#Muriel Bagge's Nephew

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So I thought of a concept for my new Courage The Cowardly Dog OC. And it's for info about them

Her name is Jane! She is the sister of Nathan, and daughter of Marie and Brandon. This also makes her the aunt of his son Barry.

When Jane arrives at the Nowhere farm. She spots her nephew talking with Courage, and do her eyes deceive her? She is really happy to see her nephew. Jane and Barry have the most wholsome relationship as an aunt and nephew. By the time, Jane started her cafe business before Teresa had Barry, and with the two, Jane and Teresa became really good friends.

When Jane has met Courage and the Bagges, Muriel and Eustace. She really likes the company that they give to Barry(well, except Eustace. Cuz' he's been a jerk to Barry and Courage.) However, Jane is really naive against the monsters Courage faced off. From almost getting bitten by a Weremole, and getting her and Barry kidnapped by a net made of strings of red licorice from Katz Kandy.

But despite that, Jane does have her ways, on what it takes to help the ones she cares about. She once bashed Eustace's head with her cane, but she apologised for it. Jane is much like her and Nathan's mother Marie, while her brother takes some of his traits from her father Brandon

This is her headcanon voice and what i thought she would sound like

Jane likes; Her business, her family(especially her brother and her nephew.), chocolate, sweet treats, vinegar, churros, savoury food and the Victorian history. She doesn't like; Anyone harming Barry, or seeing her nephew sad, Eustace(sometimes, if he is tormenting Barry), and Courage's enemies.

She is female and is straight but she's not a fan to marry someone.

As for her appearance; Jane is a black cat with white patches on the lower part of her face. Her white paws resemble white gloves, while her lower paws resemble her white stockings. Her eyes have yellow sclera with black slit pupils. The insides of her ears are lightish auburn and she has a yellow jingle bell on her left, resembling it as a piercing.

For her clothing attire, consisting of the early Victorian era. Jane wears a large, gray green sunhat, with six roses coloured in a pattern of dark gray green and light gray green, located by the brim of her hat. The inside of the hat is deep green. The brim has a lightish shade.

She wears a dark gray green and gray green dress, along with puffy shoulders and thin, swirly, gray green sleeves. She has a deep green trim. Under her dress, are her white stockings and she also wears deep gray green, leather sandals

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Courage the Cowardly Dog - 3/? - Freaky Fred 

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We need to talk about Courage the Cowardly Dog

In what seems like a stream of relentless plagues, wildfires burn around the world, billions of desert locusts swarm and threaten African crops, and of course, COVID-19. How could we forget about COVID-19? The bright side of a world-wide pandemic is that this quarantine has provided ample time to revisit shows the shaped my childhood. When I was a kid, Courage the Cowardly Dog was my absolute favorite, hands down. 

The title sequence explains the show perfectly:

“We interrupt this program to bring you… Courage the Cowardly Dog Show, starring Courage, the Cowardly Dog! Abandoned as a pup, he was found by Muriel, who lives in the middle of nowhere with her husband, Eustace Bagge! But creepy stuff happens in Nowhere. It's up to Courage to save his new home!”

And that’s it. Crazy stuff happens, and Courage is left to try and save the day. As I watch it now, I can’t ever picture a show like this being aired today. Many times I’d catch myself thinking, “They let this air??” Some of the episodes are straight-up disturbing or tear jerking

An episode that is both disturbing and tearjerking is “The Mask.” This episode tackles subjects such as same-sex relationships, domestic abuse, and sexual assault. These elements are heavily present within the episode, yet are veiled behind a funny children’s show. The veil is lifted when viewing the episode with adult eyes, and it becomes a realistic animated drama.

The beginning of the episode starts with Courage relaxing outside his home and minding his own business. Suddenly, a frightening masked individual walks onto the scene and beats Courage, all while proclaiming a hatred for dogs. This scene is hilarious as a child for the sheer slapstick humor element. 

The masked figure smashes Courage with a sink because “Dogs are evil.”

We later learn that the masked individual is a cat named Kitty. Kitty hates and beats Courage because he is a dog, and she associates all dogs with an evil dog that is keeping her best friend captive in an abusive relationship. Her best friend is a bunny named Bunny, and her abusive boyfriend is called Mad Dog. Mad Dog is a thug. 

Courage, being the gentle and kind soul he is, decides that the best way to get Kitty to leave him alone is to save her best friend Bunny and show that not all dogs are like Mad Dog. So, in the dead of night, Courage sneaks out and goes to the rundown industrial zone where Bunny is being held captive. A car with blaring hip-hop music comes to a screeching halt in front of a building with busted and boarded up windows. Courage watches and cowers behind another car while Mad Dog aggressively pulls Bunny out of the car. Her facial expression is empty and sad. They enter the building and Courage spies through the window. Mad Dog is upset that Bunny is visibly unhappy, and suspects that she’s thinking about her best friend, Kitty. 

Although we don’t see it, Mad Dog decides to beat Bunny up for thinking about Kitty and not being happy with him. We are only left with this frame:

Bunny is shoved into a pot after being beat by Mad Dog.

As I watched this scene, I was in shock. As a kid, you just assume that he throws her around and roughs her up a bit before throwing her into a giant pot with dirt. Hell, this scene might even be funny to a child. Now, this appears to be an obvious metaphor for feeling dirty or soiled after being sexually assaulted. Bunny was not just being beat up. This episode also does a great job of showing the psychological manipulation that is a part of an abusive relationship. While yelling at Bunny, Mad Dog says “I told you to forget her! I take you from a two-bit joint and make you a class act and you want to make me second rate!” It’s incredible how Mad Dog tries to manipulate Bunny into thinking that this life is the best she could ever get as he screams at her in a dirty, run-down apartment.

The emotional manipulation only continues as Mad Dog tries to comfort her afterwards, asking why things can’t be like the good ol’ days when she still loved him. He makes it seem as if it is her fault for being clearly depressed because of this physically, sexually, and emotionally abusive relationship.

Mad Dog tries to comfort Bunny after lashing out on her for thinking about Kitty.

By the end of the episode, Courage the cowardly dog saves the day and breaks Bunny out of her prison. Kitty and Bunny are reunited and run away together by hopping on a train and never looking back. 

Bunny and Kitty embrace each other after finally being reunited

So yes, this series has always maintained a creepy and provocative vibe throughout its duration, and undoubtedly has some dark themes and screwed up moments intertwined. These subverted themes only become more prevalent the older you get. You don’t notice these surreal elements as a child, and I don’t think you’re supposed to. I certainly didn’t see anything wrong with “The Mask” in my youth. Yeah, of course I felt sympathy for Kitty and Bunny, but there was a happy ending and that made it all okay for me. I saw the slapstick humor of it all, which is the kind of humor that really resonates with kids. It is a vital part of most children’s programming. Without it, this show wouldn’t be for kids, that’s for sure. 

“The Mask” of course isn’t the only episode that touches on sexual abuse. In “Freaky Fred,” Muriel’s creepy barber nephew comes for a visit. Fred speaks through child-like rhymes and always ends it with how he’s been very “naaaaauuuughty.” Naughty is said in a way that is all too sexual, uncomfortable, and violating, whether you are a child or an adult. The innuendo behind the uttering of “naughty” becomes more apparent to a mature audience. 

In this episode, Fred the creepy barber corners Courage in the bathroom and forcibly shaves his pink fur, all while confessing to his compulsive urges to force himself upon others and shave off their hair. He recites a poem about his first victim while doing so: “This dripping here, this droopy curl, unfold sweet memories of a girl, whose tresses, oh they’d twist and twirl, and tempt me to be… naughty.” 

To put it bluntly, it seemed like this scene was mirroring sexual assault based on the dialogue and the overall mood portrayed. Fred likes to force his apparent hair shaving fetish onto anyone who is vulnerable that he can get alone. By the end of the episode, we find out that Fred was committed to a mental institution and escaped. The authorities show up to Courage’s home and take him back. 

Fred’s character design alone only points to him being up to no good, and the smile never leaves his face. 

Fred gazes menacingly at Courage before proceeding to forcibly shave his fur off. 

If sexual abuse is on the table for this series, they certainly wouldn’t shy away from covering parental abuse. In the multiple episodes that feature Eustace’s mother, the audience comes to learn why Eustace’s character is a crotchety old man who takes joy in tormenting and scaring Courage. Throughout all of the episodes, Eustace yells “Stupid dog!” at Courage. It’s even a part of the opening title sequence. When Eustace’s mother, Ma Bagge, is introduced, we quickly notice that she is just like Eustace.  She constantly yells “Stupid boy!” at Eustace and berates him at any chance she gets. For the first time ever, we feel sympathy for one of the most hated characters on the show. Eustace’s whole shtick comes from being mean and cranky. It all comes together and we see that Eustace is but a product of his mother’s emotional abuse, a cycle that we often see in the real world. Other episodes detail his painful childhood, showing that deep down, a mean and cruel old man is not who he truly is. Episodes show that throughout his entire life, he constantly tried to win the love and affection from his mother, however, she always found fault in him and he was never good enough. 

Eustace presents gifts to his mother, Ma Bagge, in hopes of winning her approval.

As said previously, many of the episodes aren’t dark and twisted on the surface from a child’s point of view, but an episode that is heartbreaking whether you are a child or an adult is “Remembrance of Courage Past.” This episode details Courage’s origin story. We see that Courage once had loving dog parents that adored him. Courage’s parents take him to the vet, but in a strange turn of events, his parents are locked in a rocket and blasted into space by the sadistic veterinarian. There isn’t really any rhyme or reason, the vet is just plain evil. The vet asks to speak to the parents in private, and Courage is ushered into the waiting room. He later hears his parents crying out for help and he sees them being carried away in a net by the vet. Baby Courage follows them and sees his parents stuffed into a rocket. Baby Courage is unable to save them because the veterinarian notices that he is in the room and begins to chase him. Baby Courage escapes through a shoot that leads to an alleyway. From here, he watches the rocket blast off and waves goodbye as he cries. This is where Muriel finds him all alone and adopts him as her own. 

Left: Courage’s parents cry out for help from inside the rocket.

Right: Muriel finds Courage all alone in the alley and takes him in.

Seriously, this episode is so sad. We learn that Courage wasn’t truly “abandoned as a pup.” Courage deeply fears losing his current family because of how his real parents were ripped away from him. It was a tearjerker then, and it still is now. Now, he simply can’t bear the thought of ever losing his family again. This motivates him throughout the entire series to save his family no matter what the obstacles and no matter how scared he is.

Now all of the episodes that have been covered thus far were terrifying in their own way, yet there is one episode that continues to linger in the minds of its viewers. The episode in question? “King Ramses Curse.”  But why this episode?

First, a quick plot overview: Courage finds an ancient artifact in their yard. It turns out to be a cursed slab that was stolen from a museum. The police were hot on the museum robbers trail, so they ditched it in Courage’s yard. A resurrected King Ramses appears at their home to retrieve it. However, Eustace found out earlier that day that the slab is worth millions and won’t let King Ramses have it back, despite King Ramses threatening to send 3 plagues, each worse than the last.

King Ramses first tries to drown them, and for a kids show, I’ll admit that it’s pretty intense, but expected at this point. I audibly uttered “Now that’s a curse” as I rewatched. The next plague is just forcing them to listen to a really bad song, bringing the humor element back in and giving a break from the horror. Back to the horror, the last plague is a swarm of locusts that destroys everything in its path. In the end, Eustace refuses to relinquish the slab as Ramses menacingly looms over him. The episode concludes with Eustace being trapped in a sarcophagus, crying out for help. But the unfolding of these surely traumatic events isn’t what scared me as a youngin’.

So why did this episode scare so many children including myself? Simply put, the visuals.

King Ramses, was a 3D-animation overlayed on a 2D-background. Frankly, late 90s and early 2000s 3D-animation was a little creepy looking in general. The art of 3D-animation was still a work in progress. Hell, Disney and Pixar were still trying to perfect it with Toy Story. 

King Ramses stands outside the home of Courage.

Courage the Cowardly Dog had a highly experimental animation style considering the time in which it aired, 1996-2002. The animators didn’t stick to only 2D-animation alone, but instead incorporated elements of live-action, claymation, and 3D-computer animation, amongst other things. The show really had a knack for mixing mediums. What made this show so generally creepy was the way the mixed mediums didn’t fit in with the familiar 2D-animation style. It was unexpected and unsettling. 

Left: Example of live-action element

Middle: Example of 3D-computer animation

Right: Example of claymation featured in the show

While revisiting Courage, I can’t help but notice how this series hones in on the feeling of helplessness and life’s unpredictability. These aspects are part of why this show can be a bit traumatizing to young viewers. Yet this series still shows the value of hanging in there no matter what and doing the best you can despite the circumstances, just like Courage the cowardly dog. 

At the end of the day, elements like the underlying adult themes and the visuals made Courage the Cowardly Dog stand out when it first aired, and it's a show that continues to stand out against the ever changing social landscape. Comedy and horror aren’t synonymous in most of today’s cartoons. It’s been nearly 18 years since the last episode of Courage aired, and 18 years since Cartoon Network has aired a new horror cartoon. That alone is telling. Courage the Cowardly Dog was truly a product of its time and still sparks debates today with its gloomy narratives on society. Cartoons like this are so special because there may never be anything like it again. Even the creators were surprised that they got the OK to air the show, and I’m grateful that they did. 

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Thea White Dies: Voice Of Muriel Bagge On ‘Courage The Cowardly Dog’ Was 81

ซื้อฟร���สปิน Voice actress Thea White, known for voicing Muriel Bagge on Courage the Cowardly Dog, died “peacefully of complications from surgery” related to liver cancer on Friday morning in Cleveland, according to her brother John Zitzner. She was 81. White’s nephew Brad Zitzner gave insight into her final moments via social media. “Sadly we lost our legendary Feefer (the voice of Muriel) on Friday morning after she fought hard with courage to try to beat her liver cancer and to resume life or to die trying. (She ended up with an infection after cutting out the damn cancer),” he shared on Saturday. White was born in Newark, New Jersey in 1940 and knew she wanted to act from an early age. Both her mother, Eleanor Hazard, and her grandmother, Eva, were involved in vaudeville—both as performers while the latter focused on booking talent later in her career.

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Thea Ruth White Death - Obituary, Funeral, Cause Of Death Thea Ruth White, best known as the voice of Muriel Bagge in the Courage The Cowardly Dog, has passed away at the age of 81.....click link to learn more

Thea Ruth White Death – Obituary, Funeral, Cause Of Death Thea Ruth White, best known as the voice of Muriel Bagge in the Courage The Cowardly Dog, has passed away at the age of 81. Cartoon Network star’s nephew Brad Zitzner announced that she had died from complications from an infection after undergoing surgery to treat liver cancer. “If tears could build a stairway and memories were a lane, we…

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Barry Meets Freaky Fred (CTCD Fanfic)

[CW⚠️ UNSETTLING THEMES, TRAUMA, TRITACHME, TRICHOTEMNOMANIA(obsession of shaving hair)]

[Characters: Courage, Barry(OC), Computer, Muriel, Eustace, Fred, Lime(OC) and Michelle(OC)]

[After Courage has gone off for a while and Barry taking charge as him. It is that time today, that Muriel's nephew Fred is visiting her home. And Muriel even feeling delighted to have Fred meet Barry and interact with him. But unfortunately, for Barry. Was that he wasn't aware that Fred is insanely obsessed with... shaving people's hair]

[Also this is when Barry takes the role as Courage which is a little fact about Barry and this fanfic is of the CTCD episode "Freaky Fred"]

(It starts with Courage, packing his stuff in a bag. Then Barry opens the door and sees what Courage is doing with a confused face)

Barry: Courage?

Courage: Oh, Barry! Didn't even know that you come in here for something

Barry: Why are you packing a bag Courage? Are you... going on a journey or something?

Courage: (puts his bag on) Well, I'm going out to spend a bit with Bunny and Kitty

Barry: Your going out?

Courage: Yeah, but don't worry, (headpats Barry) I'll be back in a bit with Muriel, the farmer and Computer

Barry: Oh, ok

Courage: Oh and by the way, while I'm gone, I'll put you in charge as me, ok

Barry: Ok Courage

(The two give eachother a hug goodbye and wave as Courage goes off)

Barry: Bye Courage

Courage: Bye Barry

(Then it cuts to Barry and Computer)

Barry: Well, since Courage is off with his friends, I guess it's just you and me now, right

Computer: Off to see someone you say

Barry: Mmhmm, (feels a little sad about him) yeah

Computer: (sighs) Oh come now kid, don't be like that. It's only for a little while, he won't be that back long

Barry: I know Computer

(The two talk for a while about stuff happening today and all that. Right until it cuts to Barry playing with his two plushies. He then decides to go downstairs where he sees Muriel placing a nice blanket over the table, with a pleasant smile on her face)

Muriel: I can't wait for me dear nephew Fred to arrive!

Barry: Who?

Muriel: Ah Barry dear, I suppose you haven't met me nephew Fred yet

Barry: Your nephew, Fred?

Muriel: Oh why yes (holds a picture of Fred and shows it to Barry) isn't he such a gentleman. (Places her hand on Barry's shoulder) I'm sure he'll be very happy to see you

Barry: Ok

Muriel: Oh and while you here, why don't you help Eustace, he's fixing the bathroom door

Barry: Sure Muriel

(Barry runs to Eustace, who is fixing the bathroom door)

Eustace: You! Fetch me the screwdriver!

Barry: (goes into the toodbox and picks up the screwdriver) Got it! (gives the screwdriver to Eustace)

Eustace: That freak ain't putting a single foot on my household

(Barry watches Eustace fixing the door)

Barry: Hey Mr Bagge, got a small question I gotta ask you

Eustace: What now

Barry: What is about Muriel's nephew Fred?

Eustace: That freak's a barber! A freaky barber! With his own freaky barber shop, where freaky things happen. Freaky barber things!

(Barry's body shakes on what Eustace tells him about Fred. Thus he(Eustace) then scares him out of his sight, causes poor Barry to jump, scream and run downstairs to the living room sofa, feeling frightened in his body)

(Cuts to Muriel fluffing a pillow until she hears the doorbell rang)

Muriel: Oooh, that must be Fred

(Barry sits on the sofa as he watches Muriel heading downstairs to open the door. She opened it and sees Fred outside, holding his bag)

Muriel: Ah Fred me dear nephew. What brings you to our cozy corner of the world?

Fred: Holiday (as he smiles unsettlingly)

Muriel: Barry, come and meet Fred

(Fred comes by the doorway and stands by Barry, watching eachother, eye to eye. Barry feels a little nervous at him but he tries to stay calm when meeting him)

Barry: So, your Muriel's nephew Fred. Right?

Fred: Yes

Barry: My name is Barry! And... (raises his paw out to Fred) it's nice to meet you Fred

Fred: It's a pleasure to meet you too Barry

(The two handshake each other)

(It cuts to Barry and Fred sitting together in a red sofa, Muriel is sitting in her rocking chair)

Eustace: (comes downstairs) Gotta go to the hardware store and get the... y'know, fix the bathroom door. Just don't try shutting it, cause you won't be able to get it open

Muriel: Eustace, our guest is here. Say hello to Fred

[Fred turns his head around at Eustace]

Eustace: ...Yeah... (sits down beside Fred on the sofa) hiya... (pulls out newspaper) (mumbles) freak

(Barry sees wristband Fred is wearing that says 'HOME FOR FREAKY BARBERS' 'CALL 555-1234')

Barry: Hey Muriel, what's with that wristband Fred is wearing?

Muriel: Don't worry about that Barry. You must be exhausted Fred dear. Would you like to freshen up?

Fred: Yes, been quite a trip it has

Muriel: Barry dear. Would you kindly show Fred the bathroom please?

Barry: Mmm sure Muriel (nods)

Muriel: How lovely of you dear, and would you also kindly bring Fred some fresh towels as you go up with him please?

Barry: Sure Muriel

(Muriel gives Barry the towels, Barry's body shakes from the towels' weight)

Muriel: Do you think you can manage that Barry dear?

Barry: Don't worry... Muriel! I got it... [breathes out] under control. [to Fred] C'mon Fred. Right this way, to the bathroom!

[Barry and Fred follow each other upstairs to the bathroom]

[The two head to the bathroom. Barry places the towels on a stool]

Barry: Towels are placed!

Barry: [to Fred] Let me see if I.. can get you... freshen [closes the door, but when it closes, he hears a metal clanking sound of the lock. And that locks the two in the bathroom] Uhh... okay, don't worry Fred. I'll just try to get it to open. [pulls the door handle, but it won't open. he gets worried] Uhh... Muriel? Eustace? [knocks on the door]

[Muriel and Eustace are by the bathroom door, they heard the door knocking]

Muriel: I heard the door slam

Eustace: The door slammed

[Inside the bathroom, Barry desperately yanks the door handle, but it won't open. Across the room, Fred is sitting on the toilet as he flashes a smile]

Eustace: Well. I guess I better get

Muriel: [talking to the bathroom door] Now don't you boys worry, Eustace will be back soon to get the door open

[Back to the bathroom inside. Barry is scared that he got himself stuck in here. He is shivering with anxiety filling him]

Fred: Barry...

Barry: ...huh?

Fred: Your hair...

Barry: My hair? [rubs his own cheek] actually i think you mean my fur... cuz' I'm a cat

[Barry had a nervous look when he looks at Fred and his unsettling smile. But he wanted this meeting to be nice, so he keeps himself cool to him]

Barry: Sooo Fred. Can I ask about how has your holiday was like? Have you been anywhere for a couple of days or weeks? Did you went to a resort?

Fred: Well, not great and pleasant to be exact. Been spending in there for my desires with... fur [he says, as he stares at Barry with a creepy smile] like yours

Barry: Right... But Fred, what has made you really into hair and... fur, a lot?

Fred: [he first picks him up, and places him onto the toilet] It reminds me of the first time I knew just how I felt about hair. [yanks the shower curtains]

Fred: It was a day I'd not forget. The day that I first met my pet. Oh, what a lovely gift to get.

Barry: Oh, a pet. What kind of animal was it? A rabbit?

Fred: [shows a photo of his pet hamster] Hamster! [gives the picture to Barry]

Barry: Aww, it looks really cute

Fred: I'd never felt so... naughty

Barry: Huh, what?

[Fred drapes the curtains around Barry]

Fred: My fuzzy ball is what he was, this darling little ball of fuzz [he digs through his bag and pulls out his shaver. He turns it on]

Barry: [hears the shaver on, his eyes widened, and his body began to shiver nervously] F-Fred? What's that you have, o-on your hand?

Fred: [holds onto Barry's shoulder to prevent him from trying to run] And oh, such fuzz, such fuzz, it does demand that I be... naughty. [showed another photo of the hamster, now looking at him] He looked at me, his fetching eyes, and fetching fur did hypnotize, and filled with joy, and filled with sighs, and that's when I got... naughty. [shows him the picture of the hamster completely shaved bare, with an angry expression on its face]

[When Fred noticed he is gone now. he opens the down cabinet, where Barry is hiding in]

Fred: Now, now... [reaches in and grabs Barry by his arms] The chemicals in here could kill you

Muriel: [Sitting outside the bathroom door in her rocking chair, knitting.] Don't worry boys, Eustace should be at the hardware store by now!

[The scene cuts to Eustace inside his idle truck, happily reading his Nowhere News newspaper.] [The scene changes back to the bathroom, Fred holds up Barry who is a little wet, with the top of his head shaved off]

Fred: This dripping hair, this droopy curl [shakes Barry and drops him back onto the toilet as he walks to the bathroom window] Unfurls sweet memories of a girl, whose tresses, oh, they'd twist and twirl, and tempt me to be... naughty.

Barry: A girl? You mean... that you use to be with a girl

[Fred shows Barry, a picture of a young girl with long blonde hair, and has a loving expression on her face]

Fred: Barbara, my love was named, and her fair hair, a mane untamed.

Barry: Oh... she's an pure angel

Fred: Until one evening – I'm ashamed – I got a little... naughty.

[Fred begins to psychotically shave Barry as a creepy choir loudly singing "La la la" to Fred's theme. Barry screams a bit by the horror, but he is drowned out by the music and trimmer.]

Fred: The look upon my young love's face was sweet as lace. But in this case, I realized she... [shows Barry, the picture of the girl now shaved bald with a furious look on her face] Needed space

Fred: I never more was naughty. Well... maybe not never [he notices Barry desperately trying to open the door again, he then picks him up. Barry's face is shaved off, the only fur remaining are his arms, body, legs and his tail]

Fred: Playful little scamp [he places Barry back onto the toilet once more]

Muriel: [knocks on the door, with a plate of pancakes in her hand] Is everything alright in there?

Barry: [crying out] MURIEL! HELP ME OUT!

[Muriel sees Barry clawing underneath. She places the pancakes down on the floor, as Barry pulls it in]

Muriel: Just can't wait for those pancakes, can you?

Barry: MURIEL!? [he yelled out as Fred grabs him again, echoing outside the bathroom door]

Muriel: Wonderful! Eustace should be back any moment now

Barry: MURIEL! MURIEL!!! [knocks on the door]

[The scene changes to Eustace lounging on the beach]

Fred: [waves a pancake on his hand] No need for panic. Behold sustenance, hungry whelp! [stuffs the pancake into Barry's mouth, he swallows with strain. He picks him up and Barry has his own mobile pad, trying to eye the phone numbers on Fred's wristband. But that stops him with two more pancakes stuffed in his mouth. Fred pulls his wristband and hides it]

Fred: [shoves another pancake in Barry's mouth] Dear cur, your fur and fleece remind of nothing found in humankind. But for one fellow, who did find me – to be... in a certain mood.

[Scene cuts to Fred in his barbershop. A long bearded man stands in the doorway]

Fred: [narrating] Into my shop he walked one day, with bush above and beard bouquet. That's no toupee, I pray... no way I could help but be... you know...

[The man sits in the chair]

Bearded Man: Just a trim, partner

[The man leans back, with Fred sweating nervously over him]

Fred: [narrating] I'd never seen such hair before! His bangs, they sang! His neck, it beckoned! Eyebrows, armpits, all were reckoned! Soon I figured, "What the heck?" and – Guess how I was... naughty...

[Scene comes back to Barry, being shaved underneath, yelping. Cuts to Muriel sitting in her rocking chair, watching TV]

Barry: [yells] MURIEL!

[And... the last bit of fur shaved from his right paw. Fred drops Barry with a shrug, twirling from satisfaction. Barry pulls out the wristband, dialing the number with his pad, and conversing with the employee]

Barry: [quietly] I need help! He's shaving my whole body off–

[On the other end quietly before he gets picked up once again. The scene changes back to Eustace, now asleep in a movie theater. We catch another glimpse of Muriel, impatiently tapping her fingers and eyeing her watch, waiting for Eustace to return.]

[Barry is sitting on the toilet, nearly shaven completely. Fred, sitting on the edge of the tub, beckons Barry, his shaver still buzzing.]

Barry: [notices the only fur left is his tail, shielding it and yammering in protest] F-Fred... please! I don't want to do this [he begs Fred to stop, as it is now scaring him]

[Fred continues beckoning him]

Barry: DON'T YOU GET WHAT I SAID! PLEASE!!!

Fred: Sweet cat, afraid I'll shave your tail? Why, now, that would be weird!

[Sirens are heard, Fred closely listens and shuts off his shaver, but his smile remains. He peers out from the window as van doors are heard being slam]

???: Surround the area! Cut the power, we don't anyone getting shaved in there!

Fred: Ah... So ends our little story...

[Barry suddenly has regret on his face, feeling sorry for himself. As he breathes from exhaustion]

[The door is bashed two times before falling on the third hit, two big muscled men rush in with an orange blanket as the scene goes to black.]

[The scene resumes as Fred is lead into the back of a white van by the two men, restrained by the blanket in a straight jacket-like fashion. The previous "La la la" music replays in the background. Muriel waves at Fred, while Barry is held by Lime and comforted by him and Michelle, the friends of his uncle Oliver]

Muriel: What a lovely visit! Too bad Eustace didn't get to say goodbye

Lime: [sighs] C'mon pal

Michelle: How bout we get eachother some sweet desserts? What do you say, huh, bud?

Barry: [sniffs, wipes a tear off his eye] ...Yeah

[Lime and Michelle walk off, with Lime holding Barry by his shoulder. As they head off to the town streets of Nowhere]

THE END!

[flickys-courage-club]

What does Teresa's family think of her son Barry?

Lauren - She thinks of him as the proudest thing, her own daughter has had now

Matt - Thinks of him as the son he wished he had. However that unfortunately p#sses his own son off and even his bird companion Sunburn

Oliver - As eldest nephew to the youngest or as close friends. Oliver would even have him meet his friends, but Barry would get nervous at them

Gerald - Despite being more elder than his daughter, he is found to be really fond with his granddaughter's grandson Barry. Gerald mostly tells him medieval stories and historical stories

Lillie - Lillie is very kind to her great grandson Barry. She does become overprotective of him against the Bagge Family(except for Muriel, she is fond with her) because they are so rude to him