King Ramses' Curse is the seventh episode of Season One. It aired on January 21, 2000. It preceeds The Clutching Foot. It is commonly hailed by viewers as "The Creepiest Episode of Courage the Cowardly Dog.
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Plot Outline
The episode opens with two cats that steal King Ramses slab. Upon being chased by a police helicopter, they jump out of their car and bury the slab by the Bagges' well. They are about to get in the car and drive away when King Ramses appears in the middle of the road, and sets his locust curse upon them.
The next day, Courage is digging on the farm and digs up the slab. He takes it to Eustace, who initially thinks that it is garbage. Shortly after he throws it out the window, a news broadcast says that the slab is worth a million dollars. Professor Frith then shows up and tries to reclaim it, but cannot, as Eustace's greed makes him demand a million dollars in return.
Almost immediately after the professor leaves, King Ramses shows up and demands the slab with his trademark line, "Return the Slab." After Eustace refuses, King Ramses sets his first curse on them, shown by the water droplet on the slab magically disappearing. Immediately thereafter, the farmhouse begins to fill with water. Courage is able to save the day, however, by pulling out a plug in the basement, allowing the water to flow out of the house.
King Ramses then sets his second curse on the Bagges family. This curse is horrible music, of which the words are approximately a mish-mash of "Return the Slab," "King Ramses," and "King Ramses' Curse." Eustace escapes this curse by stuffing cotton in his ears, and Courage stops the music by smashing the gramophone emitting it, hidden behind a rock. When he does this, King Ramses says, "Oh come on," and sets loose his third, final, and most horrible curse: locusts.
When this happens, Courage finally wrestles Eustace for control of the slab. The wrestling doesn't do any good until the locusts begin to eat the walls down around them. After that, Eustace throws the slab away, stopping the locusts. However, as soon as they go away, he runs to the slab and picks it up. He claims that Ramses has run out of curses. ("Ha! That's three strikes! You're outta luck, mister!"). King Ramses then presumably has Eustace take his place as a mummy, as shown in the final scene.
Trivia
- First appearance of King Ramses and Professor Frith.
- King Ramses is animated in 3-D.