 * Flat Character: He is a stereotypical "rich Asian jerk" and practically nothing else.
 * Freeze-Frame Bonus: Ma Bagge's and the Dancing Rats' reactions to his catchphrase in "Scuba-Scuba Doo" and "The Nutcracker"; Ma attempts to attack him with her bare hands, while the Rats angrily glare at him.
 * Also, he and the Evil Empress briefly appear on Courage's television during Season 4's intro.
 * Geek Physiques: He has a downright-horrifically skinny one, adding to his stereotypical Asian-ness.
 * Genius Ditz: He may generally act like a complete idiot (especially when delivering his infamous catchphrase), but when it comes to science and engineering, he is absurdly talented to say the least.
 * Gonk: Especially the version of him that is shown in Season 4's intro.
 * Gross Up Close-Up: Him showing off his eleventh toe in "Courage The Fly".
 * Hate Sink: Especially when he is a major villain of an episode.
 * Human Sacrifice: In order to contact the magic silkworm that gives the Evil Empress her powers, Di Lung ends up having to remove the bones of someone truly innocent (in other words, Muriel)...using chopsticks.
 * Hypocritical Humor: Despite his catchphrase, he's just as likely to be the one not paying attention, and/or be saying it to someone who didn't really have a choice in the matter. Sometimes, he even puts himself in harm’s way; for example, one time he stood in the middle of the street before then getting hit by a truck. Even Eustace sort of points out how incredibly hypocritical Di Lung's catchphrase often is by using it himself in the episode "Courage In The Big Stinkin' City", and in the episode "The Nutcracker", the rats whose glue trap he has somehow gotten himself stuck in even give him Death Glares in response to hearing him yell the phrase at Courage while being stuck in said glue trap. Hell, Ma Bagge nearly attacks him for how hypocritical his "Scuba Scuba Doo" usage of said phrase (telling her not to swim in the tidal wave that he is surfing in) is.
 * Ink Suit Actor: He is modeled after Tim Chi Ly (the guy who did his voice). Ironically, however, he actually looks considerably more like RiceGum.
 * Insufferable Genius
 * It's All About Me: To the point where he even made his own television show about himself.
 * Jerkass: Arguably the biggest one in the entire series, to the point where he even makes Eustace look like a saint at times.
 * Jerkass Has a Point: On the rare occasions where he says his catchphrase and wasn't in the way first. Not to imply that this will change the result...
 * Laser-Guided Karma: Like Eustace, he will usually pay for being a jerk.
 * Laughing Mad: His Annoying Laugh turns into this whenever he's doing it for extremely sadistic reasons.
 * Lean and Mean
 * Mad Scientist
 * Made of Iron: Almost to Eustace's and Courage's levels; for example...
 * In the episode "Hothead", he gets his Cool Car blown up while still being in it and barely even gets his hair, teeth and clothing damaged in the process; surely enough, he survives his dislodged car seat's off-screen landing as well.
 * In the episode "Courage VS Mecha-Courage", he gets run over by a truck and is still able to talk after said occurrence.
 * In the episode "Scuba-Scuba Doo", he apparently survives being presumably drowned in a massive tidal wave.
 * In the episode "Muted Muriel", he gets crushed by Shirley's Giant Starfish and is still alive in the next episode.
 * Narcissist: Revealed when "Eustace" knocks his photos of himself out of his hands in "Cabaret Courage"; heavily implied when he calls himself "perfect" while sitting on an Eiffel Tower replica in "Perfect".
 * Nightmare Fetishist: Heavily implied by how ridiculously excited he gets over getting to yank Muriel's bones out (not to mention how much he actually does, in fact, enjoy doing it) in "Squatting Tiger, Hidden Dog".
 * No Celebrities Were Harmed: He is basically RiceGum without any of the redeeming qualities.
 * No Name Given: See All There in the Script above.
 * Noodle People
 * Not Me This Time: When he surprisingly-not-completely-hypocritically yells his catchphrase at the titular water dragon in "Food Of The Dragon" as punishment for it stepping on his car and therefore making him unable to properly get his groceries back home; he still shouldn't be living in Nowhere in the first place, however.
 * Nouveau Riche: He is an outrageously stereotypical portrayal of the Asian variety of these.
 * Psychopathic Manchild: To the point where he even proudly plays with toy replicas of Eustace, Muriel and Courage while watching the actual Muriel and Courage get tortured by Eustace and Mr. Nasty in the titular Show Within a Show of "Angry Nasty People" (possibly as a Call Back to the ending of "The Great Fusilli").
 * Recurring Extra
 * Rich Bastard: He is basically a disgustingly rich version of Eustace, complete with living in a Big Fancy House.
 * Royal Brat: Heavily implied by the fact that the Good and Evil Empresses of China are his aunts.
 * Running Gags: His catchphrase and his constant wrecking of his car.
 * Show Within a Show: He makes one of these about himself so that he can steal money from his fans.
 * Sinister Shades
 * Small Name, Big Ego
 * Smarter Then He Looks: He's actually quite smart when you think that he was able to build things like Mecha-Courage or make Magic Chemicals (Even if at first he failed at making what he wanted: A Water Buffalo). He was also a former student of the "Perfect" Teacher.
 * Smug Snake: As downright-impossibly talented as Di Lung is, his talent is still utterly dwarfed by his ego.
 * The Sociopath: He has absolutely no moral qualms. He can hurt a dog out of sadism, or horribly kill an old lady out of a desire for power (even if said power is for someone else). If he wasn't used as a background character most of the time, he would take more credit as one of the show's most utterly evil villains.
 * Sunglasses At Night: He literally does this in "Fishy Business", "The Nutcracker", and "Cabaret Courage".
 * Thin Chin of Sin: Possibly his version of Eustace's Lantern Jaw of Injustice.
 * Triangle Shades
 * Unsexy Sadist: Whenever he gets a major role in an episode; he makes Mecha-Courage beat the real Courage nearly to death for his own amusement in "Courage VS Mecha-Courage", attempts to make a satellite fall onto Courage's house (and, of course, also performs utterly horrific experiments on Courage himself) for his own amusement in "Courage The Fly", and even removes Muriel's skeleton for his own amusement in "Squatting Tiger, Hidden Dog". He also kicks Courage into a sewer for his own amusement in "Cabaret Courage".
 * You Fool!

Dr. Vindaloo
"Eustace: That darn doctor doesn't know what he's doing!"
 * Absent-Minded Professor
 * Back-Alley Doctor: Lampshaded by Eustace.


 * Badass Moustache
 * Big Ol' Eyebrows
 * Bollywood Nerd
 * Catch Phrase: "There is nothing I can do, nothing at all".
 * "Just keep soaking it!"
 * "There is nothing to worry about! But there is nothing I can do."
 * Cloudcuckoolander
 * Ditzy Genius
 * Dressed to Heal
 * Einstein Hair
 * Funny Foreigner
 * Mad Doctor
 * Mad Scientist
 * Morally-Ambiguous Doctorate

Eustace's Mother
Rather equally a Jerkass to her son as he is to Courage, she insults Eustace at every oppurtunity and as a contrast to her son she is nice to Courage. Occasionally she is the antagonist of a few episodes especially when it's something about helping with a company that helps with wigs.


 * Bald of Evil: Covers it up with her wig.
 * Bald Woman
 * Chuck Cunningham Syndrome: She hasn't appeared in any episodes after "Scuba Scuba Doo".
 * There's a reason for that.
 * Evil Matriarch
 * Evil Redhead: It's a wig, but whatever.
 * Fiery Redhead
 * Four Eyes, Zero Soul
 * Hey, It's That Voice!: She was the original Astro Boy and Kimba the White Lion.
 * Playing Against Type
 * Jerkass: Mainly to her son, and to Courage when he gets in the way of her plans.
 * Lantern Jaw of Justice
 * Miniature Senior Citizens
 * Opaque Lenses
 * Pet the Dog: Sometimes she does show her nice side around Courage.
 * Took a Level in Jerkass: Later episodes after her first appearance seem to have her taking it out at Courage.

Charlie The Mouse
A large delivery mouse who is apparently friends with Courage.


 * The Big Guy
 * Catch Phrase: "No prob."
 * Dark Is Not Evil
 * Deus Ex Machina: Essentially his purpose in the series.
 * Face of a Thug
 * Half-Dressed Cartoon Animal
 * Instant Home Delivery
 * Recurring Extra
 * Rodents of Unusual Size
 * Trademark Favorite Food: Cheese.
 * Why Do You Keep Changing Jobs?

Shirley the Medium
A Wizard/Gypsy chihuahua that offers help or sells magical objects at her trailer. She is able to place curses on those who cross her (Usually Eustace) and Courage has to go find her in order to reverse them.


 * Amazing Technicolor Wildlife
 * Anti-Hero
 * Berserk Button: Being rude to her and swindling her.
 * The Cassandra: She often outright warns Eustace not to do something, but he never listens. That's why her catchphrase is pretty much telling him I Told You So.
 * Catch Phrase: "The stupid one, he (insert action Eustace shouldn't have done here), yes?"
 * "The stupid one, he's stupid, yes?"
 * Deadpan Snarker
 * Dogs Are Dumb: Inverted. She is rather intelligent.
 * Fortune Teller
 * Fully-Dressed Cartoon Animal
 * Gonk: Her extremely mismatched eyes and her quite literal "stick arms" arguably make her one of these.
 * Great Gazoo
 * Gypsy Curse: Puts these on Eustace.
 * I Told You So: "The stupid one, he (something she warned Eustace not to do but he did anyway), yes?"
 * Karmic Trickster: She's normally a rather nice person when you stay on her good side, and often helps out Courage when he asks. However, if you're mean to her, she'll put a curse on you in a heartbeat, but she'll always leave a loophole for you to get out of them.
 * The Napoleon: She is both one of the shortest characters in the series and also one of the bossiest.
 * Odd Eyed
 * Romani
 * Seen It All: Nothing really seems to faze her and she often knows how to deal with a lot of supernatural things Courage faces.
 * The Trickster

Floyd

 * Bald of Evil: In "Curtain Of Cruelty", though it becomes Bald of Awesome at the end.
 * Cool Old Guy: At the end of "Curtain Of Cruelty".
 * Never Trust a Hair Tonic: Hothead.
 * Nice Guy: At the end of "Curtain Of Cruelty".
 * No Name Given
 * Miniature Senior Citizens
 * Why Do You Keep Changing Jobs?

Horst Bagge

 * The Ace
 * Always Someone Better
 * The Bully
 * Cool Shades
 * Jerkass
 * Lantern Jaw of Justice
 * Nice Hat
 * Sinister Shades

Officer/Professor/Captain/Pilot/Mayor/General/Park Ranger Frith

 * Badass Moustache
 * Blinding Bangs: As a professor, he has a huge pith helmet that covers his eyes.
 * Commissar Cap: Sports this sometimes.
 * Donut Mess with a Cop: In "Courage In The Big Stinkin' City".
 * General Failure: The General seems to be far better at cleaning his ears than he is at actually running his military. He also fails to disarm one of his own bombs.
 * Porn Stache
 * Redheaded Hero: Most of the time.
 * Trademark Favorite Food: Cookies, seen in "Courage Meets The Mummy" and donuts, seen in "Courage In The Big Stinkin' City".
 * Why Do You Keep Changing Jobs?

Parachute Lady

 * Awesome Backpack
 * Genki Girl
 * Green Eyes
 * Motor Mouth
 * No Name Given
 * Noodle People
 * Shiny Midnight Black
 * Skirt Over Slacks

Nowhere Newsman

 * Extreme Doormat: Even in a TORNADO he doesn't even do anything CLOSE to panicking.
 * No Name Given
 * Noodle People
 * The Pollyanna
 * Sharp-Dressed Man

The Chicken from Outer Space
The very first monster to disturb the Main Characters house. In the pilot, he harasses the chickens out in their henhouse and he is thwarted after he accidentally shoots himself. He would later return albeit as a cooked chicken in a later episode where he looks for a new head. It is revealed later he had a wife and a kid with 3 heads.


 * Everything's Better with Chickens
 * Feathered Fiend
 * Hoist by His Own Petard: His own gun.
 * Pint-Sized Powerhouse
 * Red Eyes, Take Warning
 * The Voiceless

Katz
A tall, skinny Anthromorphic cat that is in many episode implied to have several victims like in the motel and his island. He seems to have great skill at games such as Handball, and an expert at staring contests. He is probably the first villian to appear that can be Nightmare Fuel inducing considering his debut is the first episode after the Chicken from Outer Space pilot kinda leaves it open to what the show will get through from the start. He is also the most recurring villain on the show, appearing in a total of five episodes.


 * Amazing Technicolor Wildlife
 * Arch Enemy: By virtue of being the most recurring villain, he functions as this to Courage.
 * Ax Crazy
 * Badass
 * Badass in a Nice Suit
 * Catch Phrase: "I wish you hadn't done that".
 * "A little sport before dying?"
 * "Sad, isn't it?"
 * Cats Are Mean
 * Cats Are Snarkers: "Pity..."
 * Commissar Cap: In "Katz Under The Sea".
 * Con Man
 * Deadpan Snarker
 * Evil Brit
 * Evil Laugh
 * Evil Sounds Deep
 * Eyes of Gold
 * Faux Affably Evil
 * Funny Animal
 * Hero-Killer: Noticeably harder and more deadly to defeat than Courage's other foes. Courage has only directly defeated him twice, and on one of those occasions, he was distracted fighting Eustace and didn't expect it. Most of the time, Courage nearly gets killed fighting him.
 * Humanlike Foot Anatomy
 * Knight of Cerebus: While not the only truly frightening villain in the series, he's still more serious and dark than most. An Ax Crazy Serial Killer played straight.
 * Lean and Mean
 * Leitmotif: A calm, sinister, and very distinctive percussion-heavy piece. There are at least two versions.
 * Major Injury Underreaction: "I wish you hadn't done that."
 * Mega Neko
 * Noodle People
 * Second Place Is for Losers
 * Serial Killer: He sets up seemingly normal locations in his first two appearences to lure people in so he can arrange their deaths. In fact, his candy shop seems to be his only business that's not a front for carrying out murders. Keyword is seems, he seemed pretty well versed in how to turn people into candy...
 * Sharp-Dressed Man: In "Klub Katz" and "Katz Under The Sea".
 * Slasher Smile
 * Smug Snake: At times.
 * The Sociopath
 * Wicked Cultured
 * Why Do You Keep Changing Jobs?
 * Xtreme Kool Letterz

Le Quack
A French duck that disguises himself as many jobs but is actually a thief that steals riches from his victims. After his debut his plans are more towards getting revenge on Courage while at the same time trying to steal stuff. He always seems to escape capture every time, and repeats "They have not seen the last of...Le Quack".


 * Accessory-Wearing Cartoon Animal
 * Ax Crazy
 * Blue Eyes
 * Bow Ties Are Cool
 * Catch Phrase: "How annoying."
 * "They have not seen the last of Le Quack."
 * "Qu'est-ce que c'est?"
 * Con Man
 * Evil Laugh
 * Evil Sounds Deep
 * Faux Affably Evil
 * French Jerk
 * Morally-Ambiguous Ducktorate
 * Non-Mammalian Hair
 * Pint-Sized Powerhouse
 * Smug Snake
 * Tickle Torture: Did this to Muriel once.
 * Toothy Bird
 * You Gotta Have Blue Hair
 * You Haven't Seen the Last of X

Benton Tarentella
An evil zombie director who puts his "actors" in a position where they'll listen to everything he says where they can be Killed Off for Real on camera or torture themselves for humor on a live TV show.


 * Ax Crazy
 * Badass in a Nice Suit
 * Bald of Evil: If you don't count the twigs sticking out of his head.
 * Catch Phrase: "This is GREAT!"
 * Con Man
 * Eyes of Gold: Well, his remaining eye, at least.
 * Film Felons
 * Four Eyes, Zero Soul
 * Gag Nose
 * Lean and Mean
 * No Celebrities Were Harmed: Quentin Tarantino.
 * Noodle People
 * Our Zombies Are Different
 * Paper-Thin Disguise
 * Scarf of Asskicking
 * Serial Killer: In life, he and his partner killed at least 12 people. He was arrested and died in prison.
 * Sharp-Dressed Man
 * Shout-Out: To Quentin Tarantino.
 * Smart People Wear Glasses
 * Unusually Uninteresting Sight: In his second appearance, the fact that he's a zombie isn't commented upon.
 * Wicked Cultured

The Snowman
A snowman who dreads the disapperence of his snowman friends and the easily meltable substance they're made out of. He tries to avoid ever melting by extracting the Anti-Melting gene of humans in order to maintain himself as it gets warmer where he lives. He's the Last of His Kind, as all the other Snowmen melted,


 * Badass
 * Evil Brit:
 * Evil Sounds Deep:
 * Evil Laugh
 * Green Aesop
 * Instant Ice, Just Add Cold: "The first frozen snowman... not too shabby!"
 * Last of His Kind: He's the last Snowman, as the others all melted due to the hole in the Ozone Layer. This is his primary motivation, as he doesn't want his species to die out.
 * No Celebrities Were Harmed: Sean Connery
 * Shout-Out: He sounds like Sean Connery.
 * Even more so with his invention the Snowfinger. Obviously a shout out to Goldfinger.
 * Also, his introduction: "The name's Man. Snowman."
 * Snowlems
 * Villain Song: In "The Snowman's Revenge". Also counts as a Non Sequitur Scene, since it came completely out of nowhere and was never mentioned again.
 * Well-Intentioned Extremist: Well at least in his 2nd apperence. He decides to freeze the area the Bagges live because his home is being melted by the Ozone Hole.
 * Also in his first one, as he's just trying to stop his race from going extinct.
 * Also in his first one, as he's just trying to stop his race from going extinct.

Three Government Ninjas

 * Captain Obvious: "And know he's running away!"
 * Chest Insignia: They have the numbers 1, 2, and 3 on their vests.
 * Cool Shades
 * Evil Is Hammy
 * Large Ham
 * Ninjas
 * Trademark Favorite Food: Toast.

Cajun Fox
A fox very reminiscent of a certain Looney Tunes character. Only the fact that he's a fox, has shades, and actually would of gotten his prize if it weren't for a slapstick chase with a certain cowardly dog.


 * Accessory-Wearing Cartoon Animal
 * Amusing Injuries
 * Born Lucky: At least HE thinks so.
 * Born Unlucky
 * Butt Monkey
 * Creator Cameo: Voiced by John Dilworth.
 * Cool Shades: To cover his comedicly oversized eyeballs.
 * Cunning Like a Fox
 * Evil Is Hammy
 * Gonk: Without his shades on.
 * Hammerspace: How do his eyes fit under his glasses?
 * Hoist by His Own Petard: Well more like his own stew pot.
 * Humanlike Foot Anatomy
 * Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain
 * Large Ham
 * Lean and Mean
 * Noodle People
 * Rhymes on a Dime
 * Shout-Out: To Wily E. Coyote.
 * Sinister Shades
 * Triangle Shades

The Shadow
A shadow of an evil man that passes away thus letting him free. After becoming free he haunts the basement of Courage's Home, but secretly has a passion of becoming a Star.


 * Dark Is Not Evil
 * Impossible Shadow Puppets
 * Literal Metaphor: He at first mentions he means Star as in a celebrity.
 * Living Shadow
 * Mind Screw: Some of the forms he takes are him attempting this on Courage.
 * Peek a Bogey Man
 * Voluntary Shapeshifting

Bigfoot

 * Big Foot: Duh.
 * The Big Guy
 * Dark Is Not Evil
 * Gentle Giant
 * Odd Eyed

Demon in the Mattress
Demon describes as Exactly What It Says on the Tin. When someone sleeps on the bed he possesses their body by making their skin green, and the hair red. He can only be ousted by an incantation.


 * Card-Carrying Villain
 * Conspicuous CGI: The hearse that delivers the mattress.
 * Einstein Hair
 * Evil Is Hammy
 * Evil Laugh
 * Evil Redhead
 * Evil Sounds Deep
 * Deadpan Snarker: Sometimes.
 * Fiery Redhead
 * Large Ham
 * Nightmare Face: On the mattress.
 * Also, the weasel pulls this whenever he hisses.
 * Shout-Out: Everything the demon does in Muriel's body is very similar to what happens to the girl in the film The Exorcist.
 * Who Writes This Crap?: "Kick 'em in the dishpan hoo, hoo, hoo!?"

Freaky Fred
A barber that is Muriel's cousin. At first glance, he just seems to be a crazy, creepy barber. But deep down he's much worse then that. He speaks in his mind and speaks normally in rhymes, but he has basically an obsession for cutting every single hair off someone. When he cuts Courage's hair he doesn't stop until just the hair on Courage's tail remains.

Currently serves as the image for the series' Nightmare Fuel page.

"Eustace: The freak's a barber. A freeeaky barber. With his own freaky barber shop. Where freaky things happen. Freaky barber things!"
 * Affably Evil: If he weren't someone who seems to have a strange satisfaction in cutting every single hair on someone you would thing he was just a normal creepy barber that thinks/speaks in rhymes.
 * Alliterative Name
 * Anime Hair
 * Ax Crazy
 * Badass in a Nice Suit
 * Bald of Awesome: Appears to be slightly balding.
 * The Barber
 * Big Ol' Eyebrows
 * Blond Guys Are Evil: Subverted, as he's not evil, just a little... NAAAAUUUUGGHHTYYY...
 * Catch Phrase: "NAAAUUUUUUUUUGGGHHHTTYYY."
 * Cloudcuckoolander
 * Dangerously Close Shave
 * Department of Redundancy Department:


 * Einstein Hair
 * Even Weirdos Have Standards : Apparently, shaving an animal's tail is too weird and creepy, even for Fred.
 * Possibly subverted in that he might have been trolling. He was egging Courage to come forth before making saying he wouldn't.
 * Evil Brit: Subverted. He isn't really evil.
 * Fetish: For shaving hair.
 * Green Eyes
 * Inner Monologue
 * Leitmotif: The creepy music box in the background.
 * The Mentally Disturbed
 * Nightmare Fuel Station Attendant
 * Noodle People
 * Nothing Is Scarier: Even though he did nothing but shave hair the entire, he STILL managed to scare a lot of kids.
 * Perpetual Smiler
 * Rhymes on a Dime
 * Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness
 * Sharp-Dressed Man
 * Shout-Out: To Sweeney Todd. He also resembles Beetlejuice.
 * Slasher Smile
 * Sophisticated As Hell: He speaks in Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness for most of his poem, but one line was "And so I figured 'What the heck?'"
 * Traumatic Haircut
 * Verbal Tic: "NAAAAUUUUGHTYYYY..."
 * Wicked Cultured: Subverted.
 * The Wonka

Weremole
A creature that moves in a similar to Tremors and mainly preys on rabbits. But if it bites a human or perhaps other creatures that survive it's bite into a weremole themselves. The only cure to a bite such as that is to get a hair off the original weremole and get it into the affected person's mouth. Presuming you can get lucky enough to get either the Weremole or the victim without getting bitten yourself.


 * The Brute
 * Dumb Muscle
 * More Teeth Than the Osmond Family
 * Red Eyes, Take Warning
 * Villainous Glutton

Duck Brothers
Two brother ducks that come to Nowhere. They are on a mission to. One of the 2 tends to lay eggs, the other gets annoyed by this.


 * Amazing Technicolor Wildlife
 * Catch Phrase: *laid egg* "I told you to stop doing that".
 * Evil Brit: Subverted.
 * Hey, It's That Voice!: Ringo Starr.
 * Jerk with a Heart of Gold: They may argue, but deep down they really care about each other.
 * Mind Control: Uses devices to control Muriel, Eustace, and Courage (Although willingly).
 * Morally-Ambiguous Ducktorate
 * Mister Seahorse: All of them tend to lay eggs despite being male.
 * Red Eyes, Take Warning: The third brother.
 * Sibling Team
 * Talking to Himself: Ringo must have had a lot of fun arguing with himself for the entire episode.

Horst's Box Demon

 * Eldritch Abomination
 * The Faceless: Only his arms are shown.
 * Nothing Is Scarier: WHO KNOWS WHAT HE LOOKS LIKE!?!?!?

King Ramses
An ancient pharaoh who places a curse on any holder of his slab. The first curse being a flood, the second being a really loud Ear Worm song coming from a record player, and the last being locusts that eat anything.


 * Catch Phrase: "Return the slab, or suffer my curse..."
 * Conspicuous CG: Intentionally invoked with King Ramses' character design.
 * Evil Redhead
 * Grail in the Garbage: The Slab was thought to be old Garbage by Eustace, it's only when a TV News report says how much it's worth does Eustace suddenly want to keep it.
 * Lean and Mean
 * Mummy
 * Shout-Out: To A Christmas Carol.

Toe Fungus Gangsters
Mob-like Foot monster that is created from a strange infection that overwhelms Eustace. The Big toe is the mob boss while all the rest are followers with no different personalities except maybe for the Pinky toe.


 * The Brute
 * Catch Phrase: "Yeah, see"
 * "Or the fat lady gets it!"
 * The Ditz: The Pinky toe.
 * Eyes Always Shut
 * Fat Bastard
 * Gasshole
 * The Runt At the End: The Pinky toe.
 * Stating the Simple Solution: Pinky toe suggested they Just Shoot Him in "Ball of Revenge", and was reprimanded by the other 4 toes.
 * Toilet Humor: Whenever he squeezes Muriel, he farts.

The Hunchback Of Nowhere

 * Amazing Technicolor Population
 * Bald of Awesome
 * Fiery Redhead
 * The Grotesque
 * Nice Guy
 * Renaissance Man: He's a musician, an acrobat, and a shadow puppetear.

The Goose God
A god that is Exactly What It Says on the Tin. He desires love and a worthy queen to be wed to. He gets a crush on Muriel and tries to take her as her queen. At least until he hears the sound of the horn of Eustace's Truck.


 * Blue Eyes
 * Evil Brit
 * Evil Is Hammy
 * Evil Sounds Deep
 * Expy: Of Zeus.
 * Green Thumb: He can create an endless field of flowers.
 * Interspecies Romance: His episode centers around him trying to woo Muriel.
 * Large Ham: Well, he IS Tim Curry.
 * Odd Job Gods
 * Physical God
 * Rhymes on a Dime
 * Shock and Awe
 * Smug Snake
 * Hey, It's That Voice!: Hey, it's Dr. Frank N. Furter as a talking goose.
 * Morally-Ambiguous Ducktorate
 * Toothy Bird
 * Wicked Cultured

Queen of the Black Puddle
A siren-like monster that lives in a black puddle that she lives in. She lures in men to her puddle and eats them.


 * Amazing Technicolor Population
 * Catch Phrase: "Eustaaaaaaaaace..."
 * The Dark Chick
 * Femme Fatal
 * Humanoid Abomination
 * Lean and Mean
 * Making a Splash
 * More Teeth Than the Osmond Family: In her monster form.
 * One-Winged Angel: Once she's ready to eat her victim, she gets much less pretty.
 * Red Eyes, Take Warning
 * The Vamp
 * You Gotta Have Purple Hair

The Precious, Wonderful, Adorable, Lovable Duckling
A duck that hatches from a cooking pot that develops a love for Eustace. So much so he tries to eliminate the one person who likes Eustace just as much as he does: Muriel.


 * Ax Crazy
 * Enfante Terrible
 * Evil Laugh
 * Hoist by His Own Petard: His own rocket that was meant to blast Muriel to the moon.
 * Jerkass
 * Morally-Ambiguous Ducktorate
 * Overly Long Name
 * Pint-Sized Powerhouse
 * Slasher Smile
 * Wounded Gazelle Gambit: To get Courage in trouble.
 * Toothy Bird

Jean Bon
A chef and owner of a Hamburger restaurant. The creepy parts of the beginning makes it seem that the meat is made out of humans who have previously visited the place.


 * Barefoot Cartoon Animal
 * Big Fun
 * Bilingual Bonus: "Jeanbon" means "ham" in French.
 * Demoted to Extra: After his first initial appearance.
 * Eyes of Gold
 * I Am a Humanitarian
 * Meaningful Name: See above.
 * Nice Guy
 * Pig Man

The Eggplants
Large group of living eggplants that believe Muriel is a great evil that must be extinguished. But they won't attack until they are ordered by The Great Eggplant to do so. They become nicer when water finally drops and their vines grow.


 * Everything's Better with Bob: O'Gonoush.
 * Eyes of Gold
 * Fundamentally Funny Fruit
 * G-Rated Drug: Water.
 * Nice Hat: Bob O'Gonoush and Ratatoullie
 * Shout-Out: The Great Eggplant may be directly or indirectly be based on the The Great Pumpkin.

The Great Fusilli
An alligator stage owner that finds people wishing to make famous stage stars/actors and make him puppets on his stage for an audience that actually isn't even there. When they act on stage, strings come down from the masks and transforms them into puppets.


 * Accessory-Wearing Cartoon Animal
 * Ax Crazy
 * Badass Cape
 * Con Man
 * Evil Laugh
 * Eyes of Gold
 * Hoist by His Own Petard: His own stage makes him one of the puppets.
 * Lean and Mean
 * Lizard Folk
 * Monster Clown
 * More Teeth Than the Osmond Family
 * Nice Hat
 * Wicked Cultured

The Magic Tree Of Nowhere

 * Green Eyes
 * Literal Genie: Eustace said he wished Muriel had a bigger head while going through his rant about the Tree. Guess what Muriel got.
 * Syncro-Vox
 * Wise Tree

Robot Randy
A robot from a whole colony of similar robots that acts differently from the rest. Instead of wanting to destroy, he wants to pick up a hobby/job of making wooden reindeer. He is at first ridiculed for this but when it turns out to be a great business he is more accepted when he gets back to his planet.


 * Companion Cube/I Call It "Ivana": His reindeer.
 * Genius Bruiser
 * Large Ham
 * No Celebrities Were Harmed: Christopher Walken.
 * Shout-Out: His entire speech and mannerisms are a shout out to Christopher Walken.

Schwick
An anthropomorphic cockroach that invites the Bagges family to a hotel room where just on the wall is a small mouse door that has something in there that is never directly known as all that's left of it's victims are bones. Schwick is also a wanted criminal, and to hide his tracks he hires Courage to deliver a present to a scary house with doors of horrible things (One including a certain Violin girl).


 * Berserk Button: Calling him "Buschwick".
 * Big Creepy-Crawlies
 * Con Man
 * Do Not Call Me Buschwick: Just "Schwick".
 * Fat Bastard
 * Goofy Print Underwear
 * Hair-Trigger Temper
 * My Name Is Not Buschwick
 * Nothing Is Scarier: Ya d'wanna know what made dese bones...

Basil
A deranged and confused burglar whose very prone to mood swings and personality shifts. Sometimes he's convinced that the Bagges are his own relatives.


 * Affably Evil
 * Ax Crazy
 * Blatant Burglar
 * Cloudcuckoolander: To the point where even Muriel agrees with her husband that he's nuts.
 * Domino Mask
 * Early-Bird Cameo: In "The Shadow Of Courage".
 * Evil Brit: In his "hardened criminal" form. Subverted in his other form.
 * Lantern Jaw of Justice: Complete with "chin-butt".
 * Nice Hat
 * Perma-Stubble
 * Shamu Fu
 * Split Personality: One's a hardened criminal. The other is an Affably Evil bandit who thinks the Bagges are his relatives and partners in crime.

The Bananas

 * Banana Republic
 * Fundamentally Funny Fruit
 * Nice Hat: the Banana Suit Dealer has a nice plaid cap.
 * Ridiculous Future Inflation: "$8,000,000 for a salami!?"

Mayan Baker
A mummy that was once a baker for a royal Mayan queen who is an ancestor of Muriel. He came back recognizing Muriel as the Mayan Queen and Eustace as the Royal Pubba and looks for revenge.


 * Body Horror: The description of his torture. Including his mouth sewn shut.
 * Keep in mind the steps that go into the mummification process.
 * Mummy
 * Red Eyes, Take Warning
 * Show Some Leg
 * The Unintelligible

Doctor Gerbil
A Vacuum salesman that actually uses his stuff to capture people for experiments for his many products.


 * Amazing Technicolor Wildlife
 * Ax Crazy
 * Bow Ties Are Cool
 * Con Man
 * Fish Eyes
 * For Science!
 * Half-Dressed Cartoon Animal
 * Honest John's Dealership
 * Mad Scientist
 * Nice Hat
 * Ridiculously Cute Critter
 * Rodents of Unusual Size
 * Seldom-Seen Species: How many other gerbils have you seen in media?
 * Smug Snake
 * Wicked Cultured

Vastabael Backjurius

 * Fish Eyes
 * Gag Nose
 * Gonk
 * Mind Control
 * Solar CPR: His episode centered around this.

Katz's Mutant Jam

 * Blob Monster
 * Cyclops

Monks

 * Eyes Always Shut
 * Fat Bastards
 * Gag Nose
 * Gonks
 * Hypocritical Humor: They hate vanity, but as shown at the end of the episode, they are rather vain.

The Captain

 * Ax Crazy
 * Beard of Evil
 * Blondes Are Evil
 * Con Man
 * Evil Is Hammy
 * Eyepatch of Doom
 * Hook Hand
 * Jerkass
 * Large Ham
 * Nice Hat
 * Pirate
 * Seadog Beard
 * Talk Like a Pirate

Carmen

 * Cyclops
 * Dark Is Not Evil

Kangaroo Monster

 * Kangaroo Pouch Ride
 * Takes One to Kill One
 * Transformation Trauma

Alien Brain Visitor

 * Expy: Of ET the Extraterrestrial.
 * Nice Hat
 * Red Eyes, Take Warning
 * Verbal Tic: "Yes."

The Whip

 * Amazing Technicolor Population
 * Four Eyes, Zero Soul
 * Lantern Jaw of Justice
 * Lean and Mean
 * Opaque Lenses
 * Our Zombies Are Different
 * Scary Shiny Glasses
 * Whip It Good
 * Zorro Mark

Evil Weevil
A rather gentlemanly anthropomorphic Weevil that treats hosts seemingly good but actually drinks their life slowly to feed himself. If you're a Dragonball Z fan, it reminds you a lot of a certain other nightmarish insect like creature. Only Weevil's is even slower.


 * Affably Evil
 * Badass in a Nice Suit
 * Big Creepy-Crawlies
 * Big Eater
 * The Butler Did It
 * Catch Phrase: "I don't want to impose..."
 * Con Man
 * Evil Brit
 * Half-Dressed Cartoon Animal
 * Hey, It's That Voice!: Hey, it's Claude Frollo!
 * Hoist by His Own Petard: Rather grossly drinks his own body fat.
 * The Jeeves
 * Lean and Mean
 * Nice Hat
 * Red Eyes, Take Warning
 * Sharp-Dressed Man
 * Smug Snake
 * Wicked Cultured

McPhearson Phantom

 * Evil Is Hammy
 * Fat Bastard
 * Large Ham
 * Red Eyes, Take Warning

Harvest Moon Spirit
A spirit that warns the family (Especially Eustace) that something must grow on the farm "or else". We never actually see what Or Else means. But it's presumed to be really bad.


 * Bald of Evil
 * Black Eyes of Evil
 * Deadpan Snarker: To Eustace.
 * Demon Head
 * Evil Albino
 * Evil Is Hammy
 * Evil Sounds Deep
 * Large Ham
 * Nothing Is Scarier: Trying to guess what "Or Else" means since we never see it.
 * It's implied that they would melt to death.
 * Syncro-Vox

The Sand Whale
A sand whale that has a vendetta against Eustace's father for stealing his Accordion. In which it has become a family heirloom according to Eustace's Mother.


 * Catch Phrase: "ICKETT!? ICKETT BAGGE!?"
 * Evil Is Hammy
 * Large Ham
 * Sand Is Water: For him, it is.

Dr. Zalost
An evil, always frowning doctor that created Cannonballs that makes anybody in negative moods. He uses his moving tower that has tons of cannons to fire them around town. He has a pet rat that he simply calls Rat.


 * Amazing Technicolor Population
 * Big Ol' Eyebrows
 * Evil Laugh
 * Evil Sounds Deep
 * Lantern Jaw of Justice
 * Lean and Mean
 * Meaningful Name: "Zalost" means "sorrow" or "sandness" is Slavic.
 * Red Eyes, Take Warning
 * Unhappy Scientist
 * Villainous Crossdresser: He wears high heels.
 * You Gotta Have Pink Hair

Rat

 * A Rat Named Rat
 * Minion with an F In Evil
 * Red Eyes, Take Warning
 * Right Hand Rat
 * Rodents of Unusual Size
 * Silent Snarker: Rat
 * You Dirty Rat

Maria and Mano Ladrones

 * Beauty Mark: Maria.
 * Con Woman: Maria.
 * Evil Counterpart
 * Evil Hand: Mano is just a hand.
 * Evil Twin
 * Fat Girl: Maria.
 * Paper-Thin Disguise: How did they think she was Muriel? She has no glasses, darker skin, a Beauty Mark, and red eyes!
 * Red Eyes, Take Warning: Maria.

Mecha-Courage
A robot half-sphere in a color scheme like Courage made by Di Lung in order to make "better dog". It does everything right that Courage can do but is defeated despite a heavy beating put on Courage by his own sheer willpower to survive.


 * Actually a Doombot
 * Evil Counterpart
 * Jerkass
 * Robot Dog
 * Robot Me
 * Robot Names

The Raccoon Twins

 * Blue Eyes: One raccoon
 * Creepy Twins
 * Dark Is Not Evil
 * Eyes of Gold: The other raccoon
 * Identical Twin ID Tag: Their eye colours.
 * Nightmare Fetishists: They enjoy scary movies.
 * Rascally Raccoons
 * Ridiculously Cute Critters

Velvet Vic
An old singer that Eustace was a big fan of. His spirit is trapped in a record and he comes out when played.


 * Amazing Technicolor Population
 * Badass in a Nice Suit
 * Catch Phrase: "DRAAAAAGSVIIIILE..."
 * Disco Dan
 * Evil Redhead
 * Fiery Redhead
 * Lantern Jaw of Justice
 * Sharp-Dressed Man
 * Slasher Smile
 * Totally Radical

Storm Goddess

 * Blue Eyes
 * Dark-Skinned Redhead
 * Dogs Are Dumb: Duncan.
 * Evil Redhead
 * Fiery Redhead
 * Impossibly Delicious Food: The god bone.
 * Lean and Mean
 * Noodle People
 * Personal Raincloud
 * Physical God
 * Sassy Black Girl: Not a traditional example, but she's very argumentative.

The Sandman
A thin man who like other portrayals of the Sandman is like the god of Sleep. However he has a problem trying to sleep, that even his herd of sheep can not get him to lie down. So he chooses to take Muriel's deep sleep literally from under her nose.


 * Amazing Technicolor Population
 * Badass Cape
 * Domino Mask
 * Evil Brit
 * Evil Sounds Deep
 * Lantern Jaw of Justice
 * Lean and Mean
 * Nice Hat
 * Nice Shoes
 * Noodle People
 * Pointy Ears
 * Smug Snake
 * Wicked Cultured

The Virus

 * Expy: Of Vastabael Backjurius from "Mission To The Sun".
 * Gag Nose
 * Gonk
 * Trademark Favorite Food: Vinegar!

The Valkyries

 * Brawn Hildas
 * Fat Girls
 * Gross Up Close-Up: Of one of the Valkyries' fist.
 * Shout-Out: The Norweigian Blue.
 * Stout Strength
 * Toothy Bird: The Norweigian Blue.

The Coralites

 * Accessory-Wearing Cartoon Animal: The Mayor and the small, female coralite.
 * Lilliputians
 * Nice Hat: The Mayor Coralite has a spiffy top hat.
 * Ridiculously Cute Critters
 * Trademark Favorite Food: Pie.

Conway the Contaminationist
A as far as we know human who found a way to extend his life beyond centuries using uncleanliness that distorts his appearence but makes his life longer. He attempts to get Eustace and Muriel to follow his philosophy but it makes the family miserable.


 * Bald of Evil
 * Charlie Brown Baldness
 * Con Man
 * Dirty Old Man
 * Evil Old Folks
 * Hates Baths
 * Jerkass
 * Lean and Mean
 * The Noseless
 * The Pig Pen

The Bullfrogs
A group of bullfrogs led by a king that after their Pond dries up takes over the Bagges' home and forces them to make a new pond.


 * Accessory-Wearing Cartoon Animal: Buffo and the smart frog.
 * The Brute: One of the frogs.
 * Frogs and Toads
 * Green Eyes
 * Hulk Speak: Buffo
 * Overly Long Tongue
 * You No Take Candle: Buffo
 * Smart People Wear Glasses: One of the frogs.

Tulip

 * Amazing Technicolor Population
 * Anti-Hero
 * Evil Brit: Well, she's more of an anti-heroic brit.
 * Meaningful Name: Tulips stick out of her hair.
 * White-Haired Pretty Girl

Mona Lisa

 * Curtains Match the Window
 * Mona Lisa Smile: Of course.
 * Non-Standard Character Design

The Scarecrow

 * Blue Eyes
 * Nice Hat
 * Nightmare Retardant: In-Universe.

Mondo the Magician

 * Alliterative Name
 * Badass Cape: In his disguise
 * Body Horror: His normal appearance and what he does to Muriel.
 * Evil Sounds Deep
 * Expy: Of Bowser.
 * Eyes of Gold
 * Gonk
 * Lizard Folk
 * Magicians Are Wizards
 * Shiny Midnight Black
 * Smug Snake
 * Tall, Dark and Handsome: His disguise.
 * Turtle Power

Baby Birds

 * Accessory-Wearing Cartoon Animal
 * Fish Eyes
 * Picky Eater
 * Ridiculously Cute Critter
 * Trademark Favorite Food: Worms.

The Fishtionary

 * Accessory-Wearing Cartoon Animal
 * Fish People
 * Hypocritical Humor: In the beginning, she said that acting like a human was "uncivilized", but towards the end, she was seen sitting on a chair and watching TV.
 * Incredibly Lame Pun: She's a missionary fish! Get it?
 * Purple Eyes
 * Slasher Smile
 * Smug Snake

Mr. Nasty

 * Amazing Technicolor Population
 * Cool Shades
 * Eviler Counterpart: Of Eustace.
 * The Heartless: The living embodiment of all Eustace's nastiness.
 * Humanoid Abomination
 * Jerkass: Up to 11.
 * Lantern Jaw of Justice
 * Lean and Mean
 * Meaningful Name: He is definitely nasty.
 * Nice Hat
 * Sinister Shades

Evil Plants

 * Man Eating Plants
 * Mix-and-Match Critters: Sort of. They're pants combined with animals.
 * More Teeth Than the Osmond Family

Elisha and Eliza Stitch

 * Conjoined Twins
 * Con Women
 * Creepy Twins
 * Eerie Pale-Skinned Brunette
 * Evil Laugh
 * Eyes of Gold
 * Finishing Each Other's Sentences
 * For the Evulz
 * Hoist by His Own Petard: Their own Magic Quilt.
 * Lean and Mean
 * Meaningful Name: Quilters called "Stitch".
 * Multiple Head Case
 * Shiny Midnight Black
 * Single-Minded Twins
 * Theme Twin Naming

King of Flan

 * Acrofatic
 * Bow Ties Are Cool
 * Evil Laugh: A particularly good one.
 * Evil Redhead
 * Fat Bastard
 * Hoist by His Own Petard: Is hypnotized by his own face on a billboard.
 * Madness Mantra: "Buy Flantasy Flan, buy Flantasy Flan..."
 * Mass Hypnosis
 * Slasher Smile
 * Wicked Cultured

Chief Wiki Wiki

 * Amazing Technicolor Population
 * Appease the Volcano God
 * Fat Bastard
 * Fat Idiot
 * Jerkass
 * Lantern Jaw of Justice
 * Walking Shirtless Scene

The Beaver

 * Abusive Parents: At least his father.
 * Cool Helmet
 * Getting Crap Past the Radar: "THAT DAM BEAVER".
 * Half-Dressed Cartoon Animal
 * Rodents of Unusual Size

The Dancing Rats

 * Acrofatic
 * Ax Crazy
 * Creepy Twins
 * Fat Bastards
 * Stout Strength
 * Red Eyes, Take Warning
 * Rodents of Unusual Size
 * Whole-Plot Reference: To The Nutcracker.
 * You Dirty Rat

Rumpledkiltskin

 * Ax Crazy
 * Beard of Evil
 * Con Man
 * Embarrassing First Name
 * Evil Is Hammy
 * Evil Redhead
 * Fiery Redhead
 * Hair-Trigger Temper
 * Large Ham
 * Nice Hat
 * Violent Glaswegian

Dr. Gerhardt

 * Brainy Brunette
 * Cool Shades
 * Einstein Hair
 * Mad Scientist
 * Nice Guy
 * Noodle People
 * Shiny Midnight Black

Windmill Vandals

 * Black Vikings: Vikings in America?
 * Dem Bones
 * Four Is Death
 * Horny Vikings
 * Our Ghosts Are Different
 * Red Eyes, Take Warning

Big Bayou

 * Accessory-Wearing Cartoon Animal
 * Bow Ties Are Cool
 * Eyes of Gold
 * The Fighting Narcissist
 * Hoist by His Own Petard
 * Nice Hat
 * It's All About Me
 * Small Name, Big Ego
 * Smug Snake: Literally.
 * Sssssnaketalk
 * Unusual Euphemism: "What the Bayou!?"

The Buck

 * Accessory-Wearing Cartoon Animal
 * Anti-Villain: Type II. He doesn't really have anything against outsiders, he's just sick of the hunters, and was more than willing to solve the problems in a game of wits.
 * Badass
 * Bald of Awesome
 * Catch Phrase: "A deer's gotta do what a deer's gotta do!"
 * Green Aesop
 * Opaque Lenses
 * Papa Wolf

Swamp Monster

 * The Brute
 * Catch Phrase: "SWAAAAMP WOMAAAAN..."
 * Eyes of Gold
 * Genius Bruiser
 * Hair-Trigger Temper
 * Interspecies Romance: He thinks Muriel is his girlfriend.

The Goat

 * Extreme Omni Goat: Averted. He is never seen eating.
 * Green Aesop
 * Red Eyes, Take Warning

Mutated Carrot

 * Catch Phrase: "Grow, expand, explode! Grow, expand, explode!" Well, it's the only thing he says.
 * Cool Helmet
 * Domino Mask
 * Evil Is Hammy
 * Eyes of Gold
 * Large Ham
 * No Indoor Voice

Silhouette Maker

 * Bald of Awesome
 * Cool Old Guy
 * Dark Is Not Evil
 * Einstein Hair: What's left of it.
 * Evil Laugh: Subverted. He isn't a villain, but he laughs like one.
 * Large Ham
 * Paper Master

Kitty and Bunny

 * Accessory-Wearing Cartoon Animal: Bunny.
 * Amazing Technicolor Wildlife
 * Catgirl: Kitty.
 * Cats Are Mean: Subverted.
 * Cool Mask: Kitty.
 * Getting Crap Past the Radar
 * Green Eyes: Kitty.
 * Humanlike Foot Anatomy
 * Mega Neko: Kitty.
 * Noodle People
 * Pass Fail: Kitty's mask and dress are a fairly obvious metaphor.
 * Romantic Two-Girl Friendship
 * Tsundere: Kitty is Type A.
 * Tsundere: Kitty is Type A.

Mad Dog

 * Angry Guard Dog
 * Dogs Are Dumb: He isn't very intelligent.
 * Dumb Muscle
 * Evil Is Hammy
 * Evil Sounds Deep
 * Half-Dressed Cartoon Animal
 * Jerkass
 * Large Ham
 * Red Eyes, Take Warning

The Evil Empress

 * Alliterative Name
 * Amazing Technicolor Population
 * Asian Rudeness
 * Evil Counterpart: Of The Good Emperess.
 * Evil Laugh
 * Evil Twin: Possibly of the Good Empress
 * Foreign Sounding Gibberish: She's not speaking real Chinese.
 * Lean and Mean
 * Nice Hat
 * Pimped-Out Dress
 * Shiny Midnight Black

Shirley's Giant Starfish

 * Eldritch Abomination

Jojo the Dolphin

 * Cool Shades: The Trainer.
 * Dark-Skinned Blond: The Trainer
 * Lantern Jaw of Justice: The Trainer.
 * Shout-Out: Wetworld is this to Seaworld.
 * Triangle Shades: The Trainer.

William
A dragon who appears in the episode "Food Of The Dragon". He devours Eustace and threatens to eat Muriel and Courage unless Courage can teach him how to fly. He chases after Courage and Muriel and discovers that (which is why he cannot fly). Oh, and he takes Eustace out of his own stomach.


 * Evil Brit: Subverted.
 * : Turns out, the reason he can't fly is because
 * : Turns out, the reason he can't fly is because

The Starmaker
A female, space-dwelling squid who was tragically and heartrendingly separated from her husband, who was devoured by a space whale. She ends up crashing onto Earth as the last of her kind... and getting progressively sicker. Unfortunately, the government discovers her and wants possession of her- right when she's pregnant with babies.


 * Dark Is Not Evil
 * Giant Squid
 * Green Aesop
 * Mood Whiplash: One of the biggest Tear Jerker episodes of the whole series- but it ends with a Crowning Moment of Heartwarming
 * Ridiculously Cute Critter: Especially as babies.
 * Space Whale: A nasty enemy of these creatures.

The Chicken from Outer Space's Son
The son(/s) of the villain from the pilot of the series. They have 3 heads consisting of a leader, the smart one (who tends to flash a camera), and an idiot one They are sent down to Nowhere to take revenge for the death of their father by killing Courage. If they don't kill him they are told they can't come back home.


 * Accessory-Wearing Cartoon Animal
 * Conjoined Triplets
 * The Ditz: The middle head.
 * Everything's Better with Chickens
 * Fish Eyes: The middle head.
 * Multiple Head Case
 * Red Eyes, Take Warning
 * Shout-Out: Ed, Edd 'n' Eddy possibly.
 * The Smart Guy: The right head.
 * Smart People Wear Glasses: The right head.
 * Toothy Bird

Jay and Captain Lazzo

 * Blinding Bangs: Lazzo's eyes are always hidden by his hat.
 * Buffy-Speak: Jay. "THE BIG SLIDEY THING!"
 * Catch Phrase: Jay's "RIIIIIIIIGHT...".
 * Commissar Cap: Lazzo.
 * Fat and Skinny
 * Lantern Jaw of Justice: Both.
 * Mad Scientist: Jay.
 * Perma-Stubble: Lazzo.
 * Those Two Guys

Creature in the Wall

 * Blob Monster
 * Body Horror
 * Caustic Critic
 * Eyes of Gold

The Librarian

 * Beauty Mark
 * Four Eyes, Zero Soul
 * Lean and Mean
 * Magic Librarian
 * Scary Librarian
 * The Silent Bob
 * The Voiceless

Evil Veterinarian
Quite possibly the worst villain of the entire series, he stands out as Courage's biggest nightmare. Why? This screw-loose "vet" came up with a horrible idea back when Courage was a puppy- abduct dogs and rocket them off to the moon to make them into super breeds of space dogs. Tragically...  Many years later, the maniac doctor, albeit considerably older and balder, still continues his twisted plans... but now Muriel and Eustace get trapped in a rocket themselves.


 * Aborted Arc: Officially set up a storyline that would've brought the show's biggest question to resolution:  Cartoon Network, you cancelling bastards.
 * Bald of Evil: A huge heap of his hair falls out over the course of time since Courage grew from a pup to dog- which makes him look far scarier than we first saw him.
 * Beard of Evil
 * Bigger Bad: Remember every villain ever portrayed on this show? He's the one who directly traumatized Courage as a child.
 * Evil Old Folks
 * Fat Bastard
 * For Science!
 * Four Eyes, Zero Soul
 * Hoist by His Own Petard: His own rocket.
 * Mad Doctor
 * Mad Scientist: AND HOLY SHIT HOW.

"Perfect" Teacher

 * Control Freak
 * Evil Brit
 * Evil Is Hammy
 * Evil Teacher
 * Giant Space Flea From Nowhere: Just why did she show up in the first place!?
 * Grumpy Old Woman
 * The Heartless: She's the manifestation of Courage's self-esteem issues.
 * I'm Melting
 * Jerkass
 * Lantern Jaw of Justice
 * Large Ham
 * Sadist Teacher
 * Shout-Out: Towards the end, the Witch from The Wizard of Oz.
 * Smug Snake
 * The Spook
 * Stern Teacher
 * Villainous Breakdown: When Courage manages to make something that is both perfect and imperfect at the same time (perfect in that it's accepting himself and imperfect as he doesn't do as she wanted him to), she keeps shouting 'that's not perfect!' over and over, breaking her facade of control and slowly melting down to nothing.
 * Wicked Cultured

Violin Girl
Nothing is much known about the character itself, but it's one off appearance in "Big Stinkin' City" is one of those sights a Courage fan never forgets. From the back it looks like a normal girl playing Violin (Though even this is considered Uncanny Valley considering everything else around is animated). But when it turns around it has a scary looking claymation face that brings the Uncanny Valley Up to Eleven as there's realistic looks, animated background, and claymation all in one spot. Though it seems that the girl's face is not always like that, as she appears normal on a television that Eustace is watching later in the episode.


 * Creepy Child Up to Eleven
 * Demon Head: Really catches you off guard the first time you see it... (Especially if most likely as a kid you haven't seen headturn scares before).
 * Though interestingly subverted when she appears in the same episode again on Eustace's TV with a normal girl's face.
 * Eye Pop
 * Fish Eyes
 * Hair of Gold
 * Jump Scare
 * Nightmare Face
 * One-Scene Wonder
 * The Spook

Lint Lady
An insane, tiny, old lady with an obsession with lint. Doc Gerbil performed an experiment on her that gave her plungers for arms and legs, but she is still able to grab stuff using the suction cups.


 * Amazing Technicolor Population
 * Ax Crazy
 * Catch Phrase: "IT'S MINE! ALL MINE!"
 * Cloudcuckoolander
 * Fiery Redhead
 * Lantern Jaw of Justice
 * Large Ham
 * Laughing Mad
 * Noodle People

The Water Dragon
A water-dwelling dragon that Courage and Muriel meet towards the end of the episode "Food Of The Dragon". He seems scary at first, but turns out to be very friendly.


 * Our Dragons Are Different: Unlike "flying dragons", water dragons can't fly, have flippers instead of wings, and eat fish instead of people.
 * Trademark Favorite Food: Fish.
 * Trademark Favorite Food: Fish.

Perfect Trumpet Thingy
A blue... thing that appears in the first of Courage's nightmares in "Perfect". Probably one of the series' scariest things, if not the scariest, joining the ranks of King Ramses and the Harvest Moon Spirit in terms of CGI abominations. It appears to be a warped trumpet with a horrible human face stuck on it, or possibly a deformed fetus with a horrible human face stuck on it. Currently serves as the image for the series' Nightmare Fuel page.


 * Blue Eyes
 * Buffy-Speak: It doesn't speak this way, but its name does.
 * Conspicuous CG: Like Ramses, another intentional example.
 * Fan Nickname: Its given name is a TV Tropes-official nickname, too.
 * "Fetus" or any derivation ("CGI fetus", "blue fetus") is one that can be found outside of TV Tropes.
 * Fetus Terrible: Not a normal example, but it resembles a fetus.
 * Giant Space Flea From Nowhere: There's absolutely no warning to its appearance.
 * The Grotesque
 * Humanoid Abomination: Barely on the line between this and Eldritch Abomination.
 * Hypocritical Humor: It claims that Courage is imperfect, while it is a mishmash of trumpet and... whatever- not a perfect human form.
 * Nightmare Dreams
 * One-Scene Wonder: It gets only about 10 seconds of screen time, yet is more infamous than the rest of the scary things of the series.
 * The fact he's got a character spot on this page in the first place should tell you something.
 * Our Monsters Are Weird: It's a blue, hazy, floating broken bugle with a face stuck on it, with weird tendrils attached to its head with thorns for ears and a whispery voice, often described as a "fetus." Words cannot describe it.
 * The Spook

The Blue Fish
A bizarre, blue-scaled, red-finned, green-eyed fish that appears in the bathtub to tell Courage that it's alright to be imperfect and accept his flaws as what makes him unique and beautiful.


 * Eat the Dog: Poor guy ends up being eaten for dinner. Played for Laughs- although he's now beer-battered, he's still alive and gets off a goofy laugh that basically takes the show to the point where things can't get any weirder, closing out the series poetically.
 * Green Eyes
 * One-Scene Wonder: Effectively an Aesop for the Grand Finale to give the viewers something worthwhile to go out on.