- —Courage
Courage is the main protagonist of the Courage the Cowardly Dog series. He appeared in the 184th episode of Death Battle, Scooby-Doo VS Courage the Cowardly Dog, where he fought against Scooby-Doo from the Scooby-Doo series.
History
Abandoned as a pup when his parents were sent to space by a crazed veterinarian, Courage was found and adopted by the kind-hearted Muriel, who lives in the middle of Nowhere with her grumpy and greedy husband, Eustace Bagge. Unfortunately, creepy stuff happens in Nowhere, and it always seems to find its way to Courage and his new home. But no matter what, Courage will always push past his otherwise cowardly nature to rescue the owner he loves so much... and Eustace, too.
Death Battle Info
Background
- Name: Courage
- Species: Beagle
- Height: Beagle-sized
- Owners: Muriel & Eustace Bagge
- Nicknames: Stupid Dog, Dear Boy, Leone
- Not named 'Stinky Lou Lou,' (thank goodness)
- Can lay 14-karat golden eggs
- Friends with Scooby-Doo
Arsenal
- Ray Gun
- Mallet
- Magic Tree of Nowhere
- Computer
- Banishment spell
- God Bone
- Flamethrower
- Giant Chainsaw
- Mind Control Helmet & Remote
- Instant Quicksand
- Gas Mask
- Dark Matter Meteor
Abilities
- Toon Force
- Squash-and-Stretch Body
- Elasticity
- Shapeshifting
- Duplication
- Flight/Levitation
- Hammer Space
- 4th Wall Awareness
- Imagination Creation
- Plot Manipulation
- Size Manipulation
- Time Manipulation
- Painting Hopping
- ... the same as Scooby
The Things He's Done For Love
- Performed an exorcism
- Tanked a nuclear explosion
- Physically created a tidal wave
- Survived being pulverized to dust
- Pummeled by Valkyries in Valhalla
- Ran the Sun's radius in 8 seconds
- Defeated Evil Empress, Dr. Zalost, Rumplestiltskin, Mecha-Courage
Results
- = Strength, Speed & Durability
- = Similar Abilities & Arsenal
- + Book smart
- + Dark Matter Meteor
- - Could not kill Scooby-Doo
Cameo Appearances
A still of Scooby and Courage letting out a relieving laugh after they bump into each other at the start of their fight can be seen on the screen the "Supervoid" arcade cabinet in the Blips and Chitz that Rick Sanchez and the Doctor wound up in partway through their fight.
One of the alternate realities that Goku and Superman look up to at the end of their fight features Scooby and Courage fighting each other while dressed up as them, with Courage specifically wearing Goku's outfit as he screams and enters Super Saiyan.
Quotes
Courage
- "Muriel? Muriel?! MURIEL!!!"
- "Me?! (gibberish)"
- "What do I do, what do I do?!"
- "Not it! Not it!"
- "Come on, come on!"
- "Uh-huh! Uh-huh!"
- "This could be bad, or my name isn't Chad James! And it's not..."
- AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!—
Computer
- "'How to defeat a Great Dane with a speech impediment,' eh? You twit."
- "All dogs love their bones, don't they?"
Gallery
Appearance
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(Design by Luis Cruz, Andrew Lhotsky, Chris Bak, and Zack Watkins)
Arsenal and Abilities
(via Pocket Watch)
(via Washing Machine)
Trivia
- Courage and his opponent are the 16th and 17th non-DC Warner characters to appear, after Shang Tsung, Raiden, Lion-O, Shao Kahn, Sektor, Scorpion, Sonya Blade, Sub-Zero, Samurai Jack, Ben Tennyson, Johnny Cage, Sindel, Goro, Steven Universe, and Jason Voorhees, and with the next three being Rick Sanchez, Wile E. Coyote, and Tom Cat.
- He is the fourth Cartoon Network character to appear, after Samurai Jack, Ben Tennyson, and Steven Universe, and with the next one being Rick Sanchez.
- Courage is the fourth combatant to be voiced by Edward Bosco, after Spyro the Dragon, Darkseid, and Magneto.
- Marty Grabstein, the official voice actor for Courage, confirmed that he was offered to reprise his role at one point, but that the team eventually stopped getting back to him (presumably after it was made unclear whether he could legally reprise it or not), and that he was disappointed that the team ultimately recast Courage for the episode without telling him.[1]
