Courage The Cowardly Dog

November 12, 1999 – November 22, 2002

Courage the Cowardly Dog is a cartoon produced by Stretch Films for and with Cartoon Network, created by John R. Dilworth.

Michael Geisler was the series' Supervising Sound Editor/Sound Design[-er] throughout, credited only for Sound Design on the pilot and "The Fog of Courage". Vincent Guisetti and Gregg Barbanell performed foley for the series.

The first 2 seasons used Glenwood Editorial (now Glenwood Place Studios); during season 2 they went to Michael Geisler's Badabingbadaboom Productions.

Also See

• Courage the Cowardly Dog in The Chicken from Outer Space (1996) (Shorts)
• The Fog of Courage (2014) (Shorts)

Sound Effects Used

• Cartoon Network Cartoon Fall Sound/Hollywoodedge, Sky Rocket Loud High TE021701 (Heard once in "Cowboy Courage", and "The Precious, Wonderful, Adorable, Lovable Duckling", among other episodes. Also heard twice in reverse in "The Precious, Wonderful, Adorable, Lovable Duckling".)
• Disney - RAPID, WOBBLY BOING (Heard once in "Hothead".)
• Elektra Records, Car Skid And Crash/Sound Ideas, AUTO, CRASH - SKIDS AND CRASHES 03/Sound Ideas, CRASH, AUTO - AUTO APPROACH, SKID AND CRASH, CARTOON
• GLENN OYABE SWEAT/DROOL/DRIP SOUND
• H-B BIRD, KOOKABURRA - KOOKABURRA CALLING, ANIMAL
• H-B CRICKET - MANY CRICKETS AND FROGS SINGING, ANIMAL, INSECT, AMPHIBIAN (Heard twice in "Feast of the Bullfrogs".)
• H-B GULP, CARTOON - SPEEDY'S GULP, SWALLOW
• H-B SQUEAK, CARTOON - ROLLING WHEEL SQUEAKS
• Hollywoodedge, Ascending Whistles CRT057902 (Heard once in "Courage in the Big Stinkin' City".)
• Hollywoodedge, Belches Quick Low Ton TE035701
• Hollywoodedge, Belches Slow Very Low TE035704
• Hollywoodedge, Belches Slow Very Low TE035705
• Hollywoodedge, Big Single Gulps For CRT026802 (including an extended version of both the 1st & 3rd gulps heard in "Head of Meat".)
• Hollywoodedge, Bird Rooster Two Crow PE021501
• Hollywoodedge, Bounce Jews Harp CRT015806 (Heard once in "1000 Years of Courage".)
• Hollywoodedge, Boxing Matc Bell Hit CRT014201
• Hollywoodedge, Cartoon Twangs High TE021002 (Heard once in "The Great Fusilli" and "1000 Years of Courage".)
• Hollywoodedge, Cats Fighting Loud Sc PE917007/Hollywoodedge, Cats Two Angry YowlsD PE022601
• Hollywoodedge, Chimpanzee Screeche PE026201 (Heard once in "1000 Years of Courage".)
• Hollywoodedge, Clock Tick Game Show CRT036401 (Used in later seasons.)
• Hollywoodedge, Crowd Reaction Shock PE142501
• Hollywoodedge, Cuckoo Clock Wticks CRT036801 (Heard once in "The Shadow of Courage" and "Swindlin' Wind".)
• Hollywoodedge, Dog Growls Viciously TE015601 (Heard once in "Head of Meat".)
• Hollywoodedge, Doppler Horn By LeftT PE079801
• Hollywoodedge, Dry Squeaky Kiss OrS CRT027702
• Hollywoodedge, Funny Multi Swishes CRT054102 (Heard once in "The Magic Tree of Nowhere", mixed with WB CARTOON, HEAD SHAKE - TROMBONE GOBBLE.)
• Hollywoodedge, Funny Rapid Slaps CRT041406
• Hollywoodedge, Funny Smallbonks CRT034001 (Heard once in a pilot in "The Chicken from Outer Space" and "Queen of the Black Puddle.")
• Hollywoodedge, Girl Screams Long Hi CRT028201 (Heard once in a low pitch in "Evil Weevil"; used for Courage when he screams like a girl.)
• Hollywoodedge, Gusts Heavy Cold Wind PE031601 (Heard once in "A Night at the Katz Motel".)
• Hollywoodedge, Head Bonk Wbell Drum CRT031901
• Hollywoodedge, Heavy Head Bonk Fall CRT033002 (Heard in "Little Muriel" along with Sound Ideas, HIT, CARTOON - COCONUT HIT 01.)
• Hollywoodedge, High Pitched Squeak CRT049302
• Hollywoodedge, Horses High Pitched W TE016303 (Heard once in "The Curse of Shirley".)
• Hollywoodedge, Large High Pitch Bell PE190801 (Heard once in "Cajun Granny Stew".)
• Hollywoodedge, Long Crash Tire Skid CRT055201
• Hollywoodedge, Long Creaky Stretch CRT049405
• Hollywoodedge, Low Pitched Squeak CRT049301 (Heard once in "Courage Meets Bigfoot".)
• Hollywoodedge, Mad Womans Voice Spe CRT029103 (Heard once in "Ball of Revenge".)
• Hollywoodedge, Medium Crowd AdultsY PE142901
• Hollywoodedge, Medium Exterior Crow PE140401 (Heard once in "High Pitch" in "The Shadow of Courage".)
• Hollywoodedge, Medium Exterior Crow PE140501
• Hollywoodedge, Mud Pots Blurps Bubb CRT040401
• Hollywoodedge, Muted Trumpet Short CRT045102 (Heard once in "The Clutching Foot", "Everyone Wants to Direct" and "The Tower of Dr. Zalost".)
• Hollywoodedge, Old Car Horns Single CRT021302
• Hollywoodedge, Police Wailer Siren PE080801
• Hollywoodedge, Pottery Drop Break PE112401
• Hollywoodedge, Quick Whistle Zip By CRT057501 (Heard once in "Freaky Fred".)
• Hollywoodedge, Quick Whistle Zip By CRT057502
• Hollywoodedge, Quick Whistle Zip By CRT057504
• Hollywoodedge, Quick Whistle Zip By CRT057505
• Hollywoodedge, Raspberries Variou CRT050306
• Hollywoodedge, Rooster Crows Classi TE013401
• Hollywoodedge, Screams 1 Woman Singl PE133501
• Hollywoodedge, Screams 2 Woman Singl PE133601 (Heard once in "The Quilt Club".)
• Hollywoodedge, Screams 7 Woman Three PE134101 (Heard once in a low pitch in "The Quilt Club".)
• Hollywoodedge, Several Rapid Swish CRT054101 (Heard once in "The Transplant".)
• Hollywoodedge, Sgl Eng Prop Pl Dives CRT056101 (Heard once in "Little Muriel".)
• Hollywoodedge, Sheep Baa Medium Pers PE027001
• Hollywoodedge, Short Rapid Hits Wsm CRT020401 (low-pitched)
• Hollywoodedge, Single Classic Wolf CRT012501/Sound Ideas, COYOTE - LONG HOWL, ANIMAL/Sound Ideas, WOLF - LONG HOWL, ANIMAL 01
• Hollywoodedge, Single Frog Croak Cl CRT013001 (Heard once in "Feast of the Bullfrogs".)
• Hollywoodedge, Single Piece Wood Fal PE113801/HollywoodEdge (Europe Edition), Roland UK - Wood Clattering (Heard once in "The Great Fusilli".)
• Hollywoodedge, Short Swish Sharp Sl CRT030701
• Hollywoodedge, Sm Dirt Rock Spill CRT052401
• Hollywoodedge, Splashes Small PlopL TE049201 (Heard once in "The Magic Tree of Nowhere".)
• Hollywoodedge, Squeaky Old Wood Scre PE182001 (Heard once in "The Great Fusilli".)
• Hollywoodedge, Swish 11 Double Swish PE117001 (Heard once in "Aqua-Farmer".)
• Hollywoodedge, Transmission Gear Gr PE076301
• Hollywoodedge, Trying To Swallow Wb CRT026804
• Hollywoodedge, Twangy Boings 7 Type CRT015901
• Hollywoodedge, Two Body Fall Gravel PE106301 (Heard once in "Farmer-Hunter, Farmer-Hunted".)
• Hollywoodedge, Various Swishes Imp CRT054301 (swish only)
• Hollywoodedge, Very Wet Lip Smackin CRT026505
• Hollywoodedge, Wet Splats Various CRT052302
• HollywoodEdge (Europe Edition), Roland UK - Animated Baby Cries
• HollywoodEdge (Europe Edition), Roland UK - Kettle Whistle, Warming Up
• NEW WARNER BROS. THUNDER 03
• PEOPLE CHEERING (Heard once in "Cowboy Courage".)
• Sound Ideas, AIRPLANE, PROP - LONG DIVE 02
• Sound Ideas, AIRPLANE, JET - F-84: PASS BY 01 (Heard once in "Cajun Granny Stew".)
• Sound Ideas, BIRDS, JUNGLE - AFTERNOON JUNGLE BIRDS CALLING, ANIMAL (Heard once in "Farmer-Hunter, Farmer-Hunted".)
• Sound Ideas, BITE, CARTOON - BIG CHOMP (Heard once in "Swindlin' Wind".)
• Sound Ideas, BITE, CARTOON - BONE BITE
• Sound Ideas, BLINK, CARTOON - XYLO EYE BLINKS (Heard once in "1000 Years of Courage.")
• Sound Ideas, BOING, CARTOON - THIN WOOD BOING (Heard once in "Hothead".)
• Sound Ideas, BOINK, CARTOON - TIMP DOINK (Heard once in "Hothead".)
• Sound Ideas, CARTOON, AIRPLANE - PROP PLANE DIVE AND SWOOP BY
• Sound Ideas, CARTOON, AIRPLANE - PROP PLANE POWER DIVE SCREAM
• Sound Ideas, CARTOON, BIRD - HEAD BONK BIRDS CHIRPING
• Sound Ideas, CARTOON, BOING - STRING PLUCK (Heard once in "Night of the Weremole" and "Goat Pain".)
• Sound Ideas, CARTOON, CHICKEN - LOUD SINGLE SQUAWK
• Sound Ideas, CARTOON, EXPLOSION - POWERFUL EXPLOSIVE BLAST (Heard in the pilot "The Chicken from Outer Space".)
• Sound Ideas, CARTOON, GULP - BIG SINGLE GULP, SWALLOW 01 (Heard once in "The Shadow of Courage".)
• Sound Ideas, CARTOON, POP - LITTLE POP
• Sound Ideas, CARTOON, SIREN - OLD POLICE, FIRE OR AMBULANCE SIREN
• Sound Ideas, CARTOON, SLIDE - SHORT VIOLIN SLIDE DOWN (Heard once in "Hothead".)
• Sound Ideas, CARTOON, SQUEAK - RESIN SQUEAK, STRETCH 01
• Sound Ideas, CARTOON, SQUEAK - ROCKING CHAIR SQUEAKING BACK AND FORTH (Used for Muriel's rocking chair.)
• Sound Ideas, CARTOON, TEETH - RAPID TEETH CHATTERING
• Sound Ideas, CARTOON, TWANG - WOBBLING TWANG (Heard once in "Cabaret Courage".)
• Sound Ideas, CARTOON, WARBLE - WARBLE SHEET (Heard once in "Hothead".)
• Sound Ideas, CARTOON, WHISTLE - FALL WHISTLE, LONG (Heard, I BigIdeas70258 think, in one episode as Eustace falls out of a window and lands with the WB "wuh-puh" blow sound.)
• Sound Ideas, CARTOON, WHISTLE - FALL WHISTLE, MEDIUM 01 (Heard once in "Cajun Granny Stew".)
• Sound Ideas, CARTOON, WHISTLE - SIREN WHISTLE (Heard once in "The Great Fusilli".)
• Sound Ideas, CARTOON, WOBBLE - SHORT GUITAR WOBBLE 01 (Heard once in "Aqua-Farmer" and twice in "Night of the Scarecrow".)
• Sound Ideas, CHILD, BOY - SCREAM, HUMAN (Heard once in "Courage Meets Bigfoot".)
• Sound Ideas, CLOCK, TICK - CLOCK TICKS (Used in the first two seasons.)
• Sound Ideas, CROWD, CARTOON - SMALL ANGRY MALE CROWD,
• Sound Ideas, CROWD, REACTION - PEOPLE SAYING 'OOHHH' (Heard once in "Farmer-Hunter, Farmer-Hunted".)
• Sound Ideas, EXPLOSION - HOWITZER SHELL IN AND EXPLODE
• Sound Ideas, FIRE, BALL - IMPACT AND LARGE FIRE BURST, RUMBLE
• Sound Ideas, FIREWORKS - SEQUENCE OF FIREWORKS, EXPLOSION (Heard once in "Farmer-Hunter, Farmer-Hunted".)
• Sound Ideas, FROG, BULLFROG - CROAKING, ANIMAL, AMPHIBIAN 02
• Sound Ideas, HIT, CARTOON - FLAT BONK
• Sound Ideas, HIT, CARTOON - SMASH AGAINST WALL (Heard once in "The Mask.")
• Sound Ideas, HIT, METAL - ANVIL FALL ON HEAD, CARTOON 01 (Heard once in "1000 Years of Courage".)
• Sound Ideas, HORSE - EXTERIOR: WHINNY, ANIMAL 01 (Heard once in "The Demon in the Mattress".)
• Sound Ideas, HORSE - EXTERIOR: WHINNY, ANIMAL 03 (Heard once in "The Curse of Shirley".)
• Sound Ideas, HORSE - 3 WHINNIES, 3 SNORTS, C.U, ANIMAL
• Sound Ideas, HUMAN, SCREAM - SCREAM: FEMALE, HORROR 01 (Heard once in "Remembrance of Courage Past".)
• Sound Ideas, HUMAN, SCREAM - SCREAM: FEMALE, HORROR 02 (Heard once in "Remembrance of Courage Past".)
• Sound Ideas, PING, CARTOON - SMALL STRING PLUCK 02
• Sound Ideas, RICOCHET - CARTOON RICCO 04 (heard once in "Shirley the Medium".)
• Sound Ideas, RICOCHET - CARTOON RICCO 05 (Heard once in "Farmer-Hunter, Farmer-Hunted".)
• Sound Ideas, RICOCHET - CARTOON RICCO 07 (Heard once in "A Night at the Katz Motel".)
• Sound Ideas, SCREAM - MALE: HORROR SCREAM, HUMAN (Heard once in "Muted Muriel".)
• Sound Ideas, SCREAM - MALE, LONG, HUMAN, HORROR 02
• Sound Ideas, SCREAM - MALE, SHORT, HUMAN, HORROR
• Sound Ideas, SCREAM - MALE, TERROR, HUMAN, HORROR
• Sound Ideas, SKID, CARTOON - BROKEN SKID
• Sound Ideas, SQUEAK, GLASS - QUICK GLASS RUB SQUEAK, CARTOON 01 (Heard once in "Courage Meets Bigfoot".)
• Sound Ideas, TEETH, CARTOON - SCOOBY'S TEETH CHATTER, LONG
• Sound Ideas, TELEMETRY - ELECTRONIC COMPUTER TELEMETRY SEQUENCE, BEEP (Heard once in "Muriel Blows Up".)
• Sound Ideas, THUD, CARTOON - DULL THUD, SINGLE, RUN 01
• Sound Ideas, THUD, CARTOON - DULL THUD, SINGLE, RUN 02
• Sound Ideas, THUD, CARTOON - DULL THUD, SINGLE, RUN 03
• Sound Ideas, THUNDER - BIG THUNDER CRACK AND RUMBLE, WEATHER
• Sound Ideas, VIBRAPHONE - 'I'VE BEEN HYPNOTIZED!'; PENTATONIC SCALE, MUSIC, PERCUSSION, VIBES (Heard once in "Nowhere TV".)
• Sound Ideas, WHIP - BULLWHIP: SINGLE CRACK 01 (Heard once in "Cowboy Courage".)
• Sound Ideas, WHISTLE, STEAM - FLINTSTONE FACTORY WHISTLE, SHORT, CARTOON
• Sound Ideas, ZIP, CARTOON - QUICK WHISTLE ZIP IN (Heard once in "Little Muriel".)
• Unknown Blowing Nose Sound (Heard once in "The Uncommon Cold".)
• WB CARTOON, HEAD SHAKE - TROMBONE GOBBLE (Heard once in "The Magic Tree of Nowhere", mixed with Hollywoodedge, Funny Multi Swishes CRT054102.)

Image Gallery

• Courage The Cowardly Dog/Image Gallery