List of Courage the Cowardly Dog characters

The following is a list of characters from the Cartoon Network series Courage the Cowardly Dog.

Main characters

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Courage, Muriel and Eustace

Courage, the Cowardly Dog

• Voiced by: Marty Grabstein

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 Bagge. Her husband, Eustace, regularly mistreats him. Despite his name, Courage is a genuine coward, but he will still go to great lengths to protect his owners. He got his name when Muriel thought he was brave when she found him, which is definitely not true. Courage speaks English to the viewers and some of the animal characters in the series, but in gibberish to humans, though he has spoken English to humans on occasion. He is able to briefly transform into any person, creature or object, though he normally retains either his pink coloration, his eyes, and/or his ears, commonly using this ability in a usually-futile attempt to warn Muriel and Eustace of impending danger. He often says," The things I do for love," when he is about to do something brave. He also sometimes quotes," Something fishy is going on, or my name isn`t (insert strange and random name here). And it`s not.", though this was discontinued after the first season.

He was voiced by Howard Hoffman in the pilot, and Marty Grabstein in the series.

Muriel Bagge

• Voiced by: Thea White

Muriel Bagge is a kindly and elderly Scottish woman who took Courage in when he was a puppy. She often carries a roller that she hits Eustace with when he harasses Courage. She likes tea and usually tends her garden, has a fondness for cookery, (in which she usually uses an excessive amount of vinegar, which frequently disgusts Courage and Eustace) plays the sitar, or watches television. She is frequently kidnapped by the villain of the week, and is highly gullible, easily being tricked by the villains no matter how bizarre or obvious their disguises.

Eustace Bagge

• Voiced by: Arthur Anderson

Eustace Bagge (commonly referred to simply as "the Farmer") is a grumpy and cruel old farmer who mistreats Courage and calls him a "stupid dog"; Eustace often simply refers to Courage as "Dog", and rarely, if ever, addresses him by name. He also regularly mistreats Muriel as well. Though Courage frequently goes out of his way to save his life, Eustace still openly dislikes him. He takes great pleasure in scaring Courage, which primarily stems from jealously of the fact that Muriel pays more attention to Courage than him; however, he has also been known to scare Courage just for laughs or simply to get Courage to stop bothering him. When Courage manages to defeat the villain in each episode, Eustace often suffers a horrible fate, such as being mummified, possessed, eaten or ejected into space. Despite his gruff nature, he often shows compassion and has worked alongside Courage to save Muriel more than once. He is also insecure due to not having teeth, having a hunched back, and being bald. He had a father named Ickett and a manly older brother named Horace (who he never got along with) who are both currently deceased. In one episode, Eustace, fed up with Muriel's constant pampering of Courage. gathered some of Courage's enemies to defeat him, but failed.

Lionel G. Wilson originally voiced the character, but left midway through the third season due to illness and was replaced by Arthur Anderson.

Recurring villains

Benton Tarantella

Benton is a former movie director that has become a zombie. He and his partner, Erroll Von Volkheim, would pose as movie producers to lure unsuspecting victims to their fates, killing twelve people. Eventually, they were jailed for their crimes. However, Von Volkheim was released from jail for good behavior, while Tarantella died in prison. He 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 von Volkheim. His alter ego, Mr. Nasty, is similar to Eustace in identity and temperament, only with sunglasses and bluish skin. Their weakness was that they follow the script to the T, even after Courage modified it. Benton's name is based on real-life director Quentin Tarantino.

Cajun Fox

A fox obsessed with cooking, appearing as the main villain in "Cajun Granny Stew" in this appearance he kidnaps Muriel so he can make a stew out of her as he needed a granny for the final ingredient. He wears oval-shaped sunglasses that hide his bulging eyes. He was among the six villains to reappear in "Ball of Revenge". He was voiced by Jim Cummings in Cajun Granny Stew and then by series creator John R. Dilworth in Ball of Revenge .

Cousin Freaky Fred

Cousin Fred is Muriel's creepy nephew who was sent to a psych ward for crazy barbers, due to his obsession with cutting hair. While visiting Muriel, he gets locked in the bathroom with Courage by accident, and shaves off all of Courage's fur while talking about all the incidents including his pet gerbil, his girlfriend, and a customer to his barber shop. He was voiced by Paul Schoeffler in Freaky Fred, and Ian James Corlett in Ball of Revenge.

Clutching Foot

The Clutching foot is a foot fungus that possessed Eustace, and resembles a giant purple foot with heads for toes and act as if they were a mob with the big toe being the leader. They committed crimes such as bank heists and train crashes. The big toe sounds exactly like Edward G. Robinson. He was voiced by Paul Schoeffler

Dr. Gerbil

Dr. Gerbil is a Southern-accented gerbil that has gone crazy due to being experimented on and feeling trapped by his previous owners. He now performs strange experiments on humans with homemade cosmetic products, because he believes that he needs to exact revenge on humans for what they do to animals.

Dr. Zalost

A very unhappy scientist who lives in a giant, moving tower. He lives with his "assistant", Rat, who he constantly asks for a hug. The tower has a giant number of cannons, wich are charged with "special" cannonbals, that if a person is hurt by one of them, this person will become unhappy. Eventually, Muriel is hit by one of them, and Courage had to enter the tower to save his owner. But a cannonball slide made Rat much more terrible and strong than before, but feeding him and the tower's core with Muriel's recipe of blums, Dr. Zalost finally found happiness.

Goose God

He searches for the woman of his dreams and ends up falling in love with Muriel, for whom he competes with Eustace, who doesn't realize that the Goose God wants to make Muriel wife and queen, but later falls for Eustace's truck because of the horn sound. He has cameos in various other episodes, usually lying on top of the truck. He was voiced by Paul Schoeffler.

Jean Bon

Jean Bon is a pig butcher operating a hamburger diner. Courage and Eustace eat there and it is believed by Courage that customers are ground up into meat and eaten by Jean Bon's wife. This turns out to be Courage's imagination as Jean Bon's wife only makes sculptures of people in the meat. He appears in several other episodes, although generally not as an important character.

Jeeves "Evil" Weevil

He is a giant blood-sucking weevil who wears a blue tuxedo and hat. He is accepted into the Bagges' home after they unintentionally run him over in their truck and injure him. It is also revealed that he has "rancid, boiled broccoli" in between his toes-that was there for a week.

Katz

• Voiced by: Paul Schoeffler

Katz is a cat, is Courage's main nemesis and the show's primary antagonist in the series. The main humor in his role is that Katz appears so much more the hero than Courage; he is athletic, intelligent, "handsome", and more sly than Courage, however, Katz is cruel and rude. He specializes in scam businesses such as a vacation resort, a confectionary shop, a motel, and a submarine cruise line. He always cons Muriel and Eustace into trying whatever service he is providing, but Courage never falls for his schemes.

LeQuack

• Voiced by: Paul Schoeffler (Dr. LeQuack-LeQuack Balloon), Mary Testa (Ball of Revenge)

LeQuack is another recurring villain. He is a French con artist duck that has a fake amnesia-specialist license, and comes to their house when Muriel suffers from amnesia. He often ends an episode, seen escaping from captivity, with the phrase, "You have not seen the last of LeQuack."

Mecha Courage

Mecha Courage is a mechanical version of Courage that is created by Di Lung in attempt to prove that he has created a more superior dog than Courage. He is destroyed by overheating.

Mr. Nasty

Mr. Nasty is a being created by Benton Tarantella from Eustace's true essence. He is similar to Eustace in identity and temperament, only with sunglasses and bluish skin.

Queen of the Black Puddle

She is a beautiful and seductive sea monster who hypnotizes her victims into allowing her to take them into her puddle. She was voiced by Tress MacNeille.

The Chicken from Outer Space

• Voiced by: Howard Hoffman

He is the first villain of the series. He first appears and tries to take over the farm, and ends up being shot by his own laser gun by Courage. He appears in a later episode as a cooked chicken, missing its head and attempts to steal Eustace's head.

The Cruel Vet

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. He later tries to do the same 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.

The Empress

She was the aunt of Di Lung, and she appeared in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dog, where her source of power (a magic silkworm) is dying and needs the bones of someone truly innocent to recharge it. Her twin sister whom is good is the true Empress.

The Great Fusilli

He is an alligator that is into theater arts who turns people into puppets so they cannot leave his show, he is defeated by being turned into a puppet himself. He was voiced by Jim Cummings.

The Snowman

A super-intelligent snowman believed to be the last of his kind due to global warming. He is possibly based on actor Sean Connery, because of his Scottish accent and the way he introduces himself ("My name is "Man", "Snow-Man"). After returning to make the West Pole in Nowhere, Kansas; Courage sews up the hole in the Ozone and his ice land returns, along with his friends. He is last seen enjoying snow cones with his friends. He was voiced by Paul Schoeffler.

Weremole

It is a legendary mole similar to a werewolf but much smaller, yet just as mean. It has a taste for rabbits and people and if you get bitten by a weremole, you become one yourself as the computer stated. It bites Muriel on the hand and when the moon is full she transforms into a weremole. Courage and Eustace team up realizing that they are in more trouble then they thought. He was voiced by Frank Welker.

Minor characters

Computer (Simon Prebble) - Courage's computer that speaks with a British accent and gives him advice on how to deal with crazy situations. He is very sarcastic towards Courage (frequently calling him a "twit") and has a habit of regularly cracking jokes in any situation.

Courage's Parents (Susan Yezzi and Tom Kenny) - Not much is known about his parents, as they were seen only in a few episodes, with one episode centering on flashbacks to his parents in the veterinarian's office, where Courage last saw his parents. 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.

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. Tim Chi Ly also serves as one of the show's animators. He is known for saying, "Watch where you're going, you foo'!"

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. The sign on his office door reads, "Dr. Vindaloo, M.D. Quack."

Ma Bagge (Billie Lou Watt) - Eustace'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.

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.

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."

Shirley the Medium (Mary Testa) - A Chihuahua dressed as a gypsy fortune teller who lives in, and sells junk out of her caravan. When giving Courage advice, she normally plays a saxophone between sentences, sometimes with an extended solo at the end. She occasionally 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 ("I just don't think it's appropriate for duck brothers to be laying eggs"). They were voiced by Ringo Starr in "The Duck Brothers", and then Samuel Vincent and Jess Harnell in "Ball of Revenge".

The Three Government Ninjas - Three ninjas that work for the United States Government who wear the numbers 1, 2, and 3 respectivly on their shirts. They are seen in a few episodes such as "Invisible Murial" 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 Eustace food much to his dismay.