Courage the Cowardly Dog/Characters: Difference between revisions

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.

 

* [[Anti-Hero]]: [[Sliding Scale of Anti-Heroes|Type I]], see [[Freudian Excuse]].

* [[Anti-Villain]]: Type II

* [[Chew Toy]]

* [[Cool Mask]]: That he uses to scare Courage {{spoiler|and a [[Monster of the Week]].}}

* [[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? {{spoiler|[[Tear Jerker|A sad little boy]]}}. No wonder he's so screwed up.

* [[Get Rich Quick Scheme]]: Tries this many times, never works out for him.

* [[This Is My Chair]]

* [[Too Dumb to Live]]

* [[Took a Level In Jerkass]]: In "Ball of Revenge".

* [[The Unfavorite]]

* [[Villain Protagonist]]: By the end of the series, he's pretty much this.

** [[Snarky Inanimate Object]]

* [[Everything's Better With Bob]]: 2+5=BOB

* [[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.

 

* [[Absent-Minded Professor]]

{{quote| '''Eustace:''' That darn doctor doesn't know what he's doing!}}

* [[Badass Moustache]]

* [[Evil Redhead]]: It's a wig, but whatever.

* [[Fiery Redhead]]

** [[Playing Against Type]]

* [[Jerkass]]: Mainly to her son, and to Courage when he gets in the way of her plans.

* [[Noodle People]]

* [[The Pollyanna]]

 

=== Major/Recurring Villains ===

* [[Hoist By His Own Petard]]: His own gun.

* [[Pint-Sized Powerhouse]]

* [[The Voiceless]]

 

* [[Badass in A Nice Suit]]

* [[Catch Phrase]]: "I wish you hadn't done that".

** "Sad, isn't it?"

* [[Cats Are Mean]]

* [[Faux Affably Evil]]

* [[Funny Animal]]

* [[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''.

* [[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 [[Fridge Horror|well versed in how to turn people into candy]]...

* [[Slasher Smile]]

* [[Smug Snake]]: At times.

* [[Faux Affably Evil]]

* [[French Jerk]]

* [[Non-Mammalian Hair]]

* [[Pint-Sized Powerhouse]]

* [[Eyes of Gold]]: Well, his remaining eye, at least.

* [[Film Felons]]

* [[Gag Nose]]

* [[Lean and Mean]]

* [[Scarf of Asskicking]]

* [[Serial Killer]]: In life, he and his partner killed at least 12 people. He was arrested and died in prison.

* [[Smart People Wear Glasses]]

* [[Unusually Uninteresting Sight]]: In his second appearance, the fact that he's a zombie isn't commented upon.

* [[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. {{spoiler|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]]

** Even more so with his invention the Snowfinger. Obviously a shout out to ''[[Goldfinger (Film)|Goldfinger]]''.

** Also, his introduction: "The name's Man. Snowman."

* [[Noodle People]]

* [[Rhymes On a Dime]]

* [[Sinister Shades]]

* [[Triangle Shades]]

* [[Nightmare Face]]: On the mattress.

** Also, the weasel pulls this whenever he hisses.

* [[Who Writes This Crap?]]: "Kick 'em in the dishpan hoo, hoo, hoo!?"

 

* [[Rhymes On a Dime]]

* [[Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness]]

* [[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?'"

* [[Dumb Muscle]]

* [[More Teeth Than the Osmond Family]]

* [[Villainous Glutton]]

 

* [[Catch Phrase]]: *laid egg* "I told you to stop doing that".

* [[Evil Brit]]: Subverted.

* [[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).

* [[Mister Seahorse]]: All of them tend to lay eggs despite being male.

* [[Sibling Team]]

* [[Talking to Himself]]: Ringo must have had a lot of fun arguing with himself for the entire episode.

* [[Lean and Mean]]

* [[Mummy]]

 

== Toe Fungus Gangsters ==

* [[Shock and Awe]]

* [[Smug Snake]]

* [[Toothy Bird]]

* [[Wicked Cultured]]

* [[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.

* [[The Vamp]]

* [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair|You Gotta Have Purple Hair]]

* [[Hoist By His Own Petard]]: His own rocket that was meant to blast Muriel to the moon.

* [[Jerkass]]

* [[Overly Long Name]]

* [[Pint-Sized Powerhouse]]

* [[G-Rated Drug]]: Water.

* [[Nice Hat]]: Bob O'Gonoush and Ratatoullie

 

== The Great Fusilli ==

* [[Large Ham]]

* [[No Celebrities Were Harmed]]: [[Christopher Walken]].

 

== Schwick ==

* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]: To the point where even Muriel agrees with her husband that he's nuts.

* [[Domino Mask]]

* [[Evil Brit]]: In his "hardened criminal" form. Subverted in his other form.

* [[Lantern Jaw of Justice]]: Complete with "chin-butt".

** Keep in mind the steps that go into the mummification process.

* [[Mummy]]

* [[Show Some Leg]]

* [[The Unintelligible]]

* [[Ridiculously Cute Critter]]

* [[Rodents of Unusual Size]]

* [[Smug Snake]]

* [[Wicked Cultured]]

== Alien Brain Visitor ==

 

* [[Nice Hat]]

* [[Verbal Tic]]: "Yes."

 

 

* [[Amazing Technicolor Population]]

* [[Lantern Jaw of Justice]]

* [[Lean and Mean]]

* [[Evil Brit]]

* [[Half-Dressed Cartoon Animal]]

* [[Hoist By His Own Petard]]: Rather grossly drinks his own body fat.

* [[The Jeeves]]

* [[Lean and Mean]]

* [[Nice Hat]]

* [[Smug Snake]]

* [[Wicked Cultured]]

* [[Fat Bastard]]

* [[Large Ham]]

 

== Harvest Moon Spirit ==

* [[Lean and Mean]]

* [[Meaningful Name]]: "Zalost" means "sorrow" or "sandness" is Slavic.

* [[Mad Scientist|Unhappy Scientist]]

* [[Villainous Crossdresser]]: He wears high heels.

* [[A Dog Named "Dog"|A Rat Named Rat]]

* [[Minion With an F In Evil]]

* [[Right-Hand-Cat|Right Hand Rat]]

* [[Rodents of Unusual Size]]

* [[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!

 

== Mecha-Courage ==

* [[Fiery Redhead]]

* [[Lantern Jaw of Justice]]

* [[Slasher Smile]]

* [[Totally Radical]]

* [[Brawn Hilda|Brawn Hildas]]

* [[Fat Girl|Fat Girls]]

* [[Stout Strength]]

* [[Toothy Bird]]: The Norweigian Blue.

 

* [[Man-Eating Plant|Man Eating Plants]]

* [[More Teeth Than the Osmond Family]]

 

* [[Fat Bastard|Fat Bastards]]

* [[Stout Strength]]

* [[Rodents of Unusual Size]]

* [[Whole-Plot Reference]]: To ''[[The Nutcracker (Theatre)|The Nutcracker]]''.

* [[Horny Vikings]]

* [[Our Ghosts Are Different]]

 

== Big Bayou ==

* [[Extreme Omni Goat]]: Averted. He is never seen eating.

* [[Green Aesop]]

 

== Mutated Carrot ==

* [[Jerkass]]

* [[Large Ham]]

 

== The Evil Empress ==

* [[Dark-Skinned Blond]]: The Trainer

* [[Lantern Jaw of Justice]]: The Trainer.

* [[Triangle Shades]]: The Trainer.

 

* [[Fish Eyes]]: The middle head.

* [[Multiple Head Case]]

* [[The Smart Guy]]: The right head.

* [[Smart People Wear Glasses]]: The right head.

 

* [[Beauty Mark]]

* [[Lean and Mean]]

* [[Magic Librarian]]

* [[Fat Bastard]]

* [[For Science!]]

* [[Hoist By His Own Petard]]: His own rocket.

* [[Mad Doctor]]

* [[Large Ham]]

* [[Sadist Teacher]]

* [[Smug Snake]]

* [[The Spook]]