Courage the Cowardly Dog

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**Courage** is the main protagonist and the titular character of the *Courage the Cowardly Dog* series.

Courage is a pink and black spotted dog (of no known specific breed) who saves his owners Muriel and Eustace from all the creatures.

In the AWA fics, Courage is a student at the AWA Academy.

## **Appearance**

Courage is a small purple dog of undetermined breed (or breeds, possibly a mix) with thin but long black ears. He has a black diamond-like nose and tiny limbs. His middle toe always seems to point straight ahead regardless of stance, making it appear as though Courage is always tip-toeing. He as numerous large human-like teeth with one having a circular hole in it. He has three black spots on his back.

## **Personality**

Courage, as the show's title suggests, is an extremely cowardly and anxious dog frightened easily by almost anything. Despite this, when he or his owners are in the complete face of danger, he will stop at nothing to save them.

Though he is willing to risk his own life to protect Muriel at all costs, his irrationality sometimes causes others to doubt his intuition. Courage has been presented as an almost entirely selfless character, working to benefit others with usually little to no regard for his own well being and risking his own life dozens of times simply to assure his owner's safety.

Although his secondary owner, Eustace, is cruel to him, he is not offended by his harsh words and cruel tricks, especially compared to Muriel. This is most likely because he's learned to deal with the jealous man's cruel jokes and short temper over time. Despite this, Courage has been shown to care about Eustace's safety as well (although not as much as Muriel's) and will go great lengths to protect him from danger (although he is not as successful in protecting him as he is with Muriel). On some occasions, Courage would team up with Eustace in an attempt to save Muriel or themselves from danger.

Courage doesn't particularly talk much. When distressed, he speaks in a gibberish "dog language" but when calm, Courage shows that he does in fact speak English (though few people pay attention to him when he actually does). He usually communicates his emotions through whines and howls as he presumably prefers.

Courage is somewhat childish in his spare time, as he's expressed interest in enjoys, playing with toys and building sandcastles, as well as other childish or dog-like activities.

## **Abilities**

Courage is shown doing many unrealistic and impossible feats of a typical cartoon character. This is a concept known as *Toonforce*, allowing him to perform vast feats that don't follow the laws of physics. However, these seem to be done for comedic effect rather than abilities Courage can actually control.

### **Powerful Lungs**

Perhaps Courage's greatest signature is his scream. Courage can scream so loud that he can break a hole open in a wooden floor large enough to swallow a rouge gallery of his previous foes (Ball of Revenge). In some instances Courage has been shown able to survive underwater and in outer space for prolonged periods of time. Courage's 'super screams' have proven powerful enough to destroy planetary bodies and stars in The Magic Tree of Nowhere.

### **Shapeshifting**

Courage has been shown morphing his physical body structure many times throughout the show's run. Such as changing into animals, monsters, people, and even changing his physical composition. However, this seems to be just as a form of expression.

### **Superhuman Qualities**

Courage has displayed an inhuman amount of resistance to physical pain in many episodes. Such as withstanding an assault from Mecha Courage in Courage vs. Mecha-Courage. Courage is able to take loads of damage and still stand on his feet, seemingly unable to actually be killed. He is also superhumanly strong and fast, such as hopping all the way to Paris as a Kangaroo Monster in The Transplant. And picking up the God Bone(several times his own size) and using it to smash three Dog Skeletons after they assaulted him in Stormy Weather.

### **Regeneration**

Courage has been known to heal from injuries of even colossal (and realistically fatal) proportions in no time. His tongue regrew after he had it ripped off. And injuries he receives are known to simply disappear without explanation.

### **Materialization**

Courage has been shown pulling large and impossible objects from seeingly thin air.

### **Other Skills**

Courage has many other skills such as cooking, fixing things, survival skills, tracking skills, etc.

## **Trivia**

* Courage is one of three characters (the others being Muriel and Eustace) to appear in nearly every episode.
	+ He is also one of seven characters (the others being Muriel, Eustace, Shirley, Dr. Vindaloo, the Computer and Katz) to appear in every season.
* Despite the show's title, Courage is actually the bravest character on the show.
* Courage spoke English quite often in the first season, but from the second season onward, his dialogue became increasingly limited to gibberish, mumbling, and screams, only speaking occasionally or when he really had something to say.
* Courage has many sounds that he's known for, such as his strange laugh at the end of some episodes.
* Courage is the only character (aside from Katz and Le Quack) who ever speaks directly to the audience. The frequency with which he does so (nearly every episode) makes this one of his trademark characteristics.
* During Courage's first flashback in Remembrance of Courage Past, his mother reveals his father's name when she calls him as he was playing with Courage.
* Courage and Muriel are the only characters to be seen in every episode.
* Courage's favorite food is apparently chicken dumplings.
* Courage is good at making shadow puppets as shown in *The Hunchback of Nowhere*.
* Courage can (somehow) lay 14-Karat golden eggs as shown in Muted Muriel.