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* [[Dogs Are Dumb]]: Inverted. Courage is one of the smartest characters in the show.
* [[Dogs Are Dumb]]: Inverted. Courage is one of the smartest characters in the show.
* [[Evil-Detecting Dog]]
* [[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.
* [[Gag Nose]]: With a zigzag on it.
* [[Genre Savvy]]: He KNOWS when something's wrong.
* [[Genre Savvy]]: He KNOWS when something's wrong.
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=== Di Lung ===
=== 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.
A guy of Chinese descent (and royalty at that) who makes small cameos in episodes where he almost runs into Courage (usually in his car) and says his catchphrase.


* [[All There in the Script]]: He's never referred to by name, though his name is known.
* [[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.
* [[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"; [[Curb Stomp Battle|he isn't entirely wrong about that]], however.
* [[Asian and Nerdy]]
* [[Asian and Nerdy]]
* [[Asian Drivers]]: Especially when he parks his car all the way across an open road in "Hothead".
* [[Asian Drivers]]: Especially when he parks his car all the way across an open road in "Hothead".
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* [[Annoying Laugh]]
* [[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...
* [[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 real name (Big Dragon).
* [[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".
* [[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".
* [[Bilingual Bonus]]: His real name is Big Dragon.
* [[Brainy Brunette]]
* [[Brainy Brunette]]
* [[Breakout Character]]
* [[Breakout Character]]
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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.
* [[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.
** 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 the one that [[Bollywood Nerd|Dr. Vindaloo]] is.
* [[Funny Foreigner]]: He is quite-arguably an even more hilariously blatant stereotype caricature than [[Bollywood Nerd|Dr. Vindaloo]] is.
* [[Geek Physiques]]: He has a downright-''horrifically'' skinny one, adding to his stereotypical Asian-ness.
* [[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'''.
* [[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''.
* [[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.
* [[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). Ironically, however, he actually looks considerably more like [https://youtube.fandom.com/wiki/RiceGum RiceGum].
* [[Ink Suit Actor]]: He is modeled after Tim Chi Ly (the guy who did his voice).
* [[Insufferable Genius]]
* [[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.
* [[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.
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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".
* [[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".
* [[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 Celebrities Were Harmed]]: He is basically [https://youtube.fandom.com/wiki/RiceGum RiceGum] without '''any''' of the redeeming qualities.
* [[No Name Given]]: See [[All There in the Script]] above.
* [[No Name Given]]: See [[All There in the Script]] above.
* [[Noodle People]]
* [[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]].
* [[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.
* [[Royal Brat]]: Heavily implied by the fact that the [[Polar Opposite Twins|Good and Evil Empresses]] of China are his aunts.
* [[Running Gag|Running Gags]]: [[Watch Where You're Going|His]] [[You Fool!|catchphrase]] and his constant wrecking of his car.
* [[Running Gag]]s: [[Watch Where You're Going|His]] [[You Fool!|catchphrase]] and his constant wrecking of his car.
* [[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.
* [[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]]
* [[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!]]}}
{{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.
* [[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.
* [[Totally Radical]]: He wears some of the coolest-looking sunglasses in the entire ''CTCD'' franchise and drives a [[Cool Car|vintage hot rod]], ya '''''FOO!'''''
* [[Sunglasses At Night]]: He literally does this in "Fishy Business", "The Nutcracker", and "Cabaret Courage".
* [[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]].
* [[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.
* [[Deus Ex Machina]]: Essentially his purpose in the series.
* [[Face of a Thug]]
* [[Face of a Thug]]
* [[Fat Bastard]]: Subverted; he actually just ''looks'' like one of these.
* [[Half-Dressed Cartoon Animal]]
* [[Half-Dressed Cartoon Animal]]
* [[Instant Home Delivery]]
* [[Instant Home Delivery]]
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* [[Porn Stache]]
* [[Porn Stache]]
* [[Redheaded Hero]]: Most of the time.
* [[Redheaded Hero]]: Most of the time.
* [[Reused Character Design]]
* [[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".
* [[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?]]
* [[Why Do You Keep Changing Jobs?]]
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* [[No Name Given]]
* [[No Name Given]]
* [[Noodle People]]
* [[Noodle People]]
* [[Reused Character Design]]: The Storm Goddess' character design is also hers.
* [[Reused Character Design]]: Shares hers with The Storm Goddess.
* [[Shiny Midnight Black]]
* [[Shiny Midnight Black]]
* [[Skirt Over Slacks]]
* [[Skirt Over Slacks]]
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* [[Fat Bastard]]
* [[Fat Bastard]]
* [[Gasshole]]
* [[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.
* [[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.
* [[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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* [[Attack of the 50-Foot Whatever]]: From humanity's point of view, he is this.
* [[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.
* [[Companion Cube]]/[[I Call It Vera|I Call It "Ivana"]]: His reindeer.
* [[Cute Giant]]: When he isn't terrorizing people.
* [[Genius Bruiser]]
* [[Genius Bruiser]]
* [[Gentle Giant]]: When he isn't bullying Courage, Eustace and Muriel, at least.
* [[Gentle Giant]]: When he isn't bullying Courage, Eustace and Muriel, at least.
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* [[Big Creepy-Crawlies]]
* [[Big Creepy-Crawlies]]
* [[Con Man]]
* [[Con Man]]
* [[Do Not Call Me Paul|Do Not Call Me Buschwick]]: Just "Schwick".
* [[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.
* [[Fan Disservice]]: Him stripping himself down to his underwear during his "Boxers VS Briefs" argument with Eustace.
* [[Fat Bastard]]
* [[Fat Bastard]]
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* [[Expy]]: He looks (and acts) like a fusion of [[Frankenstein|Dr. Frankenstein]] and said scientist's monster.
* [[Expy]]: He looks (and acts) like a fusion of [[Frankenstein|Dr. Frankenstein]] and said scientist's monster.
* [[Gonk]]/[[The Grotesque]]
* [[Gonk]]/[[The Grotesque]]
* [[Herr Doktor|Herr Doktor?]]
* [[Knight of Cerebus]]: To the point where his main "power" is an ability to make people soul-crushingly depressed.
* [[Knight of Cerebus]]: To the point where his main "power" is an ability to make people soul-crushingly depressed.
* [[Lantern Jaw of Justice]]
* [[Lantern Jaw of Justice]]
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* [[Actually a Doombot]]
* [[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.
* [[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 [[Pun|fooled]].
* [[Cute Machines]]: It looks like something straight out of a ''[[Wallace and Gromit]]'' episode, but don't be [[A Worldwide Punomenon|fooled]].
* [[Do-Anything Robot]]: Complete with [[Hammerspace]].
* [[Do-Anything Robot]]: Complete with [[Hammerspace]].
* [[Evil Counterpart]]
* [[Evil Counterpart]]
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* [[Robot Me]]
* [[Robot Me]]
* [[Robot Names]]
* [[Robot Names]]
* [[Smart People Build Robots]]: Di Lung is its creator.


=== The Raccoon Twins ===
=== The Raccoon Twins ===
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* [[Personal Raincloud]]
* [[Personal Raincloud]]
* [[Physical God]]
* [[Physical God]]
* [[Reused Character Design]]: Her character design is also the Parachute Lady's.
* [[Reused Character Design]]: Shares hers with the Parachute Lady.
* [[Sassy Black Girl]]: Not a traditional example, but she's very argumentative.
* [[Sassy Black Girl]]: Not a traditional example, but she's very argumentative.


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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.
* [[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.
* [[Hoist by His Own Petard]]: Is hypnotized by his own face on a billboard.
* [[Irony]]: He has an extremely sexy voice but also has an extremely ugly body, just like [[The Ren and Stimpy Show|Ren Hoek]].
* [[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..."''
* [[Madness Mantra]]: ''"Buy Flantasy Flan, buy Flantasy Flan..."''
* [[Manipulative Bastard]]
* [[Manipulative Bastard]]
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* [[No Celebrities Were Harmed]]: He is basically a [[Fat Bastard]] version of [[Peter Lorre]].
* [[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.
* [[Rolling Attack]]: He attempts to use this tactic on Courage near the end of his episode.
* [[Scary Teeth]]
* [[Slasher Smile]]
* [[Slasher Smile]]
* [[Villainous Glutton]]
* [[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...
* [[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]]
* [[Our Ghosts Are Different]]
* [[Rated "M" for Manly]]: They are undead and skeletal Viking warriors who ride atop equally skeletal and undead horses.
* [[Red Eyes, Take Warning]]
* [[Red Eyes, Take Warning]]


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* [[Evil Is Hammy]]
* [[Evil Is Hammy]]
* [[Eyes of Gold]]
* [[Eyes of Gold]]
* [[Fantastic Voyage Plot]]: His episode, due to his main ability being an ability to enter people's stomachs and then (make said people) [[Catchphrase|grow, expand and explode]] inside said stomachs.
* [[Flat Character]]: He enters people's stomachs, repeatedly yells his [[Catch Phrase|catchphrase]] while inside said stomachs, and does literally '''nothing''' else.
* [[Flat Character]]: He enters people's stomachs, repeatedly yells his [[Catch Phrase|catchphrase]] while inside said stomachs, and does literally '''nothing''' else.
* [[Large Ham]]
* [[Large Ham]]
* [[No Indoor Voice]]
* [[No Indoor Voice]]
* [[The Bad Guy Wins]]: More specifically, he does at the end of his episode.
* [[The Bad Guy Wins]]: More specifically, he does at the end of his episode.
* [[Wire Dilemma]]: The General's [[Epic Fail|hilariously]] incompetent attempt to disable his wire brain.


=== Silhouette Maker ===
=== Silhouette Maker ===
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* [[Cool Mask]]: Kitty's.
* [[Cool Mask]]: Kitty's.
* [[Fantastic Racism]]: Masked Kitty's hatred of dogs.
* [[Fantastic Racism]]: Masked Kitty's hatred of dogs.
* [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]]{{context}}
* [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]]: Kitty's heavily implied lesbian relationship with Bunny (who Mad Dog is implied to be a sexual assaulter of) and the fact that Masked Kitty basically wears a Ku Klax Klan robe.
* [[Green Eyes]]: Kitty.
* [[Green Eyes]]: Kitty.
* [[Humanlike Foot Anatomy]]
* [[Humanlike Foot Anatomy]]
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* {{spoiler|[[Poor Communication Kills]]}}: {{spoiler|Almost the case between Courage and Kitty.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Poor Communication Kills]]}}: {{spoiler|Almost the case between Courage and Kitty.}}
* [[Romantic Two-Girl Friendship]]
* [[Romantic Two-Girl Friendship]]
* [[Straw Feminist]]: Masked Kitty is basically one of these (but with the "hating men" part of the trope replaced with "hating dogs").
* [[Super Strength]]: Kitty's ability to effortlessly swing '''washing machines''' at people.
* [[Super Strength]]: Kitty's ability to effortlessly swing '''washing machines''' at people.
* [[Tsundere]]: Kitty is Type A.
* [[Tsundere]]: Kitty is Type A.
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* [[Jerkass]]
* [[Jerkass]]
* [[Large Ham]]
* [[Large Ham]]
* [[Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil]]: He is very-heavily implied to be doing this to Bunny during his episode.
* [[Red Eyes, Take Warning]]
* [[Red Eyes, Take Warning]]
* [[Scary Black Man|Scary Black Man?]]


=== The Evil Empress ===
=== The Evil Empress ===
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* [[Foreign Sounding Gibberish]]: She's not speaking real Chinese.
* [[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.
* [[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]].
* [[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]]
* [[Lean and Mean]]
* [[Nice Hat]]
* [[Nice Hat]]

Latest revision as of 15:00, 24 May 2021

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.

Main Characters

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.

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.

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.

Minor Recurring Characters

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.

Di Lung

A guy of Chinese descent (and royalty at that) who 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!

Dr. Vindaloo

Eustace: That darn doctor doesn't know what he's doing!

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.

Charlie The Mouse

A large delivery mouse who is apparently friends with Courage.

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.

Floyd

Horst Bagge

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

Parachute Lady

Nowhere Newsman

Major/Recurring Villains

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 Via a mirror from Courage. 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.

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.

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".

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.

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, until Courage repairs the hole in the Ozone Layer, reviving the others and saving his home. Is also one of the few recurring foes to find redemption.

  • Badass
  • Evil Brit: Subverted.
  • Evil Sounds Deep: Subverted.
  • Evil Laugh
  • Green Aesop
  • Heel Face Turn: Once Courage repairs the hole in the Ozone Layer and revives all the Snowman's dead friends, he's more than happy to stop being a bad guy and return home in peace.
  • 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. Courage fixes the hole in the Ozone Layer, which revives the other Snowmen, allowing him to return home in peace.
  • 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.

Three Government Ninjas

Minor Villains/Antagonists and Other One-Shot Characters

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.

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.

Bigfoot

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.

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 And possibly a fetish 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!

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.

Duck Brothers

Two Turns out there are three brother ducks that come to Nowhere. They are on a mission to find their 3rd brother. One of the 2 tends to lay eggs, the other gets annoyed by this.

Horst's Box Demon

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.

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 Hunchback Of Nowhere

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.

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.

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.

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. But actually he just makes Meat Sculptures of his favorite customers. Not that that's not still not creepy, but still.

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.

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.

The Magic Tree Of Nowhere

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.

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).

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.

The Bananas

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.

Doctor Gerbil

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

Vastabael Backjurius

Katz's Mutant Jam

Monks

The Captain

Carmen

Kangaroo Monster

Alien Brain Visitor

The Whip

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.

McPhearson Phantom

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.

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.

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.

Rat

Maria and Mano Ladrones

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.

The Raccoon Twins

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.

Storm Goddess

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. At least until Courage finds his Teddy Bear.

The Virus

The Valkyries

The Coralites

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.

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.

Tulip

Mona Lisa

The Scarecrow

Mondo the Magician

Baby Birds

The Fishtionary

Mr. Nasty

Evil Plants

Elisha and Eliza Stitch

King of Flan

Chief Wiki Wiki

The Beaver

The Dancing Rats

Rumpledkiltskin

Dr. Gerhardt

Windmill Vandals

Big Bayou

The Buck

Swamp Monster

The Goat

Mutated Carrot

Silhouette Maker

Kitty and Bunny

Mad Dog

The Evil Empress

Shirley's Giant Starfish

Jojo the Dolphin

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 he's actually a water-dwelling dragon (which is why he cannot fly) and is reunited with his long-lost brother). Oh, and he takes Eustace out of his own stomach.

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. Courage saves the squid's babies... but the mommy still passes away, turning into a field of flowers, while her eggs hatch into newborns, fly off into space, and give birth to new stars.

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. They of course fail to kill Courage and after seeing them cry thinking they can't go back home, Courage opts to fake a beating using the camera.

Jay and Captain Lazzo

Creature in the Wall

The Librarian

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... He captured Courage's beloved mom and dad, and Courage himself, with plans to send them into space. Although Courage's parents came to the rescue, the doctor sealed them up in a rocket with a one-way trip to the moon in store. Courage was too terrified by this predicament to do anything but escape harm through a garbage chute- only to watch his parents be catapulted into space- in tears. Fortunately, a younger Muriel discovered the young pup in the dumpster and gave him a happy home. 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. But this time, Courage refuses to stand by and watch his family be taken from him, freeing the two of them. In the struggle, the evil vet gets himself locked inside his own rocket and propelled to the moon... where every dog he victimized is waiting for him- including Courage's decidedly furious parents.

"Perfect" Teacher

One-Scene Characters/One-Shot Minor Characters

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.

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.

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. He's William's long-lost brother.

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.

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.
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