Courage

### Relatives

Henry (father), unnamed mother, Muriel Bagge (primary owner), Eustace Bagge (secondary owner)

## Appearances

### Portrayed by

Howard Hoffman (The Chicken from Outer Space)
Marty Grabstein (1999–2021, 2025)
Kevin Afghani (2024–present)

### Appears in

Scooby-Doo/Courage the Cowardly Dog Scare-A-Thon

### Debut

Scooby-Doo/Courage the Cowardly Dog Scare-A-Thon

**Courage** is a dog who lives with his owners Muriel and Eustace Bagge in the town of Nowhere, Kansas. He is the titular protagonist of the Cartoon Network series *Courage the Cowardly Dog*.

Much like Scooby-Doo, Courage is an easily-frightened talking dog who frequently encounters monsters and villains (albeit more often than not, Courage's monsters tend to be real supernatural creatures instead of disguised criminals in costumes).

Courage has appeared twice in crossovers with the *Scooby-Doo* franchise. He first appeared in a series of ads and bumpers for the *Scooby-Doo/Courage the Cowardly Dog Scare-A-Thon* in 2000. Two decades later he was the co-star in a fully-fledged movie called *Straight Outta Nowhere: Scooby-Doo! Meets Courage the Cowardly Dog* in 2021.

## Physical appearance

Courage is a small, purple dog with long, black ears. He has a black nose, tiny limbs and numerous human-like teeth, including one with a hole in it. He also has three black spots on his back.

## Personality

He is very cowardly, as much, if not more so, than Scooby-Doo. His owner, Eustace, enjoys scaring him. He also has compassion for others, as he frequently tries to alert them to trouble.

## History

### *Scooby-Doo/Courage the Cowardly Dog Scare-A-Thon*

When Mystery Inc. visits his home during a power outage, he immediately joins Scooby-Doo in trying to escape when Muriel suggests that everybody tell ghost stories. Eustace proceeds to agree to a bet with Velma after she suggests Courage may be more cowardly than Scooby. In a follow-up, Courage witnesses a news report of a UFO and unsuccessfully tries to warn Muriel and Eustace. He later witnesses the UFO abduct a Cheetos truck along with Shaggy.

### *Cartoon Network bumpers*

#### *Courage's Nightmare*

Courage is cornered in the upstairs room of the Bagge home by two monsters who reveal themselves to be Shaggy and Scooby-Doo. In a rather aggressive manner, the two call him a "yappy dog" and warn him that they'll "handle all the creepy villain angles on this network". At that moment, Courage wakes up to realize it was all a nightmare, but when Shaggy and Scooby appear on the television (during a showing of *Scooby Doo and a Mummy, Too*), he quickly leaps onto Eustace's face, obscuring his view.

#### *Screams*

While investigating a haunted mansion with Shaggy and Scooby-Doo, Courage is so frightened by a Wolfman that he is unable to stop screaming. This becomes so severe that the monster actually removes his own mask in order to check on him.

## Appearances

### Direct to Video

* DTV33. *Straight Outta Nowhere: Scooby-Doo! Meets Courage the Cowardly Dog*

### Other

* *Scooby-Doo/Courage the Cowardly Dog Scare-A-Thon*
* *Cartoon Network bumpers*
	+ *Courage's Nightmare*
	+ *Screams*

## Appearances in other media

* On his Cartoon Network series, *Courage the Cowardly Dog*, Courage frequently deals with ghosts, monsters and other creatures, however unlike what is typically the case in the *Scooby-Doo* franchise, his are usually real.
* Courage has appeared in the theatrical film, *The Little Wiggles Movie*.
* Courage made a cameo appearance with Muriel and Eustace along with The Mystery Inc. in the live-action/animated theatrical film, *Who Framed JC Kanary*.

## Notes/trivia

* TCM's website had listed, in late 2019, a 2021 direct-to-video film featuring Courage again teaming up with Scooby and the gang, tentatively titled *Scooby-Doo! and Courage the Cowardly Dog*.
* While Courage was originally colored pink in the TV series, he is purple in *Straight Outta Nowhere: Scooby-Doo! Meets Courage the Cowardly Dog*.