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Show: Courage the Cowardly Dog
Episode S2 E1a
Year: 2000

Writer(s): John R. Dilworth

This is one of the weirdest jealousy stories I've ever seen. The idea of a wish-granting tree is definitely a concept Courage the Cowardly Dog could've run with in at least 100 different directions. And to be totally honest, I can almost understand Eustace's jealously towards this tree and his desire to chop it down. It doesn't justify it, but at the very least I get why he wanted to do the deed. The best part is just watching Courage keep the tree safe while Eustace tries killing it in overly cartoonish fashions akin to Wile E. Coyote. And as for the tree itself: next to the Hunchback of Nowhere, he's the best one-shot character of the entire show; he is truly all loving. Even as he stares down his own demise, he shows no fear, and even tells Eustace off for how selfish he's being. And yes, in case you're wondering, Eustace gets an amazing dose of karma for essentially committing murder. And I'm not entirely sure, but I think the tree might have been some sort of allegory for Jesus or something, but I don't really care.

As you might have noticed, the tree's mouth is done using Synchro-Vox; you know, that technique used in shitty cartoons from the 50s with no budget like Clutch Cargo or The Annoying Orange. This is an example of how I believe the technique SHOULD be used. Synchro-Vox is great at making things really uncanny and creepy looking, and this is one of the best uses of the technique I've ever seen; the others being in The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy and Class of 3000, all of which made use of it to make some honestly scary as hell stuff, not used to cut corners on actual animation and save on character movements. Robot Chicken also uses this technique well, and yes, I do consider their paper mouths a form of Synchro-Vox.

Courage the Cowardly Dog is owned by Cartoon Network, Stretch Films and Turner Broadcasting.

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Description
Show: Courage the Cowardly Dog
Episode S2 E1a
Year: 2000

Writer(s): John R. Dilworth

This is one of the weirdest jealousy stories I've ever seen. The idea of a wish-granting tree is definitely a concept Courage the Cowardly Dog could've run with in at least 100 different directions. And to be totally honest, I can almost understand Eustace's jealously towards this tree and his desire to chop it down. It doesn't justify it, but at the very least I get why he wanted to do the deed. The best part is just watching Courage keep the tree safe while Eustace tries killing it in overly cartoonish fashions akin to Wile E. Coyote. And as for the tree itself: next to the Hunchback of Nowhere, he's the best one-shot character of the entire show; he is truly all loving. Even as he stares down his own demise, he shows no fear, and even tells Eustace off for how selfish he's being. And yes, in case you're wondering, Eustace gets an amazing dose of karma for essentially committing murder. And I'm not entirely sure, but I think the tree might have been some sort of allegory for Jesus or something, but I don't really care.

As you might have noticed, the tree's mouth is done using Synchro-Vox; you know, that technique used in shitty cartoons from the 50s with no budget like Clutch Cargo or The Annoying Orange. This is an example of how I believe the technique SHOULD be used. Synchro-Vox is great at making things really uncanny and creepy looking, and this is one of the best uses of the technique I've ever seen; the others being in The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy and Class of 3000, all of which made use of it to make some honestly scary as hell stuff, not used to cut corners on actual animation and save on character movements. Robot Chicken also uses this technique well, and yes, I do consider their paper mouths a form of Synchro-Vox.

Courage the Cowardly Dog is owned by Cartoon Network, Stretch Films and Turner Broadcasting.

1001 Animations is from

Regulas314