04x01 - A Beaver's Tale/The Nutcracker

Episode transcripts for the TV show, "Courage the Cowardly Dog". Aired: November 12, 1999 – November 22, 2002.*
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Courage is a timid pink dog who must overcome his fear and help save his owners, Eustace and Muriel, from ghosts and paranormal spirits living on the farm.
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04x01 - A Beaver's Tale/The Nutcracker

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-We interrupt this program to bring you

Courage the Cowardly Dog show!

- Starring Courage, the Cowardly Dog!
-(COURAGE SCREAMS)

Abandoned as a pup,
he was found by Muriel,

who lives in the middle of Nowhere
with her husband Eustace Bagge.

EU ST ACE GRUNT S}
-But creepy stuff happens in Nowhere.

- It's up to Courage to save his new home.
-(SCREAMING)

Stupid dog! You made me look bad!

-(EUSTACE YELLS)
-(COURAGE SCREAMS)

(LAUGHS)

(WHIMPERING)

(GRUMBLES)

What you playing like a girlie for
when I told you to sweep the porch?

Oh!

(WHIMPERS)

Stupid dog!

(SPLASH)

What's... Huh?

Eustace?

You sweep the porch like I asked you?

Yeah, yeah. Hey, when'd we get a lake?

A lake?

Gorgeous!

But where do you suppose it came from?

Who cares? It's mine now!

Lake Eustace, here I come!

(CHEERS)

(CHUCKLING)

(QUACKING)

-(LAUG HS)
- EUSTACE: Hey!

No dogs in my lake!

Go sweep the porch, dog, like I told you!

-(DEFLATING)
-(Low QUACK)

(WHINES)

Eustace, that's your job.

I got lakefront property now.

I'm a CEO.

(LAUGHING)

Such nonsense.

Courage, you just come with me
into the water and enjoy yourself.

It's our lake, too.

(CHEERS)

(LAUGHS)

(GIGG LING)

(EXCLAIMS)

(GASPING)

MURIEL: Courage, come on in!
We need your help!

(CHUCKLES) This is even better.

I don't gotta leave my chair.

- MURIEL: Courage, in here!
-(WORRIED GASP)

I think there's a wee leak in the lake!

(GRUNTING)

Maybe the leak in the lake isn't so wee.

(WATER BUBBLING)

(GASPS)

(SPITS) Oh, my!

(WOOD CREAKING)

Oh! Oh!

(LAUGHING)

Gonna open one of them water parks.

Charge a fortune!

(LAUGHING)

(GASPS)

(GASPS)

(GASPS)

(WHIMPERS)

(GASPS)

Huh?

(BABBLING GIBBERISH)

Oh, yeah.

This here's the OI' Nowhere River.

Yup, that's what it is, all right.

Busted its banks for some reason.

Must be something huge blocking it up.

- Somewhere up over there.
- Huh?

OLD MAN: Good thing I saved this.

As long as I got this straw,
I'm a motorboat.

(INHALES DEEPLY)

-(BLOWING)
-(WATER BUBBLING)

wens)

Hey, Muriel.

What about that butter sauce?

(SPITS) Would you settle
for a nice water sauce?

Muriel!

(SCREAMING)

wens)

(SLAPPING)

(PANTING)

(GRUNTS)

wens)

-(SLAPPING CONTINUES)
- Huh?

(SLAPPING)

(BABBLING GIBBERISH)

(GROANS)

(COURAGE CONTINUES BABBLING)

Get away from me!

(SCREAMING)

(SPLASH)

(GASPS)

(SLAPPING CONTINUES)

(GRUNTS)

(MUFFLED GRUNTS)

(EXCLAIMS)

(SLAPPING CONTINUES)

(MURIEL HUMMING)

(GASPS)

(TOY SQUEAKS)

(SQUEAKING)

(LOBSTER MUMBLING)

- Yay!
{LEVER ORAN KS)

(SCREAMS)

(GROANS)

-(SLAPPING CONTINUES)
- COURAGE: Yay!

(COURAGE GRUNTING)

(COURAGE STRUGGLING)

(TWANGING RHYTHMICALLY)

(RHYTHMIC TWANGING CONTINUES)

(SLAPPING RHYTHMICALLY)

(RHYTHMIC TWANGING CONTINUES)

(GASPS)

(LAUGHING)

(TWANGS)

No more music.

(BABBLING)

I ain't good at playing skins.

My dad told me so.

Get a look at this.

(CLICKS)

(CLICKS)

(CLICKS)

(CLICKS)

(CLICKS)

50's, I'm in construction.

That's life. Tough!

(RHYTHMIC TWANGING)

(GRUMBLING)

(RHYTHMIC TWANGING CONTINUES)

(SLAPPING)

(SLAPPING RHYTHMICALLY)

(EXCLAIMS)

That is mad playing, man!

Crazy mad!

I ain't never gonna do no more concreting!

(RHYTHMIC TWANGING
AND SLAPPING CONTINUES)

(CONCRETE CRACKING)

(RUMBLING)

Where's my remote?

Where's my TV?

My favorite show is on!

Your favorite show is drowning, Eustace!

Along with us!

Whoa!

I think we're sinking in a good way.

Hey! What happened to my lake?

Courage must have found the problem.

He's a dear dog, he is.

Blah, blah, mm

(MUSIC PLAYING)

(GRUMBLING)

(MUSIC CONTINUES PLAYING)

(APPLAUSE)

(CLICKING)

(LAUGHS)

(WIND WHOOSHING)

Ooh!

This is better than shopping.

Yeah! 'Cause it's free shopping!

(LAUGHS) Yes!

Look at this wee jewel box.

Who would throw out such a gorgeous thing?

Oh, my!

-(LAUGHING)
-(METAL CLANKING)

Oh!

Can't wait to go home
and blow me a hole-in-one.

(STRAINING TO BLOW)

Huh?

-(METAL CLANGS)
-(GRUNTS) Ow!

COURAGE: Mmm. Mmm-mmm.

Oh, here's a little something, dear.

(LAUGHS)

-(RIPS)
-(GAsPs)

Who needs this piece of junk?

Ouch!

(SCREAMS)

(WHIMPERING)

Oh, Courage.

It's just a wee nutcracker.

Look how it works.

(EXCLAIMS JOYFULLY)

Oh!

(SCREAMING)

(GRUNTING)

(GROANING)

Now, here's something I can really use.

EUSTACE: Ow!

(GROANING) Oh!

(CRASH)

(IMITATING PUPPET VOICES)

(GARBAGE DISPOSAL
TRUCK APPROACHES)

Oh.

(METAL CREAKING)

(COURAGE SCREAMS)

(GASPS)

(BABBLING GIBBERISH)

(MUMBLING) Open, open, open!

(WHINES)

Oh, how lovely!

(BARKING AND BABBLING)

How does it look?

(WHIMPERS)

(EUSTACE GRUNTING)

(BABBLING GIBBERISH)

(GROWLING)

(SCREAMING)

-(HORSE NEIGHS)
-(g*nsh*t)

(VOICE TREMBLING) Ooh!

(MURIEL HUMMING)

EUSTACE: Great reception.

Oh!

(MUSIC PLAYING)

Oh!

-(CLANGING)
- Look at that.

(HUMMING)

(HISSES)

-(GASPS)
- EUSTACE: Help!

(GASPS)

'(SNARLs)
- om

No!

Oh, my!

(BOTH SNARLING)

(SCREAMING)

(MUSIC CONTINUES PLAYING)

(SNARLING)

(BOTH HISSING)

(GRUNTING)

(MUSIC CONTINUES PLAYING)

(GASPS)

(CRASH)

-(SCREAMS)
-(CRASH)

(HISSING)

(SCREAMING)

-(HISSES)
-(GAsPs)

(GRUNTS)

Watch where you're going, you fool!

(MUSIC CONTINUES PLAYING)

(EXCLAIMS)

(RATS SNARLING)

(SCREAMING)

(HISSING)

(MUSIC STOPS)

(WIND WHOOSHING)

(COURAGE YELLING)

(MUSIC PLAYING)

(CRASHING)

(RATS GRUMBLING)

(RATS SNARLING)

(SNARLS)

- Oh!
-(RATS SNARLING)

(MUSIC CONTINUES PLAYING)

(sum-nus)

(PANTING)

wens)

(MUSIC STOPS)

(SCREAMS) No!

Rats!

(SNIFFING)

(GROANS)

(CONTINUES SNIFFING)

Huh?

(SCREAMS)

(GASPS)

(EUSTACE YELLING)

(MUSIC PLAYING)

(WATER BUBBLING)

(SCREAMS)

(SCREAMING)

(MUSIC STOPS)

Oh, Courage. I knew you'd save me.

(MUSIC STARTS PLAYING)

(EXCLAIMS NERVOUSLY)

Stupid dog!

(RATS GROWLING)

(NUTCRACKER SQUEAKING)

(RATS HISSING)

(BOTH HISSING)

(GASPS)

(RATS SNARLING)

-(CRASHING)
-(RATS HISSING)

Yay!

Hurray!

(PANTING EXCITEDLY)

Give me that thing!

-(SQUEAKS)
-(LAUGHING)

-(WHIMPERING)
-(NUT CRACKS)

(GROANS)

- Garbage!
- That nutcracker's an antique, Eustace.

You can't really use it for anything.

Blah, blah, blah.

(LAUGHING)

(THEME some)

EUSTACE: Stupid Dog!
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