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 Posted: Sat Dec 18, 2010 12:04 pm
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Posted: Sat Dec 18, 2010 12:10 pm
A Little Back Story On:  Courage the Cowardly Dog is an American animated television series created by John R. Dilworth for Cartoon Network. The central plot of the program revolves around the titular character, a somewhat anthropomorphized dog named Courage. Courage lives with his owners Muriel and Eustace Bagge, an elderly couple, in a farmhouse in the middle of the town of Nowhere, Kansas. The series is primarily a horror-comedy with surrealist elements. The series originated from a short on Cartoon Network's animation showcase series World Premiere Toons titled "The Chicken from Outer Space". The segment was nominated for an Academy Award[1] and Cartoon Network commissioned a series based on the film. The series premiered on November 12, 1999, ran for four seasons, and ended on November 22, 2002. It was the sixth and final series to be spun from World Premiere Toons, and it was the eighth series to fall under the Cartoon Cartoons label. Main Characters:CourageCourage is an overly frightened dog who lives in Nowhere, Kansas. He was abandoned as a puppy after his parents were sent into outer space, but was adopted by Muriel Bagg. Her husband, Eustace, regularly mistreats him. Ironically, given his name, Courage is a genuine coward, but still goes to great lengths to protect his owners; to this end, he often gets injured, sometimes quite brutally or almost killed and only surviving through his determination and/or pure luck. Aiding him at saving the day is a self-aware, cynically sarcastic and seemingly omniscient personal desktop that he keeps in attic with which he could consult for information in how to remedy any predicament he faces (though it never fails to badmouth him in one way or another). He got his name when Muriel found him as a puppy alone in an alley and remarked that he must be quite brave to be there by himself. Though capable of speaking fluent English, Courage mostly does so to the viewers and other non-human characters, largely tending to speak in unintelligible gibberish to most human characters. He is able to briefly transform into any person, creature or object, though he normally retains either his pink coloration, his eyes, and/or his ears. He commonly uses this ability to transform into something similar to an event he just witnessed in a usually futile attempt to warn Muriel and Eustace of impending danger (or will just turn into random things completely irrelevant to what he saw.) He often says, "The things I do for love," when he is about to do something brave, "I just know something bad is going to happen," when there is something afoot, and "I know I shouldn't, but I gotta," when he is about to enter a villain's hideout. He tends to whisper "Oh no" to himself, when something bad is going on. He also sometimes quotes, "Something fishy is going on, or my name is (something absurd)... And it’s not." Muriel BaggeMuriel Bagge is a kind and elderly overweight Scottish woman who took Courage in when he was a puppy..[2] She is the damsel in distress.She is also Eustaces wife. She often carries a rolling pin that she hits Eustace with when he harasses Courage. She likes tea, and usually tends her garden (which truthfully, isn't much of a garden). She has a great fondness for cooking - however, her recipes tend to include an excessive amount of vinegar (which she swears by), much to the distaste of Courage and Eustace. She also likes to relax by either playing the sitar, or watching television.[1] She is frequently kidnapped by the villain of the week, is quite gullible, and is easily tricked by the villains no matter how bizarre or pathetic their disguises are. Muriel's screams are loud. Muriel always tries to get Eustace to do the right thing. She is not at all fond of Eustace's mother, and makes it a point to avoid being around her. Eustace BaggeEustace Bagge (commonly referred to simply as "the Farmer" by characters other than Muriel and Ma Bagge, and "the Stupid One" by Shirley the Medium) is a grumpy, selfish, and cruel old farmer, obsessed with money and his truck, who mistreats Courage and calls him a "stupid dog". Eustace often simply refers to Courage as "Dog", and rarely (in only 2 episodes to date) addresses him by name. He also regularly mistreats Muriel as well by saying: "Muriel! Where's My Dinner?!". Eustice is the supporter of Muriel and Courage (even though he hates Courage). Though Courage frequently goes out of his way to save his life, Eustace still openly dislikes him. In several occasions, Eustace will glare at Courage and say things like, "Get away from me!". He takes great pleasure in scaring and physically harming Courage, which primarily stems from jealousy of the fact that Muriel pays more attention to Courage than him; however, he has also been known to scare Courage just for laughs or simply to get Courage to stop bothering him. The most common of these scare tactics against Courage is Eustace pulling out a large painted mask with a crazed look in its eyes and shouting, "Oooga-booga-booga!". His cruelty towards Courage often results in Muriel bashing him over the head with a rolling pin or whatever else may be handy at the time usually causing him to respond with "What did I do?".Eustace one day came home from the beach and had pouring sand coming from his shoes when he empty it. A running gag through out the series is when Courage manages to defeat a villain in each episode, Eustace often suffers some horrible fate, such as being kidnapped, mummified, possessed, eaten, horribly disfigured, ejected into space, or even killed, though he is alive and (seemingly) unhurt in the next episode.
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Posted: Sat Dec 18, 2010 12:17 pm
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Posted: Sat Dec 18, 2010 12:34 pm
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Posted: Sat Dec 18, 2010 12:40 pm
A Little Back Story On...  Ed, Edd n Eddy is an original animated television series created by Danny Antonucci and produced by Canadian-based a.k.a. Cartoon. It premiered on Cartoon Network on January 4, 1999. Ed, Edd n Eddy is one of Cartoon Network's longest running and is considered one of its most successful franchises[2][3] and the longest-running of the channel's original Cartoon Cartoons. The series revolves around three adolescent boys collectively known as "the Eds," who hang around in a suburban cul-de-sac. Unofficially led by Eddy, the Eds constantly scheme to make money off their peers, in order to purchase their favorite confectionery: jawbreakers. However, their plans usually fail, leaving them in various predicaments. The series ended its 10 year run on Cartoon Network with the series finale TV movie, "Ed Edd n Eddy's Big Picture Show" on November 8, 2009, but reruns currently air on Cartoon Network. Main Characters:EddyEddy is a greedy, ill-tempered con artist and loudmouth, and is the self-appointed leader of the Eds. He goes to great lengths to scam the other kids out of their money, even at the expense of his friends' credibility. His efforts are all in the pursuit of jawbreakers, which he loves as much as he does money. He is very sensitive about his short stature, suggesting that he may have a Napoleon complex. Eddy detests school, and more than once has tried to escape. His report card labels him a megalomaniac. Eddy loves his retro styled room, complete with a lava lamp, a large round king-sized bed, a disco ball, and a record player. Eddy is mostly seen commanding the two Eds into building the scams while he does non-physical work or simply sits around. It is shown that Eddy cannot learn from his mistakes; on several occasions, he taunts and insults Sarah to the point where she loses her temper and attacks him. He is incredibly selfish, caring for only the well-being of himself and acquiring jawbreakers, even choosing them over his friends. Despite his typically cruel treatment of them, it is shown on multiple occasions that he does indeed care about Ed and Edd and consider them his best friends. He is also a tragic character on the inside since his behavior came from the abuse that he endured from his older brother. He keeps his bad character until the end of the movie when he learns from his past and gives up his old ways for true friendship. EdEd is the dimwitted workhorse of the group. His skin is yellow, unlike the other characters. He is known to laugh a lot and he is happy most of the time. He has amazing physical strength which is humorously worked into many of the shows plots. His mind is a subculture grab bag full of comics and monster movies, which he often confuses with reality and also having the habbit of shouting ramdom remakes which have almost nothing to do with the curret conversations. Ed (to the misfortune of many people) is utterly at the mercy of his tyrannical younger sister, Sarah, for whom he cares deeply, and is an easy target of her manipulations. Much to the dismay of mysophobic Edd, he has poor personal hygiene, even to the point of being terrified of soap. He loves buttered toast, gravy, comics, a cereal called "Chunky Puffs", pudding skin, and animals, especially chickens. EddEdd is a young inventor and neat freak. The most intelligent of the trio, he is never seen without his head covered in some manner, almost always by his trademark sock-like black ski hat, hiding a secret unknown to everyone besides Ed and Eddy, which they learned in the episode "Stop Look Ed", when Eddy tied Edd's hat to a ceiling fan, and when he tried to get to Eddy it came off of him; he quickly covered himself back up, telling them never to tell anyone what they saw. While there have been vast fan-based speculations on what is under the hat, nothing has been officially revealed by the show's creators. He also has a significant gap in his teeth, which he sometimes gets things stuck in, to his embarrassment (see "Key to My Ed"). To differentiate his homophonic name from that of Ed, he is widely known as "Double-D" to the others. Because of his moral center and good heart, he is typically more socially accepted by the other inhabitants of the cul-de-sac than Ed and Eddy are. His parents put a heavy workload on him, communicating an excess of tasks solely through a multitude of sticky notes. Edd hates being treated terribly by everyone and is easily frustrated. Edd is normally a straight-A student in all of his classes and hates sports (apparently because of an odd, never-discussed "dodgeball" incident). Edd is highly intelligent, ambidextrous (evident in "One+One=Ed"), and able to construct complicated machines from cardboard, signs, and various kinds of junk the Eds come across. His knowledge proves to be useful in many ways, and sets him apart from the other children of the cul-de-sac. Edd is the only Ed not to have another family member appear in the series (Sarah is Ed's sister and Eddy's brother appears in the movie). Jonny(referenced in the credits as "Jonny 2x4") is a loner and considered by his peers to be a nuisance. Jonny is often made fun of for his big head and has a tendency to get his head caught in branches when climbing trees. He talks a lot, and frequently gets on the other kids' nerves. He is rarely seen without his imaginary friend, a 2x4 wooden board with drawn-on eyes and a mouth, aptly named Plank. Jonny seems innocent and gullible, and often forgives people no matter what they do. He does not seem to mind the antics of the Eds, and is often the most friendly out of all the cul-de-sac kids towards them. He is very protective of Plank, and will burst into acts of bravery or extreme aggression if Plank is stolen or harmed in some way. He does not seem to acknowledge that Plank is just an inanimate, silent, 2x4 piece of wood, and when asked for help with an imaginary friend, he claimed to have no clue what the Eds are talking about. He and Plank both have superhero alter egos (Captain Melonhead and Splinter the Wonderwood, respectively), which they assumed twice throughout the series; first in "Robbin' Ed" to thwart Eddy's "Thingamajig" scam and to fight Eddy's own one-time only alter ego, Professor Scam, and then in "Ed, Edd n Eddy's Big Picture Show" to hunt down and get revenge on the Eds. After "Big Picture Show", he and Plank become The Gourd and Timber the Dark Shard in order to take revenge on the entire cul-de-sac. However, Plank tells Jonny that there isn't enough time left in the movie. JimmyJimmy is an insecure child, with a propensity to cry. He is most often seen spending his time with Sarah. Jimmy is highly accident-prone, often seen sporting bandages, casts, and braces (particularly headgear), and is considered the weakest kid in the cul-de-sac. Though Jimmy has a cowardly, delicate, and effeminate personality, he truly wishes to be strong and muscular. He can be crafty when motivated, and had twice made scams that were very successful. Jimmy has shown how deeply attached he is to Sarah when someone tries to take her away from him. For most of the series he wore a retainer to correct his teeth, due to a bowling pin accident during one of Eddy's scams. In one episode, Eddy takes Jimmy under his wing as his protége. SarahSarah is Ed's bossy, spoiled, self-absorbed little sister, who acts cute and charming only when it serves her. Sarah has Ed's unending loyalty and obedience, mostly from her threats of snitching on him. She has a short temper and is easily agitated by others, especially her brother and Eddy. She is almost always playing with Jimmy, and when she's not, rushes to his aid the moment Jimmy calls her. Sarah writes about her innermost feelings in her diary, and has a slight love for Edd (albeit usually not enough to spare him from her wrath). KevinKevin is a stereotypical jock. He is cynical and can be cruel at times. Kevin has a garage full of jawbreakers, thanks to his father who works at a jawbreaker factory. He loves customizing his bike, skateboards, and snowboards. When not riding his trusty bike, he usually hangs out with Rolf and Nazz in the lane. He hates the Eds to the point of paranoia, but his animosity towards them is mostly geared towards Eddy; the two are mortal enemies and often go entirely out of their way to humiliate or physically harm each other at the first opportunity. He tends to call the Eds "dorks" and has a habit of coming up with words merged with "dork" to suit the situation. RolfRolf is an immigrant from a presumably Eastern European culture with odd customs (which he displays frequently, and it often involves a wide variety of meat) and has a thick accent to match. He works his parents' small farm within the cul-de-sac, and leads a scouting group called the "Urban Rangers", which includes Jimmy, Plank, and Jonny. Rolf usually refers to himself in third person, as well as being the son of a shepherd, in which he takes pride. His faithful farm animals are three pigs (one named Wilfred), a goat named Victor, at least six chickens (two named Bridget and Gertrude), a cow named Beatrice, and five sheep. He hardly minds the Eds (whom he calls the "Ed boys") unless they make a fool out of him or offend him in some way, after which he is not afraid to use brute force. He seems to be very muscular, but this is usually only shown when he is angry. Rolf confuses the rest of the kids to no end with his unusual customs and food-making. NazzNazz is the stereotypical unattainable love interest. Nazz is usually seen with Kevin. All of the boys except Rolf and Jimmy are infatuated with her. Whenever she approaches, the Eds begin to sweat and lose the ability to speak coherently. She is the head cheerleader at Peach Creek Junior High. She generally does not mind the Eds unless they bother her. She is the only one besides the Kankers to have her last name undeniably revealed (Van Bartenschmear), which occurred during the movie. Kanker SistersMay, Marie, and Lee are three sisters who serve as the antagonists towards the cul-de-sac and its inhabitants. Lee is the leader with curly red hair that covers her eyes, Marie has blue hair, and May is the buck-toothed blonde. They live in the nearby trailer park called Park 'n' Flush. If there is one thing that all of the kids in the cul-de-sac can agree on, it's that they all hate the Kanker Sisters. While all the Kankers like the Eds, it has been shown that May prefers Ed, Marie for Edd, and Lee for Eddy. May is voiced by Erin Fitzgerald, except Season 3, when she was voiced by Jenn Forgie, Marie is voiced by Kathleen Barr, and Lee is voiced by Janyse Jaud.
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Posted: Sat Dec 18, 2010 12:44 pm
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Posted: Sat Dec 18, 2010 12:53 pm
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Posted: Sat Dec 18, 2010 12:59 pm
A Little Back Story On...
Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends is an American animated television series created and produced at Cartoon Network Studios and Boulder Media[1] by animator Craig McCracken. It first premiered on Cartoon Network on August 13, 2004, as a 90-minute television movie, which led to a series of half-hour episodes. The series currently airs on Cartoon Network and its affiliates worldwide, except in Canada where it has aired on English and Francophone Teletoon networks due to Canadian television ownership regulations. The show finished its run on May 3, 2009 with a total of 79 episodes.
Main Characters:
Mac
A bright and somewhat shy 8-year-old boy and the creator of Bloo who visits Fosters. He almost always seems to know what to do when there is a problem. Mac is generally good-hearted, intelligent and well-meaning and is often the voice of reason among his friends (especially Bloo) when they are about to make a decision. However, his good nature tends to make him somewhat naive. Mac's greatest vice is sugar as he becomes extremely hyperactive to the point of a rabid mania if he eats any; once in this state, he will often become obsessed with seeking any other source (and will also sometimes run around naked or in his underwear). He also has a crush on Frankie.
Bloo
Mac's 5-year-old imaginary friend and best friend who resembles a blue blob/ cylinder. Bloo is sometimes self-centered, egotistic and narcissistic almost to the point of psychotic delusion and has a knack for getting into trouble. However, he still has a good heart and apologizes for his actions. Bloo loves paddleballs even though he can't make the ball hit the paddle (though the only time he was able to do it was in the episode "Let Your Hare Down"). His full name is "Blooregard Q. Kazoo". He has become increasingly more mischievous over the run over the series and is shown to have bad memory some of the time.
Frankie
Madame Foster's 22-year-old granddaughter, addressed as "Miss Francis" by Mr. Herriman. Frankie is the caregiver at Foster's and helps keep everything in order. In spite of Mr. Herriman's fussiness and fixation with rules and cleanliness, having to take care of everyone and everything in the house, and Bloo's mischief-making (all of which cause her tremendous stress), she is usually very friendly and easy-going. And though she may seem somewhat like a surrogate mother to Mac, she is more accurately described as a big sister to the imaginary friends.
Wilt
A very friendly, very tall, red-colored friend with a stubby left arm and crooked left eyestalk (which he describes as "wonky"). However, in "Good Wilt Hunting", it is discovered that he was not always this way; he was injured in a fateful accident during a basketball game, leaving his arm crushed and his eye injured. Wilt exhibits consummate good sportsmanship, which he applies to every part of life he can. He's extremely courteous to a fault, often willing to help anyone, fix anything, and perform anything asked of him, (even if he has to go entirely out of his way to do so), and apologizes almost constantly (he is known for saying "Is that okay?", "Sorry!", "I'm sorry, is that okay?", and "I'm sorry, but that's not okay!"). He has a big heart, is cool and collected, and on very rare occasions can be moody or short-tempered. His name is a homage to NBA star Wilt Chamberlain. Wilt was shown to be created by Jordan Michaels, a basketball star (and a homage to Michael Jordan). His oversized basketball shoes always squeak against the floor/ground, no matter what surface he is walking on.
Eduardo
A Spanish guardian friend. Despite his large size, overwhelming strength, and menacing demeanor, Eduardo is quite docile, timid, and compassionate. He has a toddler-like nature, crying at minor negative occurrences, and being scared of almost everything. However, he can be ferocious if angered or in the circumstance that danger befalls his friends. Eduardo has a fondness for potatoes and his cuddly toys. His creator, Nina Valerosa, is now a police officer.
Coco
A bird-airplane-palm tree friend who can only say (or write) her name at various speeds and different emphases. A talent unique to her is her ability to lay colorful, plastic eggs containing a plethora of objects from customized baseball cards to money, at will. Mac, Bloo, Eduardo, Frankie, Wilt, and others usually understand her when she speaks, and often translate for her (though Wilt once admits that he has no idea what she attempts to convey). Despite her helter-skelter appearance and quirky behavior, she can demonstrate a perceived intelligence, principle and kindness. No one knows who her creator is as she was found on an island by two scientists named Adam and Douglass.
Mr. Herriman
A British man-sized, bipedal rabbit friend imagined by Madame Foster. He wears a tuxedo coat, white gloves and a stovepipe hat, as well as a monocle over his left eye (though it is sometimes seen over his right eye). He is in charge of the house (the "President" of Foster's), is extremely strict about the house rules (or just politeness and order in general), and is often found punishing Bloo for his various misdemeanors. It was revealed in "Busted" that the reason Mr. Herriman is so hard on Bloo is because he feels that, given that he is allowed to stay at Foster's even though he still has an owner, he has already broken one of the main house rules. He is extremely fond of his creator Madame Foster, harboring great respect and loyalty to her, even at her most prominent levels of unabashed pep and energy. Mr. Herriman may be considered unruly Madame Foster's superego. On the other hand, Herriman has a love/hate relationship with Frankie, usually working with her to preserve order at Foster's, yet just as often scolding her for what he perceives (often inaccurately) as "laziness" and "immaturity" from her part (usually stemming from the fact that the amount of work she has to do is too much for her to get all of it done in certain time frames). However, at the end of the 90-minute special "Destination Imagination", Herriman admits that he was wrong and finally comes to respect and appreciate Frankie. Also he has a fear of dogs as shown in the episodes "Who Let the Dogs In?" and "Setting a President".
Madame Foster
The founder of Foster's. Madame Foster is elderly but has child-like boundless energy, and enjoys life to the fullest. Her imaginary friend is Mr. Herriman, whom she imagined when she was a child and never gave up. Like Bloo, Madame Foster occasionally becomes hyperactive and mischievous. However, there are times she's shown to be the wisdom of the house.
Cheese
A simple, pale-yellow-colored friend who debuted in "Mac Daddy". Cheese was thought to be an imaginary friend accidentally created by Mac, but was actually created by Mac's neighbor Louise. He appears to be somewhat madcap and dim-witted, often saying incoherent or non-sequitur phrases, and breaking into sudden bouts of screaming when frightened or when he doesn't get his way. Cheese likes goldfish crackers, cereal, juice, chocolate milk (although he is lactose-intolerant), and so on. His name can be paired off with other characters' names to make puns-of-sorts ("Mac and Cheese"/ Macaroni and Cheese, "Bloo Cheese"/ blue cheese, "Cheese and Crackers," and "Cheese Louise"/ the expression "Geez Louise!"). In the series finale "Goodbye to Bloo", he becomes the newest resident at Foster's, much to the residents' surprise/horror. Cheese is always considered to be an annoyance, but is
treated like a friend by Mac's friends in "Infernal Slumber".
Goo
A hyper-imaginative, hyper-talkative 10-year-old girl who first appeared in the episode "Go Goo Go". Her parents allowed her to name herself when she was a baby resulting in the full name "Goo Goo Ga Ga". Goo enjoys playing games such as Checkers and Truth or Dare, but she does not know how to play and Mac is the only one who notices. In her first appearance she constantly created friends and finally stopped at the end. However, she has still created a few by mistake or to help on rare occasions. She is voiced by Grey DeLisle.
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Posted: Sat Dec 18, 2010 1:04 pm
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