As part of my job requirements, I had to watch a program about Drugs and Drug Testing. They played Katz's theme over the survivor testimonies, and it was all I could think about.
And design as well. Katz has a lot of sharp corners, like the elbows, knees, ears, cheeks, snout, mouth and eyes. On the flip side, Courage's were more round to the point that he got 'noodle' limbs
@@Ttegegg what i mean with Courage having noodle limbs is refering to how Courage didn't have a discernable corners for elbows like Katz. Courage's limbs looks like one of those old cartoon where the limbs are simplyfied. Instead of having 2 straight lines connected to simmulate legs with it's knees, Courage's legs are just curved lines
British* Katz isn't some cockney peasant with a drunkards tongue. He actually speaks with class, unlike most of the sordid descendants of the glorious British Empire.
The handball scene was really well done IMO. It seems like a villain needlessly messing around with the main character, but you truly feel like this is an intense game that Courage NEEDS to win.
This show described Katz perfectly without any words. In one episode he didn’t say shit just stood by Muriel’s washing machine, and poured bleach all into the colored clothes and then pressed wash while she screamed in terror, that shit was pure evil
Courage isn’t the absence of fear. It’s being afraid and facing it anyway. And when Muriel is in danger, he always faces it. Courage is not a cowardly dog, he’s the bravest dog. Katz, mummies, alien chickens, weremoles, that relative of Muriel that shaved him. Seriously that last one is hands down the scariest situation Courage has been in. If you know what it was meant to represent, it’s worse than anything else in Nowhere. Even guys like Katz would be like “That’s messed up.”
That Last One being? I don't think Ball Of Revenge had specific Tumblr theories, it's just an episode where Eustace wanted Courage's ass kicked. Katz is willing to oblige.
@@thomasgooden its often thought to be a parody of the ol "creepy uncle" shtick, with freaky Fred being a ahem...a Little too attached to courage. A perv. Pedophile-- At least thats What i Heard
Just now realizing Katz always plays a game with Courage right before he goes in for the kill because actual cats like to toy and play with their prey before killing them Damn
Katz is just like Albert Wesker. Never won against Courage (Chris) but always playing games, calm, sadistic and brutal to the very end. Capable of killing his enemy, but always toying too long due to arrogance and finally losing.
I read this after finishing chapter 2 of Resident Evil 5. My brother just got an Xbox so I gifted him the game while it's on sale and he's never played it before. Can't wait until the Wesker fight 🤠
Tbf he always beat Courage in the games they play, he always gets beaten because of an oversight. Great villain. Always brought the best out of Courage.
The voice acting and the dark theme song really made Katz seem more like a James Bond villain. Classy, well-spoken, subtle; until you do something he wishes you hadn't done.
When I was younger, I found him quite scary in my opinion, the fact he's not a supernatural being just a tall skrunkly cat. He looks and acts like treat to Courage, the voice, his theme song, makes him a cool/scary villain
At kids I wasn’t scared of him because you know he a cat and I’m fine with cats but for spider I fucking don’t like it, I don’t like how large their eye are at a kids
They really made him just as you'd expect a cat. Usually having that look of superiority, some sass, probably wants to kill you. More than I ever thought as a kid
@@ColtraneTaylor "Throw a stick, and the servile dog wheezes and pants and stumbles to bring it to you. Do the same before a cat, and he will eye you with coolly polite and somewhat bored amusement. ...the superior animal which lives its own life and knows that the puerile stick-throwings of alien bipeds are none of its business and beneath its notice."
that episode was kinda creepy, back when I was a kid, it always spooked me watching that. it's surprising to see how much this show got away with it, in terms of content. coz of the stuff they show here is very hardcore for a kids cartoon
You know, despite this being a "kids show", it's very good at creating genuinely intimidating, creepy, and unnerving situations and villains. The sounds, the voice-acting (Katz VA does an amazing job), the subtle (and not-so-subtle) adult themes, and the visuals all work together to create something special. Modern day cartoons/anime/movies could learn a thing or two from this show.
I disagree with the modern day animes and movies could learn from it Huge part of why Courage's horror works is because it's a silly cartoon with a silly art style We're so used to seeing silly cartoons be silly, so when it has genuinely good written villains, they become scarier
Kids were too young to know how disturbing this show is. The monsters were scary when I was a kid, as an adult it’s the themes, locations and plots that I find scary.
I love the voice acting for all the antagonistic characters in this show. That includes characters who are antagonistic but not necessarily evil ie the computer
I love Katz. He's such a well-written characters. A softly spoken sociopath with a british accent. He also loves to drink tea. I love his interactions with Courage, every time he plays a game with Courage he always wins but he's ultimately defeated in some way. His first appearence was the best, it made him look more of a threat. Also love when he plays the game of the handball with Courage. It's so well done and the music that plays during it, is so intense.
Yeah and the fact that he scared my father's 3 cousins: Jair who was a cop for over 40 years, Hernando & Mirabel who were in the army for over 40 years, and my best friend's grandfather who fought in the Vietnam War(and they had torturous booby traps for the US soldiers) speaks volumes about how terrifying he is.
0:30 This is the finest delivery of *"Œh NÖ¡"* I've ever heard. The dramatic stop of the music and then the shakiness in Courage's voice as he squeezes that out only for Katz to state the obvious lmao
Katz is without a doubt the darkest villain in CTCD along with the Queen of the Black Puddle as both characters have strongly implied to murdered many innocent lives and show no remorse for their crimes. If you look carefully at the beginning you can see skeletal remains implying they were humans Katz fed to his spiders and similarly the Queen has a collection of human male skeletons suggesting she has seduced, kidnapped and murdered hundreds of men.
There are quite a few extremely dark episodes of Courage! Freaky Fred, the Zalost stuff, and I also think the last episode featuring Courage's parents is viscerally disturbing in a way none of the rest of the show ever really got. Im convinced Courage was canceled because of the vet episode, not the perfection episode. the idea that your parents could be taken from you is a horrific reality that is pretty traumatic to present to young kids. stuff like Fred goes mostly (hopefully!) overhead but the idea of losing your parents isnt so easy to overlook.
Yeah and the fact that he scared my father's 3 cousins: Jair who was a cop for over 40 years, Hernando & Mirabel who were in the army for over 40 years, and my best friend's grandfather who fought in the Vietnam War(and they had torturous booby traps for the US soldiers) speaks volumes about how terrifying he is.
Out of all the villains of courage,katz was definitely the most insane,he was trying to kill courage all the time.~ He's definitely the most chill at first,but then he reveals that he's actually twisted and pretty insane. His theme song,is terrifying,it's like complete serial killer vibes.~
As a kid i tought that Eustace was old and cranky but as an adult i see that he suffers from depression that led to anger issues, and often lack of emotions he was verbally abused by his mom and his older Brother i dont know how his father treated him.
As bad as I feel for Eustace, he has no right to treat Courage like crap or call him a stupid dog since Courage is way smarter than Eustace gives him credit for.
This show is honestly pretty disturbing and I'm surprised it aired for so long. I thought my memories of the show were exaggerated but they weren't at all lmao
@A.N. 93 there are full episodes on RU-vid. They are region blocked, you can use a VPN to access them. Or if you own a pirate hat you can sail the torrent seas....
@@Anthintendo No... cause Katz would kill anyone that tried and still not lose a single one of his 9 lives, plus he's to smart to get caught by cops anyway
I like the irony with Katz. He wants his evil plans to succeed using his cunning, his wit, and his skill, but he's foiled by violence and brutality (Muriel hitting him with a tennis racket, Eustace smashing up his operation as a wrecking ball, swallowed by a shark, lowered into a taffy machine by Courage, falling into a chasm caused by Courage's deliberate loud screaming).
here's a 1 hour version, I hope it close enough! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-QaFsj1BEGC8.html (I actually attempted to do 10 hours but my computer almost crashed after trying to render the 3rd hour so I'm sorry it's not 10!)
Katz has a cool villain dynamic, he's cunning, sleek, stealthy and can put down anyone who he can capture within his schemes, but he's incredibly weak to direct damage, suffering heavy injury from just one strong blow.
Yeah and the fact that he scared my father's 3 cousins: Jair who was a cop for over 40 years, Hernando & Mirabel who were in the army for over 40 years, and my best friend's grandfather who fought in the Vietnam War(and they had torturous booby traps for the US soldiers) speaks volumes about how terrifying he is.
I could tell the difference in the staring contest immediately, even as a kid...Courage had his fully open from the start, your eyes dry out so much faster that way
As a kid with severe Arachnophobia back in the day, the first time meeting seeing Katz was just one hell of a head spin, because I definitely love cats and Katz!,
. . . Why does he have to sound that dog damn sexy? Like seriously, that voice and that God damn smile and classic feline teasing behavior just sells his character so freaking good. It's velvet and silk had a baby that cuts like a knife.
"I wish you hadn't done that"; "Watch where you're going, you fool!"; "Stupid dog, you make me look bad!" are all iconic. Hahaha! Man, I love Courage. It was one of my favorite shows in Cartoon Network. 😢🙏💕😔💕♥️😂😂🤣🤣🤣👍👍💕♥️♥️♥️
I knew Katz was a great villain, but rewatching this clip made me realize just how scary he was, and it totally flew by my mind as a kid. When he comes out of the shadows saying "there's no place to run, and no place to hide" definitely hits you hard.
Yeah and the fact that he scared my father's 3 cousins: Jair who was a cop for over 40 years, Hernando & Mirabel who were in the army for over 40 years, and my best friend's grandfather who fought in the Vietnam War(and they had torturous booby traps for the US soldiers) speaks volumes about how terrifying he is.
i wish Katz was in the show more he was basically the anti-Courage and by far the most memorable antagonist of the entire series but i could say the same for so many characters from this series it was such a good series
I had forgotten about the submarine episode, seeing a part of it again gave me so much nostalgia This is both such a horrifying and delightful show to watch
This show gave me so many nightmares and was a teen when this show came out and it still freaked me out. But I could not stop watching it. It was just to good.
I remember as a kid, I was trully scared about Katz. Then, have that episode in the beach where he meets Courage owners. In that episode, Katz make a kind keys noise that he's carring, y'know? Then, one night where I was sleeping with my parents in a bedroom in my grandma's house, I remember waking up in the middle of the night, and just hearing that keys sound, just like the episode. I don't know if was just my kid's mind imagining this after a dream, and because Katz used to really scary me. But I remember that memory.
I love this show so much, it’s so special to me. It introduces kids to the idea that animation and horror is an art form. Its so raw and treats its viewers with sincerity, not dumbing down the dialogue, character complexities and interactions, and watering down the spook factor of it all. The Mask episode is one of the craziest things I’ve seen on television, not just kids animation. It’s so impressive
The show is so striking in its visuals too. Nothing over-elaborate, but the background scenery is almost always done in a dramatically different art style than the characters. The animators were so incredibly effective at creating unease just through those artistic choices. Surrealism at its finest.
Yeah and the fact that he scared my father's 3 cousins: Jair who was a cop for over 40 years, Hernando & Mirabel who were in the army for over 40 years, and my best friend's grandfather who fought in the Vietnam War(and they had torturous booby traps for the US soldiers) speaks volumes about how terrifying he is.
@@stephj505I would doubt this, but it would make sense, since Katz was the only realistic villain. People like these exist and maybe your cousins knew/saw people like these in their lives.
@@THETRIVIALTHINGS They actually knew quite a few criminals similar to Katz but his methods of killing people(feeding them to his pet spiders, turning them to objects, blowing them up in a submarine, etc.) are what gave them nightmares.
Same! His screaming cracks me up every time. I never found this show to be scary. It’s hilarious. Even when I was a little kid in elementary, I found it hilarious.
6:34 I think it's cool how the Cajun Fox and Katz were in the same scene along with the other villains joining with Eustace to beat up Courage. One loves to make sweets and the other wanted to make Granny Stew out of Muriel.
3:50 this song was something as simple as a drum beat and a violin playing 2 pitched notes to the beat. But it was SO iconic to me of how intense it was.
In the Katz Kandy episode I seriously wonder how Katz would react if Muriel just gave him the first place trophy, it wouldn't be outta character for her either
I love Katz and one of the main reasons is how he’s basically the main antagonist Courage has to fight. (Other than maybe Eustace) His calm demeanor and silly acts make him fun but the music and talent from the voice actor genuinely creep me out.
I like how Katz twitched his legs like a spider being crushed XD very nice attention to detail, since he was feeding his guests to his pet spiders. I think they drew inspiration for that episode from an episode of "Monsters" where a married couple get trapped in a hotel with a giant spider!
Katz is courage polar opposite Katz is evil courage is good Katz is confident courage is insecure Katz is athletic courage is out of shape Katz is cruel and greedy courage is kind and generous Katz is sick and twisted courage is pure This the reason why he's a good villain in the series
