Middle of Nowhere

The **Middle of Nowhere**, or simply just **Nowhere** for short, is a town located in Texas in the United States. It originated from *Courage the Cowardly Dog*. It is the main setting of *The Heart Commandos*, as well as Melony's hometown. It is also the main setting of Collaterale1's earlier work, *The John Show*.

## History

The Middle of Nowhere was founded somewhere between 1819 and 1821 by Ernest Wittebane, a writer originally came from Gravesfield, Connecticut to settle there, but prior to its founding, it was called Xajihuota and was the home of a Native American tribe called the Wakinaskgitch, who are friendly enough to accept Ernest's settlement in exchange of their knowledge. During the middle stages of the Texas revolution, a beautiful woman named Cariana was tragically killed by an unknown assailment. This news caused her lover Clyde to have a personal vendetta against the Mexicans, and died with honor in his hands. He, his lover and their love locket were buried in a desert since (which became the Bagge Household a hundred years later). His death led to the citizens becoming racist to the Mexicans, even though there not involved with the murder of Cariana in the first place.

A year after the Republic of Texas was formed, rumors began to spread that the ghost of Clyde have been haunting the town in search of his love, causing the citizens to have a widespread panic, but Ernest (who by then became the first mayor) rests assure that there will not be any casualties and they have to stay strong and prosper for a bright future.

In 1855, on his deathbed, Ernest regrets his decision of not placing more security to Nowhere, thus failing to save Cariana from her tragedy. Since his death, Nowhere became semi-deserted, with the only person left to stay is a sceriff, until the Prohibition Era in 1922, were a group of brothers from Louisiana named Zack and Jeremiah Norville accidentally dug up oil hidden in a canyon landscape, making them rich. In order to restore Nowhere back to its former glory, Jeremiah proposed a festival called Nowhere Outhere, which will convince the Louisianians to live there and prosper, all while modernizing the town as a whole. Zack, however, had a different plan: By using the Prohibition as an advantage, he could turn the town into a tourist attraction exclusively for adults, while secretly bringing alcoholic beverages and called it as juices to get away with it. Jeremiah rejected the idea, arguing that it could permanently change people's perception of the town in a negative light.

With this disagreement put in place, Zack leaves with a disgruntled face, never to be seen again, while Jeremiah continues with the restoration with his people, and by the time the Prohibition Era was over and the Great Depression was still kicking in, the Middle of Nowhere was finally restored back when it was first founded, and Jeremiah saw the then-current era as a great opportunity to tell James V. Allred (Then 33rd Governor of Texas) that the town welcomes him with open arms and promoted it via radio broadcast. Jeremiah soon named his friend Buck Nazreth as Mayor of Nowhere from 1937 up until his death in 1951, marking him as the longest helding mayor in the history of the town. Nowhere continues to thrive shortly after the soldiers came home following the second World War.

In 1970, however, tragedy struck over that would permanently scarred the citizens of Nowhere for the rest of their lives. Kelly Norville, just age 11, tragically lost her life alongside her mother and 610 people in a complex apartament while celebrating the 150th birthday of the town's founding. The cause of this was 180 super powerful mines hidden under the chairs while Kelly was having a speech. The man responsible for the death of so many people was later identified to be serial killer Benton Tarantella, who prior to this, have committed 12 homocides to his victims alongside his partner Errol Von Volkheim by posing himself as a film director and shooting the "stunts" he came up with. He and Errol were later finally captured and sentenced both to life in prison for 12th degree murder, though the latter was released for good behaviour, leaving Benton to die alone. He was 37 years old. Before he dies, Benton claims that he did this so he can shoot his filming for what he called it his masterpiece that would at least change Cinema history, which thankfully did not happen, as the authorities confiscate the tape and lock it somwhere in a building, to which they kept the location of it private. A monument was later made to dedicate the victims. An elder Jeramiah blames himself for this tragedy to occurre, and didn't have enough power to tell the Mayor Amy McCoil and the police about this, as he is currently in his retirement.

Due to this tragic incident, Nowhere began to decline in population for 8 years, and its economy would have crashed completely if it wasn't for the generosity of a now elderly Zack Norville, who managed to one-up-eighty the town by keeping the cost as low as possible, as well as apologizing to his brother for his arrogance and stubborness. This idea was kept ever since and both Zack and Jeremiah eventually passed away at the age of 105 and 106 from natural causes.

In 2008, a scientist named Dr. Marcus Zalost demands the then-mayor of Nowhere 33 and ⅓ billion US dollars for his Unhappiness Cannonball project. The mayor of course laughs off this ridiculous demand and Dr. Zalost threates to sue him if he and the citizens didn't pay him what he wanted, which gives them 24 hours to do so, or else he will make them "very unhappy". Because of the increasing taxes thanks to the recession, the Mayor shrugs it off as he and the others had to deal with that problem currently. The next day, Zalost lost his patience and decided to make the whole town unhappy like him by firing the cannonballs on the citizens, except the mayor and his advisor. Thankfully, Zalost's plan is foiled by a pink dog named Courage, with Zalost himself eating plums that instantly cures his depression. Due to his actions, he was sent to jail for over 12 years, but that doesn't matter to him, as he is now eternally happy alongside his pet rat. The mayor has since stepped down was replaced with the current one.

With the recession going down, Nowhere has since return to normal for a good number of years, until late 2011, when an incident was reported of a green skinned monster (which is John Di Micco's creation, Johnstein) going on a rampage throughout the entire town, forcing the mayor and its citizens to kill the creature with pitchforks and torches, until John stepped in and explain that his creation was brainwashed by a pair of sheep twin sisters to do bad things, and the citizens somehow reconciles Johnstein and retrieve them their stolen properties.

In 2012, a dark matter meteor was discovered at the Bagge Farmhouse hidden under the spot by the Mystery Gang, which was the answer to the Cicada Queen's unusual size. It's speculated that it could be the same meteor that wiped out the dinosaurs, until a descendant of one of the original citizens of Nowhere came in to unravel the truth; the meteor crashed in 1826, but because the town was very small at the time, the citizens just thought it as a shooting star. One of the ancestors named Nathan discovered the meteor alone, but became a different person altogether because of the effects of the dark matter, making him a violent psychopath. This effect led to the murder of Cariana some 9 years later, who was in love with the woman around the same time as Clyde.

It's current population prior to the events of The Heart Commandos was 918.

## Known places

### Outskirts

* The Heart Commandos Base
* Melony's Farmhouse
* John's House
* Bagge Farmhouse
* Mount Nowhere
* Burgers Really Cheap Diner
* Mr. Ploid's
* Shirley's Wagon
* NESTS' Base
* Condor's Army Base
* Mojo JoJo's House
* Haunted House

### Downtown

* Rose Shop
* Nowhere Hospital
* Studio Brights
* John's Dojo
* Texas University
* Freaky Fred's Barb Shop
* The Mayor's House
* The Wittebane High School
* Police Station
* Detective Ringle's Office
* Library
* Central Park

### Industrial Area

* The Swamp
* Nowhere Junkyard
* Nowhere Train Station
* Nowhere Stadium
* Nowhere Military

## Gallery

Nowhere, as it originally appeared in Courage the Cowardly Dog
## Trivia

* In its original source material, much of the backstory on its founding were never explained. Also, the state Nowhere lives in was Kansas instead of Texas.