The Chicken from Outer Space (the cartoon cartoon show airing)

[@brandocommando7729]

This is terrifying! It’s crazy to think how this short was nominated for an academy award. it evolved to be one the greatest shows ever on Cartoon Network. (In my opinion)

[@emilatik3631]

Most definitely in mine, too, and the show/animationserie of Samurai Jack and its 2017 fifth season as well, that's for sure and beautifully obvious as well 👍✌️😉🌈

[@Shinkajo]

terrifying crazy? -_-

[@Mattschannelism]

This and Ed, Edd, and Eddy.

[@asturianix9820]

Not your opinion. Objetive fact.

[@SaitohYatate]

A lot of great series were given a start in What-A-Cartoon! Show. Even the cartoons that didn’t go past the pilot were funny and memorable. And let’s not forget the early seasons of Space Ghost Coast-to-Coast. To this day I find it hard to pick a favorite “Cartoon Cartoons” series because of how good and different each show (of the first batch) was to one another.

[@SirEdimon]

This was nominated for an Oscar in 1996.

[@coria6231]

What year is this from?

[@SirEdimon]

@@coria6231 1996. It was originally aired on February 18, 1996.

[@coria6231]

@@SirEdimon gracias bro

[@YesRidley]

Academy Award actually but yes! Wild huh?

[@SegaNintendoGuy64]

@@YesRidley Mickey Mouse in Runaway Brain was also nominated for the same Oscar but both Courge and Mickey Mouse lost to Wallace and Gromit A Close Shave A Close Shave.

[@Rubberman202]

I love how minimalist this is, there's virtually no dialogue in this short, it's almost surreal to think it became a series based on this.

[@BNK2442]

This pilot was the scarier episode of the series to me. :-P

[@Rubberman202]

@@BNK2442 Eustace's transformation definitely has some horrific elements to it.

[@brandocommando7729]

Absolutely agree!

[@snesyay2273]

I feel like the chicken snapping the other chickens necks and murdering them should have bothered me a lot more as a small child

[@Shinkajo]

it's learned behavior

[@carlosfer2201]

What did get me was that the husband actually died. This short is far darker than any of the regular episodes later.

[@sunrisesunset1734]

The sound effect for sure, I had to rewind, didn't remember it sounding that cruel.

[@johhfarrell1360]

It’s funny I didn’t even realize it as a kid till now that he literally murdered all them chickens 😂

[@snesyay2273]

@@johhfarrell1360 yeah seriously

[@greatestnitemare6626]

Christ Eustace's laugher when he is turning into a chicken is beyond terrifying

[@Dr170]

Christ Eustace is my religion

[@gorachand1235]

What he was trying to do to Murial we will never know

[@justinratcliffe947]

​@@gorachand1235I don't think I wanna know

[@benjaminprietop]

That transformation scene scared me so much as a kid that I refused to eat eggs for years

[@donsingh4622]

First time mostly people say this after they will follow normal routine.

[@agrajyadav8888]

It did something good

[@brandocommando7729]

Hahahah rightt 😂 that’s to funny

[@RisingBeast00]

It never did that to me but yes it scared me too

[@christianciv1998]

Yes American Werewolf in London vibes right there!

[@bpheavyrocker1]

According to john r dilworth originally the pilot was gonna be black and white like homege to the black and white horrors films. Eustace originally had a double barrel shotgun and he would shoot courage to scare him off. But the network rejected it and thats how they came up with the bogaga mask

[@user-pu5sc4bt8r]

Estucae with double barrel shotgun would of been halirous but ooga mask is also just as funny

[@beatlefan713]

Explains the hole in Courage’s tooth

[@poweroffriendship2.0]

I don't know about you but Eustace with a double barrel shotgun sounds pretty cool.

[@gamingcreatesworlddd2425]

@@beatlefan713 Yes that's dark but he still likes him

[@jankemjunkie6564]

To think “I’m gettin’ me mallet” could’ve been “I’m gettin’ me gun”

[@USMC49er]

This episode freaked me out as a kid. The transformation of seeing a human become a monstrosity that attempts to attack his own wife is terrifying.

[@ricardocantoral7672]

Eustace's transformation used to creep me out when I was a kid.

[@CharlesXavier]

It's like something out of a David Cronenberg horror movie.

[@brandonakin87]

Same here

[@moonlitnight]

Same!

[@emmanuelharris6445]

Me too glad I’m not the only one

[@Predatorwarrior18]

Oh yeah…..

[@mysticalacer94]

Out of all Courage episodes, i never thought i'd actually seen the original early work of Chicken from Outer Space. It's like a goldmine of cartoon classics! Now we know how did that headless fried chicken returned back in later episodes. o.o

[@poptheweasel87]

Those of us who grew up with these cartoons always knew.

[@spectrumscribble1498]

I remember watching this show as a kid and saw this pilot episode maybe a few times, but it still creeps me out to this day. Especially with Eustace's transformation.

[@brentdye1504]

Not to mention his three headed son.

[@botmexicanpatriot]

The video quality just adds more value to this.

[@princesskincade8788]

3:50 Muriel on the railroad tracks!

[@localblacksamurai]

I just discovered today in 2021 that one of my childhood favorite shows was produced in 95’. Holy crap I feel old. The pilot was amazingly done and contributed towards the storyline

[@spectrumscribble1498]

Three years before I was born. But yeah, this pilot was one of many episodes that haunted my dreams as a kid. But I still watched Courage nonetheless because I found it to be a horror show I could actually stand unlike the bloodbaths and dismemberments of Stephen King movies. *(shudder)*

[@alejandromolina7270]

The series started in 1999. It just shows how long it takes for a cartoon series to be made.

[@sidragulzar7081]

same

[@juanchavez8444]

@@alejandromolina7270 paper drawn

[@TheDude8008]

Eustace ussually gets transformed into weird stuff or loses his physical form, but in the very first episode he gets off'd from existence.

[@xavier2098]

Easter egg of this episode pause it at 6:45 and you will see "eat me" word in the ash

[@StatickyCat]

Cool. It sure is subtle, like only one frame

[@bloomdoom13]

I had to slow it down to 0.25 to see it! Wow!

[@purplecolorz12124]

This pilot also appeared on the What a Cartoon show!

[@ThatWeirdoWhoMakesVideos]

purplecolorz12124 I know but this was a couple years later

[@warnerbrosanddisneyvhsdvdb9015]

That Weirdo Who Makes Videos can you upload some more cartoon network from the 90s Recordings on internet archive website this weekend my friend

[@princesskincade8788]

5:56 Holding breath contest

[@vortexlord1127]

That's because The Cartoon Cartoon Show is the evolved version of What A Cartoon.

[@CosmicSponge2004]

It's Also Included on The 1999 VHS Release of Some Direct 2 Video Scooby Doo Movie. HOWEVER, It's Not On Any of The Courage The Cowardly Dog DVDs Because CN is Lazy

[@ryanmccurdy7994]

What I love most about this pilote are the mindless duels of Courage and the chicken XD

[@phycomaniac8319]

Soo this is why theres an episode called revenge of the chicken from outer space.

[@isetmfriendsofire]

Right? I'm baffled as to why they didn't put this short onto the DVD release.

[@EyeofKoruption]

Oh so thats were the headless space chicken originated from.

[@goteamslugs]

I was wondering why "Revenge of the Space Chicken" was where it was when the show hadn't shown the chicken before.

[@EnchantedSmellyWolf]

@@goteamslugs times like these I should be grateful that I wat he'd plenty of Pilots way back like Courage and that Vampire that like woman although that was never greenlighted.

[@goteamslugs]

@@EnchantedSmellyWolf Yup.

[@retrowoohoo468]

I remember seeing the pilot episode from Scooby Doo and the Witch’s Ghost VHS. That transformation of Eustace always gave me the scare when I was little.

[@ahmedfaraz5234]

It's 2020 and if you are remembering your childhood then you are from the legendary 90s...

[@bulldogsbob]

What a cartoon was a great series

[@bpheavyrocker1]

If anyone can pause around 3:30 3:31 when courage blows up the hen house on the bottom left of the screen there's a hidden image of a heart and arrow with the J.D and V.J. which means John r Dilworth and his girlfriend. But you can't really see it because of the quality of the video

[@_httpantwon]

No it isnt

[@ABlueyFan]

Stupid Cartoon Network logo is blocking it

[@bpheavyrocker1]

If you pause on 4:28 there's statues on the green shelves. You see a ufo,raisin from "smart talk with raisin", dirty birdy and furgerina from "dirty birdy", and Nedd from "Noodles and Nedd". The blue character next to Raisin is "Sparkles" from a unrealized project John tried to get funded. John dilworth likes to refer Nedd as "Dilly" because Nedd is a caricature of John r dilworth himself. Nedd appears in a portait on the wall of the staircase in every courage episode. Theres a picture of Nedd with a flower coming out of his Butt as a reference to the "Dirty birdy" short film.

[@therevealer77-76]

Yeah! There's Oggy from Oggy and the cockroaches.

[@bpheavyrocker1]

@@therevealer77-76 he does look like oogy but his name his sparkles

[@gracec2219]

This cartoon was presented at the Venice Movie Festival in 1996 and screened before Independence Day.

[@magallanesagustin4952]

This was really dark and brutal for Cartoon Network, even by CTCD's standards.

[@chipchopbarbershop8426]

Courages voice sounds too high class

[@Redfern42]

Whereas I feel the opposite. Having seen the pilot first and later the series, I always found his series voice a bit "off".

[@novato455]

The Spanish dub voice of courage from this episode was more high pitched, like an adult imitating a child.

[@cristianbonilla5106]

Courage the Cowardly Dog turns 26 this year, thanks to the introduction of this short. How times have changed since this fantastic animation I saw from the credits of Scooby Doo and the Witches Ghost

[@morganyakkofan9052]

Now Scooby-Doo has officially crossed over with Courage the Cowardly Dog in his new DTV movie.

[@goteamslugs]

@@morganyakkofan9052 "Uh-huh! Uh-huh!" =)

[@FooFighter201]

I remember this being on my copy of Scooby Doo and the witches ghost on VHS. It played right before the movie started. They just don’t make cartoons like this anymore.

[@Inquisitor_Lelouch]

For me it was the after credits, still I remember it being in the witches ghost VHS too!

[@fighterx9840]

Same here!

[@bpheavyrocker1]

Hey guys if anyone can pause around 6:44 6:45 or 6:46 there is a hidden message when Eustace disintegrates. Theres a word called " EAT ME

[@davidcaldwell4916]

It's 6:44

[@jmsalcedooo]

keep on clicking 6:44 and gosh everything is turning dark! how creepy!

[@katelynthewhitewerewolf6376]

@@davidcaldwell4916 It's a little hard to see it.

[@isetmfriendsofire]

It kinda pisses me off that this wasn't in any of the season releases OR the re-release. I've always loved this short.

[@eedulakantivickygoud6322]

Fun fact : This episode was actually nominated for Oscars

[@bittubinnu7719]

I guess I saw this episode in childhood but watching now is so exciting

[@shaktipatnaik5091]

Fun fact..This is the very first episode of the cartoon series " Courage the cowardly dog".. It was first aired in 1996 in the series "What a cartoon"..

[@danirijilla]

This pilot scared the hell out of me as a child....the transformation scene was way too creepy, the eggs disgusting looking...back in the '90s there was a UFO-sighting craze and I was deeply terrified of them (and of the chupacabras lol)

[@zephyre6613]

This ep was actually nominated for Oscars didn't win tho but it's a huge deal damm

[@wolfnerthewolf9979]

First time I saw this was on a VCR tape that was Scooby Doo and The Witch's Ghost, after the credits, this played and I enjoyed it as a kid the first time watching it.

[@egonjensen7667]

I watched it back in 1996. A magical time

[@IronThumbs]

I honestly can remember watching this episode even time after it was aired as a kid.

[@jeffreywilliams8499]

Me too

[@lapislazuli5035]

Same.

[@masterchef2875]

4:24 This freak me out and made me laugh at the same time.

[@protoelectroman]

4:29 Oggy Is In The Shelf

[@sutrblx5546]

The pilot was made in 1996 but maybe they predicted the future

[@ThunderB2R]

When the chicken burn there is written {" Eat Me "} on the ash.

[@jaredbrown3249]

This is like the very first courage the cowardly dog cartoon

[@ProfessorArt1]

It was, it was so popular and considered so well done that it turned into a full series.

[@jesterthefurrygod3330]

Imagine if Eustace turned into a furry instead of a chicken.

[@hegyimutymuty]

I saw this when i was little, around '95 and it scared the shit out of me with that stupid space chicken, i was afraid of any plushie toys that had this particular kind of half-sphere eyes for years :D

[@skylaandreas9017]

Thank you so much for posting this masterpiece.

[@christopherr7657]

This is so cool and enjoyable. It's a blast from the past!

[@Nostalgicpapparazzi]

I am seeing this again long way back after my childhood. Thanks man.

[@NYC247]

Wow i remember this. they would replay this episode over and over

[@mohitswain8441]

6:44 Easter egg: can you spot the EAT ME?

[@brandonnetwork]

I first saw it on a Scooby-Doo VHS tape. I forget which one. I know King Ramses was on Alien Invaders.

[@lindapoplin9961]

Scooby doo and the witches ghost

[@cinematicsterling6897]

this was on witches’ ghost and king ramses was on alien invaders

[@bpheavyrocker1]

The live pictures of people are family members,friends, colleagues and employees of John r dilworth. Theres only name a few people I can name according to John r dilworths audio commentary on The chicken from outer space. At 0:43 the portait on the right is a picture of John dilworths cat. Courage is based on dilworths cat. The cat is now in cat heaven. 3:42 There's a picture of John dilworths brother Jim Dilworth he designed king rames and the blue creature in the Perfect episode. May he rest in piece. Theres a dedication to Jim Dilworth at the end of "The sand whale strikes again" episode 4:28 there's pictures of Margaret fry and her husband. Margaret fry was the color stylist and she did all the episode titles in every courage episode. 6:20 John r dilworth 6:49 the picture on the left above Muriel is William Hohauser John dilworths co writer and collaborator. William appeared in "The tower of dr zalost" episode he's seen along with John dilworth fighting each other with a fish and a chicken on both Eustace's and zalost's TV.

[@mammalfeather]

Thank you so much!

[@bpheavyrocker1]

Hey guys pause around 2:00 2:01 or 2:092 there is a message on the rolling pin Muriel uses to hit Eustace with. But I can't read it because of the quality of the video

[@ddark2]

It Says: "The Club"

[@TheSonicJnr]

Big thank you for uploading this episode sense it helped with empty info on the 1st trip with that terrifying Duck or Chicken.

[@southlondonlad9144]

Eustace's face around 3:37 is so comical. Also the part where he first eats the space egg. I remember first seeing this around 1997 when I was 16, the memories. The 90s were awesome. Us 90s teens were so privileged, we had stuff today's teens and other generations didn't have. A classic example of nostalgia at its best.

[@WinterandNoodle]

"we had stuff today's teens and other generations didn't have" Yeah like lead paint LMAO

[@tarushsharma2403]

This used to be conjuring at that time.

[@meghanautiyal5523]

This show is totally amazing ,i remember i used to wake up at 5 am to watch this show😂

[@brandonnetwork]

I’m glad someone uploaded this. It’s not on the complete series DVD for some reason.

[@davidborik3475]

I remember seeing this i believe on the vhs for scooby doo zombie island at my grandparents house when i was like 4.

[@isetmfriendsofire]

Witch's Ghost was the tape, actually. But yeah, I was probably around that age too, I bought another vhs tape just to have it.

[@fighterx9840]

I also saw this on after The Witch's Ghost

[@MrMarcus2190]

2:15. Choking a stranger’s chicken without consent 😂😂😂

[@dvoid7701]

today its all just looks funny but when i was a kid this show was terrifying to me

[@grassfries3554]

All Screams: 0:52 1:58 1:32 2:17 6:34 7:05 End Credits: 7:17

[@thebigcrashtube9095]

The Origins of Courage... I am commuoving 😢😀

[@richdrake7385]

My roommate and girlfriend at the time thought I lost my mind. Till both sat down and really watched it. Then they said the crazy bleep your watch

[@greatestnitemare6626]

What happened to your gf at the time

[@snowball9392]

Anyone remember seeing this from the Scooby Doo on Zombie island vhs tape?

[@spectrumscribble1498]

Hell yeah. Every time Scooby Doo and the Witch's Ghost or Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island was on when I was younger, I always saw this.

[@BNK2442]

I remember watching this. It was in the same show with the Family Guy pilot. I also remember that cgi short about some robot cleaning a museum and the ralph bakshi with the cockroach who played jazz.

[@frankiefriedman6158]

The things I do for love.

[@meisumjaffri2204]

This episode was a nightmare for me as a kid 😵😵

[@RisingBeast00]

I always thought this short was dark. Eustace dies. He was an asshole but damn. Courage had to kill him and then they move on with their lives.

[@justinratcliffe947]

He always comes back

[@RisingBeast00]

@@justinratcliffe947 yeah but it doesn't make it any less dark.

[@gsgcarreviews]

The plate of bacon and eggs looks sooo good

[@smashmaster521]

True. Shame the eggs turn you into a space chicken.

[@kenyaholloway-reliford8213]

Eustace's transformation used to scare the mess out of me

[@himanshumeena9589]

I can see EAT ME written on 6:45 . Just see this scene in slow motion at 0.25 x

[@aaronlaluzerne6639]

Now why wasn't this added to the complete DVD series?

[@omegastar19]

Probably because it was not actually part of the series - this was the pilot episode produced for What A Cartoon. But it probably shouldve been included

[@xineraliouse9848]

I never knew that this ep existed or it was the first episode, it's really amazing.

[@isetmfriendsofire]

It says something that people just now finding this love it as much as people who saw it way back when. Wish it was on the dvd release. Only place I've seen it released was on the Scooby Doo & the Witch's Ghost VHS tape.

[@riteshsaini907]

There is a easter egg at 6:44 to 6:45 when he turn into ashes written EAT ME but at . 25 speed with 360 pixels

[@Samierocksyourworld]

7:01 - 7:04 makes me laugh. I don't know why!

[@mopedmessiah]

This is it. The first "Ooga Booga Booga"

[@rickjkt]

6:20 Author (John R Dilworth) himself?

[@snailboss6158]

2:15 WHAT THE FU-

[@StickFiguresMaster]

What I’ve gotten to notice, is that there’s some Ed Edd Eddy and Disney animations and noises, the eggs with the way they looked though really looked like Cow and Chicken, the explosives set up in the chicken coop was definitely designed like Disney would, the way that Eustace was acting at the table, especially when he blew all his air out of his mouth, the animation definitely looked like a Disney animation. I just wonder why Courage was like the only one talking almost at all, I would’ve loved to hear what parents voices would’ve sounded like from the pilot before it became a final product.

[@MqBuffon]

Those eggs always seemed so tasty.

[@blukmage19typeR]

7:09 "This shouldn't happen to a dog. _(Iris in on the nose)_ Ouch!"

[@DarkPsychoMessiah]

While not the first time Eustace turns into something or dies, this is the only time he literally loses his mind.

[@Tsurgeo]

3:05 - 3:35 the wooden door must've been so strong to break through that he went to using tools that couldn't even dent it, until he had to blow his way out with dynamite lol

[@Grim528]

Amazing pilot. I loved this so much as a kid. I still love it.

[@ocpofficialrep7026]

When I think of courage the cowardly dog I still think of this episode first

[@93Teejay]

Huh.. So it wasnt a fever dream..

[@ElBarto2023]

In around 2090, this animated short will enter the public domain.

[@carlosfer2201]

The best episode ever.

[@princesskincade8788]

2:13 Strangle chicken

[@claudiacisneros8107]

7:06 Courage Screams And Stops The Iris Out

[@theshamegame2787]

0:52 When you're looking through your great-grandfather's WW2 gear and notice Swastika symbols.

[@anthonyguarino4242]

Where?

[@GRANDMA_LILY]

I think this was included in one of those vhs scooby doo movies from the 90s and I would watch it over and over. I forgot which movie specifically, I think it was the one with the Hex Girls, the zombie island. Or Cyber Chase. I didnt know this pilot is considered “rare” but its so neat seeing the first created episode years later

[@Aanteatur]

Man CN had some of the BEST music on their shows back then. The lil jingles were always so catchy and fun☺

[@Predatorwarrior18]

Ah, the good ol days.

[@spookytanooky]

Homie just killed the hens for no reason. You can ever hear the last one’s neck snap. 😰

[@luisvelez1952]

Courage looks strangely different from the main series of the show that we know and ❤️

[@christianschmidt3171]

As a kid, I saw this on an english channel (couldn't unterstand a word) and it freaked me out.

[@KingGrio]

I remember being disturbed by this episode as a kid

[@CosmicSponge2004]

So That's What The CN Screenbug Looked Like In the 90's. Nice!

[@theaanchalteam7445]

My childhood memories

[@QuirkyCurlyKenny]

It's a shame they didn't include this episode in the complete DVD series 😔