Eustace Bagge

"Stupid Dog! You make me look bad!"

- Eustace Bagg

Eustace Bagge is a cruel, bad-tempered, and nasty old farmer who is married to the kind-natured Muriel despite being her polar opposite - he is an antagonist to Courage the Cowardly Dog throughout the series and is basically a big bully who constantly calls Courage "stupid" - mistreats him and loves to scare him: often his cruelty earns him a bop on the head by Muriel (often followed by him saying "what do I do?") and he is also regularly maimed or tortured by the many ghosts and ghouls that haunt Courage.

Eustace's behavior towards Courage seems to stem from jealousy over the attention Courage receives from Muriel and his own mother (who dislikes him intensely yet seems to be very found of Courage): one of Eustace's favorite tricks is to wait until Courage is in relative peace before he utters his catchphrase of "stupid dog!" - proceeding to pull out a hideous Voodoo-like mask and yelling "ooga booga!" so as to frighten Courage half to death.

Although almost always an antagonist Eustace has on occasions worked in alliance with Courage to try and overcome some particularly nasty villains but these alliances are never permanent and more often than not Eustace is a most unhelpful and even devious individual.

As well as his bullying Eustace has long been established as a very greedy individual who has brought disaster upon himself and others in his stubborn pursuit of riches (often riches he doesn't deserve): one of the more famous examples of this was Eustace's refusal to give up King Ramses' slab because he finds out it is worth a lot of money - this is despite the fact the ghost of the King continually demands him to release the slab and even unleashes several horrible plagues as a warning.