The Great Fusilli - Dark Toons
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- Courage Month continues looking at one of creepiest ideas for many people, being turned into a puppet. Yikes! Doug takes a look at The Great Fusilli.
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"The Great Fusilli" is part two of the thirteenth and final episode of Season One of Courage the Cowardly Dog, which aired March 30, 2000.
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Do Ed, Edd n Eddy, Season 3, Episode 11, The Day the Ed Stood Still.
Victor and Valentino, Season 1, Episode 8, The Lonely Hunts Club please.
Looney Tunes, “Hyde and Hare”
Do dc superhero girls 2019 #happybirthdayzee amazing dark zombies. Plus do courage the cowardly dog the sand whale strikes for the last courage month episode.
Happy tree friends
The scary thing is: this was initially supposed to be the end of courage! MEANING: if the creators ended the series right here, it would have meant that courage’s owners would have been dead with him losing sanity as he tries to replicate normal life using their dead/non living bodies!!
Wow thats is dark even for courage
Jesus f-ing Christ!
Source?
@@dtay8913 Google
@@dtay8913 The creator talked about it in an interview years ago, but also this episode/short is the last one of the first season, IE the season 1 finale. They made the episode purposefully end on a very dark note in case they didn't get picked up for more seasons (which they did, so we didn't get the creepy puppet ending).
Fun fact: The Great Fusilli was originally going to be the series finale to Courage the Cowardly Dog, but the show got renewed for 3 more seasons
Beat me to it, but yeah. It absolutely adds to the creepiness
I'm _glad_ it did otherwise the show would've ended with Muriel And Eustace _dead_ and Courage living alone and pretending his owners' _puppeteered corpses_ are alive.
That would’ve been so fucking twisted Muriel & Eustace basically dead as puppets while Courage controls them as he is driven to madness from being lonely.
There’s actually a fan theory that the last three seasons are just Courage’s insane hallucinations while they’re still stuck as puppets.
@@TheKnightPatriot Not gonna lie, that sounds like a fun theory
"Don't trust alligators. They'll turn you into puppets."
Come on, man, you'll make Alligator Loki cry!
But will those be... crocodile tears? 🤔
Arty the alligator from Willy's Wonderland ruined a "romantic moment" and then Nicolas Cage took him down King Kong style
Man, what a try-hard joke.
I rather not trust Italian alligators, because this episode to me is like if Strombolie from Pinocchio took over Pleasure Island, made it into a huge theater for gullible people, and they get turn into puppets instead of donkeys.
Seriously, why do the media make some Italians not trustworthy and always great at lying (Lila Rossi, The Great Fusilli, The Coachman, Strombolie, etc.)?
I freak in "alligatore and coccodrillo" shkit.
I don’t know why but I absolutely love the line the Great Fusili delivers:
“Starring Eustice, Murielle and errr... the cute little doggy!”
The name "cute little doggy" was freaking adorable and hilarious.
While not scary, "The Tower of Dr. Zalost" & "The Human Habitrail" are great episodes to look over too, if for nothing other than the music.
*eyes twitching as Doc Gerbil's World theme plays in my head*
@@MrKlausbaudelaire
Gotta borrow some of Courage's ear plugs until we get to the boat scene.
The tower of dr. Zalost's music is wicked awesome
I was actually thinking of that tower episode too. It to me was the ultimate episode of Courage
@@benjamincastro6063 I agree it's one of the reasons why it's one of my favorite episodes.
Something you missed, part of what made this episode’s ending so unsettling: this was the season 1 finale! This is where the show woulda ended if it wasn’t renewed for another season.
So yeah…
So, courage would be living the rest of his life playing with their dead bodies?
*shudders*
Looking back at it, the part where Fusilli thinks Courage is a “Phantom” makes me think of the Phantom of the Opera scene where Joseph, the stagehand, gets attacked by the Phantom and gets hung from a walkway above the stage.
I think that was intentional.
@@kylemorello4787 Yea I didn't get the reference that much as a kid but now I get it.
Wow! Didn't noticed that til now! :D
Hanged
Jim cummings. The ONE GUY who can make dr. robotnik legit terrifying.
"Snively, what color is my heart?"
The only version of Robotnik that has ever been truly terrifying
"blacker than the darkest night, sire."
@@UltimateGamerCC Nah, the actual line's better. Snively says "I don't see a heart sir", which prompts Dr. Robotnik scream "EXACTLY!!!"
Whenever I read the comics as a kid, I always had that voice in my mind for him.
@@Morgil27 man i remember reading the comics and was REALLY trying to put mike pollock's voice but my brain keeps channeling jim cummings.
Wow, he actually did it. I thought this episode was gonna get left out because, as Doug says, most of the episode isn't that dark; it's all in the ending.
This episode genuinely left me questioning life as a kid. It was such a dark ending with Courage effectively living with corpses.
Yeah I suggested this too and was worried he wouldn't see our suggestions in the sea of comments.
Hi Shady, love you KoTH reciews
@@BlueAmpharos Well, that, and what won Doug over was Jim Cummings.
Holy Hannah! Shady doo rags? What Re you doing here? X3 jk jk love your work really wish you'd do your own takes kn courage eps like this one ^^
Ah yes, while Ramses and Freaky Fred are iconic for their disturbing villains; and Perfect and The Mask are iconic for their dark/realistic story telling: This episode really took the crown for most disturbing because of how after that episode, theories were pulled that they were still puppets and the rest of the show was all in Courage's imagination
This was suppose be the last episode in the series.... this is the fate of courage....being a lonely dog with two wood puppets.
I did not know about that theories and quite frankly how dare you make me aware of it 😢
@@crem-crem4070 😁😁😁
It may not be the *scariest* episode, but It definitely deserves analysis! The show finale, Perfect. The imagery scared the absolute shit out of me when I was little, but the message behind it is great.
“You’re not perfect”
It's season 1 finale not the show end
That episode still makes me tear up. For years I couldn't even watch it. I'd just skip it.
@@MrHarshverdhan nah, it was the season 4 finale....which was the last season so basically the was the series finale
"Courage in the Big Stinking City" is an amazingly disturbing one if you haven't checked it out yet, Doug
ya see that door? ya wanna know what's behind that door? You dont wanna know whats behind that door
honestly that was more on the funny side than scary for me
I loved the random sleeping girafe in that xD
Bushwick really exists. It's a neighborhood in NYC.
Question then Briefs or Boxers ?
What makes the ending so disturbing is that it was the last episode of the first season. Had Courage not been renewed, the series would have ended this way.
The ending is 100% why I recommend this episode. Its creepy, dark, and honestly one of my favorite villain troupes
This episode stuck out to me so much as a kid. The strings that came out of the drama masks on the stage always made me feel uncomfortable, and the fact that both Muriel and Eustace permanently turn into lifeless puppets made me cry.
Muriel's voice actor passed away.
R.I.P. Thea White
What scared me as a kid the most was when Courage walks into the closet with all the highly detailed dolls hanging around.
I remember every time I'd visit my grandparents, my grandmother would always stick on cartoons for us to watch. For some reason, it was always Courage the Cowardly Dog
You can’t beat the classics.
As an 8-year-old, I would watch this show religiously!
Love that Jim Cummings is also voicing his inner Negaduck in this episode
But with an Italian accent
This episode have one of the most darkest mess up ending in the series.
yep
Would have been the Series Finale if they didn’t get renewed for a second season. That makes it even more darker
@@nazeVOV yep thank god it was renewd
@@nazeVOV I like to think that Courage found a way to turn the puppets back to normal again.
The truly creepy element is that this was the final episode of the first season. As so if the show had not gotten renewed for another season, it would have ended with Courage spending the rest of his life using the dead bodies of Eustace and Muriel to simulate a normal life. And while that wasn't the case, just the possibility of that happening was creepy enough
This episode always reminded me of the creepy scene in Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night, where our little hero is forced to dance as he is transformed into a puppet.
Yes! Always great to hear the voice acting Legend Jim Cummings!
amen to that.
I can now see Pete and Cat from CatDog getting turned into a puppets.
I love Jim Cummings
Man, The Great HONDO Ohnaka lookin a little more scaly in this
One of my favorite voice actors aside of others!
If only you had known just how dark that ending really is. The context makes a huge difference.
I am sure a lot of people mentioned that image before and maybe even mentioned in this video. Haven't watched it yet. Where it explains after this episode that Muriel and Eustace are forever dead in the rest of the series because they were turned into puppets. That it was all in Courage's imagination that they were alive.
"Plot Twist"
"The episode The Great Fusilli, is the last episode of season 1 of Courage The Cowardly Dog and it ends with a scene where Courage is basically controlling the dead bodies of Muriel and Eustace as puppets in attempt to keep his life with them going. The more you think on this subject, the more psychological it becomes. This scene implies that after season 1, all episodes of the series are nothing but thoughts that Courage is having in his mind. It implies that Muriel and Eustace truly have died but that Courage has gone insane and made himself believe they're still alive and is trying to make us believe that as well."
Why I hate cartoon conspiracy theory stuff. What was worse if the episode where they are both turned into paper and their bodies or skin I should say is left on the chair and bed? Now they really look.. you know.
Nothing scarier than life-filled puppets O.O
Have you watched puppet master? The puppets are horrifying.
A show that comes to mind when i think dolls given life is rozen maiden because no matter how much to pretty them up its always spooky feeling
@@elijahbaker781 Have you seen the Junin Ito story "House of Dolls" AKA "House of Puppets"?
@@BlueAmpharos it sounds familiar but I’ll look into it
THIS!!! This is the episode that freaked me out as a kid!! The imagery of the puppets and the idea of those strings latching onto you and turning you into a puppet… and the end where the alligator is stuck in a loop entertaining an invisible audience while Courage’s owners are no longer livings beings! Little me always felt creeped out watching this episode.
Same
Fun fact: Fusilli is voiced by Jim Cummings, who also voiced other Cartoon Network villains, such as Dr. Red Eye and the Organ Grinder in Dexter's Laboratory and Fuzzy Lumpkins on the Powerpuff Girls, but has also done voices in various Disney franchises, such as Winnie the Pooh and Darkwing Duck, as well as Cat on Nickelodeon's CatDog.
Ok
and Hondo Ohnaka from the Clone Wars
He was also the voice of Pete in Goof Troop and House of Mouse as well as Dr Robotnik in the Sonic the Hedgehog cartoon. The dark one not the slapstick one.
One of my favorite voice actors!!!
Am I right in thinking that he sung for Jeremy Irons during Be Prepared in Lion King?
This reminds me, how alot of cartoons back then had a trope of characters turning into puppets, one that specifically comes to mind is teen titans.
Yeah. It's called Puppet Permutation
So........Sad news. The voice Muriel apparently passed away.........at the end of Courage Month. Can we get another special week for one of the best Muriel episodes in the series? The episode "Little Muriel" is not necessarily a scary or dark episode (From what I remembered) but to me, it is one of the best episodes centered around such a remarkable character.
I was thinking the same thing
7:36 there is a dark theory that they are still puppets. courage had mental drawdown and all the events after this episode was in his head.
Yep, pretty depressing theory, huh.
Yes, I too used to find being permanently turned into something you were once not to be especially creepy when I was a kid.
I read a story when I was in 2nd about a girl who loved horses so much, in the end, she turned into a horse and ran away. NIGHTMARE FUEL. I literally threw the book across the room. Even my teacher didn't seem to get why I was so creeped out at such a "charming" story.
Also, the black, janky, wide-white-eyed, silhouette illustrations didn't help much either.
The purple cape and hat could be a Dark Wing Duck reference and there’s also a possible reference to Phantom Of The Opera.
i didnt think of that! ooh, mayhaps Dilworth was a DW fan.
Is he the reptile version of Dark wing Duck??? what the heck?
What about kaiketsu Zorori?
This one definitely gave me nightmares back then O.O
Yes, pretty dull, as the older you get and see what the message is. Yet for me Freaky Fred will be the scariest one, even now I feel very uncomfortable watching it
The music is amazing in the episode
I hope The House of Discontent makes its way into this series at some point.
Same Here
Yes same here, it’s my favorite episode mainly because it has that unnerving “character” I won’t spoil it for the 2 people lol but it also has that spooky black and white horror movie tone from the Universal era for me at least
I don’t see it brought up very often, but “Cabaret Courage” really traumatized me as a kid. It takes place in a giant infectious stomach! Big Stinkin City was also really creepy with the roach design and “Help!” written on the wall and the mysterious noises around that.
This was the last episode of season 1. There's always that idea that the show ended like this if the show didn't get picked up for more seasons
Hmm guess Amazon has the episodes out of order since Ramses curse was the last episode thx for the heads up I’ll try to watch the show in order. Watched the show when I was younger but it scared me so I’m trying again as an adult to watch the show
For a future video, you’ll really wanna check out SpongeBob’s “Graveyard Shift”. The atmosphere is dark from start to finish and it has one of the funniest cameos I’ve ever seen (and it ain’t the DreamWorks energy drink 😉)!
The newest Loony Toons series has A particularly dark one
"If you're not 'gonna eat me, you need to wear me, doc"
*wEaR mE*
........
" yOu'Re BeAuTiFuLl DoC!"
The episode of Spongebob
Squidward in Clarinetland isn't scary just really freaky to watch
I used to be so scared of that one lmao
I think the month should definitely end with ‘Remembrance of Courage’s Past’. The Season 4 finally I think.
It’s dark in a non-traditional sense, like ‘The Mask’. And while these episodes are great and made the show what it is, Courage to me was also remembered for it’s artistic and truly heartwarming story telling. This episode has everything that’s great about Courage and I would love to see the month end on a high note rather than it be mediocre.
That dude had eustaces old shotgun and still got turned into a puppet.
This one feels like a dark retelling of Pinocchio, especially its creepy soundtrack from the accordion.
The great fusilli is the courage episode that struck me the most when I was a kid, I think the puppets are one of the most defining elements of uncanny valley
The puppet thing really creeped me out as a kid throughout the episode.
Still recommending “The Quilt Club”. Really tense and a great episode against MLMs and cults. Also has a lot of different points where it can end but it just. Keeps. Going!
They’re fighting multi-level markets schemes?
Cass It’s more of a lesson to the viewer more than to the characters
Idk if it qualifies for Doug's brand of darkness, but I recommend Liberty's Kids. It aired on PBS KIDS when I was young and it takes place during the revolutionary war. Just a thought because there are very adult things being tackled (among them the slave trade back then). I don't have a specific episode in mind, but if any standout, please by all means
I've not actually seen alot of episodes of Courage but this one did freak me out when I saw it and there was also this one about Eustace getting a spot on his foot that turns into a freaky monster - that one is definitely the one that got under my skin!
Probably my favorite Doug centered series on the channel! Keep it up guys. Good work
Im surprised revenge of the chicken from outer space wasn't talked about more. Do people really not find it scary?
Finally, oh yeah! I've been waiting for you to do this one for quite a while.
I remember this episode quite well and I was never disturbed by it. I think some kids just accept "the logic of innocence" and just knew that everything was gonna be alright after all. Would have been a different story if this was the final episode, though
The ending of this episode is...pretty dark.
So glad you got to this episode. One of my favorites.
As a kid I always thought of Fusili being turned into a puppet scene was meant to show how he was always part of the stage and how it is the real monster in the show
I wonder what Courage's search history looks like. Must be pretty interesting.
Courage the Cowardly Dog is probably the darkest kids show in Television history.
I would say it is definitely one of them for sure!
Either that or Invader Zim
This was the last episode from the first season, from what I remember reading. Imagine if the show had ended with the first season. Eustace and Muriel would've stayed puppets forever.
Me, I always found this episode one of the more disturbing ones, even before the ending. Maybe it's how the Great Fusilli speaks, maybe it's because of the invisible audience.
Rest in Peace, Thea White. 1940-2021
One I would suggest that isn't courage is the Rugrats spin off "all grown up episode "interview by a campfire". The subplot isn't so scary but it's the ending that has always got me.
Nice video, I’ve been hoping you’d look at this one for a while! The Dark Toons are my favourite series on this channel. Some suggestions I have are: Minnie the Moocher, The Ducktators and Der Fuehrer’s Face. I’d really love to see your takes on these, Doug! I’m pretty sure they’re all on TH-cam
Now that I've seen "Clone Wars", all I hear from Fusilli now is a more sinister Hondo.
LmAo
God, one of my favorite episodes. Loved the music the most that off kilter Accordion really set the mood.
This is the episode that gave me nightmares 😍So glad to watch this, thank you for reviewing it
It’s not dark but I would like him to watch “Last of the Star Makers”
I adored that episode, but it’s not really scary per se. It’s one of the most lighthearted episodes of the show with a really sweet story and touching resolution.
One of my fav episodes just because that twist AND conclusion pack a bit of a punch with it having been lead by a seemingly tame start and middle. The fact the stage is this faceless, voiceless entity (lest the cheers are from it itself) that's sentient, almost like those creatures that hang from cave ceilings and catch whatever comes across their tendrils, it drops puppet strings and changes you from flesh to wood. Like if you actually think about what that process would be like, IE the strings draining your innards and soul, leaving a husk of yourself....is pretty unsettling.
I think the constant theme song, which sounds like a cross of an according and organ grinder is just so unassuming but Sinister. It's catchy and lures you in compliments what the episode is aiming for with it's story and villain.
Muriel's VA, Thea White, passed yesterday.
Sooo many episodes of the Rugrats could be used for this series. Have a Rugrats Month ending with “Angelica’s Worst Nightmare”
You finally talk about this episode!
There’s a fan theory that all the following episodes only take place in Courage’s head because he can’t accept that Eustace and Muriel are gone.
R.I.P to the voice of Muriel
Do Ed, Edd n Eddy, Season 3, Episode 11, The Day the Ed Stood Still.
That’s a really good one.
Yay. At last! I loved this episode. Please Mr. Walker. You should try and check out the episode " Windmill Vandals" that is a dark and suspenseful episode. The Vandals are threatening..it has great uses of red sky..and shadows..and a creepy backstory..
Oh that is a good one. This who series gave me nightmares all the time as a kid but I still watched it because I loved it.
I love a good “BOOGA BOOGA BOOGA”. Never gets old. 😂😂
That ending and the people, even the bad guy getting turned into puppets, it was the process and the music that freaked me out as a kid
Wow I mentioned this episode as scaring the crap out of me as a kid and now Doug is checking it out! ^^
I blocked this out until I saw the Thumbnail, haha! Ty for covering this one!
Please do The House of Discontent, it's one of the two episodes that scared me as a kid.
I agree with Doug, puppets can be either charming or thoroughly creepy depending on their design and "personality." They are the definition of "uncanny", which is why they are popular subjects of horror films or scary television series.
Mr Incredible Becoming uncanny Moment
I think the idea of the puppets being people was what got me in this one, lifelike dolls and puppets always gave me the willies
When I was a kid I was always creeped out by the Clockwork orange episode of Teen titans. Where Malcolm McDowell voices a cult leader guy.
If you were to do a dark toons on Teen Titans that one would be my pick.
I think you didn't analyze deep enough this time, I found it dark and creepy since the beginning because of the way Fussilli tries to convince them by saying they would get rid of all of their problems and worries by being turned into puppets and (implying) they'll have to quit their free will. That's the way I see it.
And you definitely have to review Courage in the Big Stinkin' City
Thanks to the episode I love dark circus
This was the only episode of Courage I saw as a child, the ending made sure it left an impression though!
This one gave me nightmares, i actually dreamed that everyone i knew was turning into puppets by some strings in the sky
Well done I’ve never seen this episode
The ending of this episode definitely disturbed me as a kid.
You should really cover the episode of the 2012 TMNT where splinter gets killed once courage month is over
RIP Thea White
(Muriel)
Yes! I was waiting for this one! 🤩
If you thought Puppets were creepy, Wait till you see this!!!
AHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!! A "W" that is upper case when it should be lower case! The horror!!!!
This is nothing compared to The Puppet Master franchise.
this one, plus the episode guy who shoots the "depression" balls at people always entertained me as a kid
Please do more Courage videos!
"The Tower of Dr. Zalost" needs a look at. There's some seriously cool scenery to examine and epic music and ambience to go along with it.
This one actually scared me as a kid, when I told my mom it was scary because people got turned into puppets, she laughed at me
The villain should've been a spider instead of a crocodile, so it can use its own string to make the puppets. And of course, it could use all of its 8 legs to puppeteer multiple puppets at once.
Fusili reminds me so much of that Actor Gator ( with puppets no doubt) from Chip& Dale Rescue Rangers episode!
There’s a theory I had with this episode. Fusilli made a deal with demon (the two marionette masks) for fame in exchange the demon devours the souls of the humans turning the humans into puppets with the strings, and because he failed to claim Courage’s soul Fusilli paid his long overdue debt with the demon consuming his soul becoming a puppet of the demon itself.
You should do “The House of Discontent”
A favorite example of a Courage episode where you get turned into something, at least for me, is ‘Mondo Magic’.