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* APigNamedPorkchop: Both Ganoush and Ratatouille are named after real-life dishes with eggplant as a key ingredient.

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* APigNamedPorkchop: Both Bobby Ganoush and Ratatouille are named after real-life dishes with eggplant as a key ingredient.dishes.



* NiceHat: Bob O'Gonoush and Ratatoullie. The latter has a CommissarCap, the former has a strange-looking toque.

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* NiceHat: Bob O'Gonoush and Ratatoullie. The latter has a CommissarCap, the former has Bobby Ganoush a strange-looking toque.toque, while Ratatouille has a CommissarCap.
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* RedRightHand: He's got ''gigantic'' bulging eyes, each one almost the size of his skull, [[MadEye that have mismatched iris sizes and are seemingly always staring off in opposite directions]].

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* RedRightHand: He's got ''gigantic'' bulging eyes, each one almost the size of his skull, that [[MadEye that have mismatched iris sizes and are seemingly always staring off in opposite directions]].

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* CartoonyEyes: An {{exaggerated|Trope}} example. Just one of his eyes is as ''big as his head''. No wonder he wears those shades.


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* RedRightHand: He's got ''gigantic'' bulging eyes, each one almost the size of his skull, [[MadEye that have mismatched iris sizes and are seemingly always staring off in opposite directions]].

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* TheBadGuysAreCops: During the chase, Courage calls the police for help, only for the Cajun Fox to respond to the call, complete with squad car and uniform. Whether he’s really a cop or ImpersonatingAnOfficer is unclear.



* GreenAndMean: The demon turns Muriel green, and the entire room is bathed in an eerie green glow as well.



* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Towards the end, he says something about Eustace having an "ebullient charm". It's not clear why, since Eustace was very cold and inhospitable towards him.
* InnerMonologue: Most of Fred's dialogue is one. He only speaks a couple times to the other characters, and even then it's just short sentences like "[[ItMakesSenseInContext you shouldn't play in the toilet]]," and "Coouuurage...your haaaiiir."

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* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Towards the end, he says something about Eustace having an "ebullient charm". It's not clear why, since Eustace was very cold and inhospitable towards him.
him during the brief moment they interacted (as Eustace [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere wisely chose to spend the day elsewhere]].)
* InnerMonologue: Most of Fred's dialogue is one. He only speaks a couple times to the other characters, and even then it's just short sentences like "[[ItMakesSenseInContext you shouldn't play in the toilet]]," and "Coouuurage...your haaaiiir." Hell, one of the first things he says is, "The words you hear are in my head."



* MotiveDecay: She originally wanted to eat Eustace. Then she teams up with him to take revenge on Courage.



* EvilSoundsRaspy: He's one of the most vile characters on the show, and he speaks with Jim Cummings' signature rasp.



* BrooklynRage: From the real world Brooklyn neighborhood Bushwick. You can call it Bushwick, but not him.

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* BrooklynRage: From the real world Brooklyn neighborhood Bushwick. You can call it that Bushwick, but not him.him.
* TheCameo: He makes a voice-only cameo at the end of "Ball of Revenge," complaining that he didn't get to be part of the LegionOfDoom.



* MouthStitchedShut: His lips were sewn shut as part of the mummification process.



* JustTheIntroductionToTheOpposites: Here we have an animal kidnapping and experimenting on humans instead of the other way around.



* PianoDrop: He gets defeated (and possibly killed) this way.

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* PianoDrop: He gets defeated (and possibly killed) this way.way: Courage sends him a present (despite the Whip's insistence that "it's not me birthday") containing a large bullseye. The whip throws it to the ground and stomps on it in confusion… only for a fighter jet to fly by and drop a piano right on top of him.



* WhipItGood: He does this towards the entire majors in the city.

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* ThisIsGonnaSuck: He lets out a quick "uh-oh" a split second before his defeat-by-PianoDrop.
* WhipItGood: He does this towards the entire majors in the city.gets his name from his use of a bullwhip as a weapon.



* GreenAndMean: He's a villain with green skin. [[spoiler: His HeelFaceTurn has his skin become a normal human color.]]



* {{Expy}}: Of [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Bowser]].



* KingKoopaCopy: his appearance is a clear parody of [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Bowser]].



* InelegantBlubbering: Jojo cries after Eustace bests him in their contest.



* BaldOfEvil: A huge heap of his hair falls out over the course of time since Courage grew from a pup to dog- which makes him look ''far'' scarier than we first saw him.

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* BaldOfEvil: A huge heap of his hair falls out over the course of time since He was already balding when Courage grew from first met him as a pup to dog- pup, but the rest of the Vet's hair had fallen out by the time they next meet- which makes him look ''far'' scarier than we first saw him.



* EvilOldFolks: One of the most evil in the series.

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* EarAche: Courage disorients him by screaming into his stethoscope.
* EvilOldFolks: One of the most evil characters in the series.series, and he's no spring chicken.


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* CatchPhrase: "Do it perfectly!"
* CharacterTic: She tends to smack her ruler against whatever hard surface is at hand whenever she tries to make a point. After Courage defies her and accepts himself, she smacks the ruler hard enough that it shatters to bits.
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* DeviousDolphin: Jojo is most certainly NOT a FriendlyPlayfulDolphin.

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* DeviousDolphin: DeviousDolphins: Jojo is most certainly NOT a FriendlyPlayfulDolphin.
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* FriendlyPlayfulDolphin: Averted in Eustace's case. Jojo is definitely not friendly to him.

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* FriendlyPlayfulDolphin: Averted in Eustace's case. DeviousDolphin: Jojo is definitely not friendly to him.most certainly NOT a FriendlyPlayfulDolphin.

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->'''Voiced by:''' Paul Schoeffler (Bobby Ganoush), Don Peoples (Ratatouille)

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->'''Voiced by:''' Paul Schoeffler (Bobby Ganoush), Don Peoples Peeples (Ratatouille)


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* APigNamedPorkchop: Both Ganoush and Ratatouille are named after real-life dishes with eggplant as a key ingredient.
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* NobleDemon: King Ramses was harmless until thieves stole a slab from his tomb. If someone has his slab, he asks them to return it to him. Only if they don't does he curse them. When he cursed Eustache for keeping the slab he also harmed Courage and Muriel, who were innocent, [[spoiler:but once Eustache gets out of the house still refusing to return the slab, Ramses continues to curse only Eustache, showing that while he is not somoene who would NeverHurtAnInnocent, he is at least more willing to hurt guilty people]].
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* DoNotTauntCthulhu: Eustace repeatedly refuses to return Ramses' slab. After Ramses casts the three curses, Eustace thinks he's got a chance at keeping the slab. [[spoiler:Ramses pulls one last curse up his sleeve: he [[AndIMustScream turns Eustace into an engraving on his coffin]].]]
* EvilRedhead: Has three red hairs that move around, seemingly on their own. Could be a GeniusBonus or AccidentallyCorrectWriting, given that the historical UsefulNotes/RamsesII the Great (the most famous pharaoh of that name) was discovered to have had red hair.
* ExtremeOmnivore: His locust swarm can devour an entire house before reaching their victims.

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* DoNotTauntCthulhu: Eustace repeatedly refuses to return Ramses' slab. After Ramses casts the three curses, Eustace thinks he's got a chance at keeping the slab. [[spoiler:Ramses uses the third curse once more by sending the insects to Eustache then pulls one last curse up his sleeve: he [[AndIMustScream turns Eustace into an engraving on his coffin]].]]
* EvilRedhead: Has three red hairs that move around, seemingly on their own. Could be a GeniusBonus or AccidentallyCorrectWriting, given that the historical UsefulNotes/RamsesII the Great (the most famous pharaoh of that name) was discovered to have had red hair.
hair. Though he only does evil things when you have his slab and don't return it.
* ExtremeOmnivore: His Not Ramses himself, it's his locust swarm can devour an entire house before reaching their victims.
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* BalefulPolymorph: When Courage attempts to hypnotize Eustace to be even better, during their rematch, he instead hypnotises Jojo and his mentor, causing them to burst like a cocoon and become a guppy and a newt respectively.
* CheatersNeverProsper: While they win the first round fairly thanks to how badly Eustace does, the rematch sees Jojo and his trainer play dirty against their improved opponent, as evident when the trainer smacks Eustace when he is in the lead. Courage's efforts to help motivate Eustace result in the two of them getting hypnotized and morphed into weaker beings that can't win even with cheating.

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* StarfishAlien: He and his master are definitely some of the more bizarre-looking creatures on this show.



* StarfishAlien: He and his master are definitely some of the more bizarre-looking creatures on this show.



* MonsterWhale: Downplayed. While he plays an antagonistic role, he has the understandable motive of wanting his property back, even if he's taking his grievances out on the wrong person.



* YouSaidYouWouldLetThemGo: Despite the mayor paying Zalost over $33 billion dollars, Zalost goes against his word to turn the people of Nowhere back to normal. It is less out of malicious lying but the rationale that the money didn't help make him happy.

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* YouSaidYouWouldLetThemGo: Despite the mayor paying Zalost over $33 billion dollars, Zalost goes against his word to turn the people of Nowhere back to normal. It is less It's not because he was lying out of malicious lying malevolence, but the rationale out of disappointment that the money didn't help make him happy.



* MinionWithAnFInEvil: Inverted. He's pretty good at doing Zalost's dirty work, but he's awful at doing the one thing that Zalost really wants him to do: giving hugs. [[spoiler: after the happy plums help get rid of their negative qualities, it seems Zalost is better at giving ''him'' hugs.]]

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* MinionWithAnFInEvil: Inverted. He's pretty good at doing Zalost's dirty work, but he's awful at doing the one thing that Zalost really wants him to do: giving hugs. [[spoiler: after After the happy plums help get rid of their negative qualities, it seems Zalost is better at giving ''him'' hugs.]]



* ImmortalityImmorality: Have been trapping women inside their magical quilt throughout all of human history, possibly to maintain their immortality. Their oldest victim is a cavewoman.

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* ImmortalityImmorality: Have been trapping women inside their magical quilt throughout all of human history, possibly to maintain their immortality. Their oldest known victim is a cavewoman.



* RedEyesTakeWarning: One of them has red eyes. Its the least demonic thing about him.

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* RedEyesTakeWarning: One of them has red eyes. Its It's the least demonic thing about him.


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* SilentAntagonist: Neither of them says a single word.

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* PhyrricVictory: [[spoiler: Courage ends up tricking him into turning himself into a puppet, making his victory moot]]


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* BeautyIsBad: She's gorgeous, but also a deadly temptress and a man-eater.

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* BeautyIsBad: She's gorgeous, but also a deadly temptress and a literal man-eater.


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* TheBadGuyWins: [[spoiler: Succeeds in turning both Muriel and Eustace into puppets, effectively killing them since there seems to be no way to reverse the transformation. And this was originally how the whole show would have ended.]]


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* PhyrricVictory: [[spoiler: Courage ends up tricking him into turning himself into a puppet, making his victory moot]]


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* TheEndOrIsIt: Somehow appears ''outside'' the story once Muriel finishes reading. And that's the end of the episode.
--> '''Courage''': *with faux-cowboy accent* Well, HereWeGoAgain.


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* BorrowedCatchphrase: Borrows Eustace's "Stupid Dog! catchphrase after Courage defeats him.

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* BerserkButton: ''Hates'' his birth name, and in a refence to the myth of Rumelstiltskin, won't allow anyone who speaks it to remain under his roof, even if it ruins his evil scheme. Or if you're ''his own mother!''
* BigNo: His reaction when Courage uses charades to teach Muriel his real name.
* BlatantLies: He seeks out Muriel because she's the only surviving member of the Bagge's who knows the clan's unique kilt pattern. To get her in his clutches, he claims he's her "great-uncle Angus".



* DelayedOhCrap: Gets one of these moments once he starts putting together exactly what Courage is MimingTheClues to put together.



* ILied: When a distraught Muriel tearfully asks how her own relative could enslave her, he laughs and points out she doesn't even have a great-uncle, he just lied to get her to Scotland.



* LosingYourHead: They non-fatally decapitate Courage, Eustace, and Muriel.

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* LosingYourHead: They non-fatally decapitate Courage, Eustace, and Muriel. It's unknown if this is some sort of power the Vandals have, or if it's just cartoon logic at work.


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* ShrineToSelf: He enslaved the slugs just so he'd have someone to make his shed skins into tributes of himself.
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/FredTatasciore

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Does this remind you...isn't exactly a character trope. As for black comedy rape it seems more likely that it needs to be openly about that rather than something applicable


* BlackComedyRape: His obsession with shaving heads [[PlayedForLaughs as a gag]] as a [=PG=] analogue for rape leads to this.



* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: As explicit a stand-in for a rapist as you can probably get in a kids' show, but replacing "sexual violence" with "shaving".

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* BlackComedyRape: His obsession with shaving heads [[PlayedForLaughs as a gag]] as a [=PG=] analogue for rape leads to this.



* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: His obsession with shaving heads [[PlayedForLaughs as a gag]] looks a lot like a [=PG=] analogue of [[BlackComedyRape much darker humor]].

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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: His obsession As explicit a stand-in for a rapist as you can probably get in a kids' show, but replacing "sexual violence" with shaving heads [[PlayedForLaughs as a gag]] looks a lot like a [=PG=] analogue of [[BlackComedyRape much darker humor]]."shaving".
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* AmbiguouslyEvil: The Spirit values work over everything and is actually implied to be benevolent... unless you are Eustace and you dare to mock him while being a lazy slob.
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* MeaningfulName: "Zalost" means "sorrow" or "sadness" in Serbian/Croatian (both are the same language, but there is a naming dispute that crosses the line of the [["Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgement" rule of cautious editing]], so look up The Other Wiki for more info).

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* MeaningfulName: "Zalost" means "sorrow" or "sadness" in Serbian/Croatian (both are the same language, but there is a naming dispute that crosses the line of the [["Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgement" [[Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgement rule of cautious editing]], so look up The Other Wiki for more info).
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* BlackEyesOfEvil: There is no light in those eyes, the devil's eyes...

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* BlackEyesOfEvil: There is no light in those eyes, the devil's eyes...spirit's blank eyes...



* DemonHead: He manifests as just a big, floating head actually.

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* DemonHead: He manifests as just a big, floating head actually.head.



* MeaningfulName: "Zalost" means "sorrow" or "sadness" in Serbian/Croatian (both are the same language, but there is a naming dispute that crosses the line of the RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgement, so look up The Other Wiki for more info).

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* MeaningfulName: "Zalost" means "sorrow" or "sadness" in Serbian/Croatian (both are the same language, but there is a naming dispute that crosses the line of the RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgement, [["Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgement" rule of cautious editing]], so look up The Other Wiki for more info).
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* MeaningfulName: "Zalost" means "sorrow" or "sadness" in Slavic languages.

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* MeaningfulName: "Zalost" means "sorrow" or "sadness" in Slavic languages.Serbian/Croatian (both are the same language, but there is a naming dispute that crosses the line of the RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgement, so look up The Other Wiki for more info).
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* LiteralManeater: She actively preys on male [[ToServeMan humans]].

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* LiteralManeater: She actively preys on male [[ToServeMan humans]].men]].
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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Fred gives off many creepy vibes, because he kind of acts like a sex offender.

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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: The construction company he works for is named "THAT DAM BEAVER".

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%% * GettingCrapPastTheRadar: The construction company he works for GettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is named "THAT DAM BEAVER".on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you are reading this in the future, please check the trope page to make sure your example fits the current definition.

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* [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Arson, Jaywalking, and Murder]]: First he floods your home, then forces you to listen to an annoyingly catchy song, and finally sends a swarm of man-eating locusts after you.



* CurseOfThePharaoh: Anyone who refuses to return King Ramses' slab will suffer three curses from him, which progress in the manner of [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Arson, Jaywalking, and Murder]] in terms of increasing severity. First he floods your home, then forces you to listen to an annoyingly catchy song, and finally sends a swarm of man-eating locusts after you.



* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: She harasses Muriel, because she blames her ancestor for her husband's murder.
* SinsOfOurFathers: [[spoiler:Turns out she MisBlamed Muriel, it was Mama Bagge's ancestor who was responsible for her scorn.]]

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* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: RevengeByProxy: She harasses Muriel, tries to ruin Muriel's marriage, because she blames believes that [[SinsOfOurFathers Muriel's great-great-aunt fed her ancestor for her husband's murder.
* SinsOfOurFathers: [[spoiler:Turns
husband to the]] LochNessMonster. [[spoiler:Though it later turns out she MisBlamed Muriel, that it was Mama Bagge's ancestor actually ''Ma Bagge's'' great-great-aunt who was responsible for her scorn.the murder.]]



* [[YouKilledMyFather You Killed My Husband]]: Tries to ruin Muriel's marriage because she thinks her great great aunt fed her husband to the Loch Ness Monster. [[spoiler:It was actually Ma Bagge's great-great-aunt though.]]



* MadScientist: Though he's more unhappy than unhinged.

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* MadScientist: Though Or rather a Sad Scientist, as he's more unhappy than unhinged.



* [[ThrowTheDogABone Throw The Rat A Bone]]: After getting turned into a baby, he's constantly seen crying throughout the episode until [[spoiler: the reformed Zalost]] cheers him up at the end.

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* [[ThrowTheDogABone Throw The ThrowTheDogABone: More like "Throw the Rat A Bone]]: After a Bone"; after getting turned into a baby, he's constantly seen crying throughout the episode remainder of the episode, until [[spoiler: the [[spoiler:the reformed Dr. Zalost]] cheers him up at the end.
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* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: To the point where even Muriel agrees with her husband that he's nuts. His major goal in life (which he eventually succeeded in) was to be an electric eel masseuse. Yeah.

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* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: To the point where even Muriel agrees with her husband that he's nuts. His major goal in life (which he eventually succeeded in) was to be an electric ''electric eel masseuse.masseuse''. Yeah.



* SplitPersonality: It sounds imposssible but in truth he manages to invert and its other people that he splits in his mind. At first he behaves like a hardened criminal but then he adopts a very AffablyEvil demeanour towards the Bagges and then he goes back with the aggression. The reason is that its not his personality that really changes but rather his understanding of who the surrounding individuals are: his victims become just as suddenly his relatives and partners in crime as back to who they really are.

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* SplitPersonality: It sounds imposssible impossible, but in truth he manages to invert this trope, and its other it's ''other'' people that he splits in his mind. At first he behaves like a hardened criminal criminal, but then he adopts a very AffablyEvil demeanour demeanor towards the Bagges Bagges, and then he goes back with the aggression. to being aggressive. The reason is that its it's not his personality that really changes changes, but rather his understanding of who the surrounding individuals are: are; his victims become just as suddenly his relatives and partners in crime partners-in-crime, as back to who they really are.



A dragon who appears in the episode "Food Of The Dragon". He devours Eustace and threatens to eat Muriel and Courage unless Courage can teach him how to fly. He chases after Courage and Muriel and discovers that he's actually a water-dwelling dragon (which is why he cannot fly). Oh, and he takes Eustace out of his own stomach.

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A dragon who appears in the episode "Food Of The of the Dragon". He devours Eustace and threatens to eat Muriel and Courage Courage, unless Courage can teach him how to fly. He chases after Courage and Muriel Muriel, and eventually discovers that he's actually a water-dwelling dragon (which is why he cannot fly). Oh, and So then he takes Eustace out of his own stomach.
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* DarkSkinnedRedhead: She has tan brown skin, but also a head of red hair.

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* DarkSkinnedRedhead: She has tan dark brown skin, but also a head of red hair.
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* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: First he floods your home, then forces you to listen to an annoyingly catchy song, and finally sends a swarm of man-eating locusts after you.

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* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Arson, Jaywalking, and Murder]]: First he floods your home, then forces you to listen to an annoyingly catchy song, and finally sends a swarm of man-eating locusts after you.



* NephariousPharaoh: He can cast one hell of a mummy's curse.

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* NephariousPharaoh: He can cast one hell of a [[CurseOfThePharaoh mummy's curse.curse]].
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* BiggerOnTheInside: When Eustace gets trapped inside the box, [[spoiler:he finds himself in what appears to a pocket dimension filled with a vast sea of money]].
* ChestMonster: It's a (seemingly) malevolent spirit that lives inside a suitcase, and wants to pull in any person who opens it.
* EldritchAbomination: There's no telling what exactly this thing is, and its arms and hands are the only parts that are visible.

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* BiggerOnTheInside: When Eustace gets trapped inside the box, [[spoiler:he finds himself in what appears to be a pocket dimension filled with a vast sea of money]].
* ChestMonster: It's a (seemingly) malevolent spirit that lives inside a suitcase, money box, and wants will try to pull in any person anyone who opens it.
* EldritchAbomination: There's no telling what exactly this thing is, and its arms and hands are the only parts that are visible.

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