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* [[Dogs Are Dumb]]: Inverted. Courage is one of the smartest characters in the show.
* [[Evil-Detecting Dog]]
* [[Gag Nose]]: With a zigzag on it.
* [[Genre Savvy]]: He KNOWS when something's wrong.
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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.
* [[Adorkable]]
* [[Blind Without'Em]]: Shown in "Muriel Meets Her Match".
* [[Captain Oblivious]]
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=== Di Lung ===
A guy of
* [[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.
* [[Asian and Nerdy]]
* [[Asian Drivers]]: Especially when he parks his car all the way across an open road in "Hothead".
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* [[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 [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|only appearing for about five seconds in most of his episodes]]) more than this guy...
* [[Awesome McCoolname]]: His name in Chinese means "Big Dragon".
* [[Big Fancy House]]: He uses [[It's All About Me|the TV show that he stars in]] to show off his beautiful new mansion in "Campsite Of Terror".
* [[Brainy Brunette]]
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* [[Freeze-Frame Bonus]]: Ma Bagge's and the Dancing Rats' reactions to [[Watch Where You're Going|his]] [[You Fool!|catchphrase]] in "Scuba-Scuba Doo" and "The Nutcracker"; Ma attempts to attack him with her bare hands, while the Rats [[Death Glare|angrily glare]] at him.
** Also, he and the Evil Empress briefly appear on Courage's television during Season 4's intro.
* [[Funny Foreigner]]: He is quite-arguably an even more hilariously blatant stereotype caricature than
* [[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 [[Catch Phrase|catchphrase]]), but when it comes to science and engineering, he is '''absurdly''' talented to say the '''least'''.
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* [[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 [[Watch Where You're Going|his]] [[You Fool!|catchphrase]], [[Never My Fault|he's just as likely to be the one not paying attention]], [[I Was Just Passing Through|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. [[Jerkass Has a Point|Even Eustace sort of points out how incredibly hypocritical Di Lung's catchphrase often is]] by [[Borrowed Catchphrase|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 Glare|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)
* [[Insufferable Genius]]
* [[Ironic Name]]: Even though the English version of his name is Big Dragon, he is quite-possibly ''the'' scrawniest little rat in the entire ''CTCD'' franchise.
* [[It's All About Me]]: To the point where [[Show Within a Show|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.
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* [[Narcissist]]: Revealed when [[Hypocritical Humor|"Eustace"]] knocks his photos of himself out of his hands in "Cabaret Courage"; heavily implied when he calls himself "[[Title Drop|perfect]]" while sitting on an Eiffel Tower replica in "Perfect".
* [[Nightmare Fetishist]]: Heavily implied by how ridiculously excited he gets over [[Human Sacrifice|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 Name Given]]: See [[All There in the Script]] above.
* [[Noodle People]]
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* [[Rich Bitch|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 [[Polar Opposite Twins|Good and Evil Empresses]] of China are his aunts.
* [[Running Gag
* [[Show Within a Show]]: He makes one of these [[It's All About Me|about himself]] so that he can steal money from his fans.
* [[Sinister Shades]]
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{{quote|'''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! [[Department of Redundancy Department|Better than you in every]] '''[[Department of Redundancy Department|other]]''' [[Department of Redundancy Department|way!]] No '''way''' you beat him! [[Tempting Fate|No way you]] '''[[Tempting Fate|ever]]''' [[Tempting Fate|beat him!]]}}
* [[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 Justice|Lantern Jaw of Injustice]].
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* [[Deus Ex Machina]]: Essentially his purpose in the series.
* [[Face of a Thug]]
* [[Fat Bastard]]: Subverted; he actually just ''looks'' like one of these.
* [[Half-Dressed Cartoon Animal]]
* [[Instant Home Delivery]]
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* [[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. [[Irony|He also fails to disarm one of his own bombs.]]
* [[Lantern Jaw of Justice]]
* [[Porn Stache]]
* [[Redheaded Hero]]: Most of the time.
* [[Reused Character Design]]{{context|1=With who?}}
* [[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?]]
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* [[No Name Given]]
* [[Noodle People]]
* [[Reused Character Design]]: Shares hers with The Storm Goddess
* [[Shiny Midnight Black]]
* [[Skirt Over Slacks]]
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* [[Four Eyes, Zero Soul]]
* [[Gag Nose]]
* [[Gonk]]
* [[Lean and Mean]]
* [[No Celebrities Were Harmed]]: [[Quentin Tarantino]].
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* [[Fat Bastard]]
* [[Gasshole]]
* [[Gonk]]: Seriously, what we're talking about here is a giant purple (fungus-infected human) foot with faces on its toes.
* [[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.
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* [[Demoted to Extra]]: After his first initial appearance.
* [[Eyes of Gold]]
* [[Fat Bastard]]: Subverted; he actually just looks (and sometimes acts) like one of these.
* [[I Am a Humanitarian]]
* [[Meaningful Name]]: See above.
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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.
* [[All of the Other Reindeer|All of the Other Robots]]: Laugh at him and call him names...[[Shout-Out|because he likes to make reindeer replicas.]]
* [[Attack of the 50-Foot Whatever]]: From humanity's point of view, he is this.
* [[Companion Cube]]/[[I Call It Vera|I Call It "Ivana"]]: His reindeer.
* [[Cute Giant]]: When he isn't terrorizing people.
* [[Genius Bruiser]]
* [[Gentle Giant]]: When he isn't bullying Courage, Eustace and Muriel, at least.
* [[Large Ham]]
* [[No Celebrities Were Harmed]]: [[Christopher Walken]].
* [[Normal Fish in a Tiny Pond]]: He becomes this when he visits Earth in his episode.
* [[Shout-Out]]: His entire speech and mannerisms are a shout out to Christopher Walken.
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* [[Big Creepy-Crawlies]]
* [[Con Man]]
* [[Do Not Call Me "Paul"|Do Not Call Me Buschwick]]: Just "Schwick".
* [[Fan Disservice]]: Him stripping himself down to his underwear during his "Boxers VS Briefs" argument with Eustace.
* [[Fat Bastard]]
* [[Gonk]]
* [[Goofy Print Underwear]]
* [[Hair-Trigger Temper]]
* [[Insistent Terminology]]: His name "is JUST Schwick".
* [[My Name Is Not Durwood|My Name Is Not Buschwick]]
* [[Nothing Is Scarier]]: Ya d'wanna know what made dese bones...
* [[Obviously Evil]]: To pretty much everyone '''except''' Muriel and Eustace.
=== Basil ===
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=== Alien Brain Visitor ===
* [[Aliens Are Bastards]]
* [[Conspicuous Trenchcoat]]: Part of his [[Hugh Mann]] disguise.
* [[Cool Hat]]: Also part of his [[Hugh Mann]] disguise.
* [[Expy]]: Of [[E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial|ET the Extraterrestrial]].
* [[Funny Foreigner]]: [[Recycled IN SPACE!|From SPACE!]]
* [[Hugh Mann]]: His "trenchcoat and hat" disguise.
* [[Nice Hat]]
* [[Obviously Evil]]: Not to imply that this stops Muriel and Eustace from somehow not noticing his extremely blatant suspicious-ness.
* [[Red Eyes, Take Warning]]
* [[Starfish Aliens]]
* [[Verbal Tic]]: "Yes."
* [[What the Hell Is That Accent?]]: His Mexican(?) accent.
=== The Whip ===
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* [[Evil Sounds Deep]]
* [[Large Ham]]
* [[No Celebrities Were Harmed]]: [[The Smashing Pumpkins|Billy Corgan]]'s head, is that you?
* [[Nothing Is Scarier]]: Trying to guess what "Or Else" means since we never see it.
** It's implied that they would melt to death.
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* [[Amazing Technicolor Population]]
* [[Awesome Music]]: His theme song, '''so''' freaking much.
* [[Big Ol' Eyebrows]]
* [[Card-Carrying Villain]]
* [[Creepy Crossdresser]]: He wears high heels.
* [[Evil Laugh]]
* [[Evil Sounds Deep]]
* [[Expy]]: He looks (and acts) like a fusion of [[Frankenstein|Dr. Frankenstein]] and said scientist's monster.
* [[Gonk]]/[[The Grotesque]]
* [[Knight of Cerebus]]: To the point where his main "power" is an ability to make people soul-crushingly depressed.
* [[Lantern Jaw of Justice]]
* [[Lean and Mean]]
* [[Meaningful Name]]: "Zalost" means "sorrow" or "sandness" is Slavic.
* [[Red Eyes, Take Warning]]
* [[Spider Tank]]: His castle doubles as one of these.
* [[Mad Scientist|Unhappy Scientist]]
* [[Villainous Crossdresser]]: He wears high heels.
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* [[Evil Twin]]
* [[Fat Girl]]: Maria.
* [[Meaningful Name]]/[[Bilingual Bonus]]: Mano's first name is the Spanish version of the word "hand".
* [[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.
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* [[Actually a Doombot]]
* [[Curb Stomp Battle]]: In its titular battle against Courage at the end of ''Courage VS Mecha-Courage'', it utterly '''crushes''' said dog...until {{spoiler|its batteries run out}}, at least.
* [[Cute Machines]]: It looks like something straight out of a ''[[Wallace and Gromit]]'' episode, but don't be [[
* [[Do-Anything Robot]]: Complete with [[Hammerspace]].
* [[Evil Counterpart]]
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* [[Robot Me]]
* [[Robot Names]]
=== The Raccoon Twins ===
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* [[Personal Raincloud]]
* [[Physical God]]
* [[Reused Character Design]]:
* [[Sassy Black Girl]]: Not a traditional example, but she's very argumentative.
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* [[Cool Shades]]
* [[Evil Counterpart|Eviler Counterpart]]: Of Eustace.
* [[Gonk]]: Just like Eustace.
* [[The Heartless]]: The living embodiment of all Eustace's nastiness.
* [[Humanoid Abomination]]
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* [[Gonk]]: His most notable physical features are his remarkably weird-looking hair, his horrifically numerous missing teeth, and his ridiculously fat body.
* [[Hoist by His Own Petard]]: Is hypnotized by his own face on a billboard.
* [[Irony]]/[[Vocal Dissonance]]: He has an extremely sexy voice but also has an extremely ugly body, just like [[The Ren and Stimpy Show|Ren Hoek]].
* [[Madness Mantra]]: ''"Buy Flantasy Flan, buy Flantasy Flan..."''
* [[Manipulative Bastard]]
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* [[No Celebrities Were Harmed]]: He is basically a [[Fat Bastard]] version of [[Peter Lorre]].
* [[Rolling Attack]]: He attempts to use this tactic on Courage near the end of his episode.
* [[Scary Teeth]]
* [[Slasher Smile]]
* [[Villainous Glutton]]
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* [[Knight of Cerebus|Literal Knights of Cerebus]]: Well, except for the fact that the way in which they chop Courage's, Eustace's and Muriel's heads off is so incredibly cartoonish...
* [[Our Ghosts Are Different]]
* [[Red Eyes, Take Warning]]
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* [[Evil Is Hammy]]
* [[Eyes of Gold]]
* [[Flat Character]]: He enters people's stomachs, repeatedly yells his [[Catch Phrase|catchphrase]] while inside said stomachs, and does literally '''nothing''' else.
* [[Large Ham]]
* [[No Indoor Voice]]
* [[The Bad Guy Wins]]: More specifically, he does at the end of his episode.
=== Silhouette Maker ===
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* [[Cool Mask]]: Kitty's.
* [[Fantastic Racism]]: Masked Kitty's hatred of dogs.
* [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]]{{context}}
* [[Green Eyes]]: Kitty.
* [[Humanlike Foot Anatomy]]
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* {{spoiler|[[Poor Communication Kills]]}}: {{spoiler|Almost the case between Courage and Kitty.}}
* [[Romantic Two-Girl Friendship]]
* [[Super Strength]]: Kitty's ability to effortlessly swing '''washing machines''' at people.
* [[Tsundere]]: Kitty is Type A.
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* [[Jerkass]]
* [[Large Ham]]
* [[Red Eyes, Take Warning]]
=== The Evil Empress ===
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* [[Foreign Sounding Gibberish]]: She's not speaking real Chinese.
* [[Hoist By Her Own Petard]]: She basically gets killed by one of her own laser beams when Courage reflects said laser beam back at her.
* [[Human Sacrifice]]: In order to make sure that the energy on which her superpowers run doesn't run out, Di Lung ends up having to remove Muriel's bones in order to contact [[It Makes Just As Much Sense in Context|the Magic Silkworm]] for her.
* [[Lean and Mean]]
* [[Nice Hat]]
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* [[Caustic Critic]]
* [[Eyes of Gold]]
* '''[[Gonk]]''': Arguably the most blatant example of this in the entire series.
=== The Librarian ===
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