Cruel Veterinarian

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Evil-doer
Full Name	Unknown
Alias	The Cruel Veterinarian The Veterinarian
Origin	Courage the Cowardly Dog
Occupation	Veterinarian Rocket scientist
Powers / Skills	Scientific knowledge
Hobby	Sending dogs to space for his breeding experiment.
Goals	Send the dogs (including Courage's biological parents) into space hoping they would transform into superdogs (formerly, later failed). Send Muriel and Eustace into space to prevent his research from being exposed to the public (failed).
Crimes	Animal cruelty Unethical experimentation Serial kidnappings
Type of Villain	Sadistic Scientist

“	May I talk with the two of you for a moment? In... PRIVATE!	„
	~ The Cruel Veterinarian's infamous quote.

The Cruel Veterinarian is a minor but significant villain of the Courage the Cowardly Dog episode "Remembrance of Courage's Past". This unusual doctor, who runs his Pets of Tomorrow veterinary hospital, was the man who is responsible for taking away Courage's parents and launching them into space when he was an infant for an experiment (which later failed) and making the latter an orphan, until he was adopted by the kind Muriel Bagge. He is considered to be the first monster that Courage faces in his life.

He was voiced by Jim Cummings.

Personality

The Veterinarian acts like a kind old man, as seen by giving an infant Courage some candy. However, in reality, he is cruel and insane, believing that sending dogs into outer space would make them superdogs.

Using his secret knowledge of rocket science and aerospace engineering, this has led him to send many dogs into space against their will, including Courage's parents. He will also send humans to the same fate, to avoid his research being exposed to the public, seen when he caught Muriel and Eustace in a net and throwing them into his rocket.

After he ironically suffers the same fate as his victims, he was scared as the dogs that he sent away were angry with him for his actions.

Biography

The Pets of Tomorrow veterinary hospital.

The Veterinarian was the one who was responsible for separating Courage from his parents as a puppy. He captured them, put them in a rocket ship launched from his so-called "animal hospital" named "Pets of Tomorrow", and sent them to space as part of his breeding experiment, to see that they would turn into superdogs. However, Courage escaped from this fate and was adopted by Muriel. 

Years later, Muriel and Eustace took him to the same vet that kidnapped and launched his parents, after recognizing him from the past, talking to them about speaking to him alone, which was just a facade as he tries to do the same actions to Courage. Courage runs away and is chased through the hospital, trying to open the door to the lab, but the Cruel Veterinarian kidnaps him and takes him to the same rocket ship that launched the latter into space. When Muriel and Eustace attempt to rescue Courage, as well as discover his experiment, he decides that he cannot allow his operation and research to be discovered and exposed to the public. He briefly explains the short details of his insane secret experiment to turn earth dogs into super space dogs to Muriel and Eustace before throwing them into the rocket to be sent into space to prevent them from interfering with his plan.

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The Cruel Veterinarian's Rocket

However, Courage escapes and is chased around the lab. Courage knocks over a bucket of bolts and screws, causing the Cruel Veterinarian to slip. 30 seconds to launch, Courage tries to open the door to the rocket, but to no avail. As the vet nabs him again, Courage screams as loud as he can into the vet's stethoscope, causing him to scream from the pain. While he's distracted by the pain, Courage then grabs the key, unlocks the door and rescues his owners, throwing them to a nearby bin, as he takes off his stethoscope. 8 seconds to launch, the Cruel Veterinarian tries to nab Courage yet again but bangs the rocket's door causing him to almost become unconscious, laughing weakly as Courage locks the Cruel Veterinarian inside the rocket.

About 5 seconds to launch, Courage runs a few feet away to his owners. As it reaches T-0, the rocket engines under it ignite and the rocket launches sending the vet into space instead. At the end of the episode, his rocket already crash landed on the moon, as he opens the door and is then petrified, finding out that all the dogs have survived, including Courage's parents, which meant that his breeding experiment to see that they would turn into superdogs has failed. Out of pure anger by the dogs, the Cruel Veterinarian is dragged off in a net and attacked by the vengeful dogs off-screen for his actions. He is heard screaming in pain during the attack. It's completely unknown if the Cruel Veterinarian survived or not, but even if he did so, he most likely remained on the moon until he starved to death or is still stranded there with the dogs.

Quotes

“	I know just what to do with the dog. But I'd like to have a moment with him, alone.	„
	~ The Cruel Veterinarian talking to Muriel and Eustace about discussing with him alone, just a facade to kidnap Courage and lock him into the rocket.

“	Ready for the trip? (snickering) It's your turn now!	„
	~ The Cruel Veterinarian as he kidnaps Courage and locks him up in the rocket.

“	(Muriel: What are you doing with my Courage?!) (Courage whimpers, begging to be out of the rocket) You've seen too much! You'll be the first humans to see my secret experiment at work. Breeding dogs in space is the FUTURE! (Courage:NO!) (Muriel:You can't do this!) (Eustace: Hey!)	„
	~ The Cruel Veterinarian's villainous breakdown as he decides that he can't allow his operation and research to be discovered and compromised to the public as well as also explain his evil plan to send dogs into space and to breed them into superdogs after locking up Courage in his rocket, as Muriel and Eustace are also thrown and locked into the rocket.

“	It's time for your trip, little dog!	„
	~ The Cruel Veterinarian as he tries to kidnap Courage and put him in his rocket before his attempt fails.

“	Oh!	„
	~ The Cruel Veterinarian as he is locked up in his rocket and is launched into space, as well as being dragged in a net before being getting mauled by the dogs offscreen.

“	Aah!	„
	~ The Cruel Veterinarian as he sees that all the dogs survived, including Courage's parents, as well as falling on the floor after he slipped on some bolts and screws while chasing Courage.

“	Well, hehe!	„
	~ The Cruel Veterinarian before being dragged in a net and mauled by the dogs offscreen.

“	AAAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!	„
	~ The Cruel Veterinarian as he is screaming in pain by Courage's loud screaming, as well as screaming in pain by the dogs mauling him.

Trivia

• The fact that the Cruel Veterinarian was the first monster Courage ever faced in his life in spite of being an ordinary human is very fitting, as this may reflect that something with a monstrous appearance is not always evil and that some humans can be wicked and depraved.
• The Cruel Veterinarian was possibly based on Sergei Korolev, a Russian rocket engineer who sent dogs into space on his prototypes. However, the difference is that Korolev believed these tests were going to pave the way for manned spaceflights on Soyuz and Vostok.
• In some ways, the Cruel Veterinarian can be considered the Greater-Scope Villain of Courage the Cowardly Dog: if he hadn't sent Courage's parents to the moon, Muriel could have possibly never found an orphaned Courage.