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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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11
12	!!The Bagge family:
13
14	[[folder:Ma Bagge]]
15	[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/140472b.jpg]]
16	[[caption-width-right:300:Eustace, ya stupid boy!]]
17
18	->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/BillieLouWatt
19
20	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.
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22	* AbusiveMom: She and her favored son Horst mistreated [[TheUnfavorite Eustace]].
23	* AssholeVictim: Like her son, she is a frequent victim of this.
24	** 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 thinks it was funny he died]].
25	** She gets devoured by the Sand Whale in "The Sand Whale Strikes". She explicitly stated she didn't care that her son got eaten, and mistreated Courage through the episode. Even [[AllLovingHero Muriel]] is happy she's gone.
26	* 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.
27	* BaldOfEvil: She's bald, but she covers it up with her wig.
28	* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: She hasn't appeared in any episodes after "Scuba Scuba Doo", which may have been because of her voice actress's death.
29	* 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.
30	* DepravedDwarf: She’s as mean as her son, and about the same height as Courage.
31	* DoesNotLikeSpam: She hates chocolates.
32	* 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".
33	* 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]].
34	* EvilRedhead: Her red hair is actually a wig, but whatever.
35	* FieryRedhead: Well, she's bald but has a red wig. The "fiery" part still applies, though.
36	* FourEyesZeroSoul: Much like her son, she has glasses and a LackOfEmpathy.
37	* FreudianExcuse: "[=McPhearson=] Phantom" implies her own childhood was pretty bad, too.
38	* {{Gonk}}: "I'm ugly! UGLY! UGLY!"
39	* 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.
40	* {{Hypocrite}}: Makes fun of her son for being ugly and bald, even though she has the same problem and is aware of it. She also complains that Eustace never visits, even though he was currently visiting her.
41	* {{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.
42	* 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]].
43	* LanternJawOfJustice: She has a huge chin, minus the justice.
44	* MiniatureSeniorCitizens: Much shorter than her son (who is not exactly young, either).
45	* MiseryTrigger: Losing her wig leaves her utterly distraught, capable of nothing but bawling about how she is now ugly because of her baldness.
46	* MoralityPet: Seems to be this for her son [[{{Jerkass}} Eustace]]. Ironically, since she's always mean to him.
47	* MyBelovedSmother: She treats Eustace like Eustace treats Courage. Probably just a coincidence.
48	* ObnoxiousInLaws: To Muriel, so much that she's one of the few people [[AllLovingHero Muriel]] openly dislikes.
49	* OpaqueLenses: Much like everyone else in the series, her glasses completely obscure her eyes.
50	* OutlivingOnesOffspring: She outlived her son Horst.
51	* ParentalFavoritism: She cared way more for Horst than [[TheUnfavorite Eustace]].
52	* 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.
53	** 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.
54	* PintsizedPowerhouse: She's shorter than Eustace but also much stronger than him.
55	* 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.
56	* 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.
57	* UnnamedParent: Unlike her husband Ickett, her first name is never revealed.
58	[[/folder]]
59
60	[[folder:Ickett Bagge]]
61	[[quoteright:290:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ickett_bagge.png]]
62	->'''Voiced by:''' N/A
63
64	Euastace's deceased father.
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66	* 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.
67	* TheGhost: We only see a photo of him, but he never appears in-person, not even in any of Eustace's childhood flashbacks.
68	* 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.
69	* 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).
70	* StrongFamilyResemblance: He looks ''exactly'' like Eustace, down to wearing the same clothes, except Ickett had a 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]].
71	[[/folder]]
72
73	[[folder:Horst Bagge]]
74	[[quoteright:240:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/horst.jpg]]
75	->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/PeterFernandez
76
77	Eustace's deceased brother.
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79	* TheAce: He seemed to have been the best at everything, which he liked to rub in Eustace's face.
80	* AdventurerArchaeologist: He found a [[spoiler:cursed]] golden hat on a remote island.
81	* AloofBigBrother: As seen in a flashback, he didn't ever allow his "useless" younger brother to accompany him on hunting trips.
82	* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: To Eustace. He was favored greatly by his parents, and was an explorer who bested Eustace at everything.
83	* BigBrotherBully: He turned his little brother into an asshole like him. He even gave him the nickname "Useless".
84	* CoolShades: Wears a pair of neat sunglasses.
85	* EgomaniacHunter: He was a hunter and outdoorsman. He would refuse to take Eustace along on his hunting trips.
86	* EveryoneHasStandards: Despite being a massive jerkass, he doesn't actually want his little brother to open the demonic box that he left him and hid the key in the one place he'd never look. It's only when Eustace uses a medium to contact him in the afterlife and makes it clear he will not take "No" for an answer and keep bothering him that Horst relents.
87	--> '''Horst:''' You have been warned, brother.
88	* 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.
89	* {{Jerkass}}: Being rude, obnoxious, and self-centered seems to run in the Bagge family.
90	* 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.
91	* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: It's implied he got along with his sister-in-law, hinting he wasn't totally devoid of empathy.
92	* LanternJawOfJustice: Like the rest of his family, he has a large chin, minus the justice.
93	* 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.
94	* SinisterShades: Like the rest of his family he wore glasses, and like the rest of his family he was evil.
95	* StrongFamilyResemblance: Less so than his brother. Horst looks almost like his dad, but with more muscle, a tan, and no beard.
96	* {{Troll}}: He hid the key to his money box in the last place where Eustace would look: in his hat's brim.
97	[[/folder]]
98
99	!!Other:
100
101	[[folder:Nowhere Newsman]]
102	[[quoteright:199:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/newsman.png]]
103	[[caption-width-right:199:We interrupt this program to bring you: Courage the Cowardly Dog show!]]
104	->'''Voiced by:''' Paul Schoeffler
105
106	The sunny, upbeat anchorman of Nowhere News. You'll know him as the guy who narrates the show's opening.
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108	* CharacterNarrator: He describes the premise of ''Courage the Cowardly Dog'' during every opening sequence.
109	* FlatCharacter: He's not given much of a role beyond being the intro's narrator or an occasional reporter.
110	* KentBrockmanNews: Often appears to report on something unusual for local TV news.
111	* NervesOfSteel: Even in a TORNADO he doesn't even do anything CLOSE to panicking.
112	* NoNameGiven: He's never even addressed by any in-universe nickname, let alone by his real name.
113	* NoodlePeople: Like nearly everyone else, his limbs and torso are long and thin.
114	* 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".
115	* SharpDressedMan: He wears a suit befitting an anchorman.
116	[[/folder]]
117
118	[[folder:The Computer]]
119	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/rsz_tumblr_lfgnvh8lvr1qbkno0_94.png]]
120	->'''Voiced by:''' Simon Prebble, Paul Schoeffler (''The Fog of Courage,'') Creator/JeffBergman (''Straight Outta Nowhere'')
121
122	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.
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124	* 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.
125	* BritishStuffiness: He speaks with a British accent.
126	* CharacterCatchphrase: "You ''twit''."
127	* CovertPervert: When Courage accidentally hits a key that presumably causes a bunch of ''[[TheInternetIsForPorn websites with suggestive music]]'' to pop up, the Computer asks Courage to press it again after the former gets Muriel to leave the room. He also gets really flirty with Velma’s tablet in ''Straight Outta Nowhere.''
128	* ADayInTheLimelight: "Mega Muriel the Magnificent" and "Hard Drive Courage".
129	* DeadpanSnarker: He never misses an opportunity for dry sarcasm or sardonicism.
130	* EvilBrit: He temporarily turns evil and goes berserk in "Mega Muriel the Magnificent".
131	* 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]].
132	-->'''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.
133	* FreakOut: In "Hard Drive Courage" when he gets a computer virus.
134	* GoodIsNotNice: He gives advice to Courage, but he's not very nice about it.
135	* 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).
136	* 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.
137	* MagicalDatabase: 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.
138	* PokeThePoodle: He usually lobs insults at Courage when the latter asks for help, [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold and yet the Computer still helps anyway]].
139	* 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.
140	* 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.
141	* SnarkyInanimateObject: The page image. For extra measure, he speaks with a dry English accent.
142	[[/folder]]
143
144	[[folder:Dr. Vindaloo]]
145	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/1919e988_ff26_4daa_ac0d_72c9194704e2.jpg]]
146	->'''Voiced by:''' Paul Schoeffler
147
148	Nowhere's resident "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 iconic "advice" of "just keep soaking it". He's also willing to pass out patient records in exchange 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.
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150	* AbsentMindedProfessor: More specifically, an absent-minded doctor.
151	* BackAlleyDoctor: {{Lampshaded}} by Eustace. His knowledge and license seem questionable at best.
152	-->'''Eustace:''' That darn doctor doesn't know what he's doing!
153	* BigOlEyebrows: They usually cover his eyes completely.
154	* BollywoodNerd: Though zigzagged because he's not very bright and probably not a real doctor.
155	* CharacterCatchphrase:
156	** "There is nothing I can do, nothing at all."
157	** "There is nothing to worry about! But there is nothing I can do."
158	** "Just keep soaking it."
159	** "What is up with that?"
160	** "This is the worst case of [disease that is clearly not what's happening] I've ever seen."
161	* {{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''.
162	* 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.
163	* EinsteinHair: A doctor with gray Einstein-esque hair.
164	* FunnyForeigner: He's a funny Indian {{Cloudcuckoolander}} who talks with a thick accent.
165	* GeniusDitz: Despite all of his incompetence, he has occasionally been a great help.
166	** 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.
167	** 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.
168	** 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.
169	** In "Goat Pain" he points Muriel and Courage towards the magic spring to heal her injured back.
170	* {{Leitmotif}}: His screentime is almost always accompanied by a sitar piece.
171	* MadDoctor: Sometimes. He ranges from "incompetent and unhelpful" to "batshit insane and grossly unqualified."
172	* 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 have the brains to be a scientist.
173	* 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.
174	* QuirkyDoctor: Dr. Vindaloo is a FunnyForeigner doctor who regularly underestimates every problem he encounters, using prolonged soaking in water as a cure-all for everything. He also owns bizarre stuff like a pet elephant and is occasionally seen doing things in his office like taking bubble baths and ripping his body hair off with a giant bandage.
175	* UnusualPetsForUnusualPeople: Being a FunnyForeigner, he owns a pink elephant named Pinky that at one point he [[HorseOfADifferentColor rode to the farm]].
176	[[/folder]]
177
178	[[folder:Shirley the Medium]]
179	[[quoteright:320:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/shirley_0.jpg]]
180	->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MaryTesta
181
182	A Romani 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.
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184	* AmazingTechnicolorWildlife: She is a green-furred dog.
185	* AntiHero: Shirley exacts cruel punishment upon those who've earned her ire, though she can also be very helpful if treated nicely.
186	* BerserkButton: Being rude to her and swindling her are the two main things likely to enrage her.
187	* TheCameo: Her final appearance in the series is a cameo in "Aqua Farmer", where she's seen among the audience at Wet World during the performance of Jojo the Dolphin.
188	* TheCassandra: She often outright warns Eustace not to do something, but he never listens. That's why her catchphrase is pretty much telling him IToldYouSo.
189	* CharacterCatchphrase:
190	** "The stupid one, he (insert action Eustace shouldn't have done here), yes?"
191	** "The stupid one, he's stupid, yes?"
192	* CulturedBadass: She dishes out dangerous curses, talks to those on the other side, and can summon horrifying monsters from beyond all while playing jazzy tunes on her saxophone. In fact, she seems to channel some of her magic spells ''through said saxophone!''
193	* DeadpanSnarker: Often makes dry remarks toward Eustace about his stubbornness and disregard for her warnings.
194	* DisproportionateRetribution: She goes as far as cursing anyone who is mean to her, although considering it's usually Eustace, it's kinda deserved. Doesn't excuse the fact that she curses Muriel at one point, however. To be fair, she often leaves a way for the curse to be undone and will not hesitate to undo the curse herself when she's convinced that her victims have learned their lesson.
195	* DogsAreDumb: Inverted. She is rather intelligent. She's certainly smarter than Eustace, whom she refers to as "the stupid one".
196	* FortuneTeller: Shirley the Medium is a witch and fortune-teller.
197	* FullyDressedCartoonAnimal: One of the few cartoon animals in the show to wear a full set of clothes.
198	* GoodIsNotNice: She can be very helpful until she's provoked into cursing the offender.
199	* GreatGazoo: A female chihuahua who serves as a mystical fortuneteller.
200	* IToldYouSo: "The stupid one, he (something she warned Eustace ''not'' to do but he did anyway), yes?"
201	* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: She is rather greedy for money, but also very helpful.
202	* KarmicTrickster: She's normally a rather nice person when you stay on her good side, and often helps out Courage when he asks. However, if you're mean to her, she'll put a curse on you in a heartbeat, but she'll always leave a loophole for you to get out of them.
203	* MagicalRomani: She puts {{gypsy curse}}s on Eustace whenever she's provoked enough.
204	* MundaneUtility: At Courage's request, she uses her crystal ball to help him find a yoyo that he lost.
205	* SeenItAll: Nothing really seems to faze her and she often knows how to deal with a lot of supernatural things Courage faces.
206	* TalkingAnimal: Unlike Courage, she ''always'' speaks in fluent English.
207	[[/folder]]
208
209	[[folder:Charlie the Mouse]]
210	[[quoteright:251:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/charlie_the_mouse_5.png]]
211	->'''Voiced by:''' Tom [=McKeon=] (most appearances), Creator/PeterFernandez (''Stormy Weather''), Creator/JohnRDilworth (''The Mask'')
212
213	A large delivery mouse who is apparently friends with Courage.
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215	* TheBigGuy: He is a bruiser through and through.
216	* CharacterCatchphrase: "No prob."
217	* DarkIsNotEvil: He's friendly, despite his scary appearance.
218	* DeusExMachina: Essentially his purpose in the series is for him to give Courage something he can use to save the day at the last minute.
219	* FaceOfAThug: In spite of having a threatening appearance, he's a friendly and helpful guy.
220	* HalfDressedCartoonAnimal: He always wears a vest and a pair of black gloves.
221	* InstantHomeDelivery: Courage usually gets his stuff delivered just after a few seconds.
222	* NewJobAsThePlotDemands: Always important to the plot like a postman.
223	* NiceMice: He certainly doesn't ''look'' nice, but he's friends with Courage and usually helps him in resolving the episode's conflict.
224	* RecurringExtra: If you see enough episodes you start recognising him.
225	* RodentsOfUnusualSize: He's ''huge''.
226	* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Like all cartoon mice, he likes cheese.
227	[[/folder]]
228
229	[[folder:Mr. Frith]]
230	[[quoteright:310:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/proffrith.jpg]]
231	[[caption-width-right:310: Professor Frith, an archaeologist.]]
232	->'''Voiced by:''' Simon Prebble
233
234	Another recurring character. A TopHeavyGuy with a square jaw and a large mustache, which is red or white, depending on what character he's playing in the episode.
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236	* AbortedArc: When Mr. Frith visits the Bagges during "[[Recap/CourageTheCowardlyDogS1E7KingRamsesCurseTheClutchingFoot King Ramses Curse]]," Courage nervously reminds his owners that the last they'd seen him, Mr. Frith (then a ship captain) and was [[UncertainDoom last seen]] as [[ForcedTransformation a vending machine]] in "Klub Katz", making his current presence [[UnexplainedRecovery impossible]]. While this might've foreshadowed Mr. Frith's being [[AmbiguouslyEvil a more dangerous presence]], nothing comes of it and NegativeContinuity prevails.
237	* CommissarCap: Sports this as a military or police officer.
238	* DonutMessWithACop: In "Courage In The Big Stinkin' City", Courage throws a doughnut at him as a distraction.
239	* EyeObscuringHat: As a professor, he has a huge pith helmet that covers his eyes.
240	* NewJobAsThePlotDemands: Every time this guy appears, he has a different occupation, and a slightly different appearance. Examples include being a police officer (in both Nowhere and New York City), an archaeology professor, a ship captain, a pilot, the mayor of Nowhere, a US Army general, and a park ranger.
241	* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Cookies as seen in "Courage Meets The Mummy", and doughnuts as seen in "Courage in the Big Stinkin' City".
242	[[/folder]]
243
244	[[folder:The General and the Lieutenant]]
245	[[quoteright:304:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/captain_courage.jpg]]
246	[[caption-width-right:304:The General]]
247	[[quoteright:310:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lieutenant_imagejpg.png]]
248	[[caption-width-right:310:The Lieutenant]]
249	->'''Voiced by:''' Ron [=McLarty=], Creator/JeffBennett (''Straight Outta Nowhere'') (The General), Chuck Montgomery (The Lieutenant)
250
251	A couple of US Army officers stationed in Nowhere. The General is another variation of the "Mr. Frith" characters, except his mustache is white instead of red. He's often seen talking to (and fighting with) his Lieutenant.
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253	* ArmedFarces: Despite being powerful military men, they're both rather goofy people.
254	* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: They can be seen doing [[InsaneTrollLogic really nonsensical things]] for no reason, such as abusing each other with a gold club and [[ChestBlaster a chest-mounted cannon]], as well as playing tug-of-war ''[[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext with a fellow soldier as the "rope"]]''.
255	* CommissarCap: As military commanders, they sport the appropriate headgear for their jobs.
256	* EyeObscuringHat: The Lieutenant wears a hat that covers his eyes.
257	* ForcedTransformation: In one episode, [[MadScientist Di Lung]] [[ItMakesSenseInContext uses a potion to]] [[{{Animorphism}} turn them into water buffalo]].
258	* GovernmentConspiracy: Occasionally, they will appear just to start a cover-up of weird events that affect the Bagge family, on the US federal government's behalf of course.
259	* {{Jerkass}}: In one episode, the General callously declines his Lieutenant's offer to evacuate the Bagge house upon learning that it's about to be struck by an oncoming meteor, despite the fact that there was presumably ample time for him to do so. The Lieutenant, for his part, does not protest or question his commander's order in the slightest.
260	* [[{{Manchild}} Manchildren]]: They'd rather play-fight with each other than fulfill their duties as military officers.
261	* ThoseTwoGuys: They are constantly seen together.
262	[[/folder]]
263
264	[[folder:The Three Government Ninjas]]
265	[[quoteright:221:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ninja_feds.png]]
266	[[caption-width-right:221:Number 1 and 3]]
267	->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/PeterFernandez
268
269	Three [[McNinja ninja-like]] [[TheMenInBlack federal agents]] who assist the General and the Lieutenant.
270	----
271	* AffablyEvil: After they once kidnapped Muriel (who turned invisible due to a magic gem), they try to reassure Courage that she'll be safe and okay.
272	* AmbiguouslyHuman: Aside from being government black ops guys they don't usually display any especially unusual behavior. However in The Last Of The Star Makers after being ordered to retreat all three retracted their limbs into their torsos, deployed four spindly wheels from their hips, and sped off like RC cars.
273	* CaptainObvious: "And now he's running away!"
274	* ChestInsignia: They have the numbers 1, 2, and 3 on their vests.
275	* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}s: For special government agents, they are not very lucid (not that their commanding officers are any better).
276	* CoolShades: Fitting for secret agents yet for ninjas not so much.
277	* LargeHam: They are as over-the-top as you would expect from movie-ninja stereotypes that they are parodying.
278	* {{Leitmotif}}: A fast, trumpet-heavy tune plays whenever they show up.
279	* TheMenInBlack: If the US government learns about an invisible old lady or a giant alien squid in the middle of Nowhere, they'll send in these guys to help them capture these strange beings.
280	* {{McNinja}}s: They are American ninjas.
281	* TrademarkFavoriteFood: They're fond of toast.
282	[[/folder]]
283
284	[[folder:Floyd]]
285	[[quoteright:249:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/floyd.png]]
286	->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JohnRDilworth
287
288	A recurring character. A short, bald man.
289	----
290	* BaldOfEvil: He is depicted as a bald antagonist in "Curtain of Cruelty", though this later gets subverted
291	* CoolOldGuy: He redeems himself at the end of "Curtain of Cruelty".
292	* MiniatureSeniorCitizens: A short old guy.
293	* NeverTrustAHairTonic: In "Hothead", Courage sees him using the experimental hair regrowth serum, which gives him the ability to blow up anything that angers him.
294	* NewJobAsThePlotDemands: Nowhere has probably way less citizens than necessary professions, considering he isn't the only one who keeps changing jobs.
295	* NiceGuy: He becomes a better person at the end of "Curtain of Cruelty".
296	* OnlyOneName: He has no known last name, unless you count "Mean" in "Curtain of Cruelty", though it's probably an alias he drops as soon as he reforms.
297	* UnexplainedRecovery: In "The Curse of Shirley", Eustace sees ([[BystanderSyndrome and allows]]) [[ItMakesSenseInContext Floyd getting dragged away and]] [[UncertainDoom apparently killed/eaten by an unknown tentacled monster]]. But he appears in later episodes unharmed.
298	[[/folder]]
299
300	[[folder:Parachute Lady]]
301	[[quoteright:310:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/1_75.jpg]]
302	->'''Voiced by:''' Nancy Grabstein
303
304	Another recurring extra. A slim lady in a green jumpsuit.
305	----
306	* AmbiguouslyBrown: Has tanned skin and black hair, but no defined ethnicity.
307	* AwesomeBackpack: She always wears a parachute.
308	* FlatCharacter: She only appears sparingly for brief gag scenes.
309	%%* GenkiGirl
310	* MotorMouth: She rambles on and on to the Mayan Mummy, so he parachutes out of the plane.
311	* NoNameGiven: Just like the Nowhere Newsman, her actual name is never revealed.
312	* NoodlePeople: She's drawn with a torso and limbs that are long and thin like most normal human characters on the show.
313	[[/folder]]

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