History Characters / CourageTheCowardlyDogMinorRecurringCharacters

->'''Voiced by:''' Simon Prebble, Paul Schoeffler (''The Fog of Courage'')

* CovertPervert: When Courage accidentally hits a key that presumably causes a bunch of ''websites with suggestive music'' to pop up, the Computer asks Courage to press it again after the former gets Muriel to leave the room.

A gypsy chihuahua who is a witch and fortune-teller. She offers help or sells magical objects from her trailer. She is able to place curses on those who cross her (usually Eustace), and Courage has to go find her in order to reverse them.

* FaceOfAThug: In spite of having a threatening appearance, he's not as evil as he seems.

** In the "[=McPhearson=] Phantom" she gets haunted by the phantom after the phantom found out her great-aunt was the one responsible for killing her husband. During the episode Ma was planning on working with the Phantom to injure her son in order to destroy their marriage. And despite not being responsible for the death of the Phantom's husband, she still [[LackOfEmpathy think it was funny he died]].

[[folder:Nowhere Newsman]]
[[quoteright:199:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/newsman.png]]
[[caption-width-right:199:We interrupt this program to bring you: Courage the Cowardly Dog show!]]
->'''Voiced by:''' Paul Schoeffler

The sunny, upbeat anchorman of Nowhere News. You'll know him as the guy who narrates the show's opening.

* FlatCharacter: He's not given much of a role beyond being the intro's narrator or an occasional reporter.
* KentBrockmanNews: Often appears to report on something unusual for local TV news.
* NervesOfSteel: Even in a TORNADO he doesn't even do anything CLOSE to panicking.
* TheNarrator: He describes the premise of ''Courage the Cowardly Dog'' during every opening sequence.
* NoNameGiven: He's never even addressed by any in-universe nickname, let alone by his real name.
* NoodlePeople: Like nearly everyone else, his limbs and torso are long and thin.
* ThePollyanna: He manages to remain cheerful in spite of the kinds of bleakness and disasters he has to report that only Nowhere would provide. The only time he's ever seen frowning is when he's affected by Dr. Zalost's unhappiness bombs in "The Tower of Dr. Zalost".
* SharpDressedMan: He wears a suit befitting an anchorman.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: He's got bright pink hair, which suits his optimistic disposition.

[[folder:The Computer]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/rsz_tumblr_lfgnvh8lvr1qbkno0_94.png]]
->'''Voiced by:''' Simon Prebble, Paul Schoeffler (''The Fog of Courage'')

A helper who is also a bit of a jerk who Courage commonly goes to for advice on stopping the BigBad of the episode. His advice for the most part works well, but his insults and sarcastic vibes gets contempt from Courage.

* AIIsACrapshoot: This happens in "Mega Muriel the Magnificent", when a bolt of lightning temporarily gives him some mobility, allowing him to take over Muriel's body.
* BritishStuffiness: He speaks with a British accent.
* {{Catchphrase}}: "You ''twit''."
* CovertPervert: When Courage accidentally hits a key that presumably causes a bunch of ''websites with suggestive music'' to pop up, the Computer asks Courage to press it again after the former gets Muriel to leave the room.
* ADayInTheLimelight: "Mega Muriel the Magnificent" and "Hard Drive Courage".
* DeadpanSnarker: He never misses an opportunity for dry sarcasm or sardonicism.
* EvilBrit: He temporarily turns evil and goes berserk in "Mega Muriel the Magnificent".
* EvilCannotComprehendGood: A big part of the plot of "Mega Muriel the Magnificent", though he's not so much evil as he is misguided. The Computer possesses Muriel's body and performs various dangerous stunts on live TV to show Courage and the world how brave he is compared to organics, and when Courage repeatedly intervenes, he's utterly baffled as to why the dog would risk his life to stop him despite being scared of everything. The Computer believes that courage means having no fear, when in reality, courage is the ability to ''[[FaceYourFears overcome]]'' [[FaceYourFears your fear]].
-->'''Computer''': I just don't understand you. You're afraid of your own shadow, yet you feel the need to risk your life to try to stop me. People are such puzzles.
* FreakOut: In "Hard Drive Courage" when he gets a computer virus.
* GoodIsNotNice: He gives advice to Courage, but he's not very nice about it.
* GrandTheftMe: During "Mega Muriel the Magnificent", the Computer somehow gains the ability to upload his personality into a human body, and winds up possessing Muriel (he tried to possess Eustace first, but his body broke into pieces in the process).
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: The end of his episode "Mega Muriel the Magnificent" particularly suggests this, as he sees Courage risking his life to save others in spite of his fears in a new light and writes a happy ending for Courage's memoirs without prompting.
* MeanBrit: He likes to annoy Courage whenever he can.
* TheSmartGuy: Whenever Courage needs to figure out how to solve his problem of the episode, The Computer is the one to give him the answers.
* TheSmartOneTurnsTraitor: Fed up with being abused for answers by Courage and his disgust over the fears of organic creatures, The Computer decides to possess a human body, Muriel's to be precise, to prove his fearlessness and superiority in "Mega Muriel the Magnificent". When he's trapped and nearly dies while Courage manages to save him despite being his fearful self, The Computer has a change of heart and works with Courage willingly onwards out of respect.
* OmniscientDatabase: Seems to have everything to know on how to help Courage defeat the monsters that invade their home. Keep in mind that ''Courage the Cowardly Dog'' had premiered when Google[[note]]Which was founded in September of 1998[[/note]] was still very new.
* SnarkyInanimateObject: The page image. For extra measure, he speaks with a dry English accent.

[[folder:Dr. Vindaloo]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/1919e988_ff26_4daa_ac0d_72c9194704e2.jpg]]
->'''Voiced by:''' Paul Schoeffler

Nowhere's resident doctor (described as "M.D. Quack"). With poor medical skills and even worse observational skills, he tends to pass over clear problems (such as Muriel's massively swollen head) with his "advice" of "just keep soaking it". He's also willing to pass out patient records for large sums of money as shown in "Bad Hair Day". He is shown having a lot of fancy stuff like a pet pink elephant and a submarine as well.

* AbsentMindedProfessor: More specifically, an absent-minded doctor.
* BackAlleyDoctor: {{Lampshaded}} by Eustace. His knowledge and license seem questionable at best.
-->'''Eustace:''' That darn doctor doesn't know what he's doing!
* BigOlEyebrows: They usually cover his eyes completely.
* BollywoodNerd: Implied to be Indian. Zigzagged because he's not very bright, and probably not a legitimate doctor either.
* {{Catchphrase}}:
** "There is nothing I can do, nothing at all."
** "There is nothing to worry about! But there is nothing I can do."
** "Just keep soaking it!"
** "What is up with that?"
** "This is the worst case of [X disease that is clearly not what's happening] I've ever seen."
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: He's extremely absent-minded and incompetent. His response to getting ''mauled'' by a Weremole Muriel is to state that it's a bad case of ''chicken pox''.
* DressedToHeal: Though much of the time it feels that being dressed to give some useless advice and deny any possible solution would be more appropriate.
* EinsteinHair: A doctor with gray Einstein-esque hair.
* FunnyForeigner: He's a funny Indian {{Cloudcuckoolander}} who talks with a thick accent.
* GeniusDitz: Despite all of his incompetence, he has occasionally been a great help.
** In the episode "Invisible Muriel" he actually gives sensible advice to Courage, such as removing the invisibility stone to see if that'll make Muriel visible again, and when it's brought to him he figures out enough of its properties to know that it wouldn't work on dogs and make some headway in curing the condition, even if he discovered the actual cure by accident.
** In "The Transplant" though he's responsible for transforming Eustace into a Kangaroo Monster in the first place, he transforms Courage into a Kangaroo Monster as well so that he can rescue Muriel and, at the end of the episode, successfully removes the shard of bone from Courage and returning him to normal with (almost) no side-effects.
** In "Mondo Magic" while he admits there's nothing he can do, he correctly points out the cause of Muriel's transformation is black magic and his advice to Courage that "magic must be fought by magic" ultimately allows him to defeat the MonsterOfTheWeek.
** In "Goat Pain" he points Muriel and Courage towards the magic spring to heal her injured back.
* MadDoctor: Sometimes. He ranges from "incompetent and unhelpful" to "batshit insane and grossly unqualified."
* MadScientist: He did use an ancient creature's bone to try and turn Courage into a giant monster that could save Muriel. Most of the time however he doesn't feel as intelligent enough to be mad.
* MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate: His degree explicitly reads "M.D. Quack". He is also awfully easy to buy off, as he was willing to the sell the secrets of his ''doctor-patient confidentiality'' regarding Muriel. In "The Transplant" he's willing to use the fossilized bone of a Kangaroo Monster (a kangaroo the size of a T-Rex) in back surgery.

[[folder:Di Lung]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dilung.png]]
->'''Voiced by:''' Tim Chi Ly

A guy of implied Chinese descent that makes small cameos in episodes where he almost runs into Courage (usually in his car) and says his catchphrase.

* AllThereInTheScript: He's never referred to by name, though his name is known.
* AristocratsAreEvil: Although he doesn't look like royalty, apparently his aunt is a Chinese empress (or at least has a claim to the throne). Di Lung and his aunt are definitely both evil though.
* AscendedExtra: Went from being a background character to an occasional antagonist.
* AsianAndNerdy: He's Chinese-American, and a genius scientist.
* AsianRudeness: He speaks with a Chinese accent and loves to hurl insults at people.
* AsianSpeekeeEngrish: He can speak English okay for the most part, but his grammar is kinda off.
* AwesomeMcCoolName: His name in English means "Big Dragon".
* BrainyBrunette: Has dark hair and is seemingly very smart, able to invent serums which transform people into animals, as well as a robot dog which can outperform a regular dog in practically every way.
* BreakoutVillain: He was popular enough with the fans to get a few major roles in episodes.
* {{Catchphrase}}: "Watch where you're going, [[YouFool ya fooll]]!"
* ChewToy: Somewhat. What makes his appearances entertaining to watch despite him being an awful person, is the fact that he usually gets just enough time to say his Catchphrase and then suffer some either cartoony or outright lethal injury.
* CoolShades: He wears black sunglasses.
* ADayInTheLimelight: "Courage vs. Mecha Courage", "Courage The Fly", and "Squatting Tiger Hidden Dog".
* TheDragon: He is this to his Auntie Empress but at least twice he went freelance.
* EvilGenius: He is very competent in robotics and also dabbles in alchemy and the occult, being capable of not only creating shapeshifting potions, but also knowing how to use the dark arts in a case of PoweredByAForsakenChild, to sacrifice the bones of a pure person (Muriel) to reclaim his diabolical aunt's power.
* FunnyForeigner: As blatantly stereotypical as he is, the way Di Lung speaks with his thick Chinese accent (and sometimes [[{{Engrish}} imperfect English]]) is used as a source of humor.
* HypocriticalHumor: Despite his catch phrase [[NeverMyFault he's just as likely to be the one not paying attention]], [[IWasJustPassingThrough or whoever he says it to didn't have a choice in the matter]]. Sometimes he even puts himself in harm's way (for example, one time he stood in the middle of the street before getting hit by a truck). [[JerkassHasAPoint Even Eustace sort of points this out]] [[BorrowedCatchphrase by using the catch phrase himself]].
* InkSuitActor: He is modeled after Tim Chi Ly (the guy who did his voice).
* InsufferableGenius: He's very smart and has a rude and stuck-up personality.
* {{Jerkass}}: He's very rude to all passers by.
* JerkassHasAPoint: On the rare occasion where he says his catch phrase [[NotMeThisTime and wasn't in the way first]]. Not that it will change the result...
* LackOfEmpathy: His [[{{Sadist}} amusement at the beating]] that Courage gets at the hands of his robot gradually turns into frustration and anger, not out of any concern for the opponent of course, but because [[EvilCannotComprehendGood he really doesn't understand why he just won't give up and let him win]].
* LaserGuidedKarma: Like Eustace, he will usually pay for being a jerk.
* LeanAndMean: A skinny {{Jerkass}}.
* MadScientist: He has created the Mecha-Courage robot, and also potions that can [[BalefulPolymorph turn people into]] [[{{Animorphism}} flies or buffalo]].
* NoodlePeople: Very long and thin body.
* RecurringExtra: He would often pop up very briefly to utter his catchphrase. He was essentially an extra until about halfway through the series, when he became more active in the plot.
* RedRightHand: For some doubtlessly bizarre reason, he gave himself a sixth toe on his left foot.
* RepeatingSoTheAudienceCanHear: Whenever the Evil Empress says something in Chinese, he reiterates it in English.
* SinisterShades: A sinister person who always wears glasses, and at times he has sinister plans.
* SmallNameBigEgo: He is over-confident in his talents to the point that he calls himself "perfect".
* SmarterThanYouLook: He's actually quite smart when you think that he was able to build things like Mecha-Courage or create magic potions (even if at first he failed at making what he wanted: a water buffalo). He was also a former student of the "Perfect" Teacher.
* TheSociopath: He has absolutely no moral qualms. He can hurt a dog out of sadism, or horribly kill an old lady out of a desire for power, even if said power is for someone else. If he wasn't used as a background character most of the time, he would take more credit as one of the show's evilest villains.
* TotallyRadical: He may be an {{Asian|AndNerdy}} MadScientist, though you probably wouldn't know that at first, because of his casual clothing, irreverent attitude, and use of street slang.
* TriangleShades: As seen in the image, his sunglasses have triangular lenses.
* VerbalTic: Has a habit of adding "[[YouFool ya fool']]" to the end of certain catchphrases.

[[folder:Ma Bagge]]
[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/140472b.jpg]]
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/BillieLouWatt

Eustace's mother. Rather equally a {{Jerkass}} to her son as he is to Courage, she insults Eustace at every opportunity; and as a contrast to her son, she is nice to Courage. Occasionally she is the antagonist of a few episodes, especially when it has something to do with her wig-making company.

* AbusiveMom: She and her favored son Horst mistreated [[TheUnfavorite Eustace]].
* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: The only time she shows some affection for her son is the end of her debut episode, despite being mean to him most of the time.
* BaldOfEvil: She's bald, but she covers it up with her wig.
* BaldWoman: Her baldness makes her very insecure.
* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: She hasn't appeared in any episodes after "Scuba Scuba Doo", which may have been because of her voice actress's death.
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: She's the [=CEO=] of Growth Industries, and occasionally does things that are unethical and/or illegal for her company's sake. It helps having many people on her payroll.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: She seems to like Courage. Downplayed after her debut episode when she becomes more of a {{Tsundere}}. For example in "The Sand Whale Strikes" she's initially friendly to Courage but then spends the rest of the episode mistreating him and even calling him "stupid dog".
* EvilMatriarch: She is abusive to Eustace and favored his deceased older brother, Horst. It's implied that she's the reason Eustace is [[{{Jerkass}} how he is]].
* EvilRedhead: Her red hair is actually a wig, but whatever.
* FieryRedhead: Well, she's bald but has a red wig. The "fiery" part still applies, though.
* FourEyesZeroSoul: Much like her son, she has glasses and a LackOfEmpathy.
* FreudianExcuse: "[=McPhearson=] Phantom" implies her own childhood was pretty bad, too.
* {{Gonk}}: "I'm ugly! UGLY! UGLY!"
* HateSink: She is a greedy, selfish, slimy abusive parent. The fact that she makes the audience feel sorry for Eustace, who is a HateSink in his own right, speaks volumes about how horrible she is.
* {{Hypocrite}}: Makes fun of her son for being ugly and bald, even if she has the same problem and is aware of it.
* {{Jerkass}}: She's just as nasty and unpleasant as Eustace himself, which [[TroubledAbuser explains]] where he got it from in the first place. In fact, she's such a jerk that ''[[NiceGirl Muriel]]'' of all people [[EvenTheLovingHeroHasHatedOnes hates her]] and doesn't mind showing it.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Downplayed, but it's implied that she has a love-hate relationship with Eustace, in the rare moments when she's more kind/vulnerable in front of him. However, she prefers to show her "heart of gold" [[PetTheDog to her son's dog instead]].
* LanternJawOfJustice: She has a huge chin, minus the justice.
* MiniatureSeniorCitizens: Much shorter than her son (who is not exactly young, either).
* MoralityPet: Seems to be this for her son [[{{Jerkass}} Eustace]]. Ironically, since she's always mean to him.
* MyBelovedSmother: She treats Eustace like Eustace treats Courage. Probably just a coincidence.
* ObnoxiousInLaws: To Muriel, so much that she's one of the few people [[AllLovingHero Muriel]] openly dislikes.
* OpaqueLenses: Much like everyone else in the series, her glasses completely obscure her eyes.
* ParentalFavoritism: She cared way more for Horst than [[TheUnfavorite Eustace]].
* PetTheDog: Sometimes she does show her nice side around Courage. This honestly just makes her worse though, because she's more than capable of being a kind person to Eustace, but still treats him like crap just because he isn't Horst. Whenever she treated Courage kindly, she only did it in front of Eustace which hurt his feelings because she never treats him the same way.
** In "Bad Hair Day", she ''does'' give her son a scarce Pet the Dog moment by giving him and Courage collector's item wigs after escorting them out of Growth Industries.
* PintsizedPowerhouse: She's shorter than Eustace but also much stronger than him.
* TookALevelInJerkass: Her debut episode shows her being nice to Courage, when her later appearances seem to have her become harsher and more hostile toward him.
* UncertainDoom: It's never said for sure, but it's implied that she met her end in "Scuba Scuba Doo" when she got swept back by a tidal wave.
* UnnamedParent: Unlike her husband Ickett, her first name is never revealed.

[[folder:Ickett Bagge]]
[[quoteright:290:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ickett_bagge.png]]
->'''Voiced by:''' N/A

Euastace's deceased father.

* AmbiguouslyEvil: We know next to nothing about his personality, but given that his wife and both their sons are huge {{Jerkass}}es, it would be totally unsurprising if he was also an [[AbusiveDad unpleasant person]]. At the very least, we know he wasn't above stealing a sand-whale's accordion and leaving his family to deal with the consequences.
* TheGhost: We only see a photo of him, but he never appears in-person, not even in any of Eustace's childhood flashbacks.
* NoodleIncident: Long ago, he once [[ItMakesSenseInContext stole an accordion from a Sand Whale]], leading to an inter-family feud that lasted up to the present day.
* PosthumousCharacter: Muriel outright states that he's "no longer with us", while Ma Bagge believes Eustace can't fill up his late father's shoes (both figuratively and literally).
* StrongFamilyResemblance: He looks ''exactly'' like Eustace, down to wearing the same clothes, except Ickett had a [[BadassBeard big white beard]] and wore no hat. He's also implied to have a bigger shoe size than Eustace, according to his widow. [[ComicallyMissingThePoint Eustace doesn't see any resemblance]].

[[folder:Horst Bagge]]
[[quoteright:240:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/horst.jpg]]
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/PeterFernandez

Eustace's deceased brother.

* TheAce: He seemed to have been the best at everything, which he liked to rub in Eustace's face.
* AdventurerArchaeologist: He found a [[spoiler:cursed]] golden hat on a remote island.
* AloofBigBrother: As seen in a flashback, he didn't ever allow his "useless" younger brother to accompany him on hunting trips.
* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: To Eustace. He was favored greatly by his parents, and was an explorer who bested Eustace at everything.
* BigBrotherBully: He turned his little brother into an asshole like him. He even gave him the nickname "Useless".
* CoolShades: Wears a pair of neat sunglasses.
* EgomaniacHunter: He was a hunter and outdoorsman. He would refuse to take Eustace along on his hunting trips.
* HeroicBuild: In contrast to the rest of his family being NoodlePeople, Horst had the muscular build you'd expect an AdventurerArchaeologist like himself to have.
* {{Jerkass}}: Being rude, obnoxious, and self-centered seems to run in the Bagge family.
* JerkJock: He was an athletic and muscular braggart and very mean to his skinny younger brother Eustace, calling him useless and not a real man like him. Though it seems that he was also more intelligent.
* LanternJawOfJustice: Like the rest of his family, he has a large chin, minus the justice.
* NiceHat: As part of his explorer outfits.
* PosthumousCharacter: He's already dead when we first hear of him, although Eustace does contact Horst's soul in the afterlife through Shirley's seance ritual, talking to him like a phone conversation.
* SinisterShades: Like the rest of his family he wore glasses, and like the rest of his family he was evil.
* StrongFamilyResemblance: Less so than his brother. Horst looks almost like his dad, but with more muscle, a tan, and no beard.
* {{Troll}}: He hid the key to his money box in the last place where Eustace would look: in his hat's brim.

->'''Voiced by:''' Ron [=McLarty=] (The General), ??? (The Lieutenant)

* AwesomeMcCoolname: His name in English means "Big Dragon".

* {{Catchphrase}}: "Watch where you're going, [[YouFool ya fool']]!"

* VerbalTic: Has a habit of adding "[[YouFool ya foo']]" to the end of certain catchphrases.

* {{Catchphrase}}: "Watch where you're going, [[YouFool ya foo']]!"

* {{Jerkass}}: She's mainly mean to her son, and to Courage when he gets in the way of her plans.

* OmniscientDatabase: Seems to have everything to know on how to help Courage defeat the monsters that invade their home. Keep in mind that ''Courage the Cowardly Dog'' premiered when Google was still very new.

* AsianRudeness: He's a total {{jerkass}} who delivers insults with his Chinese accent.

* AmbiguouslyEvil: We know next to nothing about his personality, but given that his wife and both their sons are huge {{Jerkass}}es, it would be totally unsurprising if he was also an [[AbusiveDad unpleasant person]].

* DogsAreDumb: Inverted. She is rather intelligent.

[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/b3bcba5a4ba0508f5be394543af3f74e.png]]

* UnexplainedRecovery: In "The Curse of Shirley", Eustace sees ([[BystanderSyndrome and allows]]) [[ItMakesSenseInContext Floyd getting dragged away and]] [[FridgeHorror apparently killed/eaten by an unknown tentacled monster]]. But he appears in later episodes unharmed.

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/PaulSchoeffler

* StrongFamilyResemblance: He looks ''exactly'' like Eustace, down to wearing the same clothes, except Ickett had a [[BadassBeard big white beard]] and wore no hat. He's also implied to have a bigger shoe size than Eustace, according to his widow. [[ComicallyMissingThePoint Eustace doesn't see any resemblance.]]

* GypsyCurse: Puts curses on Eustace whenever she's provoked enough.

* HypocriticalHumor: Despite his catch phrase [[NeverMyFault he's just as likely to be the one not paying attention]], [[IWasJustPassingThrough or whoever he says it to didn't have a choice in the matter]]. Sometimes he even puts himself in harm’s way (for example, one time he stood in the middle of the street before getting hit by a truck).[[JerkassHasAPoint Even Eustace sort of points this out]] [[BorrowedCatchphrase by using it himself]].

* CovertPervert: When Courage accidentally hits a key that presumably causes a bunch of ''[[Radar/CourageTheCowardlyDog websites with suggestive music]]'' to pop up, the Computer asks Courage to press it again after the former gets Muriel to leave the room.

* VerbalTic: Has a habit of adding "[[You Fool ya foo']]" to the end of certain catchphrases.

%%* TriangleShades

* StrongFamilyResemblance: He looks ''exactly'' like Eustace, down to wearing the same clothes, except Ickett had a [[BadassBeard big white beard]] and wore no hat. He's also implied to have a bigger shoe size than Eustace, according to his widow. Funnily enough, Eustace tells the Sand Whale (who confuses Eustace for his father) that he doesn't see any resemblance.

* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: She hasn't appeared in any episodes after "Scuba Scuba Doo", [[AuthorExistenceFailure which may have been because of her voice actress's death]].

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/Peter Fernandez

->'''Voiced by:''' Ron McLarty (The General), ??? (The Lieutenant)

->'''Voiced by:''' Peter Fernandez