Courage

Courage as drawn by AldrineRowdyruffBoy.

Crybaby (by Buttercup), (PinokeDisneyFreak).

Blossom, Bubbles and Buttercup (owners; AldrineRowdyruffBoy's canon and PinokeDisneyFreak's "Powerpuff Girls Super Smash Up" fan fictions).Cory (Son: PinokeDisneyFreak).

### Romances

Hannah (Love interest and later, wife: PinokeDisneyFreak's fan fictions),

## Appearances

### Portrayed by

Howard Hoffman (1996)
Marty Grabstein (1999-2002, 2014)

### Debut

**Pilot:** *The Chicken from Outer Space* (February 18, 1996)
**Official series:** *A Night at the Katz Motel* (November 12, 1999).

**Courage** is the titular character of *Courage the Cowardly Dog*. He is an anthropomorphic pink dog who lives in the Middle of Nowhere with his two elderly owners, the kind and loving Muriel Bagge and the greedy, cynical farmer, Eustace Bagge, and frequently battles monsters and bad guys to save their lives.

His incarnation by AldrineRowdyruffBoy, while mostly the same as his counterpart from the series, now lives with his three new owners, Blossom, Bubbles and Buttercup (similar to how he is cast as Bubbles' pet dog in Bleedman's *PPGD* comics). Bubbles seems to be the closest to him, given her love of animals, and Courage loves her back.

He is well-known for his constant tendency to scream, be it out of fear or despair. One time, he even weaponizes his scream in the climax of *"Ball of Revenge"* to defeat his rogues gallery, and another time got into a screaming contest with Bubbles.

He has a huge fear of spiders, likely stemming from his experiences from *"A Night at the Katz Motel"*. For instance, in this comic, when he was sleeping in the bathroom, a spider crawled up to his nose, and when he woke up to see it, he freaked out and dashed out of the bathroom, crushing Bubbles under the door in the process. He also seems to dislike ticks, given what they do to dogs, and had to rely on Blossom to have them removed.

In PinokeDisneyFreak's debut fan fiction, "In an Angel's Shadow," Courage is adopted by Blossom, Bubbles and Buttercup after Muriel and Eustace are killed in some sort of truck accident while the kids are mistaken for his dog-sitters, much to his, Blossom and Buttercup's dismay as the girls are trying to search for Dexter's sister, Dee Dee. It is not mentioned if the farmer and his wife are murdered by a monster who was out to harm them or they ended up in a collision.

(This is adapted from a story in the *Super Smash Up* comics' second issue; titled, *The Dog-Sitter*).

Courage becomes devastated by this and during his first night with the Utonium family, the poor thing is plagued by a nightmare involving alien versions of the Powerpuff Girls and a demon wanting to kill him. The terror-stricken dog screams and cries his lungs out, but soon manages to calm down when Bubbles and Blossom explain to the Professor what happened. The situation touches the scientist so much, he decides to let Courage stay as the family's new pet.

Courage eventually adjusts to his new life and begins to bond with the girls, except Buttercup and soon gets overprotective of them.

In the eighth chapter of the story, Blossom and Bubbles, (excluding Buttercup) teach him how to talk and he tearfully reveals to the girls how his life was in the Middle of Nowhere, prior to the current events. He declares he cannot go on without Muriel and Blossom explains to him she is looking down on him and he has the family by his side. Courage fears Buttercup will start calling him a stupid dog, but Bubbles and Blossom refuse to believe it and reassure him their sister has a good heart.

## Likes and dislikes

**NOTE:** These are copied from the Courage the Cowardly Dog wiki, with a few alterations.

### Likes

* Muriel
* The PowerPuff Girls (especially Bubbles)
* Digging
* Playing with friends
* Laying in Muriel's lap
* Bones
* His yo-yo
* Muriel's cooking
* Lacey
* Protecting Lacey like a friend

### Dislikes

* Eustace
* Muriel in trouble
* Vinegar
* Being scared
* Birds (they always make fun of him)
* The idea of Jean Bon's burgers being made from people
* Horror movies
* Spiders
* Monsters
* Riding the Road Runner
* Having to act as a pillow for Bubbles
* Buttercup's attitude
* Ticks
* Freaky Fred and razors