Fifteen years ago, Courage the Cowardly dog was brought into the world of animation by John R. Dilworth for Cartoon Network; a simple television channel aimed for children and teenagers. The idea of this ludicrous show was a mere substitution of the series “The Chicken from Outer Space”— unfortunately poor John was not as creative as you would think.
Courage the Cowardly dog is simply a show following a chubby anthropomorphic dog living with an elderly married couple. They aren’t the most rational couple; they are so disturbed, disturbed don’t even begin to describe them. Senseless and psychotic they will be called for nowMuriel and Eustace Bagge. Their names seem to be the only aspect of the show where all hands were on deck forthe perfection of the aspect of time and effort. Muriel is usually seen as the dramatic overweight wife of Eustace who’s overly attached to Courage, and well, this is about as accurate as it gets. She often feels the need to carry around a rolling pin to harass her husband, Eustace. Despite all these qualities, at the end of the day she’s just another sweet elderly. Eustace is atypical money-obsessed, grumpy old man. He’s got quite the temper; like most elderly. He’sincredibly demanding, negative and abusive.Aside from the fact that he is dressed in puke-colored overalls, round-rimmed glasses and a hat too big for his head, Eustace is just another ill-tempered farmer.
Now, to describe the dog- in short Courage is anoverly neurotic oddly shaped human-like beagle that is afraid of anything that moves, which is ironic, given his name. Courage is a genuine coward; but he does have his moments in the spotlight, saving himself and the loony elders from monsters that attack. Courage is capable of speaking fluent English, but chooses to speak in gibberish most of the time. Courage may play the role of a coward, yet he is always the hero.
The crazy trio resides in the “Middle of Nowhere”; clearly creativity was not a priority for the producers. Despite living in literally the middle of nowhere, by some extraordinary reason, the farm they reside in seems to attract all sorts of supernatural creatures. They seem to always be on the run from these aliens, demons, zombies,and other monsters; and in almost every single episode, Muriel always finds herself kidnapped by the villains. Having a rolling pin in her hand around eighty percent of the time, you would think that she’d know how to defend herself. Most of the time these creatures are banished and destroyed by ironically enough, Courage. No matter the difficulty of the obstacle, he always manages to save his owners, himself, and become the hero at the end of the day.
The plot is predictable, repetitive and lacks originality. Some might even call it ‘scarring’, which for some children is the case. Putting that aside, the sound effects and the actual production of the animation was done quite well. The composition of the music had suspense as well as comedy. The voices of the characters especially, as horrendous as they were, were portrayed fantastically; it gave the characters more of a personality. Take Eustace for instance, without his cranky, irritable voice, his character would not be taken as seriously; the voice brings the character alive.The same theory applies to the other main characters, Muriel and Courage. Courage’s voice however, sounds similar to a bag of cats being hurled at the wall multiple times, yet this seems to work for the audience; its one of those things you cant quite fathom exactly but don’t have time to understand why, it is just the way it is.
This television show has received both positive and negative reviews. Although, the ones that have given this show a positive review could have been heavily intoxicated. Or they’re just plain delusional. There is almost nothing positive about this series; I find it ridiculous that there could be. In fact, this television show could just be the reason why children tend to become more violent as they age, watching monsters eat each other, turning inside out, growing extra limbs, severing others to pieces. Some scenes are based on children being abused in real life, by adults. This television show has had its ups and downs; it will go down in history as one of the most ridiculous, scarring, yet oddly enjoyable shows ever made.
Courage the Cowardly dog is simply a show following a chubby anthropomorphic dog living with an elderly married couple. They aren’t the most rational couple; they are so disturbed, disturbed don’t even begin to describe them. Senseless and psychotic they will be called for nowMuriel and Eustace Bagge. Their names seem to be the only aspect of the show where all hands were on deck forthe perfection of the aspect of time and effort. Muriel is usually seen as the dramatic overweight wife of Eustace who’s overly attached to Courage, and well, this is about as accurate as it gets. She often feels the need to carry around a rolling pin to harass her husband, Eustace. Despite all these qualities, at the end of the day she’s just another sweet elderly. Eustace is atypical money-obsessed, grumpy old man. He’s got quite the temper; like most elderly. He’sincredibly demanding, negative and abusive.Aside from the fact that he is dressed in puke-colored overalls, round-rimmed glasses and a hat too big for his head, Eustace is just another ill-tempered farmer.
Now, to describe the dog- in short Courage is anoverly neurotic oddly shaped human-like beagle that is afraid of anything that moves, which is ironic, given his name. Courage is a genuine coward; but he does have his moments in the spotlight, saving himself and the loony elders from monsters that attack. Courage is capable of speaking fluent English, but chooses to speak in gibberish most of the time. Courage may play the role of a coward, yet he is always the hero.
The crazy trio resides in the “Middle of Nowhere”; clearly creativity was not a priority for the producers. Despite living in literally the middle of nowhere, by some extraordinary reason, the farm they reside in seems to attract all sorts of supernatural creatures. They seem to always be on the run from these aliens, demons, zombies,and other monsters; and in almost every single episode, Muriel always finds herself kidnapped by the villains. Having a rolling pin in her hand around eighty percent of the time, you would think that she’d know how to defend herself. Most of the time these creatures are banished and destroyed by ironically enough, Courage. No matter the difficulty of the obstacle, he always manages to save his owners, himself, and become the hero at the end of the day.
The plot is predictable, repetitive and lacks originality. Some might even call it ‘scarring’, which for some children is the case. Putting that aside, the sound effects and the actual production of the animation was done quite well. The composition of the music had suspense as well as comedy. The voices of the characters especially, as horrendous as they were, were portrayed fantastically; it gave the characters more of a personality. Take Eustace for instance, without his cranky, irritable voice, his character would not be taken as seriously; the voice brings the character alive.The same theory applies to the other main characters, Muriel and Courage. Courage’s voice however, sounds similar to a bag of cats being hurled at the wall multiple times, yet this seems to work for the audience; its one of those things you cant quite fathom exactly but don’t have time to understand why, it is just the way it is.
This television show has received both positive and negative reviews. Although, the ones that have given this show a positive review could have been heavily intoxicated. Or they’re just plain delusional. There is almost nothing positive about this series; I find it ridiculous that there could be. In fact, this television show could just be the reason why children tend to become more violent as they age, watching monsters eat each other, turning inside out, growing extra limbs, severing others to pieces. Some scenes are based on children being abused in real life, by adults. This television show has had its ups and downs; it will go down in history as one of the most ridiculous, scarring, yet oddly enjoyable shows ever made.