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List of characters in Courage the Cowardly Dog
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This is a list of characters from the Cartoon Network series Courage the Cowardly Dog. Main characters Courage * Voiced By Marty Grabstein, Howard Hoffman (Pilot) Courage is an overly frightened dog who lives in Nowhere, Kansas. He was abandoned as a puppy after his parents were sent into outer space, but was adopted by Muriel Bagg. Her husband, Eustace, regularly mistreats him. Ironically, given his name, Courage is a genuine coward, but still goes to great lengths to protect his owners; to this end, he often gets injured, sometimes quite brutally or almost killed and only surviving through his determination and/or pure luck. Aiding him at saving the day is a self-aware, cynically sarcastic and seemingly omniscient personal desktop that he keeps in the attic with which he could consult for information in how to remedy any predicament he faces (though it never fails to badmouth him in one way or another). He got his name when Muriel found him as a puppy alone in an alley and remarked that he must be quite brave to be there by himself. Courage also has a big hole in his back tooth but at certain times he had a gold tooth and a wrench for a tooth in "The Curse of Shirley" and "Swindlin' Wind". He was voiced by Howard Hoffman in the pilot, and Marty Grabstein in the series. In the early seasons, Courage spoke English quite often, but his dialogue became increasingly limited to gibberish and screaming with only occasional dialogue as the series progressed. He would only say something once in a while or when he really has something to say. He is the main protagonist of the show. Muriel Bagge * Voiced by Thea White Muriel Bagge is a kind and elderly overweight Scottish woman who took Courage in when he was a puppy. Benton Tarentella and Erroll Van Volkheim are psychopathic former murderers/movie directors. They would pose as ordinary movie producers to lure unsuspecting victims to their fates, killing them in the process. Eventually, they were jailed for their crimes, though Van Volkheim was released from jail for good behavior, while Tarantella died in prison, possibly executed. However, Van Volkheim eventually died and was buried in a cemetery that the Bagge farmhouse was built over. Benton, now a zombie, first appears at the Bagges' house claiming he wants them to be in a movie he's making, but tricks them into filming a fake movie only to resurrect Van Volkheim so they can devour Muriel together, who is cast in the film as a human sacrifice. Their weakness was that they follow the script to the "movie", even after Courage modified it. The frustrated partners decided to give up their plan and end their partnership. Tarentella's name is based on Writer/Director Quentin Tarantino. The Cajun Fox * Voiced by series creator John R. Dilworth The Cajun Fox is a fox obsessed with cooking. He appears as the main antagonist in "Cajun Granny Stew". He kidnaps Muriel in order to make a stew, using her as the final ingredient. He wears oval-shaped sunglasses that hide his big, bulging eyes. He was among the six antagonists to reappear in "Ball of Revenge". He is presumably killed near the end of the episode, along with the other villains. Freaky Fred * Voiced by Paul Schoeffler Fred is Muriel's creepy nephew who was sent to the "home for freaky barbers", due to his obsession with cutting hair. While visiting Muriel, he gets locked in the bathroom with Courage because of Eustace and continuously shaves off all of Courage's fur, (except from the tail and a part where he left "With love Fred") pausing to reminisce about similar incidents involving his pet gerbil, his girlfriend Barbara, and a customer at his barber shop. The Goose God came down from the heavens to search for the woman of his dreams, and ended up falling in love with Muriel, who he competed for with Eustace to make his wife and queen (even though Eustace is completely unaware this is happening). He later falls for Eustace's truck after hearing it honk. He has made cameos in various other episodes (usually lying on top of the truck). ===Jeeves "Evil" Weevil=== * Voiced by Tony Jay Jeeves "Evil" Weevil is a giant, polite, blood-sucking weevil who wears a blue tuxedo and hat. He is accepted into the Bagges' home after they unintentionally run him over with their truck and injure him. While a seeming gentleman, he begins to suck the life out of the ever-oblivious Muriel and Eustace, but Courage ultimately stops him by tricking him into sucking his own blood. He becomes a tiny weevil, and angrily leaves after saying in a high pitched voice, "Stupid Dog" and kicking Courage in the kneecap. Jeeves enjoys broccoli very much (as is evident in the contest in which he defeats Courage by eating progressively nastier broccoli). Katz * Voiced by Paul Schoeffler Katz is a red, lanky anthropomorphic cat, complete with his own background music whenever he appears. He is Courage's arch-nemesis and the show's most recurring antagonist. He specializes in scam businesses such as a vacation resort, a confectionary shop, a motel, and a submarine cruise line, always with the intent to kill the patrons when he has no further need for them. He always cons Muriel and Eustace (who never seem to have any memory of him) into trying whatever service he is providing, but Courage never falls for his schemes. All of his businesses enforce a strict "No Dogs Allowed" policy, forcing Courage to sneak in. He always enjoys a "little sport", as all of his battles with Courage are games such as a staring contest which he always seems to win. His catchphrase (typically uttered whenever he gets injured) is "I wish you hadn't done that. or "Sad, isn't it" whenever he explains a personal background story. The King of Flan * Voiced by Jorge Pupo The King of Flan is the proprietor of a company that makes flan and uses hypnotism to attract customers, all of which become morbidly obese after eating too much flan. Muriel and Eustace were put under the King of Flan's hypnotic spell, and Courage was partially put under the spell as well, but he was not too obsessed with flan in order to be able to save his family, and the King of Flan was defeated by being hypnotized himself and, at the end of the episode, both he and Courage become obese from eating so much flan. King Ramses King Ramses is a ghost who wants his slab back from Eustace. He has the ability to bring about a flood curse, a gramophone curse and a locust curse. LeQuack * Voiced by Paul Schoeffler LeQuack is a French con artist duck and he is the show's second most recurring villain, only to Katz. LeQuack has a fake amnesia-specialist license, and comes to the Bagge's house when Muriel suffers from amnesia. Since then, he frequently returns and manages to dupe the Bagges into helping him commit crime sprees. He is always arrested by the end of the episode, but manages to escape, often shown leaving a scene of destruction with implied casualties of his captors, stating, "You have not seen the last of LeQuack." Mecha Courage Mecha Courage is a mechanical version of Courage that was created by Di Lung in attempt to prove that he has created a dog that is more superior than Courage in every way. He looks like a mini-dome, colored pink, on wheels, with a red, blinking nose. It should be interesting to note that Muriel and Eustace can't tell the difference (despite Mecha Courage doing things that are impossible for a dog to do: i.e. set the table, fix plumbing, etc.). He is destroyed by overheating as a result of him ruthlessly beating Courage. Eustace liked Mecha Courage and, at the end of the episode, he tells Muriel that they should get a mechanical dog to replace Courage. Obviously, Muriel refuses. Mr. Nasty Mr. Nasty is a being created by Benton Tarantella from Eustace's true evil essence. He is similar to Eustace (both in identity and temperament), only with sunglasses in place of his glasses, blue skin, and a deeper voice. The Queen of the Black Puddle * Voiced by Tress MacNeille The Queen of the Black Puddle is a beautiful and succubus-like Sea Goddess who hypnotizes her victims into allowing her to take them into her puddle. She is defeated by Courage later. She later returns in "Ball of Revenge" to have her revenge on Courage. She is presumed dead by the end of the episode. The Big Ape & Monkey Man The giant ape is an ape that poses as the Banana God at Bananahalla in order to consume the citizens of the Banana Republic, while his nephew disguises himself as a benevolent sovereign. Courage exposes the monkey and ape's scheme, inciting the wrath of the banana people, who swiftly exact their revenge. Defeated by Courage and his family, they crowned the three as the new king, prince and queen of Banana Republic. The Chicken from Outer Space * Voiced by Howard Hoffman The Chicken from Outer Space is the first villain of the series. In his first appearance he tries to take over the farm, and ends up being shot by his own laser gun. He appears in a later episode as a cooked chicken, missing its head and attempting to steal Muriel's head. He gains Eustace's head, but is later shot into space, killing him for good. The Cruel Vet * Voiced by Earl Boen The Cruel Vet is responsible for separating Courage from his parents as a puppy. He captured them, put them in a rocket ship, and sent them to the moon, believing they would turn into superdogs. However Courage escaped from this fate and was adopted by Muriel. The vet later tries to do the same thing to Eustace, Muriel, and Courage years later but is sent to the moon himself, where he finds that all the dogs survived, including Courage's parents. Out of pure anger, the dogs proceed to viciously (off-screen) maul him. *Courage's Parents (Susan Yezzi and Tom Kenny) - Not much is known about his parents or even their names, as they were seen only in a the final episode centering on flashbacks to his parents in the veterinarian's office, where Courage last saw his parents.<ref name="Remembrance of Courage Past"/> They were launched into space by the veterinarian, and Courage avoided a similar fate by escaping through a garbage chute, where he was found by Muriel. The veterinarian was trapped in the rocket, and transported to the planet where Courage's parents and other dogs resided.<ref name="Remembrance of Courage Past"/> The father's name might be known as Henry. *Di Lung (Tim Chi Ly) - A young Chinese inventor and the creator of Mecha Courage. He is very inconsiderate and rude at times, and usually gets caught in the middle of the chaos going on in Nowhere. He has twin aunts; one evil and the other good. His voice actor also serves as one of the show's animators. He is known for saying, "Watch where you're going, ya fool!" *Dr. Vindaloo (Paul Schoeffler) - An Indian doctor with a thick accent, whom Eustace and Muriel see when something is wrong. He is one of the very few characters in the series who can perfectly understand what Courage is trying to say. He diagnoses his patients as not having serious problems or that there is nothing that he can do but has, on occasion, been a great help, as in "Invisible Muriel", where he managed to discover how to return Muriel to normal. The sign on his office door reads, "Dr. Vindaloo, M.D. Quack." *Kitty and Bunny (Susan Roman & Katie Griffin) - A cat and a rabbit who were best friends. After Bunny fell in love with a gangster named Mad Dog, Kitty tried to get her to leave him, but failed, being threatened by Mad Dog when he found out. At some point afterwards, she came to the farmhouse and beat Courage whenever possible, believing dogs to be bad. Courage later rescued Bunny from and defeated Mad Dog and his gang and Bunny reunited with Kitty, while telling her that Courage saved her life. Kitty then admitted that she had been wrong about dogs and helped Bunny onto a train she was on. The two thanked Courage and rode off together. *Ma Bagge (Billie Lou Watt) - Eustace and Horst's mother, with whom he shares a love-hate relationship. Like him she is actually bald but wears a wig and looks almost identical to her son, but much shorter. Like Eustace, Ma is insecure due to being bald, but she does have her teeth. She frequently dotes on Courage, much to Eustace's dismay. She is the C.E.O. of Growth Industries, a company that manufactures wigs and performs experiments on hair, which leads to her developing an antagonistic role in some episodes. In later episodes Ma hates Courage but not as much as Eustace and has a justified reason for doing so, due to him foiling her greedy schemes. *Horst Bagge - Eustace's deceased older brother, who, at times, drives the plot in certain episodes. It is stated that the two never gotten along, and a flashback in the episode "Farmer Hunter, Farmer Hunted" depicts Eustace being brutally bullied and taunted by Horst. *General and The Lieutenant - They take pleasure in fighting each other and are, usually, doing so while trying to solve an important problem, often badly hurting each other by shooting each other or dropping sixteen-ton weights on each other. *Icket Bagge - Eustace and Horst's Father and Ma Bagge's Husband. He is mentioned in the episode The Sand Whale Strikes. He has an appearance very close to Eustace's, except he has a beard. He apparently was very brave and big; as his Ma quotes, "You couldn't fill his shoes!". This is no exaggeration, as his shoes were rather giant, compared to his son. He was presumably deceased since Muriel quoted "I'm sorry, Mr. Whale, but Icket Bagge is no longer with us". *Nowhere Newsman - He is the newsreporter of Nowhere, Kansas. He introduces every episode stating, "We interrupt this program to bring you the Courage the Cowardly Dog Show." He is also seen in some episodes when the television is on, conveying news about the antagonist. *Shirley the Medium (Mary Testa) - A Chihuahua dressed as a gypsy fortune teller who lives in, and sells junk out of her caravan. She has magical powers, such as putting curses on people who wrong her, calling spirits in the afterlife, and even summoning a giant monster. She is one of the very few characters in the series who understands what Courage is trying to say, possibly because like him, she's a dog. When giving Courage advice, she normally plays a saxophone between sentences, sometimes with an extended solo at the end, she also does this to cast spells. While she doesn't very much care for Eustace and Murial (even putting curses on them on occasion), she seems to at least be friends with Courage. She often refers to Eustace as "The Stupid One". *The Duck Brothers - Three brother ducks from outer space; one of them is always laying eggs even though he is male. They were voiced by Ringo Starr. *Mona Lisa - A woman painted by Leonardo da Vinci and is a work of art long adored by Muriel. After the Bagges are inadvertently locked inside the Louvre, an eerie alignment of the planets occur and the exhibits come to life including she and The Thinker who are apparently lovers. After switching places with the Bagge couple, they find a new place to spend eternity. Courage smashes a portrait of Muriel over her and the Thinker to bring Muriel out. She only appears in the episode "So In Louvre Are We Two". *The Thinker - The masterpiece of Auguste Rodin who is in love with Mona Lisa. He also went with her to find a place to spend eternity. He is returned to the portrait after being hit by Muriel's portrait along with Mona Lisa used by Courage and Muriel steps out. The final scene after the planets are no longer aligned shows them sharing a kiss. He also only appears in the episode "So In Louvre Are We Two". *The Three Government Ninjas (Earl Boen) - Three ninjas that work for the United States Government who wear the numbers 1, 2, and 3 respectively on their shirts. They are seen in a few episodes such as "Invisible Muriel" and "The Last of the Starmakers." *Space Dino - Dinosaur-like creature that sits on a meteor outside Earth's atmosphere, and is always seen with a tennis racket, which he uses to hit celestial objects. A female space critter is seen force feeding a mutated Eustace space food much to his dismay. *Eliza and Elisa Stitch - A strange two-headed woman that attempt to be immortal by sewing people's souls into a quilt. Muriel is almost their next victim when she tries to join their "quilt club", but they are stopped by Courage when he sews them into a piece of fabric and Eustace blows his nose on them. *The Star Maker - A female space squid who landed on Earth with her unhatched offspring. Her mate had recently died saving them from a space whale. Eustace called the government, who contained the squid in a mobile laboratory, but Courage manages to hatch her offspring, who flew up into space to make new stars. Afterwards, she died peacefully and her body became a garden of large flowers and bushes. *Conway the Contaminationist - An elderly man claiming to be 193 years old and says a filthy environment is better and healthier than a clean one ("Out with the good air, in with the bad"). He only appears in the episode of the same name, in which he contaminates the Bagge farm until Courage cleans up his act and sends him away in a balloon full of the filth Conway brought into the house. *The Magic Tree - (Peter Fernandez) The plant that Courage grows and Eustace is jealous of. Eustace eventually overcomes Courage's efforts to preserve the tree, and he cuts it down. The Tree gives Courage the remedy to cure Muriel, and as retribution for committing such an act, Eustace is afflicted with the same affliction Muriel previously suffered. He appears only in the episode "The Magic Tree of Nowhere". *Carmen the Serpent - A one-eyed sea dragon-like monster that lives the evil river, Carmen is made out to be evil by a sea captain the family went on vacation with. The sea serpent kidnaps Muriel and takes her to her cave and starts singing opera to her. Courage comes to Muriel's rescue, only to realize that she wasn't very dangerous at all. Courage helps Carmen to dodge and defeat the evil captain. *Twin Raccoons - Muriel and Courage meet the raccoons, and soon after the twins are revealed as bandit raccoons, attack Courage and kidnap Muriel because they wanted her as a parent. Muriel feels pity on them and accepts them like her own adopted children. At the end of the episode, Muriel's place taken over by Eustace as a new parent. They appear again in "Farmer Hunter, Farmer Hunted" as audiences in the "Hunt for Knowledge" game show. *Duncan - From Stormy Weather: A storm goddess's dog who looks just like Courage who gets lost. The storm goddess tries to steal Courage, but Muriel argues with her. Mr. (Charlie) Mouse tells Courage where Duncan is. Courage looks for Duncan and finally finds him in a sewer licking the God Bone, a bone that no dog can ever stop licking once licked. Courage convinces Duncan to return to his owner by making him jealous of all the affection the storm goddess gives him. See Also
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