Computer

Jeff Bergman (Straight Outta Nowhere: Scooby-Doo! Meets Courage the Cowardly Dog)

### Appears in

Straight Outta Nowhere: Scooby-Doo! Meets Courage the Cowardly Dog

### Debut

Straight Outta Nowhere: Scooby-Doo! Meets Courage the Cowardly Dog

The **Computer** is the Bagge family's desktop computer residing in the attic, which Courage regularly uses to solve problems or gain information. It is an artificial intelligence that has had a large number of appearances, varying from a faithful ally (most episodes) to the main antagonist ("Mega Muriel the Magnificent.") It speaks with a British accent.

## Personality

Armed with wit and a full hard drive of knowledge, it is a box of sarcasm and pride. The computer believes that lack of emotion makes machines superior to humans and finds them cowardly. However, after it experiences being in a human body, it is shown to be capable of fear despite its denial of it. When consulted with Courage's problems, it often refers to him as a "twit" and includes plenty of cynicism in its explanations.

## Appearances

* *The Shadow of Courage*
* *Dr. Le Quack, Amnesia Specialist*
* *The Demon in the Mattress*
* *Night of the Weremole*
* King Rames' Curse (cameo)
* *The Clutching Foot*
* *Everyone Wants To Direct*
* *Journey to the Center of Nowhere*
* *Little Muriel*
* *Courage Meets the Mummy*
* *Mission to the Sun*
* *Mega Muriel the Magnificent*
* *The Transplant*
* *McPhearson Phantom*
* *Record Deal*
* *Hard Drive Courage*
* *The Quilt Club*
* *Windmill Vandals*
* *Muriel Blows Up*
* *Bride of Swamp Monster*
* *Perfect* (despite not appearing in this episode as it replaces with a chalkboard)
* *The Fog of Courage*
* *Straight Outta Nowhere: Scooby-Doo! Meets Courage the Cowardly Dog*

## Quotes

* "If Johnny has three apples, and Davy has two apples, why don't they just shut up and eat?"
* "Now it's time to show you how it's all done."
* "You call being chased by a lunatic snowman scary? You twit."
* "Oh yeah? Everything you say bounces off me and sticks to you."
* "Work up a good drool, baby!"
* "Just don't get bitten."
* "If your mummy is visiting and she's mad at you, bring her flowers, you *twit.*"
* "Some people can't take a joke."

## Trivia

* Computer appears in every single season of the show. He also appears in *The Fog of Courage*, the 2014 CGI special.
* Throughout the series, Computer's monitor varies, although it could be unintentional.
* In the episode "Little Muriel," Computer mentions that he likes Sri Lankan Chicken Tandoori.
* The Computer is replaced with a chalkboard in *Perfect*, as well as a spaceship in *Mission to the Sun*.
* As stated in an interview between John R. Dilworth and RebelTaxi, Computer was based off of HAL 9000 from *2001: A Space Odyssey*.
	+ With the British accent, he shares a few similarities with Sara from Cartoon Network's programming block Toonami, who is also an artificial intelligence. However, Sara debuted a year after Computer did (but her voice was heard in the opening to Toonami saying "hello" ever since TOM 1's debut) and Sara is much friendlier than Computer.
	+ Computer is also similar to the DC Comics supervillain Brainiac, mainly the DCAU version, as both are sentient artificial intelligences with disdain for their masters.
* A popular fan nickname for Computer is "Simon," which is because of his voice actor being Simon Prebble.
* "Mega Muriel the Magnificent" reveals he is a fan of classical music.
* Computer seems to loathe the Windmill Vandals, as he mentions them with disdain.
* In King Ramses' Curse when the house was flooding by the slab's first plague Muriel can be seen standing on him but got kicked off.