With Straight Outta Nowhere: Scooby-Doo! Meets Courage the Cowardly Dog making it's debut soon, I decided to look back at one of my childhood favorite cartoons.
Courage the Cowardly Dog was an animated horror comedy series that premiered on Cartoon Network on Nov 12th, 1999 and ended on Nov 22nd, 2002. Giving the show a total of four seasons and 52 episodes. Courage the Cowardly Dog was produced by Stretch Films and distributed by Warner Bros. Television Distribution. The series was created by John R. Dilworth.
The story is Courage lives out in the middle of Nowhere with elderly couple Muriel and Eustace Bagge. Just when things seem like they could be a normal day for Courage something spooky comes along. Despite being easily freighted Courage will do whatever it takes to protect his family, whether the threat be a ghost, a monster, or an alien chicken from outer space.
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I've got nothing to say. Let's move on.
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I've got nothing to say. Let's move on.
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One thing to praise about the show is the humor. There were a lot of funny things that would happen in Courage that even now I still laugh about. And what I also liked about it was this show along with another Cartoon Network show, The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy introduced more dark comedy.
What also made the show so great was it could actually be scary. When I was a kid there were things it that scared me, and when I rewatched the show I still got kinda of scared. Hell, when before I rewatched it I still to do this day couldn't get whatever....that thing was in the episode, Perfect. I'm not showing you an image, trust me you'll be better off without one.
The other aspect of Courage the Cowardly Dog that made it work was the animation. Not only did the 2D stuff look great, but there were times when the animation team used different styles. One episode we could get traditionally animation, another episode could have flash, the next one could go more with stop-motion. And all of it was done so great that you really do need to give the animation department their credit.
The last thing I'll praise the show and this is the best thing about, and that was you didn't know what to expect. Yes, the show followed a formula but, the writers were always doing something anything to throw you a curve ball. There could be a situation where Courage had to get physical or solve the problem by finding another solution to will make both him and the enemy-of-the-week happy. And that level of unexpectedness really made the jokes even better. We could get the scariest entrance from a villain and instead of doing something horrifying to Courage, he could just challenge him to a game of tennis or something like that.
Guys, Courage the Cowardly Dog is one of my many favorite cartoons. It has good humor, scary moments that can actually scare you, amazing animation, and above all else it kept you guessing of what's going to happen next.
My final rating is A Must Watch.
That's all for me everybody. Come back on Thursday, Sept 16th for my review of Straight Outta Nowhere: Scooby-Doo! Meets Courage the Cowardly Dog. Until then, enjoy the rest of your day, and give Courage a watch if you haven't already.
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