Courage

“	The things I do for love...	„
	~ Courage's lamentation before doing something incredibly dangerous

Summary

Courage is the main protagonist of the animated series, Courage the Cowardly Dog. After his parents were sent into space by a deranged vet, he was found by Muriel, who lives in the middle of nowhere, with her husband, Eustace Bagge. As creepy things show up in Nowhere, Kansas, it's up to Courage to save his new home.

Powers and Stats

Tier: 9-B physically. Up to 4-C by screaming

Name: Courage

Origin: Courage the Cowardly Dog

Gender: Male

Age: Unknown

Classification: Dog

Powers and Abilities:

• Powers
• Resistances

• Superhuman Physical Characteristics
• Toon Force
• Genius Intelligence
• Immortality (Types 2 and 3. Can live without his head and his organs, could still function after being reduced to his skeleton, can remain conscious after being frozen solid; can regenerate from his injuries within a short timeframe)
• Regeneration (Mid-High; Instantly reformed himself after being turned into hairspray in the episode "Human Habitrail". Can also heal from being reduced to ashes, turning into a puddle, being dismembered, exploding, and being ripped to pieces. Can liquefy himself to escape from dangerous predicaments. Already regenerate from bubbles and from smoke)
• Supernatural Willpower (Despite being cowardly at the point of being scared of his own shadow sometimes, Courage, through the entirety of the series, overpower his fears to save the ones who him love. Resisted the urge to eat Flan despite being hypnotized into wanting to eat it alongside the entire town of Nowhere, and potentially the whole planet. He also controlled his temptation to consume The God Bone, which forces dogs to lick it until they die.)
  • Extreme Pain Tolerance (One of Courage's notable traits is being able to brush off immense amounts of inhuman abuse. Laughed off highly brutal beatings from Mecha-Courage, who was designed to be superior to him in every way. Had his organs spill out from his body and was completely unfazed by it. Had his tongue popped off as a baby but didn't seem to mind it seconds later. Didn't mind being beaten by several valkyries)
• Preparation (Usually makes complex plans, weapons and traps within a short amount of time. Outwits his enemies regularly and is an expert at disguising himself. Can sneak into highly-guarded areas even with minimal planning and tools)
• Martial Arts (Fought the Evil Empress, a 4,000-year-old Chinese warrior who is a master of all combat, in a one-on-one fight. Beat up two trained guards)
• Information Analysis and Possession (With his computer. Who can analyse Courage´s problems and give him a answer to the situation, it also can possess people by downloading his personality on them)
• Social Influencing (Is a licensed therapist who has talked a few villains out of their harmful deeds, such as The Shadow. His disguises are so convincing that he tricked an inanimate cannon ball, causing it to pause in midair and fly around him)
• Weapon Mastery (Highly skilled in fencing and using all sorts of weapons, such as crossbows, blow torches, baseball bats, chainsaws, etc)
• Soul Manipulation (Seen here)
• Sound Manipulation and Paralysis Inducement via screaming (His screams are strong enough to severely injure ears, stun people, make his surroundings shake and crumble, send people underground, and destroy his house)
• BFR (His screams can send people underground. Can recite a banishment spell)
• Breaking the Fourth Wall (Can jump into different comic panels. Has grabbed the camera and talked to the audience)
• Self-Sustenance (Type 1; Can breathe in outer space without any gear)
• Stealth Mastery (Has snuck into highly-guarded areas even with little to no planning and tools, such as military bases and banks)
• Shapeshifting (Constantly shapeshifts and transmutes himself, and can even turn himself into an entirely different animation style)
• Invisibility and Intangibility(Seen here)
• Hammerspace (Showed here)
• Enhanced Senses (Have an enhanced sense of smell. Can see ghosts)
• Non-Physical Interaction (Can harm ghosts. Was capable of physically touching the Evil Shadow. Repaired the ozone layer with a needle and a thread)
• Mind Manipulation and Transmutation with yo-yo, pocket watch and his Ray gun (Can make people think they're a different thing or snap them out of a hypnosis, used his yo-yo to get the entire city of Nowhere to stop eating flan; can hypnotize people and turn them into a small, weak animal. Can also transmute people with his Ray gun)
• Sleep Manipulation (Can put someone to sleep with a ball made of glitter)
• Surface Scaling (Can run on walls and ceilings)
• Underwater Breathing (Type 3; with his scuba diving gear)
• Summoning (Has frequently called for assistance from Mr. Mouse; can call other dogs for help)
• Teleportation (Showed in Cajun Granny Stew)
• Large Size (Type 2) and Transformation via Kangaroo Monster Bone Fragment (Can turn into a Kangaroo Monster, which greatly increases his size)
• Body Control and Elasticity (Capable of stretching his limbs and tongue. Stretched his tongue to divert a train. Used his tongue as a slingshot. Can survive being flattened)
• Acrobatics (Dodged Dr. Zalost's cannonballs by performing acrobatics. Can do 16 backflips)
• Duplication (Already showed the capability of duplicate himself)
• Attack Reflection (Can redirect attacks by breathing it in and out as seen here. Reflected the Evil Empress of China's glare with a mirror)
• Size Manipulation (Can shrink himself by putting himself in a dryer. Shrunk himself to the size of bacteria and red blood cells so he could go inside Eustace's body)
• Explosion Manipulation via explosives (TNT sticks and dynamite)
• Immersion (Can enter and travel through paintings. Can also enter cyberspace. Can travel through phone lines and pop out of telephones)
• Astral Projection and Dream Manipulation (Seen here. travelled into Muriel and Eustace´s dream. Fought spirits and beings within the dream world)

With Optional Equipment

• Magic via The Magic Tree of Nowhere
• Empathic Manipulation with Happy Plums
• Earth Manipulation & Sand Manipulation with Instant Quick Sand
• Life Manipulation via Instant Eels
• Air Manipulation (Can use a fan to emit a large amount of air)
• Sealing (With Velvet Vic record, that can be used to seal ghosts and humans. He also can use sealing with a box found by him in the episode Shirley the Medium, that can seal people inside a pocket dimension)

• Mind Manipulation (Resisted the urge to eat Flan despite being hypnotized into wanting to eat it alongside the entire town of Nowhere, and potentially the whole planet. He also controlled his temptation to consume The God Bone, which forces dogs to lick it until they die)
• Extreme Heat & Radiation (Survived being inside the core of the Sun, as well as digging through the Earth's core. Reflected a dragon's fire by eating it with no ill-effects to himself and blew it back out at the dragon)
• Ice Manipulation (Freed himself from being frozen solid. Can thaw himself out of ice by having a lightbulb appear above his head, which makes the ice melt quickly. His tongue can melt ice)
• Disease Manipulation (Immune to the effects of a disease that was affecting Muriel, Eustace, Lazlo, and Jay)
• Age Manipulation (Courage and the Bagges were the only ones unaffected after Earth was sent 1,000 years into the future, causing everything to drastically age)

Attack Potency: Wall level physically (Can harm those who can harm him). Up to Star level by screaming (Destroyed the sun with a scream)

Speed: Relativistic physically (Ran from the surface of the Sun to its core. Dug through 1,000 years worth of dirt within eight seconds. Ran from Kansas to Tibet, to India, to Paris, and back to Kansas within a matter of seconds. Has dodged lasers. Dodged lightning while he had his back turned), with Massively FTL non-physical attack speed via Toon Force (160.32c. At their peak, his screams can produce a science defying effect that can reach the Sun in 3 seconds)

Lifting Strength: Class K (Capable of lifting a blue whale over his head. Was able to uproot a large tree and carry it on his back. Pumped a water well so hard that it created a massive tidal wave. Can lift Eustace's truck over his head without any trouble. Tore a large metal door off a wall and crushed it. Effortlessly lifted up The God Bone and swung it around)

Striking Strength: Wall level

Durability: Wall level (He survived an explosion that blew up a bank)

Stamina: Superhuman (Quickly dug through 1,000 years of dirt without stopping and wasn't exhausted afterwards. Survived many curbstomp battles that had him beaten with every inch of his life, like the ones against Mecha Courage and all of his enemies. Sat still for an entire night and until the next morning in Remembrance of Courage Past. Has endured many difficult situations such as digging to China and then digging himself back to Nowhere, running from Kansas to Tibet, to India, to Paris, and back to Kansas within a matter of seconds, and constantly being strangled)

Range: Standard Melee Range physically, Hundreds of Meters with weapons, Thousands of Kilometers with preparation (made an invention that sucked the Statue of Liberty all the way to Kansas), up to Stellar by screaming.

Standard Equipment: Yo-yo, pocket watch, his computer, explosives (TNT sticks and dynamites), slingshot, chainsaw, nail bat, drill, gas mask, blow torch, scuba diving gear (Used in Queen of the Black Puddle and Scuba-Scuba Doo)

• Optional Equipment:
  • Happy Plums - Happy Plums are plums that were made by Muriel in the episode "The Tower of Dr. Zalost". They can be fed to opponents by being flung into their mouths. They can turn anybody happy and pacified. They successfully undid the effects of the Unhappy Cannon Balls, which leaves people dreary and depressed.
  • Ray gun - Just like how its name implies, it is a ray gun. It originally belonged to the Chicken from Outer Space, but Courage took it for himself so he could save Muriel and Eustace. The ray gun shoots laser beams, and upon hitting an opponent, it can turn them into any sort of lifeless object. It turned the Chicken into a roasted turkey, and it also turned large mountains into Easter Island Head statues. It even turned airplanes into toys.
  • Giant Vacuum - Was invented by Courage in Conway the Contaminatoinist to clean up large loads of filth. It was strong enough to suck the Statue of Liberty all the way to Kansas. It comes with a giant red balloon, which Courage used to make Conway float away.
  • Plunger Gun - A gun that shoots a plunger attached to a rope. It works similarly to a grappling hook and it can be used to latch onto objects and reel them in. It is strong enough to support Muriel.
  • Instant Quick Sand - Can be poured into the ground to create a large pit of quicksand in an instant. It can be used to make opponents sink to their doom.
  • Flashlight: A normal flashlight used by Courage to light up dark places
  • Instant Eels - Eggs that will immediately hatch eels once poured into water. It can be used to attack opponents. An eel was strong enough to attack Eustace Bagge.
  • The God Bone - A giant, mythical legendary dog bone that Courage used as a bludgeoning weapon in the episode "Stormy Weather". Although the bone will force dogs to lick it until they die, Courage controlled this temptation.
  • Velvet Vic record- A record made by the singer Velvet Vic that can seal people inside it
  • Locked box- a mysterious box found by Courage that contain a pocket dimension inside it
  • The Magic Tree of Nowhere - A purple tree that made its sole appearance in its namesake episode. After Courage planted a couple of seeds that ruined his sand castle, the tree was born upon being watered by a rainstorm. The tree can grant any wish or desire, as when Muriel wished for a new oven, it immediately appeared. When Courage wished for a real construction vehicle, it instantly popped up. Later, Muriel wished for her and Courage to see a movie, which suddenly caused a projector to form out of the tree's branches.
  • Has all of the equipment necessary to kill a vampire.
  • Marbles - Used against Eustace to make him trip into water so he wouldn't chop down the Magic Tree of Nowhere

Intelligence: Genius (Courage could speak English coherently during the first season despite being a dog, and solved most, if not all of the problems in the show within a reasonable amount of time, which normally requires outwitting clever villains, some of whom are dream manipulators, soul stealers, scientists capable of inventing gadgets, and demons. He is an exceedingly skilled tactican, as he has consistently quickly built contraptions and tools that help him in situations. Can also infiltrate highly-secure areas with minimal planning and tools at times, such as breaking into a bank by hacking an ATM machine. He can accurately tell when something is bad and when something bad is about to happen. Learned how to pilot an airplane in Little Muriel after briefly reading a book mid-flight, and successfully flew it from South America to Nowhere. Mastered magic within a very short amount of time in Mondo Magic, despite Mondo himself stating it would take years of practice. He reconfigured a television into an ultra-bright laser in seconds, just so he could fry up a turnip monster. It is extremely difficult to trick him or catch him off-guard since he is always alert, and he tends to not trust strangers. He is a highly skilled cook, survivalist, tracker, repairman, puzzle solver, hypnotist, dancer and licensed therapist. Is also a talented painter, as he made a replica of the Mona Lisa within a matter of seconds. Knows how to play the piano, tuba, violin, and other musical instruments)

Standard Tactics: Although Courage is initially very easy to frighten, he will not hesitate to protect himself in a battle. He is very prone to utilizing his hax, mostly because he looks to end fights as quickly and strategically as possible. This also means he will lead with his equipment (including Optional Equipment if prompted), and he will try his best to stay out of range. With preparation, he will arrange necessary utensils beforehand, such as setting up an entire fort with a moat around it, building contraptions (one example being a giant industrial-sized vacuum), creating traps, and making barricades. He might also do research on his computer to gain necessary information.

Even without preparation, Courage is an on-the-fly thinker as he has reprogrammed an alien spaceship and he wired Le Quack's train to explode. He is also capable of thinking of unusual ways to escape dangerous predicaments, such as screwing his head off his body or melting himself. As stated before, it is difficult to trick him or catch him off-guard since he is always alert and has a tendency to not trust strangers. Courage also tends to use his Shapeshifting during combat, whether it be to confuse his opponent or turning into a weapon.

Weaknesses: Courage is a coward to the point of being scared of his own shadow on occasion. However, he is capable of overcoming it for the ones he loves. His critical thinking and speaking skills fall apart when in a panic, leaving him prone to screaming, running, and speaking in gibberish instead of confronting the problem directly. Tends to be selfless, as he is usually willing to save Muriel's life with little to no regard for his own well-being.

Videos

Courage The Cowardly Dog TV Show Intro

Notable Matchups

Victories:

Thanos (Marvel Cinematic Universe) Thanos´s profile (Speed was equalized, Courage was fully equipped and had 5 days of prep, and Thanos had the Infinity Gauntlet)

Losses:

Inconclusive:

References

Discussions

Discussion threads involving Courage