# The Chicken From Outer Space
- nominated for the Academy Award for Animated Short
# A Night at the Katz Motel / Cajun Granny Stew (
12 November 1999 )
# The Shadow of Courage / Dr. Le Quack Amnesia Specialist (
19 November 1999 )
# Courage Meets Bigfoot / Hothead (
26 November 1999 )
# The Demon in the Mattress / Freaky Fred (
3 December 1999 )
# Mother's Day / Night of the Weremole (
17 December 1999 )
# The Duck Brothers / Shirley the Medium (
14 January 2000 )
# King Ramses' Curse / The Clutching Foot (
21 January 2000 )
# The Hunchback of Nowhere / The Gods Must Be Goosey (
28 January 2000 )
# Queen of the Black Puddle / Everyone Wants to Direct (
2 March 2000 )
# The Snowman Cometh / The Precious, Wonderful, Adorable, Loveable Duckling (
9 March 2000 )
# Heads of Beef / Klub Katz (
16 March 2000 )
# Revenge of the Chicken from Outer Space / Journey to the Center of Nowhere (
23 March 2000 )
# Little Muriel / The Great Fusilli (
30 March 2000 )
# The Magic Tree of Nowhere / Robot Randy (
31 October 2000 )
# Curse of Shirley / Courage in the Big Stinkin' City (
7 November 2000 )
# Family Business / 1000 Years of Courage (
14 November 2000 )
# Courage Meets the Mummy / Invisible Muriel (
19 January 2001 )
# Human Habitrail / Mission to the Sun (
22 February 2001 )
# Courage the Fly / Katz Kandy (
16 March 2001 )
# Nowhere TV / Mega Muriel the Magnificent (
3 April 2001 )
# Bad Hair Day / Forbidden Hat of Gold (
10 April 2001 )
# Serpent of Evil River / The Transplant (
17 April 2001 )
# Car Broke, Phone Yes / Cowboy Courage (
26 October 2001 )
# Evil Weevil / McPhearson Phantom (
2 November 2001 )
# The House of Discontent / The Sand Whale Strikes (
9 November 2001 )
# The Tower of Dr. Zalost (
16 November 2001 )
# Muriel Meets Her Match / Courage vs. Mecha Courage (
12 January 2002 )
# Campsite of Terror / The Record Deal (
8 February 2002 )
# Stormy Weather / The Sandman Sleeps (
15 March 2002 )
# Hard Drive Courage / The Ride of the Valkyries (
7 June 2002 )
# Scuba Scuba Doo / Conway the Contaminationist (
14 June 2002 )
# Katz Under the Sea / Curtain of Cruelty (
21 June 2002 )
# Feast of the Bullfrogs / Tulip's Worm (
28 June 2002 )
# So in Louvre Are We Two / Night of the Scarecrow (
5 July 2002 )
# Mondo Magic / Watch the Birdies (
12 July 2002 )
# Fishy Business / Angry Nasty People (
19 July 2002 )
# Dome of Doom / Snowman's Revenge (
26 July 2002 )
# The Quilt Club / Swindlin' Wind (
2 August 2002 )
# The King of Flan / Courage Under the Volcano (
9 August 2002 )
# The Wind Whispers Courage / They Must Be Giants (
23 August 2002 , Music Special)
# A Beaver's Tale / The Nutcracker (
6 September 2002 )
# Rumpledkiltskin / Housecalls (
13 September 2002 )
# Le Quack Balloon / Windmill Vandals (
20 September 2002 )
# The Uncommon Cold / Farmer-Hunter, Farmer-Hunted (
27 September 2002 )
# Bride of the Swamp Monster / Goat Pain (
4 October 2002 )
# Muriel Blows Up / Profiles in Courage (
11 October 2002 )
# The Mask (
18 October 2002 )
# Squatting Tiger, Hidden Dog / Muted Muriel (
25 October 2002 )
# Aqua-Farmer / Food of the Dragon (
25 October 2002 )
# The Last Starmakers / Son of the Chicken From Outer Space (
1 November 2002 )
# Courageous Cure / Ball of Revenge (
8 November 2002 )
# Cabaret Courage / Wrath of the Librarian (
15 November 2002 )
# Remembrance of Courage Past / Perfect (
22 November 2002 )
In total, there were 54 Courage the Cowardly Dog episodes, including the Music Special and the pilot.
- is derived from '''Useless Bag''' (Indeed, his deceased brother Horse, during one of Eustace's flashbacks calls him "Useless") because he treats Muriel like a slave and only thinks of himself, in a similar manner to an abusive husband, and also bears a similarity to Gaston .
- ''Bad Hair Day'' (Season 2, Episode 8) is mainly a Spoof of Michael Crichton 's 1978 Mystery Film '' Coma ''.
- Many of the episodes have classical music playing in the background when certain situations occur.
- In the episode ''The Mask'', Courage tries to help female Cat rescue her Rabbit from a mean and very abusive Pit Bull and Doberman captors.
- There is a song "Courage the Cowardly Dog" by They Might Be Giants .
- Notable people have guest-starred, such as Ringo Starr , Tim Curry , and Jim Cummings .
- In one of the older Cartoon Network Fridays, Muriel is shown hosting the Fridays.
- Muriel is the daughter of a pig-farmer ( Craig Bartlett ) and a poor old tailor who eats cows ( Unseen Characters )
- In ''The Shadow of Courage'', Courage takes the form of a burglar, trying to tell Eustace and Muriel that somebody is there, that same burglar was a character in Family Business, a second season episode.
- The beginning of ''The Magic Tree of Nowhere'' is a spoof on the fairy tale Jack And The Beanstalk . The tree growing scene at the beginning is also a reference to the beanstalk growing scene in Mickey And The Beanstalk .
- At one point, there were plans to be a movie based upon the series when it ended, but the concept was eventually dropped.
- At one point, there was a music video featuring Courage on Cartoon Network that was sung by They Might Be Giants . {Link without Title}
- Courage is seen sometimes laughing at the end of an episode, marking his triumph. He also cackles broadly after crashing into a wall or being a victim of some other painful incident.
- In many, if not most episodes, the name "Dilworth", or some variation of it (e.g. The Dil-Vac) appears in the background.
- Courage often mutters phrases such as "The things I do for love," and " here or my name isn't name here , and it's not."
- Eustace pulls out a green Swahili -like mask (and sometimes two large rubber eyes that pop out) and cries "Ooga! Booga! Booga!" to scare Courage, making Courage scream. After, Eustace laughs at Courage and Muriel pulls out a rolling pin and smacks him on the head. Eustace then says dizzily, "What did I do?"
- Eustace pulls out a mallet to "solve problems".
- Courage often babbles to someone when trying to explain a situation, and also imitates objects when explaining.
- Muriel looses her boot in almost every episode.
There is an obscure Dilworth animated short, , that appeared on
MTV 's
Liquid Television in Season 3, episode 1. It features a proto-'''Courage''' character named '''Hamilton''' as well as what can be considered a proto-'''Muriel''', the titular '''Raisin''', and a proto-'''Eustace''', named '''Malcolm''' (who in this case is Raisin's misanthropic brother).
The premise of the short is that a young girl named Raisin has her own primetime show the format of which is unspecified but the implication is that it is a variety show. In the short, Raisin is encouraging her dog Hamilton to perform a magic trick for the show that involves him pulling a Malade from a hat. It is not explained until the end that the term 'Malade' refers to a teacher from Raisin and Malcolm's school whose surname is Malade.
The majority of the short involves Malcolm verbally abusing Hamilton and Raisin. Several stylistic features are seen in this short that mark it as Dilworth's work, and several characteristics of Courage are seen in Hamilton. For example, Hamilton does not speak, and is timid and non-confrontational in the face of Malcolm's overt hostility. Their appearance is also similar although a key difference is that Hamilton's left eye is drawn elongated in a style similar to some secondary characters in the Courage series.
This short does not appear on any official
Liquid Television DVD, and is not listed in Dilworth's filmography on
IMDB . However, it is currently viewable on Dilworth's site and at
YouTube (see external links).
- Bulgarian : ''Кураж, страхливото куче''
- Chinese
- --- Taiwan : 膽小狗英雄; Dan3 Xiao3 gou3 ying1 xiong2, literally "Ying Xiong, the cowardly dog"
-- NOTE: 英雄 (ying xiong) means "Hero"
- Danish : ''Frygtløs, den frygtsomme hund''
- French : ''Courage, le chien froussard''
- Hebrew : ''אמיץ הכלב הפחדן'', literally "Brave, the Cowardly dog"
- Hungarian : ''Bátor, a gyáva kutya'' (Literally "Brave, the Cowardly dog")
- --- NOTE: In the spots advertising the show, Courage's original name is kept)
- Italian : ''Leone, il cane fifone''
- Japanese : おくびょうなカーレッジくん
- Latvian : ''Gļēvais suns Drosminieks'' (''Cowardly dog named Courage'')
- Macedonian : ''Храброст, плашливото куче''
- Norwegian : ''Tapper den pysete hunden''
- Polish : ''Chojrak, tchórzliwy pies''
- Portuguese
- --- Brazil : ''Coragem, o cão covarde''
- Spanish : "Agallas, el perro cobarde" (Spain) and "Coraje, el perro cobarde" (Latin America)
- Swedish ''Kurage, Den Hariga Hunden''
- Slovene : ''Pogumček, bojazljivi pes''
- "Ooga! Booga! Booga!" - Said by Eustace when he's fed up with Courage.
- "You stupid dog!" - Frequently precedes "Ooga! Booga! Booga!"
- "We don't want any!!" - Eustace's usual reply to ANYONE who knocks on the door, even when no one is even there, right before he slams the door in their face
- "Whats your your offer?" - Eustace's reply in some episodes
