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* ActingForTwo: Will Ryan voices all three of the Duck Brothers in their titular episode. Paul Schoeffler and Creator/PeterFernadez [[ManOfAThousandVoices voice most of the supporting cast and minor characters.]]

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* ActingForTwo: Will Ryan voices all three of the Duck Brothers in their titular episode. Paul Schoeffler and Creator/PeterFernadez Creator/PeterFernandez [[ManOfAThousandVoices voice most of the supporting cast and minor characters.]]
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* ActingForTwo: Will Ryan voices all three of the Duck Brothers in their titular episode. Paul Schoeffler and Peter Fernadez [[ManOfAThousandVoices voice most of the supporting cast and minor characters.]]

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* ActingForTwo: Will Ryan voices all three of the Duck Brothers in their titular episode. Paul Schoeffler and Peter Fernadez Creator/PeterFernadez [[ManOfAThousandVoices voice most of the supporting cast and minor characters.]]
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* ActingForTwo: Will Ryan voices all three of the Duck Brothers in their titular episode. Paul Schoeffler, John R. Dilworth and Peter Fernadez [[ManOfAThousandVoices make up most of the supporting cast.]]

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* ActingForTwo: Will Ryan voices all three of the Duck Brothers in their titular episode. Paul Schoeffler, John R. Dilworth Schoeffler and Peter Fernadez [[ManOfAThousandVoices make up voice most of the supporting cast.cast and minor characters.]]
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* OneBookAuthor: Muriel is Thea White's only voice-acting role.

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* WordOfGod: One of the few oddities John Dilworth willingly explained was the hole in Courage's tooth: it's a symbol that nature is imperfect, and how one can still affirm in life when they know that evil exists.

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One of the few oddities John Dilworth willingly explained was the hole in Courage's tooth: it's a symbol that nature is imperfect, and how one can still affirm in life when they know that evil exists.
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* ChannelHop: The show aired on Creator/CartoonNetwork during its original run, but in 2023 Creator/AdultSwim started airing reruns as part of its "Checkered Past" block. While technically the same channel, both are considered different for ratings purposes (as they have wildly different target age demographics).
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* TheWikiRule: Courage The Cowardly Dog Wiki, found [[http://courage.wikia.com/wiki/Courage_The_Cowardly_Dog_Wiki here]].
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* ActingForTwo: Will Ryan voices all three of the Duck Brothers in their titular episode. Paul Schoeffler, John R. Dilworth and Peter Fernadez make up most of the supporting cast.

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* ActingForTwo: Will Ryan voices all three of the Duck Brothers in their titular episode. Paul Schoeffler, John R. Dilworth and Peter Fernadez [[ManOfAThousandVoices make up most of the supporting cast.]]



* DubNameChange: In the Swedish dub Muriel's and Eustace's names are changed to Märta & [[AlliterativeName Hjalmar Hösson]] because the original names would not sound rustic and old fashioned to Swedish audiences. Courage does have a cognate in Swedish, Kurage, so the translator simply used that. Translator's also chose to give the show a [[PunnyName punny name]] by translating "the cowardly dog" as "den hariga hunden", which literary means "the hare-like hound". "Harig" is used in Swedish to denote cowardice in a neurotic sense.

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* DubNameChange: In the Swedish dub Muriel's and Eustace's names are changed to Märta & [[AlliterativeName Hjalmar Hösson]] because the original names would not sound rustic and old fashioned to Swedish audiences. Courage does have a cognate in Swedish, Kurage, so the translator simply used that. Translator's Translators also chose to give the show a [[PunnyName punny name]] by translating "the cowardly dog" as "den hariga hunden", which literary means "the hare-like hound". "Harig" is used in Swedish to denote cowardice in a neurotic sense.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** Originally, Eustace was going to scare Courage with a shotgun, but this was later changed to the mask due to network censors.
** According to Marty Grabstein, Courage's voice actor, Courage actually was supposed to talk regularly, but then the producers decided Courage was talking way too much and so because Courage's dialogue was greatly reduced, Grabstein mostly had to make unintelligible noises (especially screaming). Though of course some viewers have said they wanted Courage to talk more.
** One early idea was for each cartoon to have a live-action bridging segment, with John Dilworth playing "Spaceman Dilly."
** So many fans were saddened by the show's ending that an online petition was formed, and sent to both Cartoon Network and Stretch Films, asking for a continuation. Because of this, a fifth season of the series ''was'' considered, but ultimately never came to be.
** On the same token, because of the series' popularity with fans, a movie was also up for consideration (whether theatrical or TV was never made clear), but nothing ever came out of it due to the poor box office performance of ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirlsMovie''..
** Series composer Jody Gray wanted to release a CD soundtrack of the show's music scoring and songs, and even asked fans to submit requests of specifics they'd like to be included in the soundtrack. Once again, nothing ever materialized.
** Way back when, Dilworth was pitching his indie short ''WesternAnimation/TheDirdyBirdy'' to Hanna-Barbera for the ''What a Cartoon!'' program, but they deemed the short unsuitable for TV, and Dilworth pitched what was to be his next indie effort ''The Chicken from Outer Space'' in order to receive funding for it, and the rest was history.
** When Cartoon Network started developing the series in 1999, the show was set to be produced and developed by Hanna-Barbera, which handled the ''What a Cartoon!'' anthology series that featured the show's pilot short. Dilworth eventually sent the production to his Stretch Films Studios, but it would've been interesting to see how Hanna-Barbera would've developed the series following its ''What a Cartoon!'' short.
** The 2014 short "The Fog of Courage" was part of an idea by John R Dilworth and Cartoon Network to revive the series, but the network changed its mind to pursue bigger projects.
** Later that same year, John R. Dilworth had posted on his [[https://spacemandilly.tumblr.com/post/100612241534/courage-update tumblr]] that Cartoon Network had ordered two Courage holiday specials, one being a Christmas special and the other a Halloween special. Dilworth later removed the post after stating that ''there was still negotiating being done''. The two specials were ultimately scrapped for unknown reasons.
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* Peter Fernandez (best known as the original voice actor of Speed Racer and Racer X) does Mad Dog and the Cruel Veterinarian.

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* ActingForTwo: Will Ryan voices all three of the Duck Brothers in their titular episode.

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* ActingForTwo: Will Ryan voices all three of the Duck Brothers in their titular episode. Paul Schoeffler, John R. Dilworth and Peter Fernadez make up most of the supporting cast.


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* Peter Fernandez (best known as the original voice actor of Speed Racer and Racer X) does Mad Dog and the Cruel Veterinarian.
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* ActingForTwo: Will Ryan voices all three of the Duck Brother in their titular episode.

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* ActingForTwo: Will Ryan voices all three of the Duck Brother in their titular episode.



* TalkingToHimself: Will Ryan must have had a lot of fun arguing with himself throughout "The Duck Brothers".
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* AdoredByTheNetwork: 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. The series was rerun on Cartoon Network for 13 years, up to 2015, always finding a way back on the schedule, it is even featured on Cartoon Network's website and even its app. It is also one of the only classic Cartoon Network shows to receive a complete series boxset. In October 2022, reruns would air on weekday nights as part of the ''Scoobtober'' block.

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* AdoredByTheNetwork: 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. The series was rerun on Cartoon Network for 13 years, up to 2015, always finding a way back on the schedule, it is even featured on Cartoon Network's website and even its app. It is also one of the only classic Cartoon Network shows to receive a complete series boxset. In October 2022, reruns would air aired on weekday nights as part of the ''Scoobtober'' block.
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* AdoredByTheNetwork: 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. The series was rerun on Cartoon Network for 13 years, up to 2015, always finding a way back on the schedule, it is even featured on Cartoon Network's website and even its app. It is also one of the only classic Cartoon Network shows to receive a complete series boxset.

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* AdoredByTheNetwork: 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. The series was rerun on Cartoon Network for 13 years, up to 2015, always finding a way back on the schedule, it is even featured on Cartoon Network's website and even its app. It is also one of the only classic Cartoon Network shows to receive a complete series boxset. In October 2022, reruns would air on weekday nights as part of the ''Scoobtober'' block.
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** The Computer was originally voiced by Simon Prebble, but is voiced by Paul Schoeffler in the 2014 ''The Fog of Courage'' special.

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** The Computer was originally voiced by Simon Prebble, but is voiced by Paul Schoeffler in the 2014 ''The Fog of Courage'' special.special and later by Jeff Bergman in ''Straight Outta Nowhere: Scooby-Doo! meets Courage the Cowardly Dog''.
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* ShrugOfGod: John Dilworth has chosen not to clarify whether Kitty and Bunny are a couple or just friends, preferring to keep it open to interpretation like everything else regarding the show. Though [[this tweet https://mobile.twitter.com/DillyDilworth/status/1133888758296842240]] [[WordOfGay seemingly confirms that they are indeed a couple]].

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* ShrugOfGod: John Dilworth has chosen not to clarify whether Kitty and Bunny are a couple or just friends, preferring to keep it open to interpretation like everything else regarding the show. Though [[this tweet https://mobile.[[https://mobile.twitter.com/DillyDilworth/status/1133888758296842240]] com/DillyDilworth/status/1133888758296842240 this tweet]] [[WordOfGay seemingly confirms that they are indeed a couple]].

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* ShrugOfGod: John Dilworth has chosen not to clarify whether Kitty and Bunny are a couple or just friends, preferring to keep it open to interpretation like everything else regarding the show.

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* ShrugOfGod: John Dilworth has chosen not to clarify whether Kitty and Bunny are a couple or just friends, preferring to keep it open to interpretation like everything else regarding the show. Though [[this tweet https://mobile.twitter.com/DillyDilworth/status/1133888758296842240]] [[WordOfGay seemingly confirms that they are indeed a couple]].



* WordofGay: John Dilworth has confirmed that Kitty and Bunny from "The Mask" were in fact romantically involved.
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* WordofGay: John Dilworth has confirmed that Kitty and Bunny from "The Mask" were in fact romantically involved.
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** Originally, Eustace was going to scare Courage with a shotgun, but this was later changed to the mask due to network censors.
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** The episode "The Sand Whale Strikes" ends with a dedication to John R. Dilworth's older brother Jim P. Dilworth, who died of cancer the year the episode first aired. Its' sister episode "The House of Discontent" features audio recordings made by Jim playing over the radio.

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** The episode "The Sand Whale Strikes" ends with a dedication to John R. Dilworth's older brother Jim P. Dilworth, who died of cancer the year the episode first aired. Its' Its sister episode "The House of Discontent" features audio recordings made by Jim playing over the radio.
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** Lionel Wilson was replaced by Arthur Anderson as the voice of Eustace in the middle of the third season after the former retired; despite this, audio of Wilson was still used when Eustace said his more common lines, laughed, or screamed (the difference is very noticeable). In the 2014 special, Anderson was replaced by none other than Creator/WallaceShawn (who [[NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent didn't even try to impersonate Wilson, using his normal voice instead]]; by comparison, Muriel's voice actress, Thea White, was able to flawlessly recreate her original voice). For Cartoon Network's 20th anniversary promo, Eustace is voiced by Creator/JeffBergman. And it's been stated that if the show ever gets brought back, Creator/BrianDoyleMurray will helm the role due to Anderson's passing.

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** Lionel Wilson was replaced by Arthur Anderson as the voice of Eustace in the middle of the third season after the former retired; despite this, audio of Wilson was still used when Eustace said his more common lines, laughed, or screamed (the difference is very noticeable). In the 2014 special, Anderson was replaced by none other than Creator/WallaceShawn (who [[NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent didn't even try to impersonate Wilson, using his normal voice instead]]; by comparison, Muriel's voice actress, Thea White, was able to flawlessly recreate her original voice). For Cartoon Network's 20th anniversary promo, Eustace is voiced by Creator/JeffBergman.Creator/JeffBergman, who reprises the role in the ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo'' crossover film ''WesternAnimation/StraightOuttaNowhereScoobyDooMeetsCourageTheCowardlyDog''. And it's been stated that if the show ever gets brought back, Creator/BrianDoyleMurray will helm the role due to Anderson's passing.
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* FanNickname:
** The "Perfect Trumpet Thingy" or "Eustace's Trumpet" for the blue ''[[EldritchAbomination thing]]'' in the first of Courage's nightmares in "Perfect" and "Violin Girl" for the DemonHead in "Courage in the Big Stinkin' City".
** Courage, Muriel, and Eustace together as a group are usually called "the Bagges" or "the Bagge family" by fans.

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* PlayingAgainstType: In the Swedish dub, the cranky Eustace is played by Per Sandborgh, an actor who is more well known for his rather soft-spoken roles fitting with his rather soft voice and mild manner of speaking. Though it is not [[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries the first time]] he has found himself playing outside of his usual range, it is certainly one of those furthest from it.

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** Fran Brill is best known as a puppeteer for many innocent and likeable ''Series/SesameStreet'' characters such as Zoe and Prairie Dawn. In "The Quit Club" she voices the cruel Eliza and Elisha Stitch, a pair of conjoined twins who run a cult that lures fellow women to trap in their magic quilt.
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In the Swedish dub, the cranky Eustace is played by Per Sandborgh, an actor who is more well known for his rather soft-spoken roles fitting with his rather soft voice and mild manner of speaking. Though it is not [[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries the first time]] he has found himself playing outside of his usual range, it is certainly one of those furthest from it.

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