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| 7 | [[Characters/CourageTheCowardlyDogMainCharacters Main Characters]] | [[Characters/CourageTheCowardlyDogMinorRecurringCharacters Minor/Recurring Characters]] | '''Major/Recurring Villains''' | [[Characters/CourageTheCowardlyDogOneSceneCharactersOneShotMinorCharacters One-Scene Characters/One-Shot Minor Characters]]\ |
| 8 | [[Characters/CourageTheCowardlyDogMinorVillains Minor Villains]]: [[Characters/CourageTheCowardlyDogMinorVillainsSeason1 Season 1]] | [[Characters/CourageTheCowardlyDogMinorVillainsSeason2 Season 2]] | [[Characters/CourageTheCowardlyDogMinorVillainsSeason3 Season 3]] | [[Characters/CourageTheCowardlyDogMinorVillainsSeason4 Season 4]]-]]]]] |
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| 12 | [[folder:Katz]] |
| 13 | [[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/f52abe600d62cac7b5dc6128da71659d.jpg]] |
| 14 | [[caption-width-right:200:''"Welcome to the Katz Motel, I'm Katz..."'']] |
| 15 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Paul Schoeffler |
| 16 | |
| 17 | A mercilessly cruel cat who attempts to kill humans in horrifying ways and is implied to have several victims. His heart's as cold as ice, yet he seems to have great skill at games such as Handball and staring contests. He is probably the show's first NightmareFuel-inducing villain, considering his debut is the first episode after the Chicken from Outer Space's debut, which was more lighthearted and silly than most of Katz's episodes. |
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| 19 | See his [[SelfDemonstrating/CharacterPages self-demonstrating page]] [[SelfDemonstrating/{{Katz}} here]]. |
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| 21 | * AlwaysSecondBest: His main motivation for kidnapping Muriel in "Katz Kandy" is to discover her secret recipe and take first place at the Nowhere Sweet-Stuff contest, since he's only managed to get second place each time he's participated beforehand. |
| 22 | * AmazingTechnicolorWildlife: He is a red-furred cat. |
| 23 | * ArchEnemy: By virtue of being the most recurring villain and one who frequently targets Courage and/or the Bagges personally, he functions as Courage's most personal foe. Of course, the whole CatDogDichotomy also makes them natural arch-enemies. |
| 24 | * AxCrazy: As expected from a psychopathic SerialKiller with a sadistic streak. His first appearance had him ''feeding the residents of his hotel'' to spiders, and to remind you this is his ''first appearance''. |
| 25 | * BadassInANiceSuit: He wears a white tuxedo in "Klub Katz" and "Katz Under The Sea". |
| 26 | * BigBad: Of the whole show. Given that he is the most recurring villain in the show, as well as Courage's ArchEnemy, this title is more or less a given. |
| 27 | * BigBadDuumvirate: |
| 28 | ** With Eustace in "Ball of Revenge", as the most vocal member of the team. |
| 29 | ** [[spoiler:He also has one with Le Quack in ''WesternAnimation/StraightOuttaNowhereScoobyDooMeetsCourageTheCowardlyDog''.]] |
| 30 | * BondVillainStupidity: In his first episode, he opts to beat Courage at a game of handball before killing him--just because he can--and then after wasting time on ''that'', he does his EvilLaugh while he has Courage cornered long enough for Muriel to come out of nowhere and knock him out with a tennis racket. [[DownplayedTrope To his credit]], he probably assumed the spiders already took care of Eustache and Muriel, considering no one escaped until that point. Also, at least he didn't leave Courage alone nor did he tell him about his plans. |
| 31 | * CatsAreMean: He's a cat and easily the most evil character on the show. And naturally, he hates dogs with a passion. |
| 32 | * CatsAreSnarkers: "Pity..." |
| 33 | * CharacterCatchphrase: |
| 34 | ** "Welcome to [X Business Named After Himself]. I'm Katz." |
| 35 | ** "Sad, isn't it?" |
| 36 | ** "No dogs allowed." |
| 37 | ** "I wish you hadn't done that". |
| 38 | ** [[GoKartingWithBowser "A little sport]] [[AnOfferYouCantRefuse before dying?"]] |
| 39 | * ChessWithDeath: As part of Katz's FatalFlaw, he seems honor-bound to toy with his victims with some sort of competition before offing them, such as a game of handball, dodgeball, or a ''staring contest''. Unlike usual examples of the trope, he initiates the game and it seems like he intends to still kill his victims regardless of if they win or lose. |
| 40 | * TheComicallySerious: Most of the time he is unusually serious but even he can contrast with the silliness of a situation like saying his catchphrase with difficulty while being crushed under a door. |
| 41 | * CommissarCap: He wears one in "Katz Under The Sea", as a submarine captain. |
| 42 | * ConMan: He sets up a lot of illegitimate businesses, though his intent seems to be more focused on killing people rather than profiting from them. |
| 43 | * DrivenByEnvy: If he's not committing crimes for sheer [[ForTheEvulz sadistic enjoyment]], then this is the main motivation behind his crimes. In "Katz Kandy", he attempts to turn Muriel into taffy because she always beats him in the Nowhere Sweet-Stuff contest, and in "Katz Under the Sea", he attempts to demolish a SUB Standards Inc. submarine because they get more customers than Katz Submarine Cruise. |
| 44 | * EnemyMine: In "Ball of Revenge", he teams up with Eustace, who was one of his targets in early episodes. |
| 45 | * EvilBrit: He has an English accent, but not as obvious as some other characters with accents. He's also a ruthless, utterly psychopathic killer and one of Courage's most dangerous enemies. |
| 46 | * EvilChef: In "Katz Kandy", he runs a candy shop where he deliberately creates a giant candy monster to kidnap Muriel and attempts to turn her into taffy. Given that he has the means to do so in the first place and considering [[SerialKiller his track record]], it's implied that Muriel isn't his first victim. |
| 47 | * EvilGenius: He's good at pretty much everything he does. |
| 48 | * EvilLaugh: Has one every time he is about to either kill Courage or is delighted that he will kill everyone on his board |
| 49 | * EvilSoundsDeep: Has a calm, smooth voice. |
| 50 | * ExcuseMeWhileIMultitask: He drinks tea while ''playing racket ball'' against Courage. |
| 51 | * FailedASpotCheck: On "Katz Under The Sea", Courage swaps himself with a ventriloquist's dummy to get past Katz' dog ban. Right in front of Katz while he's talking to said ventriloquist. To say the least, this ends up being Katz' undoing. |
| 52 | * FantasticRacism: Judging by the "no dogs allowed" policy his businesses enforce, it's really easy to see his hatred of dogs. It's possible this extends to humans as well, since all of his seen targets are human besides Courage and he has little qualms working with other non-human creatures in "Ball of Revenge". |
| 53 | * FauxAffablyEvil: He always retains his polite and affable manner even at his worst. |
| 54 | * {{Foil}}: To Courage. Courage is a small, kindhearted, nervous, but ultimately heroic purple dog that does nothing for himself and acts in defense of his owners every second of his life. Katz is the polar opposite: a tall, malicious, cool-headed and villainous red cat that is entirely selfish, killing others for personal gain with nary a second thought. In addition, while Courage is often a PragmaticHero who goes to absurd lengths to defeat his adversaries, Katz regularly suffers from BondVillainStupidity, and loses every time as a result. |
| 55 | * ForTheEvulz: He murders people ''for pure enjoyment''. Whenever he's not motivated by greed, he'll be running some sort of scheme to kill, maim, or otherwise harm innocent people for kicks. |
| 56 | * FurryReminder: He's fairly anthropomorphic and usually walks on two legs. But in "Katz Kandy", he sits like an actual cat on all fours during his staring contest with Courage. |
| 57 | * {{Greed}}: When Katz isn’t killing ForTheEvulz, he usually has some monetary gain from his murders. |
| 58 | * HeroKiller: Noticeably deadlier and harder to defeat than Courage's other foes. Courage has only directly defeated him ''twice'', and on one of those occasions, he was distracted fighting Eustace and didn't expect it. Most of the time, Courage nearly gets killed fighting him. |
| 59 | * HoistByHisOwnPetard: After spending the latter half of "Klub Katz" forcing Muriel and Eustace to fight each other after turning them into machines, he's forced to run for his life when, after Courage turns himself into a helicopter and saves Muriel, the Eustace-wrecking-ball turns on him after discovering that Katz stole his chair. This is notably the only moment in the entire series where Katz [[NotSoStoic actually panics]]. |
| 60 | * ImplacableMan: Is extremely durable and seemingly never gets exhausted, judging by the handball game he plays with Courage. |
| 61 | * InexplicablyAwesome: He's had multiple business fronts where he's trained Giant spiders, developed a way to transform living creatures into machines, and created mutant Jelly. Exactly where and how Katz is able to pull off the stuff he does is never explained, and that's saying something given the show already has ''very'' little internal logic. |
| 62 | * ItsAllAboutMe: Katz will gladly kill others for [[ForTheEvulz his own satisfaction]] or for [[{{Greed}} money]]. |
| 63 | * ItsPersonal: As the series progresses, his attitude towards Courage shifts from viewing him as an annoying roadblock to viewing him as [[ArchEnemy a genuine foe that needs to die]]. |
| 64 | * {{Jerkass}}: As someone who lures people and sends them to their death ForTheEvulz, he definitely qualifies as an asshole. |
| 65 | * KickTheDog: |
| 66 | ** Literally. All of his establishments have a "No Dogs Allowed" policy, giving him an excuse to ''physically'' throw Courage outside. |
| 67 | ** In most of his appearances, he challenges Courage to some kind of game before trying to kill him, solely to drag out the poor dog's suffering for a little while longer. |
| 68 | * LackOfEmpathy: Compassion is one of the few things he [[TheAce isn't good at]]. |
| 69 | * LaserGuidedKarma: He usually gets his just desserts by the end of the episode, though in "Katz Under The Sea", he's actually defeated prior to the end thanks to a random shark devouring him right after he escapes the submarine he set to explode. |
| 70 | * LaughablyEvil: His twisted sense of humor makes him evil and funny at the same time. |
| 71 | * LeanAndMean: A lanky, red, evil cat. |
| 72 | * {{Leitmotif}}: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oY2KnW19Tls A calm, sinister, and very distinctive percussion-heavy piece]]. There are at least two versions. Almost every time you see him, you'll be hearing it in the background. His episodes also have a unique title card theme. |
| 73 | * MajorInjuryUnderreaction: He's usually very calm no matter what happens to him. Courage slams a door on top of him? [[CharacterCatchphrase "I wish you hadn't done that."]] |
| 74 | * MegaNeko: At least compared to Courage, since he's the size of a normal human. |
| 75 | * {{Narcissist}}: He believes himself to be an untouchable mastermind, and all of his businesses are named after himself. |
| 76 | * NewJobAsThePlotDemands: From a motel owner, to the manager of a club resort, to a submarine captain, or even a candy salesman, he changes his jobs every time he appears to lure in more victims. |
| 77 | * NotSoStoic: Once Eustace turns on him and starts trying to smash him with a wrecking ball in "Klub Katz", Katz understandably freaks out and goes running. |
| 78 | * ObviouslyEvil: Courage can easily see how evil he is, and for all Katz's [[FauxAffablyEvil polite demeanor]], he rarely makes that much of an effort to hide how sinister he is. |
| 79 | * OhCrap: Whenever things go pear-shaped for him, he utterly freaks out. |
| 80 | * RedIsViolent: A red cat and a SerialKiller. |
| 81 | * {{Sadist}}: It's quite clear that the only reason Katz challenges Courage to "a little sport before dying" is to drag out the poor dog's suffering for a little bit longer. And those sports challenges are also his ''mildest'' displays of sadism. |
| 82 | * SecondPlaceIsForLosers: How Katz perceives all of his own second place trophies when compared to Muriel's first place to the point of kidnapping her just to become number one. |
| 83 | * SerialKiller: He sets up seemingly normal locations in his first two appearances to lure people in so he can arrange their deaths. In fact, his candy shop seems to be his only business that's not a front for carrying out murders. Keyword is ''seems''; he seemed pretty [[FridgeHorror well versed in how to turn people into candy]]... |
| 84 | * SharpDressedMan: In "Klub Katz" and "Katz Under The Sea". |
| 85 | * ShoutOut: His suave demeanor and jazzy intro theme are a homage to the Pink Panther cartoon character. |
| 86 | * SmugSnake: Katz is ridiculously overconfident in his plans and likes to drag them out as a way to hurt Courage, often leading to his defeat. |
| 87 | * TheSociopath: Katz is one of the characters on the show who best fits the criteria for antisocial personality disorder: he's self-centered, [[SmugSnake smug]], extremely ruthless, thinks he's above everyone else, extremely {{sadist}}ic when he wants to be, is very open to killing for fun, and is absolutely devoid of any kind of remorse, empathy, or morals. |
| 88 | * TheStoic: Justified, as [[TheSociopath he cannot feel the same]] [[LackOfEmpathy emotions that other people do]]. The only emotions he's capable of showing are {{sadist}}ic joy at others' expense, anger when things aren't going his way, and fear when he realizes ''he's'' the one in danger now. |
| 89 | * TermsOfEndangerment: Refers to Courage as "dear boy" when he attempts to kill and torment him. He talks like he's speaking to an old friend, but his intentions are anything but friendly. |
| 90 | * VillainInAWhiteSuit: He wears a snazzy white suit in "Klub Katz" and a white naval captain's outfit in "Katz Under The Sea". |
| 91 | * WickedCultured: He enjoys the finer things in life such as literature, tea, [[BreadEggsMilkSquick and murder]]. |
| 92 | * XtremeKoolLetterz: His name is the plural form of "cat" with the C replaced with a K and the S at the end replaced with a Z. It's very likely a mix between the word "cat" and the German equivalent "Katze". |
| 93 | * YellowEyesOfSneakiness: Which serve to emphasize his ObviouslyEvil appearance. |
| 94 | [[/folder]] |
| 95 | |
| 96 | [[folder:The Chicken from Outer Space]] |
| 97 | [[quoteright:233:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/gallina2.jpg]] |
| 98 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Howard Hoffman |
| 99 | |
| 100 | The very first monster to disturb the Main Characters' house. In the pilot, he harasses the chickens out in their henhouse and is thwarted after he accidentally shoots himself via a mirror from Courage. He later returns, albeit as a cooked chicken, in a later episode where he looks for a new head. It is revealed later he had a wife and a kid with three heads. |
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| 102 | * AnimalisticAbomination: Sort of. He's an alien chicken, but clearly ''much'' more monstrous than the Earth kind. |
| 103 | * AmazingTechnicolorWildlife: He's a chicken with an electric blue wattle. Although to be fair, he is from outer space. Maybe he's the fowl version of HumanAliens. |
| 104 | * BizarreAlienBiology: He ''looks'' like a chicken, but can lay eggs despite being male (and said eggs can trigger a viral transformation if consumed) and his limbs can grow back if removed. |
| 105 | * EasilyThwartedAlienInvasion: He wanted to turn everyone on Earth into alien chickens in his own image, but is ultimately foiled by Courage and [[HoistByHisOwnPetard blasting himself]] with his own ray gun. |
| 106 | * EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: His wife and three-headed son plan [[AvengingTheVillain revenge on Courage for his death]]. |
| 107 | * {{Expy}}: [[WordOfGod According to John Dilworth]], the Chicken is inspired by Feathers [=McGraw=] from the WesternAnimation/WallaceAndGromit short ''WesternAnimation/TheWrongTrousers'', a similarly mute, enigmatic bird with nefarious intent. |
| 108 | * FeatheredFiend: As an attempted alien conqueror and murderer, he's one of the evilest chickens you could ever meet. |
| 109 | * HoistByHisOwnPetard: His own gun. In his second appearance, his ship's [[ItMakesSenseInContext giant plunger]] ends up triggering a missile launch at a military base when trying to get Courage with it, taking down his ship. |
| 110 | * KillAndReplace: He strangles all the farm chickens to death so Muriel has no choice but to collect his eggs, and will transform earthlings into alien chickens like him once consumed. |
| 111 | * MisterSeahorse: He's a male chicken but can somehow lay eggs. Justified because he's an alien, though the fact that he has a wife and son makes this doubly confusing. It's possible that for his species, females lay eggs that hatch into direct offspring, while males lay eggs that turn people into chicken monsters, as Eustace can attest to. |
| 112 | * NinjaPirateZombieRobot: He became a Headless Zombie Alien Chicken, though at first he was just an Alien Chicken. |
| 113 | * NonhumanUndead: He is somehow able to return despite being roasted and decapitated. |
| 114 | * PintsizedPowerhouse: Strong and nasty enough to break the necks of all normal chickens and fight Courage. |
| 115 | * PredecessorVillain: Of "Son of the Chicken from Outer Space", where his three-headed son shows up to try and kill Courage in an attempt to avenge his father's death. |
| 116 | * RedEyesTakeWarning: If it weren't for his red eyes, he could pass as normal poultry. |
| 117 | * SelfServingMemory: In his second appearance, the Chicken recalls Courage for shooting him with his own blaster in their first encounter, even though it was actually the Chicken who shot at Courage only for his attack to be reflected back on him by a mirror. It is likely that he has lost some of his memory of that ordeal or [[NeverMyFault he refuses to acknowledge his own mistake]] for his current predicament. |
| 118 | * SoreLoser: The biggest one of Courage's many rivals. First, he played fencing and after being beaten he angrily asked for another round, so they played checkers until he lost and angrily swiped the checkerboard, then they tried arm wrestling, palm games and a breathing contest, all of them ending with his defeat and him demanding a rematch. After Courage got fed up and told him to pack his stuff and leave, he reacted by trying to turn the dog to ashes. |
| 119 | * StarterVillain: The very first villain Courage faces. He later comes back as as a living cooked chicken to get revenge, and later still his wife sends their three-headed son(s) to avenge him. |
| 120 | * TheVirus: In the pilot short, Eustace eats the alien chicken's eggs, causing him to turn into an alien chicken too. [[NegativeContinuity Though of course he's back to normal the next time he appears]]. |
| 121 | * TheVoiceless: He never says a word. His second appearance slightly averts this, but since he had stolen Eustace's head to replace his own, it was still in Eustace's voice for his single line (which was a catchphrase of Eustace anyway). |
| 122 | * WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Literally in this case. At the end of the pilot episode, a mouse nibbles on Chicken!Eustace's ashes and it starts transforming into the Chicken who glares angrily at Courage before the short ends. |
| 123 | [[/folder]] |
| 124 | |
| 125 | [[folder:Le Quack]] |
| 126 | [[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/0ebecc2e7b836562685cb6f1ccf3f275.png]] |
| 127 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Paul Schoeffler |
| 128 | |
| 129 | A French duck that disguises himself as many jobs but is actually a thief that steals riches from his victims. After his debut his plans are more towards getting revenge on Courage while at the same time trying to steal stuff. He always seems to escape capture every time, and repeats "They have not seen the last... of Le Quack". |
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| 131 | * AccessoryWearingCartoonAnimal: His blue bow-tie which gives a sophisticated flair. |
| 132 | * AxCrazy: He's just a little bit unhinged. |
| 133 | * BigBadDuumvirate: [[spoiler:With Katz in ''WesternAnimation/StraightOuttaNowhereScoobyDooMeetsCourageTheCowardlyDog''.]] |
| 134 | * CardboardPrison: He's always seen escaping police custody by the end of his episodes, with the implication that he slaughtered his way to freedom. |
| 135 | * CharacterCatchphrase: |
| 136 | ** "How annoying." |
| 137 | ** "Qu'est-ce que c'est?" |
| 138 | ** "They have not seen the last of Le Quack." |
| 139 | ** Calling Courage a "dirty little dog" or a "pesky little doggy" whenever the latter foils his plans. |
| 140 | * TheChewToy: One of the only villains who frequently falls prey to AmusingInjuries. |
| 141 | * ConMan: He often impersonates as someone else to scam people and rob them of all money. |
| 142 | * CopKiller: His episodes typically end with the implication that he murdered the cops that arrested him. |
| 143 | * EvilLaugh: Often has one whenever he is delighted at "serving" his customer. |
| 144 | * EvilSoundsDeep: Has a smooth voice with a French accent. |
| 145 | * FauxAffablyEvil: He maintains a suave demeanour towards people while planning thievery and their demise. |
| 146 | * ForcefulKiss: He kisses Muriel on the forehead while he has her tied up, after [[TakeThatKiss briefly flirting with her and bonking her on the head with a giant mallet]]. |
| 147 | * FoulWaterfowl: A devious, greedy and manipulative con artist duck. |
| 148 | * FrenchJerk: Speaks with a thick French accent, and also a thieving con man and a chauvinist as well. |
| 149 | * ImpersonatingAnOfficer: When he gets arrested by the end of his debut episode, we later see he escaped by crashing the police car he was in and stealing his arresting officer's uniform. It's best not to think what became of that officer... |
| 150 | * {{Leitmotif}}: He has a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzGQtsPVv20 French accordion theme]] whenever he appears on screen. |
| 151 | * NonMammalianHair: He's a duck with a head of blue hair. |
| 152 | * PintsizedPowerhouse: Like most of the antagonists in the series he is much stronger than he appears to be. |
| 153 | * QuackDoctor: Not only is he a literal anthropomorphic duck, he's also a con artist who in his debut appearance posed as an amnesia specialist. He originally intended to rob Muriel, who wouldn't be able to report anything as stolen due to her amnesia. When he can't find any valuables to rob though, he decides to try forcing her to remember through various unorthodox methods. |
| 154 | * SheKnowsTooMuch: In "Le Quack Ballon" he tricks Muriel into helping him rob giant Swedish piggy bank by telling her that the Swedish vinegar she needs is at the bottom of all the "green leaves" she must first remove. Once she removes them all she notices they look like money, so Le Quack shoves her out of the ballon and tries to saw through her bungee cord. |
| 155 | * ShoutOut: Could be coincidental, but for older audiences, they might recognize the French phrase "Qu'est-ce que c'est?" from Talking Heads' song "Psycho Killer". |
| 156 | * SmugSnake: He has such an inflated ego and such contempt for the "American swines". |
| 157 | * TakeThatKiss: He did this to Muriel once. After tying her up and torturing her for where she keeps her riches, he eventually told her he had to leave her for a moment to chase Courage, knocking her out with Eustace's mallet and giving her a goodbye kiss on her forehead in the spot he hit her. |
| 158 | * TickleTorture: Did this to Muriel once. |
| 159 | * ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: How does he escape custody at the end of "Nowhere TV?" By setting the entire prison on fire, of course! |
| 160 | * ToothyBird: He's a duck with teeth, which is useful for a SlasherSmile. |
| 161 | * VillainsOutShopping: He had brief cameos in "The Transplant" and "So in Louvre are we Two," but not doing anything illegal; he was just minding his own business playing a FrenchAccordion in Paris. |
| 162 | * VocalEvolution: [[spoiler:In the [[WesternAnimation/StraightOuttaNowhereScoobyDooMeetsCourageTheCowardlyDog Scooby-Doo crossover]], his voice has gotten deeper and raspier.]] |
| 163 | * WeWillMeetAgain: Whenever he escapes custody at the end of his appearances, he declares his enemies haven't seen the last of him. |
| 164 | * WhatHappenedToTheMouse: He disappears halfway through "Ball of Revenge" and isn't seen with the rest of the villains when they end up falling through the floor at the sound of Courage's scream. |
| 165 | [[/folder]] |
| 166 | |
| 167 | [[folder:Benton Tarantella]] |
| 168 | [[quoteright:185:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/benton_tarantella.png]] |
| 169 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/PeterFernandez |
| 170 | |
| 171 | An evil zombie director who puts his "actors" in a position where they'll listen to everything he says where they can be KilledOffForReal on camera or torture themselves for humor on a live TV show. |
| 172 | ---- |
| 173 | * AbandonedCatchphrase: He no longer says "this is great" in his second appearance. |
| 174 | * AxCrazy: How else would you call a cannibal and a fan of SnuffFilm? |
| 175 | * BaldOfEvil: If you don't count the twigs sticking out of his head, then he's bald. |
| 176 | * CharacterCatchphrase: "This is ''GREAT!''"... in his first appearance, at least. |
| 177 | * ConMan: And unusually, one who is less interested in the material possessions of his victims than he is in their lives themselves. |
| 178 | * EvilSoundsRaspy: In his second appearance, at least. |
| 179 | * FauxAffablyEvil: For a psychotic zombie, he can sure turn on the charm when he needs to. |
| 180 | * FilmFelons: He and his partner killed 12 people, presumably after tricking them into appearing in their [[SnuffFilm movies]]. |
| 181 | * ForTheEvulz: He surely knew how important it is to combine his two biggest loves in his life, film-making and torturing/murdering to launch a long, prolific and horrific career. |
| 182 | * FourEyesZeroSoul: Wears a pair of Groucho glasses in his first appearance and is a psychotic killer. |
| 183 | * GagNose: He wears a comically oversized fake nose to disguise himself. |
| 184 | * HorribleHollywood: He's made his living off of shamelessly exploiting the pain and suffering of others -- whether by directing {{snuff film}}s or exploiting Eustace's poor treatment of his family for a reality TV show. |
| 185 | * ImAHumanitarian: He is an zombie after all, so it's no surprise that he enjoys eating people. In his first appearance, his plan was to eat Muriel, alongside his partner Errol von Volkheim. He seems to have dropped this dietary habit by his second appearance, however. |
| 186 | * ImmoralRealityShow: "Angry Nasty People" has Tarentella producing a reality show about Eustace acting even worse than usual toward Muriel and Courage, and later on Eustace's LiteralSplitPersonality doing even more of the same. The show turns out to be a big hit, surprisingly, or not surprisingly, enough. |
| 187 | * KnightOfCerebus: At first, he seems like a regular person despite blatantly being a zombie. Then it’s revealed he did numerous crimes in life and intends to do more in death. To top it off, he’s one of the few snuff film directors in a kid’s show. |
| 188 | * LeanAndMean: Being a zombie it goes without saying that there is not much flesh left, but he was shown to be lean and certainly mean in past photos. |
| 189 | * MeaningfulName: His surname, which can also count as NoCelebritiesWereHarmed, refers to the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarantella tarantella]], a folk dance that got its start as a psychosomatic "symptom" of a spider bite. (And by "symptom", we mean "superstition".) |
| 190 | * MotiveDecay: His debut episode, "Everyone Wants to Direct," has him come back to life as a cannibalistic zombie intent on continuing his former life as a SerialKiller alongside his partner, Errol von Volkheim. In his second appearance, "Angry Nasty People," he seems to have dropped this, instead content with exploiting others' misery for profit and fame. |
| 191 | * NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: He's based on Creator/QuentinTarantino. |
| 192 | * NoodlePeople: His thin and wiry body shape is justified since he is not exactly a natural person. |
| 193 | * OffscreenVillainy: Despite being behind the deaths of twelve people, none of these crimes were really shown. |
| 194 | * OurZombiesAreDifferent: This zombie is different because he's actually sapient, capable of speech, and horrifically clever. He still has a taste for human flesh though. |
| 195 | * PaperThinDisguise: A pair of Groucho glasses does nothing at all to hide his decaying face. Perhaps he himself realized this, as he's stopped wearing them by his second appearance. |
| 196 | * {{Sadist}}: The way that he made a job out of his hobbies means that he never felt that he was working a single day in his life, or afterwards. And his actors slash victims didn't either. |
| 197 | * ScarfOfAsskicking: He spares no cost in looking like a stereotypical director after all. |
| 198 | * SerialKiller: In life, he and his partner killed at least 12 people. He was arrested and died in prison. |
| 199 | * SharpDressedMan: He has a good taste in clothing and knows how to make himself presentable, as much as it is possible for a rotting corpse anyway. |
| 200 | * ShoutOut: He is a nod to the one and only Creator/QuentinTarantino. |
| 201 | * SmartPeopleWearGlasses: Lapses in common sense aside, he's a crafty manipulator who wears glasses as part of his disguise. |
| 202 | * StupidEvil: Perhaps yes perhaps not. In his first appearance, it seems that he's dumb enough to be defeated by Courage simply rewriting his script. Even though he realizes that it's not his work, he still follows it. It is not clear however if it was stupidity or just the quarrel with Erol that made him lose his appetite. |
| 203 | * TakeThat: |
| 204 | ** Benton answers to someone named "Lazzo," referring to then-executive of Cartoon Network Mike Lazzo. |
| 205 | ** The character himself could be a light TakeThat towards Creator/{{Quentin Tarantino}}'s overwhelming and downright brutal use of violence in his movies. [[note]] Incidentally, [[MeanCharacterNiceActor Tarantino is said to abhor violence in real life, despite using plenty of it in his films]].[[/note]] |
| 206 | * UnusuallyUninterestingSight: In his second appearance, he doesn't even bother hiding the fact that he's a zombie, and nobody seems to notice or care. |
| 207 | * VocalEvolution: He sounds much raspier in his second appearance. |
| 208 | * WickedCultured: He ''is'' a cinephile after all, just a very twisted and obsessed one. |
| 209 | [[/folder]] |
| 210 | |
| 211 | [[folder:The Snowman]] |
| 212 | [[quoteright:224:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/snowman_8.jpg]] |
| 213 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Paul Schoeffler |
| 214 | |
| 215 | A snowman who dreads the disapperence of his snowman friends and the easily meltable substance they're made out of. He tries to avoid ever melting by extracting the Anti-Melting gene of humans in order to maintain himself as it gets warmer where he lives. He's the LastOfHisKind, as all the other Snowmen melted, [[spoiler:until Courage repairs the hole in the Ozone Layer, reviving the others and saving his home. Is also one of the few recurring foes to find redemption.]] |
| 216 | ---- |
| 217 | * AntiVillain: He only steals Eustace and Muriel's Melting Genes and freezes all of Nowhere into the West Pole in order to preserve himself as the LastOfHisKind, since all of his friends were melted to death by global warming. [[spoiler:Once Courage fixes the hole in the ozone layer and revives all his dead friends in the process, he's more than happy to reform and leave Nowhere in peace.]] |
| 218 | %%* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: [[spoiler: All he really wanted was to resurrect his friends.]] (Administrivia/ZeroContextExample; what makes him evil?) |
| 219 | %%* EvilBrit: He has a British accent. [[spoiler:The evil part is subverted in that he only wants to revive his friends.]] |
| 220 | %%* EvilSoundsDeep: His voice is deep. [[spoiler:The evil part of this one is also subverted when his true intentions are revealed.]] |
| 221 | * GeniusSweetTooth: He's a scientific prodigy with an affinity for snow cones. |
| 222 | * GreenAesop: Although the presentation is [[FantasticAesop very]] [[SpaceWhaleAesop cartoonish]], his episodes make a point of how global warming and ozone depletion are bad for Earth. |
| 223 | * HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:Once Courage repairs the hole in the Ozone Layer and revives all the Snowman's dead friends, he's more than happy to stop being a bad guy and return home in peace.]] |
| 224 | * InstantIceJustAddCold: He, a ''snowman'', falls into arctic water and emerges encased in a block of ice. "The first frozen snowman... not too shabby!" |
| 225 | * LastOfHisKind: He's the last Snowman, as the others all melted due to the hole in the Ozone Layer. This is his primary motivation, as he doesn't want his species to die out. [[spoiler:Courage fixes the hole in the Ozone Layer, which revives the other Snowmen, allowing him to return home in peace.]] |
| 226 | * NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: His voice is a clear Creator/SeanConnery impersonation. |
| 227 | * ObliviouslyEvil: When he freezes Nowhere into his West Pole, he does get bossy to the Bagges and freezes Eustace for being disobedient. However, after he accomplishes his goal, he graciously welcomes the Bagges into his family as companions and friends and addresses them as Snow people. He is overjoyed when they don't leave him all the while being completely unaware that they have frozen solid. He doesn't realize humans can't handle the kind of cold that he needs to survive. |
| 228 | * ShoutOut: Since he talks like Sean Connery, Film/JamesBond references were inevitable. First off, he introduces himself as "[[BondJamesBond Man. Snowman.]]" His second appearance had him invent an icy weapon called the [[Film/{{Goldfinger}} Coldfinger]], even quoting the lyrics to that movie's theme song. |
| 229 | * {{Snowlems}}: He is a peculiar kind of living snow-being and with a peculiar motivation. |
| 230 | * TrademarkFavoriteFood: He is very fond of snow cones, ordering Courage to make a steady supply of them when he turns Nowhere into the West Pole. |
| 231 | * TragicIceCharacter: His villainous motivation is because his home and friends melted away because of a tear in the ozone layer. He becomes so desperate to find a new home that he just freezes another part of the planet. [[spoiler:Until Courage fixes the hole in the ozone layer.]] |
| 232 | * VillainsLoveEntertainment: He insists he cannot work if he's not entertained — fortunately, Muriel is all too happy to play her sitar for him while he works. |
| 233 | * VillainSong: In "The Snowman's Revenge". It came completely out of nowhere and was never mentioned again--though it does get an instrumental TriumphantReprise when [[spoiler:Snowman is reunited with his friends at home]]. |
| 234 | * WellIntentionedExtremist: He's just trying to stop his race from going extinct. Later, he decides to freeze over Nowhere because his home is being melted by an ozone hole in the atmosphere. |
| 235 | * WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: The poor guy lost all of his friends and family because of global warming, is it really any wonder that he wanted to freeze everything in the world? |
| 236 | [[/folder]] |
| 237 | |
| 238 | [[folder:Di Lung]] |
| 239 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dilung.png]] |
| 240 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Tim Chi Ly |
| 241 | |
| 242 | A young Chinese-American MadScientist who mostly makes small cameos in episodes where he almost runs into Courage (usually in his car) and says his catchphrase. |
| 243 | ---- |
| 244 | * AllThereInTheScript: He's never referred to by name, though his name is known. |
| 245 | * 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. |
| 246 | * AscendedExtra: Went from being a background character to an occasional antagonist. |
| 247 | * AsianAndNerdy: He's Chinese-American, and a genius scientist. |
| 248 | * AsianRudeness: He speaks with a Chinese accent, further proven by the fact that he has relatives who were originally in China, and loves to hurl insults at people. |
| 249 | * AsianSpeekeeEngrish: He can speak English okay for the most part, but his grammar is kinda off. |
| 250 | * 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. |
| 251 | * BreakoutVillain: He was popular enough with the fans to get a few major roles in episodes. |
| 252 | * CharacterCatchphrase: "Watch where you're going, [[YouFool ya fool]]!" |
| 253 | * TheChewToy: 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. |
| 254 | * CoolShades: He wears black sunglasses. |
| 255 | * ADayInTheLimelight: "Courage vs. Mecha Courage", "Courage The Fly", and "Squatting Tiger Hidden Dog". |
| 256 | * DevilInPlainSight: For someone who typically wears casual attire, he surely is ''very'' inconsiderate in front of others. |
| 257 | * DitzyGenius: While he's revealed to be [[BookSmart a scientific expert]], and can be [[StreetSmart manipulative at times]], he also doesn't know how to properly [[{{Pun}} watch where he's going]]. |
| 258 | * TheDragon: He is this to his auntie the Evil Empress but at least twice he went freelance. |
| 259 | * EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: He deeply loves his aunt the Evil Empress despite her malevolent presence. |
| 260 | * 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. |
| 261 | * FunnyForeigner: Di Lung's thick Chinese accent (and sometimes [[{{Engrish}} imperfect English]]) makes his his already strange statements funnier. |
| 262 | * HateSink: He's obnoxious, selfish, and enjoys Courage's misery. It's almost as if Di Lung wasn't meant to be liked at all. |
| 263 | * 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]]. |
| 264 | * InkSuitActor: He is modeled after Tim Chi Ly (the guy who did his voice). |
| 265 | * InsufferableGenius: He's very smart and has a rude and stuck-up personality. |
| 266 | * {{Jerkass}}: He manages to be a bigger one than even Eustace, as he's very rude to everyone he interacts with. |
| 267 | * 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... |
| 268 | * KarmicButtMonkey: Most of the slapstick he endures is usually a result of his own actions. |
| 269 | * 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]]. |
| 270 | * LaserGuidedKarma: Like Eustace, he will usually pay for being a jerk. |
| 271 | * LeanAndMean: A skinny Chinese-American {{jerkass}}. |
| 272 | * Leitmotif: A stereotypical Chinese jingle. |
| 273 | * LightIsNotGood: His standard attire consists of a white T-shirt, but he's not really one of the most approachable people to ever be interacted with. |
| 274 | * MadScientist: He has created the Mecha-Courage robot, and also potions that can [[ForcedTransformation turn people]] into [[{{Animorphism}} flies or buffalo]]. |
| 275 | * ModestRoyalty: Even though he's the nephew of the Empress of China, he seems perfectly content to go around dressed in a t-shirt and a pair of shorts. |
| 276 | * NeverMyFault: Again, his catchphrase is almost always used when he's the one not paying attention. At one point, he’s standing aimlessly in the middle of the road and doesn’t get out the way of a semi-truck who promptly runs him over - he still has the gall to shake his fist at it and tell it to watch where it’s going while crushed in half with tire tracks. Another point has Eustace call him out on it via BorrowedCatchphrase. |
| 277 | * NoodlePeople: He has a very long and thin body. |
| 278 | * NotMeThisTime: Every now and then, he'll say his catchphrase in situations he had no real control over, such as Courage using him as a cushion for a landing (having already been trapped in flypaper himself), or a dragon stomping on his car before he even came out of the grocery store. |
| 279 | * PsychopathicManchild: He has no impulse control, is completely indifferent to the feelings or well-being of others, and has an extremely inflated opinion of himself. |
| 280 | * RecurringExtra: He would often pop up very briefly to utter his catchphrase. He was essentially an extra until partway through season 2, when he became more active in the plots. |
| 281 | * RedRightHand: For some doubtlessly insane reason, he gave himself a sixth toe on his left foot. |
| 282 | * RepeatingSoTheAudienceCanHear: Whenever the Evil Empress says something in Chinese, he reiterates it in English. |
| 283 | * SignatureLaugh: A bizarre and goofy EvilLaugh that sounds like a horse or donkey imitating human speech. |
| 284 | * SinisterShades: A sinister person who always wears glasses, and at times he has sinister plans. |
| 285 | * SmallNameBigEgo: He is over-confident in his talents to the point that he calls himself "perfect". |
| 286 | * 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. |
| 287 | * 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. |
| 288 | * TriangleShades: As seen in the image, his sunglasses have triangular lenses. |
| 289 | * VerbalTic: Has a habit of adding "[[YouFool ya fool]]" to the end of certain catchphrases. |
| 290 | [[/folder]] |
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