History WesternAnimation / TheChickenFromOuterSpace

* ThreeDEffectsTwoDCartoon: The very first shot of the flying saucer is rendered in computer animation.

* ConspicuousCGI: The very first shot of the flying saucer is rendered in this way.

* ShoutOut: The ending where Courage opens the iris and says, "This shouldn't happen to a dog" and then having the iris close on his nose with him saying "Ouch!" is a reference to the ending of the 1944 Bugs Bunny Robert Clampett cartoon Hare Ribbin'.

* TheVoiceless: The only vocalizations the pilot are screams, laughs, grunts, and scoffs, save for when Eustace yells OOGA BOOGA BOOGA, and when Courage speaks at the end.

''The Chicken from Outer Space'' was an 11-minute cartoon created by John R. Dilworth for ''WesternAnimation/WhatACartoon''. Released on December 31, 1995, the short eventually got nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film (losing to ''WesternAnimation/ACloseShave''.) Cartoon Network eventually released a series based on the short later in 1999, titled ''WesternAnimation/CourageTheCowardlyDog''.

Throughout the course of ''Courage the Cowardly Dog'', two sequel episodes were made. In one, the chicken returns as a headless, fried chicken, and in the other, the chicken’s three-headed son comes down to Earth to finish the job.

* EekAMouse: How Courage first shows his lack thereof.

* TheSpeechless: The only vocalizations the pilot are screams, laughs, grunts, and scoffs, save for when Eustace yells OOGA BOOGA BOOGA, and when Courage speaks at the end.
%%* SurrealHorror
%%* YouGottaHaveBlueHair

* LaughingMad: Eustace when he turns into a chicken after eating the space chicken's eggs.

''The Chicken from Outer Space'' was an 11-minute cartoon created by John R. Dilworth for ''WhatACartoon''. Released on December 31, 1995, the short eventually got nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film (losing to ''WesternAnimation/ACloseShave''.) Cartoon Network eventually released a series based on the short later in 1999, titled ''WesternAnimation/CourageTheCowardlyDog''.

* GenreSavvy: After seeing Eustace acting odd during the early stages of his transformation, Muriel quickly and correctly figures out that it's the eggs causing the problem and doesn't eat hers.

* HereWeGoAgain: After the worst seems to be over, [[spoiler:a mouse eats Eustace's ashes and gets glowing red eyes.]]

* SurrealHorror
* [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair You Gotta Have Pink Fur]]

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* RedEyesTakeWarning: The Chicken has red eyes. And after [[spoiler:the mouse nibbles some of Eustace’s ashes, its eyes become red as well]].

''The Chicken from Outer Space'' was an 11-minute cartoon created by John R. Dilworth for ''WhatACartoon''. Released on December 31, 1995, the short eventually got nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film (losing to ''WesternAnimation/ACloseShave''.) Cartoon Network eventually released a series based on the short later in 1999, titled ''CourageTheCowardlyDog''.

* TheSpeechless: Pretty much everybody in the pilot is a mime, save for when Eustace yells OOGA BOOGA BOOGA, and when Courage speaks at the end.

''The Chicken from Outer Space'' was an 11-minute cartoon created by John R. Dilworth for ''WhatACartoon''. Released on December 31, 1995, the short eventually got nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film (losing to ''WesternAnimation/ACloseShave''. Cartoon Network eventually released a series based on the short later in 1999, titled ''CourageTheCowardlyDog''.

* AdoredByTheNetwork: The short was not originally going to spawn its own series.

''The Chicken from Outer Space'' was an 11-minute cartoon created by John R. Dilworth for ''WhatACartoon''. Released on December 31, 1995, the short eventually won an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film. Cartoon Network eventually released a series based on the short later in 1999, titled ''CourageTheCowardlyDog''.

* EverythingsBetterWithChickens: Not for Courage.

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In the short, Courage, Muriel, and Eustace are lounging around, when Courage sees a mouse. The mouse scares him onto Eustace’s head, and Eustace removes him by putting on his mask and scaring the dog outside. Once outside, Courage witnesses a UFO land, and a chicken walks out. Courage races inside to get Muriel and Eustace, but by the time they get outside, the UFO is nowhere to be found. This prompts Eustace to scare Courage with his mask again. This time, Courage runs to the chicken coop, and finds the alien chicken inside, strangling the Earth chickens. This time, Courage picks up Muriel and takes her to the coop. But when they arrive, all of the chickens are gone but one (the chicken from outer space).

Muriel picks up its eggs and shows them to Courage, but Courage smashes two of them in fear. Muriel takes the rest of them back inside. The chicken then proceeds to lock Courage inside the chicken coop, as Muriel begins to cook the chicken’s strange spotted eggs. Courage eventually escapes by using explosives, and runs over to the well, where he had apparently buried a slingshot. However, Eustace has already eaten an egg, and begins turning into a giant chicken. Courage uses his slingshot to take the chicken down, but he ends up just knocking it over, and the two begin to compete in various games, such as wrestling and fencing. Eventually, [[spoiler:the chicken cheats by pulling out a ray gun and blasting Courage with it. Courage avoids the beam from the gun, which bounces off various obstacles before blasting the chicken right in the face]].

Chicken!Eustace has cornered Muriel and is walking toward her slowly, [[spoiler:before Courage blasts him with the chicken’s ray gun. Courage and Muriel then begin to relax next to Eustace’s pile of ashes, but when the mouse from the beginning returns to nibble on them, it acquires glowing red eyes]].

* TheSpeechless: Pretty much everybody in the pilot is a mime, save for when Eustace yells OOGA BOOGA BOOGA, and when Courage speaks at the end!

The Chicken from Outer Space was an eleven minute segment created by John R. Dilworth for WhatACartoon. Released on December 31st, 1995, the short eventually won an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film. Cartoon Network eventually released a series based on the short later in 1999, titled CourageTheCowardlyDog.

In the short, Courage, Muriel, and Eustace are lounging around, when Courage sees a mouse. The mouse scares him onto Eustace’s head, and Eustace removes him by putting on his mask and scaring the dog outside. Once outside, Courage witnesses a UFO land, and a chicken walks out. Courage races inside to get Muriel and Eustace, but by the time they get outside, the UFO is nowhere to be found. This makes Eustace scare Courage with his mask again. This time, Courage runs to the chicken coop, and finds the alien chicken inside, strangling the chickens. This time Courage picks up Muriel and takes her to the coop. But when they arrive, all of the chickens are gone but one (the chicken from outer space).

Muriel picks up its eggs and shows them to Courage, but Courage smashes two of them in fear. Muriel takes the rest of them back inside. The chicken then proceeds to lock Courage inside the chicken coop, as Muriel begins to cook the chicken’s strange spotted eggs. Courage eventually escapes by using explosives, and runs over to the well, where he had apparently buried a slingshot. However, Eustace has already eaten an egg, and begins turning into a giant chicken. Courage uses his slingshot to take the chicken down, but he ends up just knocking it over, and the two begin to compete in various games, such as wrestling and fencing. Eventually, [[spoiler: the chicken cheats by pulling out a ray gun and blasting Courage with it. Courage avoids the beam from the gun, which bounces off of various obstacles before blasting the chicken right in the face.]]

The Eustace chicken has cornered Muriel and is walking towards her slowly, [[spoiler: before Courage blasts him with the chicken’s ray gun. Courage and Muriel then begin to relax next to Eustace’s pile of ashes, but when the mouse from the beginning returns to nibble on them, it acquires glowing red eyes.]]

Throughout the course of CourageTheCowardlyDog, two sequel episodes were made. One where the chicken returns as a headless, fried chicken, and one where the chicken’s three headed son comes down to Earth to finish the job.

!! This short provides examples of the following Tropes

* BodyHorror: Don’t eat the chicken from outer space’s eggs, or you’ll turn into a chicken

* HeroicDog: Courage of course.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: The Chicken has red eyes. And after [[spoiler: the mouse nibbles some of Eustace’s ashes, its eyes become red as well.]]
* TheSpeechless: Pretty much everybody in the pilot has no dialog, save for when Eustace yells OOGA BOOGA BOOGA!