Courage the Cowardly Dog: Difference between revisions

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* [[Anachronism Stew]]: "Modern" China looking '''considerably''' more like Ancient China in ''Squatting Tiger, Hidden Dog''.

* [[Asian and Nerdy]]: Di Lung is about as [[Ethnic Scrappy|stereotypically]] Asian as cartoon characters get, and also [[GeniusDitz about as talented]].

* [[Asian Rudeness]]: The main personality trait of Di Lung and the Evil Empress.

* [[Ask a Stupid Question]]: Courage always does this with the computer, though he isn't really asking a stupid question, it's how the computer interprets it. Here's an example:

{{quote|'''Courage:''' Computer. How do you get rid of bad eggplants?

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* [[Cyberspace]]: Played straight in "Hard Drive Courage". On an interesting note, Cyberspace is depicted as the actual inside of a computer. You know, chips, motherboards, the usual. Plus ''a lot'' of green binary code.

* [[Dark Is Not Evil]]: Not all the monsters Courage meets are [[Exclusively Evil]] or hostile - some of them are just [[Chaotic Neutral]] or even friendly. In fact in some cases they even need Courege's help.

* [[Darker and Edgier]]: This could be disputed, as the entire series was darker than most other animated series; however, most episodes from the final season are significantly more dramatic in nature compared to other seasons, especially the first. In fact, the show's two Half Hour episodes (''The Tower of Dr. Zalost'' and ''The Mask'' - deviate dramatically from the show's usual [[Monster of the Week]] formula, dealing with much more realistic horrors such as depression (in ''The Tower'') and abusive relationships (in ''The Mask'').

* [[Darker and Edgier]]: This could be disputed, as the entire series was darker than most other animated series; however, most episodes from the final season are significantly more dramatic in nature compared to other seasons, especially the first. In fact, the show's two Half Hour episodes (''The Tower of Dr. Zalost'' and ''The Mask'') deviate dramatically from the show's usual [[Monster of the Week]] formula, dealing with much more realistic horrors such as depression (in ''The Tower'') and abusive relationships (in ''The Mask'').

* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Courage's Computer, as well as Shirley the Medium.

** Katz can be rather snarky as well. "Pity..."

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* [[Executive Meddling]]: The reason behind Courage's limited speech and constant babbling and screaming after the first season.

* [[Expositron 9000]]: The computer.

* [[Fantasy Kitchen Sink]]: Courage has encountered creatures and people that seem to come from many horror, sci-fi, mythological, and even fantasy based ~~orgins~~.

* [[Fantasy Kitchen Sink]]: Courage has encountered creatures and people that seem to come from many horror, sci-fi, mythological, and even fantasy based origins.

* [[Fat and Skinny]]: Muriel and Eustace.

* [[The Fighting Narcissist]]: Bayou loves himself so much, he makes his slave slugs stuff shed skins of himself. His most used word is "me" and variations of it. He's so vain, that even when his stuffed shed skins attack him, he cannot bring himself to attack them.

* [[Film Felons]]: A zombie "director" who was already a [[Serial Killer]], who became an amateur filmmaker to lure in victims before he had died.

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** "Freaky Fred". [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvmV5ThD61I&feature=related Just watch for yourself.]{{spoiler|Hard to believe that they got away with [[Rape Tropes|that]].}}

* [[Gonk]]: It would be considerably easier to list the characters that are '''not''' one of these in this show.

** Mondo's true form and the Ulcer are particularly extreme villainous examples from the show.

* [[Good Is Dumb]]: Every single other good guy is a complete idiot in the series, to the point where they even ignore neon signs pointing at the villain.

* [[Good Is Not Nice]]: Shirley and the Computer.

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** This is Courage's preferred method of dealing with villains, rather directly or indirectly, but Big Bayou is one of the greatest, as not only was he beaten by his a spell from his own spell book, he was defeated by his own shed skins he'd had stuffed animated in part with his own venom. And to top it all off, he was so vain that he couldn't bring himself to attack his likeness. He was hoisted by at least three or four of his own petards.

** The evil vet from "Remembrance Of Courage Past" also is hoisted by several of his own petards. Not only does the dog he emotionally tramatized for life ultimately defeat him, he does so using his own rocket. He is then further hoisted when the dogs he's been launching into space see him and decide to take their revenge on him.

** The Evil Weevil accidentally attaches his blood sucker to himself and then [[Double Entendre|sucks himself dry]].

* [[Horny Devils]]/[[Our Mermaids Are Different]]: The Queen of the Black Puddle is cross between a succubus, a siren, and a Deep One.

* [[Hypocritical Humor]]: Eustace always refers to Courage as a "stupid dog" even though he himself isn't aware of the dangers that goes around in Nowhere, and Courage is the one who usually has to save him and Muriel.

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** Oh, and then there's Di Lung's [[Running Gag|habit]] of getting in other people's ways and then yelling "WATCH WHERE YOU'RE GOING, YA FOOL" at said people...

* [[Impossible Shadow Puppets]]: Courage sometimes does this; one episode even has a [[Living Shadow]] that "projects" itself to scare him.

* [[Insufferable Genius]]: [[Asian Rudeness|Di Lung]] and [[British Stuffiness|Courage's Computer]].

* [[Intercontinuity Crossover]]: In one Halloween event in-between commercials, the [[Scooby Doo|Scooby Gang]] stopped at the cottage when their car broke down; leaving them with nothing to do but tell ghost stories.

* [[Invisible Main Character]]: "Invisible Muriel".

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*** The pilot, The Chicken From Outer Space, partly plays this straight and partly averts it. It's not on the Season 1 DVD, but Jon R Dilworth sells it through his online store.

* [[Kick the Dog]]

* [[Lame Comeback]]: The Hunchback Of Nowhere countering Eustace's insults about him with "you are bald" in ''The Hunchback Of Nowhere''; needless to say, however, that still doesn't stop Eustace from getting angry about it.

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* [[Lantern Jaw of Justice]]: It is basically a running gag for [[Exact Words|every single member]] of Eustace's family (not counting Muriel and Courage) to have one of these, including Eustace himself.

** Also, Eustace countering Di Lung's "watch where you're going, ya FOOL" [[Catch Phrase|catchphrase]] with a rather-laughably weak imitation of said catchphrase after Di Lung bumps into him and then blames said collision on him in ''Courage In The Big Stinkin' City''. At least he was [[Jerkass Has a Point|pointing out]] Di Lung's [[Hypocritical Humor|hypocrisy]], we suppose...

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* [[Lantern Jaw of Justice]]: It is basically a [[Running Gag|running gag]] for [[Exact Words|every single member]] of Eustace's family (not counting Muriel and Courage) to have one of these, including Eustace himself.

* [[Laser-Guided Karma]]: Eustace is the victim of this in nearly every episode.

** A large number of villains suffer this as well.