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** It also explains why Courage still believed Kitty to be a monster and imagines her attacking Muriel (and Eustace), he still thinks Kitty will attack him and possibly his family because of her vendetta against dogs. He believes getting Bunny back to her will truly calm her down and leave her alone, but he never thinks about any harm towards her, he just wants her to leave him alone.


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* Courage helping Bunny escape her abusive partner, Mad Dog, can be him relating with her and Kitty. Courage knows all too well how it feels to have a loved one cruelly ripped away from him and there was nothing he could do to stop them.

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* When you take into account the way everyone in Eustace's family [[FreudianExcuse treated him]] throughout his life, it makes perfect sense why he would marry someone like [[AllLovingHero Muriel]]. As for why Muriel remains faithful to Eustace [[WhatDoesSheSeeInHim despite the way he treats her sometimes?]] Muriel is well aware of what kind of people Eustace's family are (notably, not even [[EvenTheLovingHeroHasHatedOnes Muriel]] likes [[ObnoxiousInLaws Ma Bagge]]), and she's also capable of standing up for herself if Eustace goes too far.
* Courage's first flashback in "Remembrance of Courage Past" shows that his parents simply called him "Baby." Why? Because Courage's parents knew that Courage would be given a new name once he was adopted by a human family. Sure enough, what's the first thing Muriel does after adopting Courage? She names him.
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* In the episode "Perfect" the eel in the bathtub gives Courage a pep talk by telling him "There's no such thing as Perfect. [[BeYourself You're beautiful just the way you are.]]" When Courage accepts this, the perfection obsessed schoolmarm ceases to exist because there's no such thing as perfect!

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* In the episode "Perfect" "Perfect", the eel fish in the bathtub gives Courage a pep talk by telling him him, "There's no such thing as Perfect. [[BeYourself You're beautiful just the way you are.]]" When Courage accepts this, the perfection obsessed schoolmarm ceases to exist because there's no such thing as perfect!



* Why is Courage so determined to protect Eustace and Muriel? Because the last time he was unable to protect the ones he loved he lost them forever, so he wants to ensure it never happens again.

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* Why is Courage so determined to protect Eustace and Muriel? Because the last time time, he was unable to protect the ones he loved he lost them forever, so he wants to ensure it never happens again.



* Vastabael Backjurius's plan to stop the Bagges from fixing the sun is outright Monstrous if you have knowledge of life on Earth's dependance on the sun.

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* Vastabael Backjurius's plan to stop the Bagges from fixing the sun is outright Monstrous if you have knowledge of life on Earth's dependance dependence on the sun.



** Plus, whether well-deserved or not, its implied that, upon Evil Veterinarian's landing on the moon and being greeted by all the dogs he'd exiled there, they ''savagely tore him apart and killed him''.

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** Plus, whether well-deserved or not, its implied that, upon Evil Veterinarian's landing on the moon unknown planet and being greeted by all the dogs he'd exiled there, they ''savagely tore him apart and killed him''.



* We all know the Black Puddle Queen charms men in order to get them inside her castle and devour them. After her puddle appeared near the Bagge's home, she was able to appear in water sources such as the bathtub and tea. The atmosphere contains water, maybe this is how she moves from one place to another and maybe she is able to appear from thin air. If that wasn't scary enough, 60 percent of the human body is water. Some BodyHorror might've happened in the past, with the queen getting inside humans or even turning the victims into herself.

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* We all know the Black Puddle Queen charms men in order to get them inside her castle and devour them. After her puddle appeared near the Bagge's Bagges' home, she was able to appear in water sources such as the bathtub and tea. The atmosphere contains water, maybe this is how she moves from one place to another and maybe she is able to appear from thin air. If that wasn't scary enough, 60 percent of the human body is water. Some BodyHorror might've happened in the past, with the queen getting inside humans or even turning the victims into herself.
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* Why does Katz play games with his victims before killing them? Cats are notorious for playing with their prey to extend the thrill of the hunt.
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* It's unknown if this was intentional or just a funny coincidence, but remember the name of [[TheBarber Freaky Fred's]] ex-girlfriend? [[PunnyName Barbara!]]

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* It's unknown if this was intentional or just a funny coincidence, but remember the name of [[TheBarber barber Freaky Fred's]] Fred's ex-girlfriend? [[PunnyName Barbara!]]
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** Sadly, this situation can similar to the perpetuation of a cycle of abuse: Kitty, in turn, has internalized Mad Dog's dastardly ways and Courage seemed to be headed in that direction. The difference was that Courage broke from the cycle of mistreatment did the right thing and chose to help Kitty reunite with Bunny.
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** Plus, whether well-deserved or not, its implied that, upon Evil Veterinarian's landing on the moon and being greeted by all the dogs he'd exiled there, they ''savagely tore him apart and killed him''.
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* We all know the Black Puddle Queen charms men in order to get them inside her castle and devour them. After her puddle appeared near the Baggeaers home, she was able to appear in water sources such as the bathtub and tea. The athmosphere contains water, maybe this is how she moves from one place to another and maybe she is able to appear from thin air. If that wasn't scary enough, 60 percent of the human body is water. Some BodyHorror might've happened in the past, with the queen getting inside humans or even turning the victims into herself.

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* We all know the Black Puddle Queen charms men in order to get them inside her castle and devour them. After her puddle appeared near the Baggeaers Bagge's home, she was able to appear in water sources such as the bathtub and tea. The athmosphere atmosphere contains water, maybe this is how she moves from one place to another and maybe she is able to appear from thin air. If that wasn't scary enough, 60 percent of the human body is water. Some BodyHorror might've happened in the past, with the queen getting inside humans or even turning the victims into herself.
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* Why would one of the bad guys be, of all things, a fish missionary (The Fishionary)? Simple, fish and the most famous missionary faith to many, Christianity, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ichthys have a bit of a history]]. As to why said missionary's also a hypocrite...insert your own jokes here.
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* Why did King Ramses give Eustache three chances to return the slab, but only one to the thieves who stole the aforementioned slab? Maybe that's because the thieves went out of their way to steal it, while Eustache kept it after finding it.

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* Why did King Ramses give Eustache Eustace three chances to return the slab, but only one to the thieves who stole the aforementioned slab? Maybe that's because the thieves went out of their way to steal it, while Eustache Eustace kept it after finding it.



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* Courage jumping to the conclusion that Kitty is evil and being horrified when she takes off her mask for the first time in "The Mask" makes a lot more sense when you remember the only other humanoid cat he knows is Katz, who Kitty even somewhat resembles with the same fur color. The theme of the episode deals a lot with Kitty's belief all dogs are evil because the only ones she knows are evil as well. [[NotSoDifferent Courage's assumptions of Kitty's true nature are partially blurred by his own encounters with Katz in the same way that Kitty's are by her history with Mad Dog and his gang]]. In the end, Kitty learns that Courage wasn't evil to begin with.

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* Courage jumping to the conclusion that Kitty is evil and being horrified when she takes off her mask for the first time in "The Mask" makes a lot more sense when you remember the only other humanoid cat he knows is Katz, who Kitty even somewhat resembles with the same fur color. The theme of the episode deals a lot with Kitty's belief all dogs are evil because the only ones she knows are evil as well. [[NotSoDifferent Courage's assumptions of Kitty's true nature are partially blurred by his own encounters with Katz in the same way that Kitty's are by her history with Mad Dog and his gang]].gang. In the end, Kitty learns that Courage wasn't evil to begin with.
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** In a way it makes sense for Di Lung to show up laughing at Courage when the schoolmarm decides to show him a better student. A common theme in nightmares is one's enemies popping up out of the blue to cause them misery somehow. And if it were the likes of Le Quack or Katz it would've been too obvious that Courage was hallucinating.
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* While everyone knows Eustace refers to Courage as "Stoopid Dog!" (except for two exceptions), Courage himself never calls Eustace by name and only refers to him as "The Farmer." Coincidence?

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* While everyone knows Eustace refers to Courage as "Stoopid "Stupid Dog!" (except for two exceptions), Courage himself never calls Eustace by name and only refers to him as "The Farmer." Coincidence?
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* Near the end of "The Hunchback of Nowhere," Eustace confronts Courage and the hunchback as they're performing a concert for Muriel on the barn's roof during a rainstorm. As per usual, Eustace scares Courage, causing the dog to stumble while dangerously close to the roof's edge. In other words, Eustace nearly caused Courage to fall off the roof of a building...''right in front of Muriel.'' Thankfully, Courage catches himself and Eustace gets some {{Laser Guided Karma}} in return, but still, it's a scary thought...

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* Near the end of "The Hunchback of Nowhere," Eustace confronts Courage and the hunchback as they're performing a concert for Muriel on the barn's roof during a rainstorm. As per usual, Eustace scares Courage, causing the dog to stumble while dangerously close to the roof's edge. In other words, Eustace nearly caused Courage to fall off the roof of a building...''right in front of Muriel.'' Thankfully, Courage catches himself and Eustace gets some {{Laser Guided Karma}} in return, but still, it's a scary thought...thought...
* We all know the Black Puddle Queen charms men in order to get them inside her castle and devour them. After her puddle appeared near the Baggeaers home, she was able to appear in water sources such as the bathtub and tea. The athmosphere contains water, maybe this is how she moves from one place to another and maybe she is able to appear from thin air. If that wasn't scary enough, 60 percent of the human body is water. Some BodyHorror might've happened in the past, with the queen getting inside humans or even turning the victims into herself.
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* Why did King Ramses give Eustache three chances to return the slab, but only one to the thieves who stole the aforementioned slab? Maybe that's because the thieves went out of their way to steal it, while Eustache kept it after finding it.
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*** Also, burying Bunny in a flowerpot doesn't seem too bad...until you realize that it's more than likely a GettingCrapPastTheRadar metaphor that Bunny was ''gang-raped''.

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*** Also, burying Bunny in a flowerpot doesn't seem too bad...until you realize that it's more than likely a GettingCrapPastTheRadar metaphor that Bunny was ''gang-raped''.

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