This Character Traumatized Millions of Kids

[@allgutsnoglory138]

What added more of a terrifying element to Ramses was that CGI was still relatively new. So when you're a kid and you've only seen 2D animated films and shows, seeing some brand new art style that was so vastly different than what you were used to enhanced the already uncanny and shuddering visual horror.

[@CreepinCreeper01]

This comment I was looking for. I loved Courage but this episode actually fucked me up and I avoided the show for a while. It was the sudden unexpected transition to 3d art which was very new in general

[@jameslebus2432]

I was going to say the same thing. It made him feel so foreign to the rest of the show. Like he obviously didn’t belong there and was from some other unknowable plane of existence. Perfection

[@TheApollo90]

You’re absolutely right. 3D is so prevalent nowadays that I forgot how new 3D was back then. It was incredibly jarring

[@Lawrence_Talbot]

Yes this. The cgi/animation style was in its early days and it looked so grotesque. You went from the usual 2D colorful cartoon, to that weird 3D amorphous thing with rather stiff motions. Literal gave me nightmares the first time I watched it

[@areaofeffect100]

this is true. the transition from courage the cowardly dog's old style animation to computer cgi was very new to the senses and the eyes at the time, so ramses felt like it doesn't belong there and it makes you think that it is real.

[@MarceyTalks]

the scariest part of the character himself, was the uncanny nature of him being a 3d model in a completely 2d world and being the only example in the whole series as far as I know.

[@dromalloma2651]

“You're not perfect...”

[@Mikeinator_]

_That_ thing from the episode "Perfection." You know exactly what I'm talking about.

[@Amer93255]

The smurf abortion from the final episode

[@mohammadqasimawais9155]

The benevolent Spirit of tbe Harvest Moon was also 3d. He was actually like a real world white face

[@zozocecp]

uhh.. the your not perfect creature? The Harvest Moon??? Violin girl??????

[@jameslebus2432]

The fact that he was 3D CGI in an, up until then, completely 2D universe gave him this foreign presence. Like he was from some unknowable and terrifying plane of existence that was intruding on Courage’s. CGI like this wasn’t super common then either so it was so jarring. Almost like he transcended the show and real life and was intruding on our world to get back what was his. The feeling of unbeatable, unknowable dread is such a testament to what makes Courage so special.

[@thrusteavis]

Yeah perfect explanation. How out of place he felt made him feel completely different from everything else and how long the shot of him stays on screen was fucking scary. I remember feeling paralyzed w fear

[@sebastianb2537]

🤓

[@FeviviViper]

Okay chill out James

[@Purpleoregano]

This is exactly what makes it so creepy

[@SlightlyPwnish]

well put, the context is kind of lost unless you were growing up at the time.

[@ImTrj]

The “ you’re not perfect” scene in courage, was the scene that personally scarred me as a kid and made me stop watching the show at the time, but this definitely was second in line.

[@TheNadroj10]

That scene was scarier. It also just jumps at you outta nowhere. Anyone who has seen any other episode of this show pretty much knew king ramsey would show up when he did based off the formula of the show

[@unbornk20si93]

I loved the show but i never scene that part. Yeah this is right up at the top.

[@jayt8115]

Good lord, I forgot about that one. That one is still creepy to this day 😆

[@LycanFerret]

I see many people say that scene was scary, but maybe what I find scary is different to other people. Because I was never bothered by that part of that episode. Ever. Not the first time, not any subsequent time. But King Ramses? Eugh. I had shivers from it down my spine for years, up until I was 15. Also, Fred and the Katz episode scared me a lot in general. Like eerie. But I'm also more auditorially geared, so good creepy sound design scares the living shit outta me more than any visual ever could. Only time visuals get me is erratic movements, like the sister from Pet Sematary(the rendition where she snaps around and sounds horrifyingly hoarse), or well King Ramses. Or skulls/empty eye sockets. Don't know why. Hate. Those little ghost things in Animal Crossing or that one Mario Game on the edge of the map? Hate. Skulls in general? Hate. Can't do it. But Outlast? No problem. Amnesia? FNAF? No problem. Clowns? No problem. Hate skulls and creepy sounds though. The ending of Black Sabbath's "Children of the Grave" will never not cause me to piss my pants.

[@edoardopulcini9432]

That blue fucker scared me more than every horror movie i've ever seen in my life Oh and that girl playing the violin

[@Brightclips]

Courage the cowardly dog is so unique and special because it was one of the first scary kids shows that actually tried to be scary. I’d imagine if the same sort of thing was done today on the same network suspenseful scenes would be ruined by some sort of comedic relief or dumb joke.

[@GriffinZambia]

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[@white_isnt_a_race2338]

Lol kids show

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[@hughjass4372]

it wasnt just king ramsay's curse that scared me, it was the whole goddamn show itself. Like the fact they lived in a house with nothing else around it and the dark colors of the environment. I remember being entertained by the show while also being frightened at the same time.

[@whatdoinamethischannel9749]

It had that trippy + can't get away vibe about it and I liked it because of that

[@Orchids.and.Endlers]

Bruh exactly. That feeling of nothingness is terrifying

[@NotR00t]

same

[@sammylee5474]

Wow same, I think its why I like the horror genre now

[@crashhh410]

I hated watching it but at the same time I couldnt look away

[@Indigo_Gaming]

I think it's off-putting mostly because it's a completely different type of animation (crude CG in a traditional 2D animated world), but also the framerate seems considerably higher. It would be like if a flatlander all the sudden saw a three-dimensional human being for the first time.

[@moldvajac]

@Kavetion we do not care

[@TheHomiePit]

Thats exactly what I've thought for ages. There's quite a bit of art in that show that should be considered "scarier" but because it's still grounded in that animation style it makes it familiar, but the crude cgi and diverging frame rates immediately give the vibe that something is off, then your brain does the rest of the work.

[@DerrickRG]

VERY off-putting.

[@iokhufu]

its like watching ex-arm

[@s1lh0u3x]

i think the reason it was scary was the screens that we watched the show werent as good so you couldnt really see most of the character properly and he gave off that dark vibe

[@polter211]

I was legitimately afraid this guy was gonna be around every corner when I was walking through a dark place for YEARS. Watching it now he's still unnerving, but more because I recognize the early 3D being uncanny.

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[@Funko302]

*Insert mandela catalogue reference here*

[@MrTroll-qu6ql]

3rd

[@Genesongx]

@@Funko302 it'd be scary to me if it wasn't by that doujin i saw prior to knowing what was it

[@ogoide9401]

I hide under the blanket and had dream of him after 2 month i forget about it and when the episode repeat on the tv i had what you called ptsd

[@Master0fHyrule]

Why did you have to remind me about this... I'm going to hide under the blanket for protection.

[@GriffinZambia]

Dont read my name 😑.

[@David-ve5iq]

Penguinz0 looks like holly marie combs with a beard.

[@NotFckingBen]

Make sure to tuck your legs and feet in, too. If you don’t, the rameses monster will snatch you away

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[@micahbell4774]

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[@bobbyfischer9927]

“You’re not perfect..” That’s the creepiest scene in this show by far.

[@WXRRIED.]

Please remind me what that episode was about, im not english so these episodes titles weren't in this language

[@jinruich]

@@WXRRIED. it was the episode where a tutor comes to discipline courage and he gets a nightmare where a blue cgi creature tells him he's not perfect. shit was scary af

[@WXRRIED.]

@@jinruich Dam i think I remember it, the tutor was the blue thing right

[@gaminganimators7000]

@@WXRRIED. I think it was in the last season. The tutor was a tall woman in a black dress and grey skin I think if my memory serves me

[@osamabindiesel3389]

This one and that giant floating head gave me nightmares

[@Courier_Seven]

Eustass is one of the greatest cartoon character ever devised. His ability to look at the most nightmarish things and still INSIST on being a combative and greedy asshole transcends all funny cartoon jokes. WHATS YER OFFER?!

[@mr-barehiney]

_Return the slab!_

[@cypher838]

That's it, I'm gettin me mallet!

[@jarrettodom3943]

Whats even more ballsy is when Ramsay uses up all 3 plagues, and is disappointed that none of them worked. To which Eustace says that hes out of ammo and that he needs to piss off, until he makes him an offer. Like dude this ghost just flooded your house til it was practically underwater nearly drowning you in the process, and after all this you still try to stiff him for money instead of just giving the fucking slab back.

[@muhdzofmadness0245]

Pretty sure eustace witnessed ww1 and ww2 and ever since them move in that back water farmhouse not giving a shit

[@mr-barehiney]

Or suffer my curse

[@RolandTHX]

When you think about it, one of the scarier parts of the episode is that Ramses wasn't really defeated or won over like other villains on the show. The only thing you can do is appease him and hope he goes away on his own. He could have easily stayed and killed everyone out of spite, but he held up his end of the deal and showed mercy [except to Eustace, who really really really had it coming by chasing after him to steal the slab back].

[@thedecafe1]

When you lol 😂

[@longman7230]

In 4th grade I saw the “you’re not perfect” episode at the worst time possible. We were having our wood floors replaced and some walls repainted, so there were parts of the house sectioned off by that clear plastic wrap, the floor was now that gray stone that’s under the wood, I heard banging and drilling noises from across the house, and everything felt empty and surreal without the furniture. As a 4th grader, my home already felt unnerving and haunted, but that cgi abomination from hell made it 10x worse. I constantly worried about the rooms of my house sectioned off due to paint fumes, because who knows what’s lurking in there. But it gets worse, I was being taken care of by adult cousin and adult older sister, because my parents were out of town. It was summer too, so I spent a lot of time at home by myself. The empty living room at night felt like hell. A small breeze would move the plastic wrap and the sounds would scare the shit out of me. I would call my parents just to hear their voices lol. I snuck caffeinated drinks to avoid sleeping, because I was terrified of seeing that thing in my nightmares. I eventually googled how to get over fear, and I saw “exposure therapy” as a method. So I hyped myself up for like an hour and decided to make the monster my iPad background. At first it made me more scared, but I got used to it after a day or two. I remember I felt invincible after that.

[@Fraco_Oniisama]

Damn dude, you actually overcame your fear, thats not a small feat specially for a child, good job lol

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[@ryanwilliams8750]

that shit was fucking scary bro Courage is a badass dog having to deal with all that shit id be scared too lol

[@wesified]

you are an actual legend for overcoming that shit 😭

[@zacharybillotte7406]

That’s such an epic story

[@jay-rgroup]

For me, the scariest character was the creepy smiling blonde guy that always wanted to shave Courage. I thought that the idea of having someone wanting to harm you right in front of your family without them even realizing (like this guy did on one episode) was absolutely terrifying

[@oweneldridge9060]

I think it was a play on Hannibal Lector. The way he monologs.

[@Honey-Biscuit]

Freaky Fred certainly was. . . . naughty.

[@mmmmmmmmdaaaamnnnnbabyyyy]

Freaky Fred

[@funnyvalentine6670]

That and while albeit he just had a freaky turn on for barbering. He was closer to realism than most courage villains.

[@vgc_ivan8391]

Fred, his VA just lands it so well

[@theguy_hot8901]

I remember watching this episode as a kid and I would be terrified every time I tried to sleep, even weeks after i had seen it. I was also terrified of that one episode with the evil package.

[@GriffinZambia]

Dont read my name 😑.

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[@NotFckingBen]

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[@richie404]

Yup

[@Yoiyoshi23]

I can't forget about it for days either lol

[@TheMoodieSwede]

Johnny Quest’s Medusa episode was the scariest shit I saw as a kid, don’t remember the show at all but that episode is ingrained in my mind 25 years later… similar to this

[@z3rker]

JOHNNY TEST IS 25 YEARS OLD???

[@wisniamw]

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[@layedbackthomas]

@@z3rker Johnny QUEST my man lol.

[@z3rker]

@@layedbackthomas you just saved me from so much pain

[@caralho5237]

I remember watching adventure time and anything relating to the lich scared me to hell

[@ladyuh77]

The way this show utilized 3D models was so well done. Them only using it for the monsters was so effective since the rest of the show was always done in a 2D style. King Ramses gave me nightmares as a kid, and the “Your not perfect” scene made me scared of dark rooms lol

[@Haunted_Plush]

Oh god hearing "you're not perfect" brought back memories I wasn't sure I made up or not...

[@Dargon8959]

@@bumblebee31278 That even if you are not perfect, you are still beautiful as no one is ever perfect.

[@yorhano.2typeb141]

@@yungzyonarchive shut up

[@TheMissinLink]

kind of reminds me how silent hill 2 used the normal animated scenes combined with the mo cap scenes, which also had a different art style as well.

[@tankguy5312]

Yeah man, the scene of that guy's face said to courage that he was not perfect makes me uncomfortable.

[@ryuman757]

So glad they made him into a 3D animation, with how the show is typically 2D. Made the creepiness go up exponentially, especially since it was very foreign to what I was used to for that cartoon as a kid, and most other cartoons at that time.

[@kean5430]

Spongebob gorilla moment

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[@codeninja100]

@@kean5430 SpongeBob butterfly episode moment

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[@cullenmason618]

The idea of being trapped in a shack in the middle of nowhere with a heavy fog surrounding you and a weird mummy/zombie/ghoul roaming outside was terrifying to me as a six year old. The uncanny 3d model aspect of it didn't help.

[@GriffinZambia]

Dont read my name 😑 .

[@CB0Otz]

Fr this. I remember thinking after I saw that how terrifying it must be to be trapped inside that shack with nowhere to go

[@Crimson213jrs]

Dang right.

[@Rubenz343]

@@GriffinZambia ok I won't lol

[@BoykaTheRonin]

I remember watching Courage the Cowardly Dog as a kid and being so scared I couldn't sleep at night thinking of all the monsters. Such a masterpiece.

[@thedecafe1]

I remember lol 😂

[@ogoide9401]

This show gave me so much scared that any other animated horror show i watched they don't scared me as much like "you not perfect" gave me so much scared that i had to switch channel or hide in blankets till the episode was over just to not remember the face

[@thefuryofthedragon8715]

@@ogoide9401 Same lol

[@TwilightWolf2508]

"Return the Slab" and "You're not perfect" are absolutely legendary. Courage was a perfect introduction to horror for kids, and those two moments stand out.

[@GriffinZambia]

Dont read my name 😑..

[@richie404]

Yup, those two episodes were so terrifying.

[@fluffy7358]

"Return the Slab" didn't do much for me, but "you're not Perfect" absolutely made me want to hide in a corner and cry.

[@Brando216]

You guys remember Fred

[@cyber6167]

You’re not perfect scarred me dude, Lol

[@ThirtyVirus]

Bro I had that episode on VHS as a kid, and yes it left me traumatized

[@nstuck8274]

Was it the Scooby Doo aliens movie VHS?

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[@ThirtyVirus]

@@nstuck8274 YOOOOO it was lmao

[@larsonkaser3381]

@@nstuck8274 I had this as well. Got my money’s worth from that tape.

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[@TwilightVestige]

Ramses scared me as a kid too but I agree that looking at the character now, the visuals do fall a little flat. However, the voice alone still gives me shivers. Props to the voice actor.

[@TrySomeFentanyl]

Lol, 20 years ago ramses was extremely detailed

[@Mytagforhalo]

@@TrySomeFentanyl 20 Years ago we were also watching it on a tube TV over cable/ satellite. The lower fidelity helped blend everything together and I dont remember ramses looking so out of place as he does now being viewed HD on a modern display. But that just might be the fact that I was a kid looking at it too to be fair and everything is more realistic then.

[@MrPland1992]

@@Mytagforhalo nah old shows on a HD screen really ruins them. Most old movies are unwatchable in HD. You can literally see the fake set in the background but on an old tv in 480p you’d have no idea.

[@xsewer2406]

He sounds goofy

[@Bob-fh4ht]

Speaking of the voice actor, who was the voice actor?

[@NAMEEMAN-m7v]

This episode never really scared me. The episode that scared me the most was the episode that the windmill stopped turning. And those 4 undead vandals came out of nowhere.

[@ARRO.]

Was just scrolling through the comments to see if anyone else has the same feelings about the "Windmill Vandals". That episode scared me so bad when I was about 5-6

[@GamingbrosPlayhard]

That one was scary. It’s also still a bit disturbing to think that they all got decapitated in that one as well.

[@NAMEEMAN-m7v]

@@ARRO. I was like 12 or 13 when I watched it and it still scared me.

[@NAMEEMAN-m7v]

@@GamingbrosPlayhard Yes I forgot that they got decapitated. And went up with each others head. At some point in the episode. But that was the dark humor of Courage The Cowardly Dog of course.

[@baphometwingsof666]

Yes, it scared the shit outta me but also amazed me so i made an artwork of it as a kid. The ep that was really unnerving was Perfect.

[@TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

Another honorable mention for the most unnerving Courage The Cowardly Dog entity is the “Spirit of the Harvest Moon” just a face of a pale head with pure black eyes floating.

[@oliveracdog6182]

Ah yes the day I'm scared of the moon because of that.

[@kx3]

@@oliveracdog6182 lol, me too

[@darkcnight]

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[@drew4252]

YES. THIS WAS TERRIFYING

[@joshiesushi]

I was about to mention that! That floating head scarred me. But I think it was Ramses just had a scarier voice

[@lavasharkandboygirl9716]

Growing up in rural New Zealand, Courage was a “late night cartoon” and I vividly remember staying up late with my dad watching cartoons when I was like 4 years old, and watching this episode. I cried myself to sleep for a month and my parents genuinely considered getting me counselling. Now, 17 years later, I still have a strange nightmare of a gaunt figure in an open desert slowly approaching me. This episode changed me

[@el1x1r93]

Lawd hath merwthy

[@thatoneguy9666]

That’s tough. Just slap him

[@larsiverchristiansen8484]

that is hilarious!

[@ugbayoogway]

coward

[@joshuabastias1363]

Might still want that counselor tbh😭😭

[@iceddrink4308]

You lose a lot of the scariness of Ramses's curse by watching this in high definition TVs and computers. Back when this episode came out, many of us watched this on old ass CRT TVs, which often made otherwise obvious 3D CG look much more real, especially as Ramses had a different style to the rest of the 2D animated show. It's genuinely genius stuff.

[@TheRei111111]

Well mentioned

[@jillcalt]

I didn’t think of it that way. Viewing quality, if you will, definitely makes a difference😂

[@GhostLink92]

That must be it. Cause the thumbnail definitely startled me, but looking at it makes him look kinda cool. I think it's a combination of repressed memories (which I certainly have) and seeing him in full HD.

[@no1survives]

I legit had night terrors about this dude standing in my culdesac trying to curse me when I was like 5. To this day his voice sends shivers down my spine. Courage did us dirty as kids and I still love the crap out of that show.

[@thedecafe1]

I legit lol 😂

[@RchamTV]

I still see this dude in my nightmares

[@Lamb666]

You’re not perfect.

[@DaysPass]

what's up with these replies

[@molermash]

Well return the slab

[@fallenmydude2711]

Bot hell

[@PkGam]

As soon as I seen the thumbnail, "return the slab..." immediately hit my memories before watching or even reading the title. It was indeed a really unnerving episode as a kid but so good. There are others too of course as it is immensely good at creating something uniquely unnerving almost every episode like Fred the Barber.

[@GriffinZambia]

Dont read my name 😑..

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God these fucking bots

[@mechazoic]

I definitely understand the “first time I knew fear” feeling described here. I didn’t see Courage until later in my life but I do remember that same feeling from the first time I saw the Cryptkeeper on Tales from the Crypt. Being suddenly confronted by something scary when you weren’t expecting it and not knowing how to handle it.

[@pault9544]

When I was young I couldn't be in the same room of the t.v. when Tales from the Crypt came on. I was deathly afraid of that entity. I can still vaguely remember the horror I felt one night when I woke up in the middle of the night in my living room and it so happened to be on. Who ever designed the Cryptkeeper was a horror genius. 😳

[@mechazoic]

@@pault9544 Kevin Yagher. He also created the original Chucky doll for the Childs Play movies.

[@vannlo355]

Mine was the freaky vultures from the dark crystal

[@BeweProds]

First time that happened to me was the monster from Ferngully Forest, fucked me up as a kid. I remember just not wanting to watch the movie solely for the creepy tar monster.

[@Tattooineismycity]

That’s how I reacted when I was young to Arty Smartypants on Between the Lions. The Announcer Bunny from the same show would also strike fear into my toddler mind, to the point where I would have nightmares about them

[@darleneholtrop4532]

That was a great show! Phrases like "more cheese...more macaroni..." and "You made me look bad!" still pop up now and then when our family gets together:^) The episodes were not only amusing but thought-provoking to me as an adult watching with my children, to imagine living out "in the middle of nowhere" as American farmers and ranchers once did and to watch 'Courage' influencing the outcome of a bad situation even though he's relatively weak and absolutely terrified!

[@thedecafe1]

That was lol 😂

[@danielsickmann9768]

The main reasons he was really scary was because of the excellent voice acting and odd animation

[@orngpeelr9017]

sound effects were also important in this show as well, often very unsettling.

[@nattydaddymcgooch2774]

I agree 100%. I remember running out of the living room when re-runs of this episode played. Another thing that always messed me up as a child was the intro to the X-files.

[@shadelich8417]

Dude that one episode with the legless mutant on a skateboard made me start going to sleep early

[@BassMaster7]

Used to cry whenever I heard that intro

[@markrule2737]

same the intro makes me so scared to this day

[@crovax17]

Xfiles fucked with me too as a kid. I was born in 87 and I remember closing my eyes in the intro rofl. Original IT made showers really scary for me I remember staring at the drain having anxiety thinking shit loved in the drain.

[@werdle92]

Omg FR.

[@jordangotosleep]

damn straight courage is a good show

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[@yungzyonarchive]

Don’t read my name 😑 .!

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These bots are getting out of hand

[@sebastianXgaming101]

One of my childhood shows

[@lrwerewolf]

He will stop traumatizing you if you just return the slab

[@Ms_Speck]

There’s something to be said about what exactly makes as effective in his portrayal as he is. The poorly-rendered 3D model with its form that merely attempts to mimic reality but simply cannot, resulting in a starkly off putting figure that moves as if it’s actually undead, with the inwards cheeks and skinny limbs only complimenting that. Despite that, I think possibly the strongest aspect of this character is his presentation. How close, yet utterly distant he seems to the viewer. The feeling that you’d die if you stepped within five feet of his presence, or if you stepped closer, the detail you would find would be even more shocking. I think this is why as a kid, I thought the scariest moments involving him involved him summoning the plagues. The way his hands would crookedly raise into the air, almost as if to signify impending doom. In a way…it’s almost as if this was the closest one could get to Ramses without him causing unspeakable damage. He’s a spooky scary guy, dude

[@CrizzyEyes]

It helped that the resolution of older TVs was not as good and they were smaler, making it harder to make out the bad CGI

[@joshriley2936]

You hit the nail on the head about how he seems close and far away at the same time. It's hard to tell exactly how far away he is from the house, so you get a feeling of unease because of it. Same with the idea of getting close to him being either mind-bending or lethal, I got that vibe, too.

[@Orchids.and.Endlers]

Bro your description is 💯💯💯 exact .

[@gehenna4346]

Very unintentionally eldritch, works so well. Definitely a horror gem.

[@JackNormalMemes]

Freaky Fred was one of the most psychologically scary episodes, also the river chase scene with the doctor was probably one of the most profound cartoon moments I remember, the complete silences apart from the choral music was amazing all the while you basically watched him fall to his death

[@Norms_Ghost]

I didn’t understand why Fred was scary when I watched Courage as a kid, so rewatching it when I got older and realizing Fred is a “child friendly” representation of a serial killer/rapist completely floored me

[@vip5hawol-deehirota]

woah the doctor sceneeee, you just unlocked a buried traumatic memory for me m8 lmao man, that show had such golden moments

[@scottsiler2843]

I say I said my name is Fred... And I've been Very NAUUUUUUUGGGGGHHHHTYYYY

[@Orjahlian]

It's Doc Gerbil's world... It's Doc Gerbil's world...

[@nicktheheretic3015]

"He looks like an overcooked spaghetti noodle wearing a wizard's robe!" "He's fucking awesome!"

[@GriffinZambia]

Dont read my name 😑...

[@blazingmonolith4323]

Charlie has the best comparisons.

[@cedarskull]

This was the scariest episode for me as a kid, but growing older it's easily become my favorite episode

[@thedecafe1]

This was lol 😂

[@goldensands2104]

There were a bunch of scenes which made me unnerved. “You’re not perfect,” the episode with the mermaid, the episode with the barber, the episode where Eustace and Muriel turned into puppets, the episode where Muriel was possessed first on her bed and then the episode where Muriel is running around the house like monsters from RE8, there were A LOT of things which weirded me out, and yet for some reason, I still watched it.

[@bigfanofdong]

There was an episode where Eustice begins getting SUPER angry when he can’t put a thread through a sewing needle when Muriel asks him to help her and that used to scare me a lot as a kid

[@ExoticOnTheBeat]

Yes! Fred the barber scarred me lol.

[@mooseymoo6370]

the youre not perfect scene is still hard for me to watch lmao

[@ManuelFlores-uj4gc]

One of the episodes that got to me was the one about sewing. Where the conjoined twins turned Muriel and others into part of the quilt.

[@Qimchiy]

"Naughty"

[@taylorb2475]

This episode scared the living shit out of me as a child. The animation for Ramses was just so unnerving and unsettling for me that I was terrified of him. I recently rewatched the show as an adult and knew the episode was coming up and actually questioned if I should skip it because I didn't wanna find out I was still bothered by him lmao.

[@xyrkzes]

same thing happened for me, except it was for an episode of Doctor Who. i think it was the episode "Silence in the Library". that episode freaked me out when i was younger, more specifically the woman's distorted face during the part where martha was in the fake world or whatever it was. i watched the episode again recently, and it still creeped me out. nowhere near as much as when i was younger, but it's still pretty unsettling.

[@leftygaming4522]

Dude. Literally the same for me. He was so scary loooking as a kid and his droning voice was just very ominous for some reason and scared the shit out of me. I thought bro was gonna be chilling by my bed as a kid or just down the hallway and it doesn’t help that I’m autistic and my imagination is just overactive in general

[@PwnZombie]

Spoilers.

[@Tattooineismycity]

I’ve confronted a lot of my childhood trauma from movies/Tv shows and it’s actually been beneficial! It’s helped me to move past it and actually laugh at what I used to find terrifying as a kid. I remember watching a part of Tales from the Darkside with my dad and the mummy part really fucked me up-but when I watched it again about a year ago it wasn’t nearly as bad as I remembered it being and laughed at how corny the whole movie was (though still pretty funny imo, and love seeing actors like Christian Slater and Steve Buscemi)

[@Cyorex_XV]

Dude…I remember seeing this episode and being so horrified that I slept in my moms bedroom for 3 months. It also didn’t help that she had a MASSIVE bedroom window with the Shades open just enough to where you could see outside, and I always would peek to see if King Ramsey was out there telling me to return his slab

[@clinicalia]

This thing made me lose sleep as a kid, I remember seeing it specifically on Halloween night after getting home from trick or treating and CN was running a Courage marathon. I think it's the janky ass movements and poorly-define face, like it scared the shit out of me.

[@thedecafe1]

This thing lol 😂

[@starquaked]

The episode with the creepy haircutter guy who kept saying he was being “very naughty” always scared me shitless but I think at 8 my sense of fear was more developed due to watching forensic files with my mom lol

[@tarotsushima3332]

The fear got compounded with all the theories that Freaky Fred's compulsive hair shaving was a PG version of kid diddling or sexual assault that like to circulate whenever he comes up.

[@hisokascrustytoenail6481]

Freaky fred!

[@yeppys]

freaky fred scarred me for life. it’s the only episode that i can remember in great detail.

[@superealme]

god he used to fucking terrify me

[@skeletonyouth616]

That's the nephew of the family not just some random barber lol its pretty crazy

[@DawnOfTheOzz]

Well, to be fair, every creature that appeared on this show has traumatised someone at some point in their lives. I'm still more creeped out by the giant ghostly white floating head from "Spirit of the Harvest Moon".

[@jamgrams3244]

That episode actually freaked me out. Watching that episode as a kid was gut churning for me

[@gohunt001-5]

ooh yeah that moon thing probably creeped me out more than ramses

[@banana6960]

I personally thought that that one scene in the "Perfect" episode was scarier

[@TheNumber1Villain]

@@banana6960 That scene is by far scarier then ramses. That moment when you don't even need to specify which scene it is.

[@HelenNguyen14]

I couldn’t agree more. That floating ghost head still sends chills down my spine every time I catch even a glimpse of it. It was the main source of nightmare fuel for me as a child .-.

[@bones_fmas]

Courage the Cowardly Dog was such an amazing show. So many creepy and disturbing scenes for kids to get freaked out about. Another thing I really liked was how uncomfortable it was seeing the 3d character pop out of the 2d setting, making so much more stranger.

[@GriffinZambia]

Dont read my name 😑.

[@callmeepicgamer2925]

Damn the bots

[@bones_fmas]

@@callmeepicgamer2925 fr

[@NotFckingBen]

@@callmeepicgamer2925 Ikr? They’re straight up vile at this point.

[@drilltotheheavens1695]

The fact this was early 2000s CGI only helped it. Because it made the contrast even bigger and more unnatural feeling. The Harvest Moon episode was also very creepy to me back when I was kid.

[@lilnikuman]

None of the courage episodes scared me until the very last episode٫ the "You're not perfect" thing٫ I swear I was only 4 years old and it's one of my lingering memories of my childhood; but it was terrifying for me for a few other contributors. For one٫ I remember the first time I watched it٫ I was actually not at home where I usually would be watching courage٫ I was at my great grandparent's house because my mom was working late. They weren't the nicest to me٫ and my great grandmother collected antique dolls. It was a very creepy atmosphere. 2nd٫ I was the only one awake. Usually I would watch with my older brother but I don't even think he was staying there with me٫ he must have been at a friend's house or something. But seeing that on TV and having nobody to immediately tell about it to made me feel even more terrified somehow٫ like nobody to comfort me about it. Also٫ the tv was HUGE. I'm 5'6" now as a adult and they still have the same TV and it's still a little taller than me!! So little 4 year old me sitting there when that mf came on full screen was sooo scary. For years I thought it didn't even actually happen until I saw a KZbin video about it when I was about 16.

[@Halo_Legend]

What's wrong with your commas?

[@lilnikuman]

@@Halo_Legend I don't know what you mean٫ I mean I can see I used a bunch at the time of me typing but it was only because if I didn't use them it'd just be a big run on sentence. I'm not too worried or concerned about something like that on a KZbin comment and you shouldn't be either lol

[@supermario9706]

@@lilnikuman I think they were asking why your commas look different than the commas of other people.

[@lilnikuman]

@@supermario9706 Oh I have no idea maybe its my keyboard

[@bredbebleu]

When I was a kid this was the only Courage episode that actually scared me. In my childhood home, my TV was in the living room right next to the window that leads to the porch and faces the front yard. I watched the episode at night while sitting in the chair next to the window. For some reason, I feel like the reason it struck so much fear was BECAUSE of how uncanny he looks compared to the other courage villains. He is weirdly 3D, and has a chilling voice. And the way he is just simply standing outside of their home at night seems far too close to a real possibility compared to the outlandish monsters and creatures you normally see in Courage that you would never encounter. But this? It’s a weird creepy dude outside your home. Which is a little too *real*. I remember watching the episode and scaring the shit out of myself when I inevitably pulled the crinkly blinds down to peer outside and stare at my front yard, psyching my stupid child brain out and striking the fear of god into my own heart.

[@timothy_buys8169]

I can relate man. I was sitting in my kitchen late at night playing with Lego's after watching that episode and I felt as if I was being watched, a few moments later I checked our kitchen door leading outside and I saw him there, just standing with a rotten face looking at me with red ghoulish eyes. I ran crying to my mom and she prayed to God that this demon would leave me alone. 8 years later Charlie finally made this episode and I can now know that I wasn't alone in the fear this thing caused. It was most probably my childish imagination but it for sure scared the hell outta me

[@lazycrow7622]

It’s the mind playing with you.

[@bredbebleu]

@@lazycrow7622 Well yeah, that’s just what happens with kids and their imaginations lol I was about four or so when I watched it so yeah it’s pretty easy to see how a kid’s scared little brain would play tricks on itself and psych itself out haha

[@caitlinobrien273]

Oh my gosh I can relate to this so much. For me, I live in the middle of a city with an alleyway behind our house. It's already creepy at night, but it was made so much worse when this ep was on, I watched it at night, and the streetlamp outside in the alley went out AS I looked outside. Still gives me the heebie jeebies to this day reminiscing lol

[@Flip-a-dip-dip]

This one was pretty scary, but honestly the “you’re not perfect” guy and the Violin girl from the city episode both kept me awake at night.

[@SpliTSideZ]

Jesus that claymation Violin Girl scare the shit outta me

[@brownie4032]

Dude yes that violin girl especially terrified me

[@Corpsegrinderr]

The "youre not perfect" one is my favorite scene not just from the show, but any horror related media ever. It's so enigmatic and has such a unique feeling to it.

[@nhy4570]

And That guy named Fred makes me angry and sad at the same time.

[@Krispykreme15]

Your user and pfp made me crack a smile

[@ninjamonkey127]

It's nice to know that other people were terrified from this episode. When I first saw this as a kid I remember having nightmares about it to the point I started crying and couldn't fall asleep. Courage the Cowardly Dog definitely holds up well to this day and I hope it keeps holding up for future generations. I'm 30 years old and I still love watching it!

[@VoyagerD]

@C This is not the way to promote your channel.

[@scottbecker4367]

The best part is some things are even scarier now than when I was a kid. I didn't realize how off-putting some of the episodes were. It's great!

[@bruhfeld9600]

@C shut up you watch chinese cartoons

[@elliot.darko117]

King Ramses was scary back then, but “you’re not perfect” little blue boy is forever scary

[@seanvickers6587]

Watching this scene in modern-definition format really does suck away a good amount of the fear factor -- you can really tell it's just a goofy 3D model. However, most of us probably first saw it on a low-definition picture tube or CRT television; the grainy picture quality made it hard to discern exactly what King Ramses looked like and hid the janky movements and model stretching, i.e. leaving more to the imagination. Drop the video quality to 144p and you might be able to see what I'm getting at.

[@webbycroissant5692]

Damn now I see what you're talking about

[@tititamasese5498]

I think I remember it looking kinda goofy but just the atmosphere when watching it scared me never was super happy to watch courage bc it was scary but it was interesting

[@opticFPV]

Yeah you're absolutely right. I remember it looking more like it does in 144p, just less "pixelated" I guess if that makes sense. His eyes look scarier with less definition.

[@humzachudhary2056]

You're 100% right. Looks creepier in potato quality.

[@Zaney_]

This really was a universally terrifying moment in everyone's childhood memory. Makes me sad that there will probably never be another show like courage

[@GriffinZambia]

Dont read my name 😑.

[@ivee3885]

@@GriffinZambia ok

[@jasperwong2970]

It didn't help my fears when my mother told me King Ramses was real. I can still sorta remember the immediate fear in my heart growing. Man this show was phenomenal.

[@cleb5117]

Haha, why did she tell you that?

[@jasperwong2970]

Pretty sure I was trying to calm myself saying "He's just a cartoon character, King Ramses isn't real" and she basically said "lmao he's totally real"

[@JakeMurray100p]

@@cleb5117 probably to get him to eat his vegetables or some shit.. parents didn't understand that absolute fear this thing brought to our little minds

[@spoiledpasta977]

The only thing that was more scary from the show for me was the infamous "You're not perfect," scene. Even as a 21 year old I still get shivers whenever I see that... thing.

[@thedecafe1]

The only lol 😂

[@tonybanks1148]

Fetus

[@kiddisley5890]

I think the scariest part was how he was just standing infront of their home. He seemed different than other courage villians because of his cgi and calm threats. I think as a kid i put myself in the shoes of courage. I remember they stayed in the house the whole time and at one point courage had to run outside and i was legitimately terrified.

[@boodstain]

The doctor was the only character that was never intentionally scary, the show was built to be scary for children yet funny for adults and it’s genius was that it kept their audience for years because of this. The adults watched again for the humor, while the kids grew up to understand the humor. Genius.

[@dibassarkar2898]

Also the computer

[@Ardeleus]

This episode was one of the only ones that legitimately freaked me out as a kid. The moon man in the basement was also scary at first but after a while he wasnt that bad, but this one didnt get any less scary, a disfigured body that looked so eerily different from the rest of the show, shrouded by fog that covers everything...

[@TheDarkkilla12]

The part that ironically made it even more scarier was that this was early 2000’s 3D tech, so this brought about the fear factor just THAT MUCH MORE.

[@xSharingon]

That episode scared the shit out of me even more than king Ramsi

[@dragonsaige]

Man the moon man was scary af

[@goketsu3025]

What you know about rolling in the deep

[@idignifyyy70]

For me, I can’t remember the details, but I think there was an episode of these mob boss guys driving a car and chasing courage. That episode freaked me out.. Also, the hair cut guy episode.

[@markstar6899]

I never understood what made him traumatizing, I just saw him as an annoying person because that episode would always show on repeat, plus creepy was the main focus of the show For me the actually scary one was that white floating head that felt really off-putting

[@etelebulcsumarton2234]

Poltergeist of the harvest moon or something like that

[@mpgow]

I have no idea how Courage is classified as a “children’s show.” If my mom knew what it was about she def would not have allowed my sister and I to watch it anymore 😂

[@maximep1874]

it scared the hell out of me as a child, like i would cry if my older brother turned it on

[@obnoxiousobserver3909]

I watched it and was scared but it started my love of horror and I wouldn’t feel complete without watching it

[@InsertName101]

I fucking courage the show gives you spooks that keep you awake for the night as a kid

[@maidenless1960]

Courage the Cowardly Dog is the scaries cartoon till this day . It still gives me goosebumps whenever i see any image from it . The bad Cgi and animation combined with the scary disturbing characters are the best combination i have seen so far . King Ramsey is easily its best episod and character .

[@GriffinZambia]

Dont read my name 😑.

[@rakijr9176]

Personally, the zombie windmill vikings scared me the most but King Ramsey was a close second.

[@brownmonke1155]

@@BaitPolice what a chad. Thank you bait police for telling people.

[@grunkleg.29691]

Cool PFP by the way

[@thebignigga69420]

​@@grunkleg.29691 yeah , wonder what the source is

[@FacterinoCommenterino]

Today's fact: The term 'footage' comes from films being measured in feet, when being edited in the early days of film making.

[@kyroscene]

Moist

[@GriffinZambia]

Dont read my name 😑

[@Jadelyn_Bella]

Weeeooooeew

[@kirayoshikage5450]

Thanks!

[@kyroscene]

4 bot replies on one comment? Woah.

[@justdomshow]

Bruuuhh that image is burned it my mind and I haven’t seen that episode for gotta be 20 years... you are spitting facts 😰😰

[@terratheterribl]

Just the idea of the monster just standing there, in the front yard, powerful enough to destroy everything you ever loved but not moving from that spot has got to be a unique brand of horror.

[@V8Arwing92]

This actually scared me, but however the part of Courage that gave me PTSD was the episode with the creepy claymation girl playing the violin. The one that turns around and screams as it reveals she has a way too detailed face. Still raises my blood pressure xD

[@jayzell3687]

That was my first genuine jump scare, and tbh I don't think it's been topped since.

[@B4nana_Ch1ps]

What is the episode called??

[@Walllpaint]

@@B4nana_Ch1ps "Courage in The Big Stinkin City"

[@UNIVERSAL1S]

Courage in the big stinkin city is strangely my favorite ep. now even though it scared the crap out of me as a kid. It wasn’t the scariest thing I saw back then, I had a nightmare where I fell several storeys from a high place. Regardless, it definitely was one of the scariest memories I had back then. There are scarier things I’ve seen since then of course.

[@XJaegerman]

Bro till this day bro

[@Sciencef1ction]

King Ramses, spirit of the harvest moon, and the “you’re not perfect” ghoul are all terrifying (honorable mention to the rat hotel owner in the big city), admittedly they terrified me both in the moment but also long after... but only one infiltrated my dreams one night forever scarring me, the pig family from the diner, the ominous tone and underlying concept of eating human flesh truly worked its way into my mind and is one of the lesser discussed concepts

[@dontreadmyprofilepicture6945]

DONT READ MY USERNAME!

[@maenad1231]

*Ramses not “Ramsey” He’s an undead pharaoh not a celebrity chef

[@Sciencef1ction]

@@dontreadmyprofilepicture6945 rest assured, I WONT

[@Sciencef1ction]

@@maenad1231 auto correct, also lol

[@bigdaddydal7763]

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[@PateRiot]

One of my favorite childhood shows and I just finished rewatching the whole show recently. Holds up amazingly.

[@thedecafe1]

One ☝️ of lol 😂

[@TheTheOpTiCJewel]

I remember being at my grandmas as a kid, she used to babysit multiple kids at once including me. Somebody's mom had brought them a VCR tape of this episode, and I immediately started crying and running to my grandma. I had nightmares about this episode for years. I look back now and think how stupid that was. But holy shit, at the time this freaked me the hell out.

[@34ten43]

Same. I stayed at my grandparents for some time and I watched the episode about Freaky Freddy. Literally couldn't go to sleep, just cried and was terrified all night lmao

[@godemperorlech5422]

that mom is a professional troll

[@Monkeyz5.56]

Honestly I loved this episode when I was younger

[@Kronos-110]

I had actually convinced myself as a kid that this wasn’t real and it was just a freaky nightmare I had, until I rewatched the show as an adult and realized it was real

[@dontreadmyprofilepicture6945]

DONT READ MY USERNAME!

[@bigdaddydal7763]

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[@lovebugkittie]

Same!! And I did have a nightmare about it when I was little. I opened my grandmas front door and it was dark out, and there was an old lady standing there smiling with her hair and dress floating around. Spookiest dream ever, I couldn’t sleep alone for a month lmao

[@EddyGameVlogBoy]

@@dontreadmyprofilepicture6945 I made up a list of who gives a shit:

[@mind-of-neo]

Courage the Cowardly Dog is legitmiately one of the greatest cartoons of all time. The aesthetic and the uniquely serious, yet comedic, tone always stood out to me as making CTCD special. The show took you seriously and never condescended. The ONLY bad thing about Courage is that the show ended so soon. Four seasons is just not enough of this gold.

[@apolloisnotashirt]

Honestly rather than PTSD I got nostalgia, I remember being scared at this episode whenever it showed on Cartoon Network, it was pretty fun.

[@thedecafe1]

Honestly rather lol 😂

[@ANDYDLNY]

“You’re not perfect” shocks me how this cartoon was showed to us as kids without repercussions…

[@Maddog12123]

You’re not perfect Creature freak me out as a kid and that was a long time ago when watching that episode more scary then king Ramses

[@Saltyuwu]

There are many kids cartoons that "tried" to be scary, but Courage just WAS scary. It truly was one of the best cartoons out there.

[@catpoke9557]

The "You're not perfect" thing is still, to this day, extremely creepy. It freaks me out more than any horror movie.

[@dontreadmyprofilepicture6945]

DONT READ MY USERNAME!

[@PChamileon97]

well, best way to overcome the fear is to look at it and go “....I’M BLUE, DA BA DE DA BA DA”

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[@DiogenesTheCynic.]

That was existential dread embodied

[@jcmc6]

I have that as my Lock Screen 😅

[@HeroesRiseUp]

I literally had a dream where he just kept repeating: “Return the slab.. or suffer from my curse..” over and over and over and over again when I was young. I loved this show, but whenever I think about it, it’s this, or the Muriel Macaroni episode. Lmao

[@dotpip]

I always love cartoons that aren't afraid to show something disturbing. Really shows the creativity of the team who works on the show

[@yungzyonarchive]

Don’t read my name 😑 .

[@nestor8347]

This was the character that forever made me stop watching Courage the Cowardly Dog. I genuinely cried in fear when I saw this episode. The "Return the slab" will always be drilled into my memory.

[@louispacetime1576]

I know that feeling! I was like, no fucking way this cartoon is scaring me like it is fuck that

[@hopefaith4595]

He’s so unsettling to me because he’s like in a different graphic entirely. Like imagine watching this show knowing how the art style looks like for so long, only to see this being in a different style, and not to mention what this ep is about 😂

[@matthewhale9831]

Courage The Cowardly Dog was and still is one of my favorite shows of all time and this was my favorite episode as a kid and I watched it over and over again for years, that and the “Heads Of Beef” episode where the creepy ass dead-eyed pig was believed to be decapitating customers and serving them as food to new customers in some sort of sick twisted Saw-like trap, as well as the “Freaky Frank” episode with cousin Frank trapping Courage in the bathroom and shearing off the entirety of his fur leaving him naked and afraid while Frank mumbled to himself like an absolute psychopath, this show was so completely and utterly ahead of its time while it also could not have come out at a better time, a true gift to the world and I truly believe many many childhoods and even the way we view horror today would have been vastly different had it not been for this beautiful work of fucking art

[@revolverocelot1380]

Can we talk about how brave eustace actually was in the show? He deals with this shit all the time and more than half the time he just gets annoyed. It's funny how he was always trying to live up to his older brother when it seemed to me that he was the real chad.

[@samsizer2919]

We can't talk about it. Sorry.

[@bradonhoover3002]

"Return the Slab" is a quote as harrowing and iconic as "It's Morbin' time," both equally sure to go down in history forever as an ingrained component of the human psyche

[@nickhowatson4745]

whats your offer!?!?!

[@jjizzler9592]

Shutup bro

[@MexiCANnotMexiCANT]

That shit ain’t funny anymore

[@KingOfGaymes]

@@MexiCANnotMexiCANT who pissed in your cereal

[@donvito159]

Crap comparison....One is great and the other is just shit that is being smeared across the internet.

[@ari_montz22]

Personally the character that creeped me out the most was Freaky Fred. Something about his uncomposed demeanor and unpredictable behavior never failed to make me uneasy. His character had these underlying sinister vibes that you couldn’t quite figure out and that mystery made the episode that much better. Not to mention just a simple look at the character and his wide grin is enough to spook me even today. It is also for these reasons that Freaky Fred is the episode I’ve watched most out of the series.

[@Potterheart2212]

Freaky Fred is definitely more scary than Ramses, i loved that episode because of the rhymes and the whole weird vibe

[@ari_montz22]

@Insomnia_Gaming most definitely! Was one of my favorite shows as a kid because it was scary

[@ari_montz22]

@@Potterheart2212 yessss! It’s like I should be able to trust an adult you know but everything about him his demeanor, his words, his behavior is just wrong.

[@redclayscholar620]

To say that Fred is the freakiest barber just seems so haughty. But then of course with, no remorse, he is so... N A U G H T Y.

[@ludexgundyr1917]

fax

[@dontirol3432]

Yeah, this one hit different back then because of it being animated differently. Really triggers that fight or flight feeling

[@daphne-is-sad2002]

3:19 my 12 year old cousin walked in, said 'Prince Phillip' and left lmao

[@demoman5864]

Lmao

[@austinbrown2498]

I remember I used to be so scared of this show when I was a kid. I couldn’t watch this show at night lmao

[@M1gas]

I live in the city. As a child i was so scared of the thought of living as isolated as the courage family. Its so weird, but i would simply not comprehend how people could be so isolated in such scary places xD I remember the restaurant episode, that sacred me too

[@sugakaneki1009]

YES THE RESTAURANT EPISODE

[@M1gas]

@DONT READ PROFILE PIC done

[@tyjuarez]

man, the nostalgia. this episode was on a tape of Scooby-Doo: Alien Invaders i had as a kid, and it was like 90s scooby's mix of zany humor and decent but kid-friendly horror turned up to 11. I thought it was great. clever marketing on their part

[@shleapy4522]

dude I had the same tape. after my parents split ages ago my mom moved into this portion of some guys house that he rented out. it was a huge house with a bunch of weird shit. I would stay up late and watch the Scooby-Doo tape and then this motherfucker showed up and ruined me for years. glad to see that someone else had the same tape

[@tyjuarez]

@@shleapy4522 YES! I'm not the only one who remembers! It was like the one right between Zombie Island and Witch's Ghost, which were both childhood favorites of a lot of people, so that one doesn't get talked about as much, but it was my favorite growing up. I kinda want to be that alien hippie girl with the golden retriever lol

[@BlueDragon7100]

My grandma was a horror movie addict when I was around 5 and 6. I had watched and had nightmares about The Ring, The Grudge, and Chucky(this was around '03) and when I saw it then, and when I say it now, that scene may be the most terrifying thing I'd seen as kid after watching literally some of the scariest horror movies in the 2000s before I'd ever come across him. I may not have been traumatized through the pre-existing trauma, but that just makes it more believable when I say, objectively, that shit is terrifying. All the little horror things they put in to make a 3D model scary worked too well. The movement, speech, lighting, it's all genuinely well done horror through a bad CGI model.

[@nightmarishcompositions4536]

She sounds badass haha.

[@BlueDragon7100]

@@nightmarishcompositions4536 while the sentiment is appreciated not really. She got very religious and sorta got terrified. HER mom tho? Dipped smoking tobacco until she was 85, and we had to take her husband's gun collection because she'd stash em around the house and we found that out because, due to dementia, she thought there was an intruder. No one was hurt, but the six bullet holes in her fence pretty much told us she'd gotten the revolver from the arm of her chair and chased an "intruder" out into the backyard where she shot him til he disappeared. Sweetest lady. Loved gardening.

[@rickydaniel657]

Honestly, the episode that traumatized me was the one with the “naughty” blonde dude with a massive smile who shaved Courage in the bathroom. The tune still haunts me.

[@kylenguyen7371]

Muriel's cousin, Freaky Fred the freaky barber!

[@TreyDobe]

Man I remember that episode and yeah that mofo creeped me the fuck out.

[@savienrivera1379]

HOLY CRAP, thought I was the only kid to be terrified of him, for many years of my life my brother scared in pacified with three words…RETURN THE SLAB

[@binterwinterboyii1095]

Something I always like to bring up in this context is that Eustace at some point in the episode, is in arm's length of Ramses Like can you image being in grabbing distance of something that looks like Ramses? Something that does not look of this earth? I think Ramses, the violin girl and the spirit of the harvest moon is probably the closest this show, or any show, is to describing the terror of witnessing some sort of eldritch creature God I was even just wishing a bit ago that something in modern kids shows could create something that horrifically memorable

[@thedecafe1]

Something I lol 😂

[@user59371]

It’s the voice acting that really sell its, the way he said “cuuuuurse” brought me back to being a kid

[@achilles8940]

its a lot of downward inflection, as opposed to upward inflection at the end of each word

[@viciousweasel22]

Will testify to the fact that this gave me literal YEARS of nightmares and that I had to do some movie plot shit and overcome it in the dream itself before they stopped. Woke up feeling like I was untouchable, so the long character development arc was worth it for like 30 minutes

[@securethebag4499]

charlie. youre absolutely right im so glad someone is talking about this. courage the cowardly dog ALWAYS sent chills up my spine as a kid

[@donovancatlin3367]

Man, Courage really is the greatest Cartoon. Courage the Cowardly Dog's quotes, concepts, and characters come up in my family's conversations up to and sometimes exceeding 3 times a week. It has stood the test of time for what our family will quote or reminisce about, and that seems silly for a cartoon, but those that have watched it will understand. This show, like Charlie says, left such an impact on kids growing up that the innate recollection of childhood fear Ramses evoked is ubiquitous among kids that had Cartoon Network on their TV. My personal childhood bogeyman from this show was the Harvest Spirit (I think that's what he was called) he was the big floating white head that spoke in a deep spooky voice and was pants-shiddingly scary for someone who was used to watching Blues Clues and Sesame Street at the time. I used to worry he would appear in the front room and chase me down the halls. That made me run like hell if the lights were out. But this show had so many gripping, emotional, funny, and compelling stories that they always left an imprint on me in some way. For example the Star Squid episode still hits ya right in the feels and the ending to it is the reason it is one of if not my favorite episodes of Courage, with Young Muriel being a close second. You have to watch at least a few episodes of it to understand, and I assure you, you will not regret watching it. This show deserves to be remembered.

[@sashawolfson3602]

Dude, til this day, I still think this character is one of the most terrifying thing in the Cartoon history. The movement and the voice is so haunting, the creators KNEW what they were doing. Although it didn't scare me as a kid for some reason, it scares me now. I do love the show though.

[@l3w15p4]

@kamfours04 you’re the only one laughing bro get a life weirdo

[@TheWiserJester]

@kamfours04 ... i am just speechless

[@AvarFPS]

@kamfours04 trump is the better choice...

[@sashawolfson3602]

@@BaitPolice thanks for the warning

[@Reisen_Inaba]

You're not perfect

[@user-mq1ng6sj7b]

Hearing "return the slab" actually made me want to cry for a second there and I never cry at anything in media ever. This episode was an awful experience for me when I first watched it

[@GriffinZambia]

Dont read my name 😑...

[@joselazo6840]

Bit dramatic lol

[@viktorkalven2457]

@@GriffinZambia No one will read your name if you can just stop spamming the same quote over and over again

[@itscapnn]

The “You’re not perfect” scene was the scariest one for me

[@AminoobTheGamer]

YESSSSS 😭😭😭

[@metro0612]

Courage the Cowardly Dog will remain one of my favorite childhood cartoons because of how surreal yet unique it was from the other cartoons Cartoon Network had during what I consider their Golden Era. It had the same amount of humor you'd find from a show airing in Cartoon Network (that wasn't a dubbed anime), yet it's aesthetic was so creepy that you would think it wasn't meant for kids. Every villain or monster either was so weird or so terrifying to look at. If it wasn't the villains? It was certain scenes that would just happen out of nowhere that fills the eerie vibe. The Episode where Courage was having nightmares as he was unable to sleep was one of the creepiest ones. The one where it was saying 'You're not perfect' came without warning or a transition. It freaked me out.