Line #16 Headscratchers/CourageTheCowardlyDog


1	* In "The Mask" episode when Courage fantasies about how he's going to rat on Kitty and she'll turn out a wanted criminal and the government will send tanks and bombers after her...why do all the crafts in his dream suddenly bear five-point Red Stars?! It's flattering, of course that in his darkest hour Courage places his hopes in the awesome might of the Red Army, but it's just so random.
2	** Do [[ImagineSpot Imagine Spots]] ever entirely make sense? Especially when you're scared, dazed, and confused?
3	** Aside from that... despite its dark subject matter, "The Mask" really doesn't mesh that well with the show's usual format. The writers needed ''some'' excuse for Courage to get involved in a gangland drama when 99% of the time, he's actually a rather [[VillainsActHeroesReact passive character that only jumps into action when the nutso of the week is directly threatening the Bagge farm]]. Courage's over-the-top delusions about Kitty being some wanted criminal/man-eating monster are pretty out-of-nowhere, but then, maybe he's just ProperlyParanoid by now.
4	** Maybe he mostly got involved was to probably get Kitty off the farm and she did beat the hell out of him, so he has a reason to be afraid of her, however, he was also curious as to what the mouse had anything to do with it.
5	** Well, Courage is a dog living in America. Perhaps, he thought the Red Army would be more ruthless, and therefore, more ''effective'' in dealing with the threat Kitty presented.
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7	* Why can't Courage just ''let'' the monster kill Eustace? Are there any episodes when Courage gets fed up with Eustace's attitude?
8	** The ONLY POSSIBLE TIME Courage ever killed Eustace was when he was a chicken-alien in "The Chicken from Outer Space" but due to NegativeContinuity Eustace will just return in the next episode alive and human again.
9	** He doesn't want Muriel sad. And she's been shown to be sad if Eustace isn't around.
10	** It happens on "The Queen of the Black Puddle". Once Eustace gets kidnapped by the titular monster, Courage couldn't have been happier. But then, he sees Muriel crying because she thinks Eustace had left her and couldn't do anything to make her happy again. It's not like Courage wants Eustace to live, he just wants Muriel to not be depressed for life.
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12	* So, what exactly does Muriel see in Eustace? The guy's a greedy, old man who abuses his dog. Hell, he once put his wife in danger just to get revenge on Courage.
13	** Um, once?
14	*** Muriel's just so Optimistic, she found him attractive.
15	** Maybe he was a better man long time ago, and she is willing to ignore the fact that he grew older and worse because he was an awesome person? It's a little depressing if you think about it, but it might make sense... if, of course, canon haven't provided any evidence in contrary(about Eustace ever being cool, that is)
16	** Eustace and Muriel, despite their flaws, do show cases of AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther throughout the series. Eustace isn't evil so much as he is a cranky old man who takes out his frustrations and insecurities (Remember, his mother was quite abusive towards him and he pretty much lived in the shadow of his more-successful late brother) on Courage. For example, in the episode ''Evil River'' he asks if Muriel being the "bait" for Carmen (the MonsterOfTheWeek) was safe hinting that he wouldn't go through with it if he thought Muriel was in any real danger. Likewise, in an episode involving vengeful widow ghost (I forget the name of said episode) Courage helps pull their marriage back together (due to said ghost trying to separate Eustace and Muriel by making Eustace think that Muriel was trying to kill him) and they are shown to be quite happy together. Not only that, but in the same episode, Eustace's Mother (who teams up with said ghost) says that Muriel is a terrible wife with Eustace retorting "You don't know what you're talking about" showing that, despite his JerkAss behavior towards her, he does care for her deep down inside. Plus, I've always seen ''Ball Of Revenge'' as '''HORRIBLY''' out of character for Eustace since, throughout most of the series, he was pretty much apathetically indifferent towards Courage rather than downright hating him...especially since earlier episodes actually showed that Eustace would (though reluctantly, and mostly for money) help Courage with some of his plans ("Kick 'em in the dishpan hoo hoo hoo?").
17	*** I would not say "horribly OOC", but maybe a little: Eustace would get rid of Courage ... but only if the opportunity presents itself and, generally, also if you give him something beneficial to himself in return. Besides, on several occasions is shown that he enjoys Courage's pain.
18	** Plus, Muriel did call Eustace out on how he always ignored her in the episode "Muted Muriel." Courage even had to [[spoiler: ask Shirley to do a curse that can be reversed with the sound of Muriel's voice. He also had to duct tape Eustace's mouth closed at the end of the episode.]]
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20	* Can Courage talk or not?
21	** He can. At least, he used to back in season 1.
22	** Maybe he has a speak impediment, and when he's excited, scared, or frustrated, he can't speak as clearly as he normally could. Thus we have moments where he talks clearly, and others where he's just an incoherent babbling mess.
23	** He can speak normally, but he completely loses the ability when he's scared (which is usually).
24	** Actually, I think when we hear him talk, it's really animal speak being translated for us. That's why he can't talk to humans but he can talk to animals.
25	** This troper actually asked John R. Dilworth on hotmail about why doesn't Courage talk to the Bagges but talks to everyone else and the only explanation he gave was "It's because I feel the intimacy between family members can never be truly comprehended" However My theory is perhaps Courage thinks Muriel always wanted a normal non-speaking dog so he decided to not talk to her even though it would've been helpful if he did talk to her.
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27	* In Ball Of Revenge, the Duck Brothers showed up for a "Half Time Show" while Courage was fighting the old villains. I'm wondering whey they didn't try to help Courage, considering they parted with him on good terms.
28	** Hey man, rule number one of small bands living gig to gig: never get yourself too involved in politics.
29	*** '''[[Film/MuppetTreasureIsland POLITICS! POLITICS!]]'''
30	** Speaking of the villains, what’s up with the lineup they chose? Sure, Katz and Le Quack were pretty much mandatory choices, but the rest make little to no sense. The Cajun Fox and Clutching Foot were killed in their respective episodes, the Weremole is a feral beast with no concept of revenge, and while the Queen of the Black Puddle has a bit more reason, in that Courage stopped her from eating Eustace, that very reasoning makes it all the more baffling that Eustace would recruit her.
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32	* In "Invisible Muriel", Dr. Vindaloo cuts himself shaving his legs while on the phone with Courage, and he asks Courage to bring him a bandage when he comes by. As a doctor, shouldn't he already have, like, thousands of bandages of varying size, shape, and color in his supplies?
33	** Dr. Vindaloo is also a quack, remember that point.
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35	* In previous episodes, whenever something was wrong with Courage,they would take him to Dr. Vindaloo.But in "Remembrance of Courage's past", they take him to a vet.
36	** Well, I haven't rewatched some of the episodes yet though I think it's usually when Muriel and Eustace gets hurt is when they go to Dr. Vindaloo. The few times Courage went to the doctor was by himself to get surgery in "The Transplant" and by ambulance in "Night of the Weremole."
37	** Well... Comprehensible. After a childhood experience like Courage's, i wouldn't trust vets neither.
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39	* In "The Hunchback of Nowhere", Eustace scares Courage with his eyes instead of the mask he's always carrying, so are there any other episodes he does that?
40	** Yes in the episode "The Shadow of Courage"
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42	* "Snowman's Revenge", is one example that's been bugging me. So Snowman's homeland, The North Pole, melted due to holes in the ozone layer letting heat through. Fair enough, but what really causes these holes is the burning of greenhouse gases. You'd think that they'd say something about that.
43	** The hole in the Ozone layer is due to Chlorofluorocarbons, not green house gassed.
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45	* How was the Banana Suit Dealer in the current time period in "Katz Under The Sea"? This has confused me since I saw that episode. As "1,000 Years Of Courage" suggests, he only existed 1,000 years into the future.
46	** He is a Banana Time Lord?
47	** Characters got reused all the time, like Frith the mustached [[NewJobAsThePlotDemands mayor/cop/pilot/general]]. Also, a banana man is not exactly out of place in the current time period considering all the kinds of weird people that already exist there.
48	** Also, the Banana Suit Dealer appears at the very end of "1,000 Years of Courage" in the present, which sorta justifies his presence in a later episode.
49	** Is "1,000 Years of Courage" even canon (in the future)? At the end of the episode, the Bagges' are transported back to the exact time and place they were when it began. This time, no meteor hits, and whatever exists 1,000 years in the future could be completely different.
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51	* In "Ball Of Revenge", Eustace called in the Cajun Fox (Whom Eustace did not know because he didn't appear in the Cajun Fox's episode), the Gangster Foot Fungus (Who took over his body, so Eustace himself was the Fungus), The Weremole (Whom he thought was a mouse), and the Black Puddle Queen (He was hypnotized whenever she appeared, so he would have no knowledge of her). Any explanations for any of these?
52	** The Gangster Foot Fungus could've possessed some unknown victim but this is all I can come up with.
53	** Perhaps the people he ''did'' call in were acquainted with the people he didn't; I doubt Eustace (at that point, anyway) would have said no to "Hey, I know this other creature who hates that stupid dog, too; mind if I invite 'em?"
54	** As a kid, this troper came up with a simple explanation: at the beginning of Eustace's phone call, he tells the operator, "I'm gonna need a few numbers..." my theory was that he simply asked the operator to give him the numbers of any residents of Nowhere who happen to hate a pink dog. It sounds corny, I know, but it made sense to me.
55	*** Honestly? I think this is so very plausible in ths show's universe.
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57	* Speaking of which, this troper would like to know how the Fungus Foot managed to come back any... the other villains who showed up were never actually done away with, but Fungus Foot was... did it some how become reincarnated when someone else in Nowhere had fungus on their foot too?
58	** At the end of "The Clutching Foot," after Courage defeats the Foot, [[ItMakesSenseInContext his tongue gets infected.]] Possibly, when Courage went to cure his tongue ([[UnexplainedRecovery however he did it]]), he accidentally spread the fungus to someone else. Hopefully, an AssholeVictim.
59	** It's most likely NegativeContinuity, but then again, lots of people hate this episode anyway.
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61	* What would any of the villains gain from attacking Eustace and Muriel? They didn't do anything to the villains for them to want revenge, they're not rich enough to rob from, and Courage just stops them, anyways. But you could ask that about most fictional villains.
62	** It doesn't help that according to "Everybody wants to direct" the Bagge Farm was built over a graveyard and Von Volkheim's carcass was buried in that very graveyard. And so just like the movie ''Film/{{Poltergeist\|1982}}'', a house that is built over a graveyard is going to attract evil supernatural stuff that would turn Winston Zeddmore white... literally!
63	** Some do have something to gain, even if thwarted. A few examples, if I may:
64	*** The Windmill Vandals weren't specifically after them per say, but rather attacked them because they became owners of the windmill as the computer had stated in the legend. They're attacked out of plain ol' bad luck.
65	*** The zombie serial killer duo (Von Volkheim and Bentin Tarantella) wanted to eat. They just took their work on the road.
66	*** Weremole was actually acting out of instinct rather than serious gain.
67	*** Fox: Eat the old lady. Apparently human meat is good before it dies.
68	*** Katz: Serial Killer, mad scientist, shrewd businessman, and as something awful would likely put it: a top-of-the-line rear end in a top hat.
69	*** Conway: Depending on your [[{{AlternateCharacterInterpretation}} Interpretation]] of the character, he was most likely an innocent man who wanted to share his longevity with the Bagges, but it shows that the lifestyle is not for everybody.
70	*** Shirley: Revenge in a odd sense. The times she curses them are usually after Eustace swindled her or showed hostility.
71	*** Basil the burglar: Nuts
72	*** The demon in the mattress: Buyer Beware. The old couple were only attacked because they took the sale. Same with the Dome of Doom plant-life.
73	*** Horst's Box Demon: Guardian doing what it does.
74	*** Eggplants: Revolting on owners on a drought they could not control.
75	*** The Goat: Misanthropic animal who hated humans for driving away his species.
76	*** Velvet Vic: Money was a second goal. If I understand the way his weakness works; in order for him to be free of his record, he's got to have somebody take his place when the music stops. That's what he needed another person for. Like the Windmill Vandals instance earlier, the fact that he chose Muriel was plain bad luck.
77	*** Freaky Fred: Well, Psycho Barbers much like Fred, cannot stop their compulsion until all hair is shed, that visit did make him see red, which made him feel rather...nauuuuuuuughtyyyyy. Being Muriel's nephew gives him an excuse to visit her home.
78	*** Le Quack: He's just a greedy ConMan who would do just about anything to get any kind of money.
79	*** The Snowman: Global warming.
80	*** The Buck: He's tired of being the hunted, so he decided to be the hunter. If you were an intelligent deer, wouldn't you do that too?
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82	* Do the Bagges even have children/grandchildren/ next of kin?
83	** I don't think its ever stated that they have children, but they're supposed to be in their late 60s IIRC. Any children they would have would would have moved out, and possibly had children of their own, by now.
84	*** I remember one episode (I think it was ''Angry Nasty People'') when Muriel mentioned wanting to tell someone that they'd be on TV, so they probably do, which is supposin' she wasn't talking about any friends that she or Eustace might have.
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86	* In the episode "Little Muriel" the twister breaks the Pinwheel. In an earlier (or later,I forget which) episode it said that if the pinwheel stopped spinning a group of headless horsemen would come and try to kill the Bagges family,so why when the Twister destroyed it in 'Little Muriel" why didn't the headless horsemen come?
87	** Probably NegativeContinuity.
88	** Maybe if it's outright destroyed then it doesn't count?
89	*** Negative Continuity. When the Goose God zaps the windmill, it is still standing but unable to spin. The horsemen are nowhere to be seen.
90	*** Also, it is outright destroyed when Conway crashes his plane on it as well. No horsemen.
91	** Another possibility besides Negative Continuity is that either:
92	*** ...the windmill would have to stop on its own for this to happen rather than someone else making it stop. For instance when the windmill is stopped by the Goose God, a probable reason for the horsemen not appearing is that they either fear the Goose God, think that he will destroy their enemies for them so they don't bother, or otherwise just don't want to join the fray.
93	*** ...the horsemen require nighttime or some other specific timeframe in order to emerge in the first place, regardless of how the windmill stops, due to them being undead. It was a really dark night in the episode that they appear; in "Little Muriel" for instance, it was daytime (and a really stormy one) which probably wasn't a good time for them to appear lest they get destroyed by the elements.
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95	* How come Eustace never realizes Courage saves his life? He should appreciate it at least a little.
96	** Four words: {{Status Quo is God}}
97	*** Well that and it's one of the reasons why Shirley refers to him as "The Stupid One"
98	*** But what have you done for me lately?
99	** Another important thing about Eustace, besides him being an idiot, is his pride. He probably does know Courage saves Muriel and his lives behind the scenes but he's not gonna be one to admit it.
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101	* Can Courage actually shape-shift, and it's not just a metaphor for his babbling and gesticulation? If so, is it meant to be ironic that he's so scared of these relatively mundane or one-note supernatural threats (alongside the actual dangerous things) despite being one of the most fantastic, [[BodyHorror horrifying]] creatures on the show? That's not even counting his {{Hammerspace}} pockets...
102	*** I took his shapeshifting as more like a fantasy version of gesticulating, so he's not really shapeshifting, he's gesticulating but it looks like shapeshifting to the viewer.
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104	* This Troper lampshaded this fact but with all the freaky messed up stuff that constantly happens on the Bagge Farm... WHY THE HECK HASN'T THE BAGGES MOVED AWAY FROM THE HOUSE? If this troper lived in a house where scary messed up stuff keeps happening then this troper would move far away and complain to the son of a gun who had him move there.
105	** Negative Continuity, determination from the monsters, Muriel's ignorance, Eustace's selfishness/greed/carelessness. As well, several notable events are NOT on the farm but instead when they go on vacation or go to town.
106	** According to the episode "The House of Discontent", they (or at least Eustace) lived there for almost their entire lives.
107	** They literally live in the middle of Nowhere. It's probably hard to find other houses or it would be too hard to move.
108	*** Actually, "Nowhere" is the town they live in. That being said, they've lived in that part of Nowhere for so long that they're not set on going anywhere else.
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110	* In "The Mask", Courage locks Kitty in the attic, then shortly thereafter, locks Muriel and Eustace in their bedroom... now, why exactly did he do that? Kitty, I can understand, but why lock Muriel and Eustace too? My only assumption is that perhaps if she were to wake up, and start yelling and banging on the door, that Muriel or Eustace might come let her out.
111	** Maybe it was to keep Kitty from getting to them if she breaks out of her room.
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113	* Has anyone noticed that Courage never refers to Eustace by his name, but rather, just calls him "The Farmer"? I wonder if this stems for Courage lacking any kind of empathy towards him, considering Eustace is always cruel and hostile towards him, and very rarely (only two occasion), actually refers to him by his name as well, and just always "Stoopid Dog!"
114	** He is actually referred to as that on the show and in a few episode titles, as well as all Netflix episode summaries for the first two seasons aside from "A Night at the Katz Motel".
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116	* Why was the name Bagge so hard for Creator/CartoonNetwork to remember? I mean, it's stated during the main title of ''every single episode'', "Abandoned as a pup, he was found by Muriel, who lives in the middle of Nowhere, with her husband, Eustace ''Bagge''." The name is even said several times throughout the series, and was even written on screen in "Rumpledkiltskin", yet it's like Creator/CartoonNetwork could never keep it straight. Sometime in the early 2000s, they did a special spoofing award ceremonies, and at one point, Muriel was a presenter, and was introduced as "Muriel Bain", even her name was displayed as such on screen. Later still, in a couple of issues of the old ''Cartoon Cartoons'' comic books, one issue mentions "Muriel and Eustace Bagges" (unless that was meant to be plural), and another issue says "Muriel and Eustace Hoebagge" (which composer Jody Gray confirmed was John Dilworth's original name for the characters, but CN rejected it, probably because it contained the word "hoe").
117	** "Bain" could have been Muriel's maiden name.
118	** OP here. Something else just now confused me about "Rumpledkiltskin": he says Muriel is the last of the Bagges who knows the Bagge clan tartan kilt... only half of that makes sense. On the one hand, yes, Muriel is originally from Scotland, but unless Bagge also happened to be her maiden name as well and/or she already had some history involved with the Bagge clan, it wouldn't make sense otherwise. She married a Bagge, but only because (according to a CN book, which may or may not have been entirely accurate) Eustace traveled to Scotland once in an attempt to purchase livestock, and ended up coming home with Muriel as his wife instead. Of course, if there is a Bagge clan, then Eustace would have some bloodline tracing back to it. I don't know, it's a cartoon, I shouldn't think too deep into it.
119	* There could be a few explanations for this:
120	## She and Eustace so happened to have the same last name, which wouldn't be too strange, considering that the latter's relatives (Horst, Ikket, and Ma) also share the same last name of "Bagge" and surnames aren't that unique.
121	##Continuity Error. Perhaps, in the earlier drafts, her married name was intended to be something else but that didn't carry over to the show.
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123	* So... Mad Dog was ''prostituting'' Bunny? I remember either listening to or reading a review/recap of "The Mask", and the reviewer pointed out prostitution when we see Mad Dog and his accomplices return to their hideout with Bunny, to whom, Mad Dog says, "Move yer tail, Bunny!" Maybe I'm naive and not familiar with a lot of that stuff, but is, "Move yer tail," ''really'' some kind of prostitution terminology/phrase/euphemism/whatever? When I was a kid, I simply took it as Mad Dog basically telling Bunny to hurry up and get out of the car and come back inside as if she were just sitting there in the car, or taking too long getting out.
124	** It's sort of a listen-between-the-lines thing when you hear Mad Dog ranting at her later, especially the part about "I take you from a two-bit joint and turn you into a class act".
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126	* I was watching, "Aqua Farmer," the other day, and... does anyone else besides me find the cameo made by Di Lung's aunt (the Evil Empress of China) to be really random and rather unnecessary? I know this is one of those shows where StatusQuoIsGod, especially as far as Eustace is concerned. But really, Courage killed her in the previous episode, and she disappeared... for her to pop up at the aquarium watching [=JoJo=] the Dolphin with the rest of Nowhere seems odd and out of place, even for this show.
127	** It's a pretty weird show. And like you said, status quo.
128	** She probably doesn't have anything better to do now that she's no longer the empress; if she's still alive. If that sounds too logical, there's (again) the status quo...
129	** ''Aqua Farmer'' probably came before the Evil Empress episode, canon-wise.
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131	* Eustace's mother is the [=CEO=] of Growth Industries and yet she can't afford to move away from her trailer.
132	** She's cheap (in more than one sense of the word). Eustace had to get it somewhere.
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134	* Why does (or what made) Eustace hate Courage so much? Granted he's a jerk to everyone, but he seems to despise the "stupid dog" with a passion. You'd think after Muriel whacked him so many times he'd calm down.
135	** Easy target, most likely. Eustace will be a jerk to anyone for no reason at all, even beings he should rightly avoid from just a glance and these encounters always go badly. Courage just happens to be feeble and too cowardly to protest Eustace's treatment.
136	** Some episodes have him as envious towards the little dog because Muriel treats him better.
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138	* Eustace doesn't have any teeth at all, so how is he still able to eat stuff like burgers, a lobster, etc?
139	** He either has teeth and they aren't seen or they're worn down or he wears dentures.
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141	* I always found it odd that the mummy in "Courage Meets the Mummy" was Mayan. Was mummification ever a thing in Mayan culture? I can't find any information on it. I don't see why they didn't just make it Egyptian considering that's what most people think of when they hear the word "mummy."
142	** According to Wikipedia and some archaeological evidence, some of the Mayan funeral rituals (by the Classic period) were like mummification in the sense of wrapping their dead, sealing them in a tomb, and the like, so there were mummies, just not like Egyptian mummies (which were embalmed).
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144	* Why did Le Quack disappear after the halftime show in Ball of Revenge? It seems strange that they would make a big a mistake as forgetting to draw one of the villans suddenly.
145	** I can't help but wonder if one of the creators [[CreatorsPet took too much of a liking to him]] and didn't want him to die. But if you want an in-universe reason, maybe he was just GenreSavvy enough to realize that it wouldn't end well and slipped away, just like he does when escaping from prison.
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147	* What's up with the Great Fusilli's fear of ghosts? I guess it was intended as a reference to The Phantom of the Opera or something, but InUniverse, it seems very contrived.
148	** Theather is well-known for its superstitions, similar to how sailing is.
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150	* Many episodes are parodies of horror movies. But there are some characters that I can't tell if they're parodies or not. Let's see here... Dr. Gerbil, Le Quack, Schwick, and the Stitch Sisters. Are these characters based on other characters? (Feel free to add more characters to the list if you think of any.)
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152	* A minor headscratcher, but in "Dr. Le Quack, Amnesia Specialist", how was Muriel still able to know how to play the sitar after losing her memory?
153	** Skills-in particular those requiring developing specific neuromuscular (which is often inaccurately referred to as muscle memory) that require specific movements-tend to be the on part of the human brain that degrades the last. This is specifically true if the skillset involved was one that requires a lot of mind-body coordination and agility to perform. There are stories of elderly people with dementia who suddenly stand up from their chair and start dancing in the public areas of the rest homes a style they once did frequently in their youth. And with incredible finesse and grace as though they had been preparing for a live performance for weeks. I heard of an incident of an ex-wrestler who killed his housemate unintentionally because his brain system still remembered the techniques and did it automatically when the other elderly touched him in a certain manner. People with severe brain damage and extremely bad cases of amnesia still remember basic functions such as eating food with a spoon even if they have degraded to the point of retardation and disabled. So Muriel remembering how to play an instrument is not unrealistic at all. Especially since she played a string instrument which requires a hell lot of hand-mind coordination and speedy flexible movements than most activities.
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155	* Here's another one involving "The Mask". Where did Muriel supposedly being gluttonous come from? Sure, she's overweight, but throughout the series, she's never been portrayed as a BigEater (unlike her husband) and actually works to cook what she does eat. In the episode, we only see one instance of her secretly eating some cake that she probably worked to make, and which Eustace would probably have hogged to himself if she hadn't done it without him in the room, yet suddenly she's paranoid about her weight, despite [[PetTheDog Eustace's reassurance]], and by the end of the episode she's supposedly decided to cut back on sweets. It's a sort of development that would work if it didn't sort of come out of nowhere.
156	** Well, she ''did'' eat that huge, expanding carrot in one sitting, once... ''The whole thing.''
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158	* I know this is kind of a silly question, but...why didn't characters from this show ever appear in a ''Creator/CartoonNetwork'' CrossoverPunchline? Yes, I know they appeared in commercials with each other, but not in any actual episodes. The {{Crossover}} with ''WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy'' and ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'', as well as the ''WesternAnimation/UncleGrandpa'' and ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'' crossover, and the ''WesternAnimation/UncleGrandpa'' "The Grampies" segment all contained cameos or references to all the other Cartoon Network shows except this one. Was this because of legal reasons or something?
159	** No real proof of legal issues at all, but a mention would be out of place as it ended long before all of those shows.
160	*** Yes, he finally had a cameo in "Crossover Nexus"!
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162	* In the episode "The Transplant" how on Earth did Dr. Vindaloo remove the kangaroo monster bone from a now transformed-Courage, if said monsters are impervious to all harm other than that caused by another kangaroo monster?
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164	* Eustace called in the Cajun Fox along with the rest of the villains in "Ball Of Revenge", despite the fact that the Cajun Fox episode was the only episode Eustace doesn't appear in. And he also calls in The Big Toe, even though he himself was The Big Toe.
165	** About half the villains Eustace teamed up with tried to kill him.
166	** NegativeContinuity and/or RuleOfDrama.
167	*** A previous troper mentioned something about how they came to the idea that Eustace asked the operator for the numbers of who might hate a little pink dog, so that might explain how he got the number of Cajun Fox.
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169	* The banana salesman appears in a later Katz episode even though he's supposed to be stuck in the next millennium.
170	** Fridge brilliance, they've invented time travel a thousand years from the show's present time, he just hitched a ride back.
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172	* Benton Tarantella's first appearance is in Season 1, specifically the episode "Everyone Wants to Direct". A season or two later, he returns in "Angry Nasty People". Granted the show routinely dips into NegativeContinuity but considering he was wearing the same outfit and ''didn't even bother disguising himself'' the second time, one has to wonder how nobody seemed too perturbed to be reunited with a zombie who tried to kill and eat Muriel in his first appearance. Moreover, how did he get out of the hole he was buried in without anyone noticing?
173	** The Bagges don't seem to have the best memory if that helps.

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