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* [[Adored by the Network]]: Quite possibly. Cartoon Network decided the pilot should become its own series, and the show has spanned four entire seasons without a single threat of having it yanked off the air, despite its scary nature. This show is also one of the few cancelled originals to still air on a regular basis.

** Also, after the show completed its four-season, 52-episode run (typical for most cartoon series on cable networks such as Cartoon Network and Nickelodeon), many fans petitioned for a continuation, which both the network and John R. Dilworth considered, but ultimately, Dilworth decided not to continue with any further episodes or seasons.

* [[Affably Evil]]: Freaky Fred. A psychopathic man with a [[Slasher Smile]], but his amusing rhyming makes him one of the more entertaining villains. Besides, {{spoiler|all he really does is [[Poke the Poodle|shave people and animals bald]].}}

* [[Affectionate Parody]]: ''The Hunchback of Nowhere'' is one of ''[[The Hunchback of Notre Dame]]'', while ''Squatting Tiger, Hidden Dog'' is another one of ''[[Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon]]''.

* [[Always Someone Better]]: Eustace's brother Horst, who was better at pretty much everything.

* [[Asian Drivers]]: Di Lung, whose '''first appearance''' has him parking his [[Cool Car|red vintage hot rod]] all the way across an open road before then yelling "WATCH WHERE YOU'RE ''GOING'', YA '''''FOOL'''''" at Eustace [[Hypocritical Humor|in response to causing Eustace to nearly crash his truck into said car]]. Needless to say, [[Understatement|Eustace is]] '''[[Understatement|not]]''' [[Understatement|amused]].

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

* [[The Bad Guy Wins]]: The Evil Carrot in "Muriel Blows Up" wants nothing more than to [[Madness Mantra|"grow, expand, explode!"]] by using whoever ate him (which does [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|exactly what]] [[Attack of the 50-Foot Whatever|you'd think]] [[Stuff Blowing Up|it does]]). Initially thwarted after Muriel coughs him up, Eustace finds and eats him instead, causing him to grow to enormous size and explode soon after.

* [[Bag of Holding]]: Muriel has one, seen in "Curse Of Shirley".

* [[Bald of Evil]]: Eustace {{spoiler|and [[Bald Women|his mother]]}}, although it's really more bald of [[Jerkass]].

* [[Beam Me Up, Scotty]]: A non-quote example: the instrument in the last episode is a ''bugle'', not a trumpet, as it's commonly assumed.

* [[Big, Thin, Short Trio]]: Muriel, Eustace, and Courage respectively.

* [[Blind Without'Em]]: Eustace, to the point he once got dragged halfway across the world without him knowing it.

{{quote|"You know I can't hear without my glasses, Courage."|}}

* [[Brawn Hilda]]: A trio of Brïnnhilde-esque [[Valkyries]] mistake Muriel for one of their missing sisters, who is actually named Brïnnhilde.

* [[Brown Note]]: King Ramses' second curse is horrifying enough to be considered worse than the flooding plague. [[Ear Worm|It's honestly pretty catchy to a lot of viewers, though.]]

* [[Butt Monkey]]: Courage.

* [[Card-Carrying Villain]]: Katz is '''easily''' the biggest sadist in the entire series, The Evil Empress from ''Squatting Tiger, Hidden Dog'' might actually be even '''more''' of a CCV than Katz and Di Lung, however.

* [[Cargo Ship]]: In "The Gods Must Be Goosey", {{spoiler|the Goose and Eustae's Truck get married at the end of the episode.}}

* [[Catch Phrase]]: "The things I do for love!" and "What do I do? What do I do!?!" for Courage. He also tends to comment on strange events to the tune of: "Something weird's going on here, or my name's <strange, random or non-sequitur name>! [[Don't Explain the Joke|...And it's not.]]"

** Di Lung's "Watch where you're going, ya ''foo'!''"

** Basil is a burglar who flips back and forth between robbing Courage, Muriel, and Eustace and thinking they're his family. After they convince Basil to give [[Shamu Fu|FISH]].

** Fred and Dr. Vindaloo.

* [[Completely Missing the Point]]:

{{quote|'''Eustace:''' Did you break that door?!

'''Courage:''' Ooooh, ''forget the DOOR!!'' }}

* [[Conspicuous CG]]: To be expected of a '00s cartoon. Examples include the carriage from "The Demon in the Mattress", the anvil from "The Precious, Wonderful, Adorable, Loveable Duckling", and Kin

** "Hard Drive Courage" renders the [[cyberspace]] in Courage's computer using CGI.

** [[Nightmare Fuel|The... blue thing from Courage's nightmare]] ''Perfect'', apparently based on Eustace's bugle.

* [[Evil Matriarch]]: Eustace's mother. Her first appearance did portray her as sympathetic after Eustace comforts her when she {{spoiler|loses her hair}}, though subsequent appearances made her far less sympathetic. {{spoiler|Her favoritism of Eustace's brother Horst certainly didn't help matters for him growing up.}}

* [[Evil Old Folks]]: Eustace Bagge, all the way.

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

* [[Expositron 9000]]: The computer.