He's busted down to Janitor Second Class, and assigned to the SCS DeepShip 86 ( a parody of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine ), commanded by Commander Kielbasa, a Cowardly Lion look-alike whose name is taken from the polish sausage as well as being a play on the names of both the feline Kilrathi from the video game series Wing Commander and of the character Mufasa from the animated motion picture The Lion King.

This is a parody of The Wizard of Oz when the Cowardly Lion gets scared and jumps out the window of the Wizard's throne room.

* The Muppets ' Wizard of Oz-( TV ) The Cowardly Lion / Fozzie Bear

MGM announces Bert Lahr has been cast as the " Cowardly Lion " on July 25.

Quests often appear in fantasy literature, as in Rasselas by Samuel Johnson, or The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, where Dorothy, the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman, and the Cowardly Lion go on a quest for the way back to Kansas, brains, a heart, and courage respectively.

The Cowardly Lion and Truckle, the Wicked Witch of the Wests chief Flying Monkey, also get to wear them briefly.

In the novel, Dorothy, the Scarecrow ( the American farmer ), Tin Woodman ( the industrial worker ), and Cowardly Lion ( William Jennings Bryan ), march on the yellow brick road to the Emerald City, the Capital ( or Washington, D. C .), demanding relief from the Wizard, who is interpreted to be the President.

They meet with many of Dorothy's animal friends, including the Cowardly Lion and Billina the Yellow Hen.

From their importance to the play, a similar importance is given them this work, where neither Dorothy nor the Cowardly Lion appear.

Ozma of Oz: A Record of Her Adventures with Dorothy Gale of Kansas, the Yellow Hen, the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman, Tiktok, the Cowardly Lion and the Hungry Tiger ; Besides Other Good People too Numerous to Mention Faithfully Recorded Herein published on July 30, 1907, was the third book of L. Frank Baum's Oz series.

Cheerful reunions are had by the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman, and the Cowardly Lion, and new introductions are made to Ozma and the Hungry Tiger, a massive tiger hamstrung by his conscience.

Dorothy is a forthright and take-charge character, exhibiting no fear when she slaps the Cowardly Lion, and organizing the Winkies ' rescue mission of her friends who have been dismembered by the Winged Monkeys, and more than willing to brazenly talk back to Princess Langwidere's threat to take her head for her collection --" Well, I b ' lieve you won't.

In The Cowardly Lion of Oz, circus clown Notta Bit More arrives in the Emerald City " disguised " as a traditional witch, and Dorothy immediately starts dumping bucket after bucket of water on him without provocation ( although she reacted this way on the assumption that the " witch " Notta appeared to be was an evil witch like her old enemy, the Wicked Witch of the West ).

The film also introduced the idea of the farmhands also being the Scarecrow, Tin Woodsman and Cowardly Lion, albeit as costumes they don in order to conceal themselves in Oz.

The Wizard of Oz in Concert: Dreams Come True ( 1995 ) starred Jewel as Dorothy and Nathan Lane as the Cowardly Lion.

Upon being welcomed in Oz, Hank, the Cowardly Lion, the Hungry Tiger, and the Saw-Horse debate who is the best mistress — Betsy ( for Hank ), Dorothy ( for the Lion and the Tiger ), or Ozma ( for the Saw-Horse ).

The Magic of Oz: A Faithful Record of the Remarkable Adventures of Dorothy and Trot and the Wizard of Oz, Together with the Cowardly Lion, the Hungry Tiger and Cap ' n Bill, in Their Successful Search for a Magical and Beautiful Birthday Present for Princess Ozma of Oz is the thirteenth Land of Oz book written by L. Frank Baum.

Dorothy and the Wizard arrive with the Cowardly Lion and the Hungry Tiger in the Forest of Gugu during this council of war with a request for monkeys to train in time for Ozma's upcoming birthday party.

Then the Wizard resumes his rightful form and changes Dorothy, the Cowardly Lion, the Hungry Tiger, and Gugu back to their forms, and he agrees to change the soldiers back into monkeys.

The Wizard uses " Pyrzqxgl " to change Cap ' n Bill and Trot into honeybees which narrowly avoid being eaten by the Cowardly Lion and the Hungry Tiger.

When the Cowardly Lion asks why, the Wizard recounts that he is a " very bad wizard.

" He states " case in point " as he forcefully takes back Scarecrow's brain, has Tin Man compacted into a square and eats his heart, and has the Cowardly Lion made into a lion-skinned rug.

With the Cowardly Lion a rug, the Tin Man his stool, and Scarecrow's remains made into a wall decoration, the Wizard is seen with them in his room as he quotes " It's good to be the Wizard.

Tress MacNeille ( born June 20, 1951 ) is an American voice actress best known for providing various voices on the animated series The Simpsons, Futurama, Tiny Toon Adventures, Animaniacs, Disney's House of Mouse, Courage the Cowardly Dog, Rugrats, All Grown Up !, Chip ' n Dale Rescue Rangers, and Dave the Barbarian.

Cowardly conduct is specifically mentioned within the United States Uniform Code of Military Justice.

Courage the Cowardly Dog is an American animated television series created by John R. Dilworth for Cartoon Network.

* In an episode of the TV show Courage the Cowardly Dog, Muriel is forced by a short Scotsman to stay in a tower and knit sheep wool into kilts.

She is reunited with Aunt Em, Uncle Henry, their three farm workers ( Scarecrow, Tin Woodsman, and Cowardly Lion's alter egos ), and Professor Marvel ( The Wizard's alter ego ) when she awakens from being unconscious at the end of this film.

In the official sequel to the 1939 film, operatic mezzo soprano Risë Stevens provides the voice of " Glinda, the Good Fairy " as she is described in the opening title sequence ( however, the Cowardly Lion refers to her as the Good Witch of the North later in the film.

She sings a climactic song called " You Have Only You ( To Look To )" to Dorothy, making her look inside herself for the strength that is not forthcoming from old companions such as the Tin Woodman and the Cowardly Lion.

Lahr is remembered today for his roles as the Cowardly Lion and Kansas farmworker Zeke in the film The Wizard of Oz ( 1939 ), but was also well known for work in burlesque, vaudeville, and on Broadway.

However, this is enough to please the Tin Woodman, who, with or without a heart, was all along the most tender and emotional of Dorothy's companions ( just as the Scarecrow was the wisest and the Cowardly Lion the bravest ).

* Cowardly Lion-The Cowardly Lion is one of Dorothy Gale's friends.

* Hungry Tiger-The Hungry Tiger is the Cowardly Lion's best friend.

* In The Wizard of Oz, during an encounter with the Cowardly Lion ( played by Bert Lahr ), Judy Garland, as Dorothy, hides her face behind the dog Toto in order to conceal the fact that she is laughing rather than frightened as she observes Lahr's performance.

The Cowardly Lion is a character in the fictional Land of Oz created by American author L. Frank Baum.

The Cowardly Lion joins her so that he can ask The Wizard for courage, being ashamed that, in his cultural role as the King of the Beasts, he is not indeed brave.

* Courage the Cowardly Dog ( 1995, 1999-2002 ) ( also contains elements of fantasy and horror )

Reruns are played on Cartoon Network's classic animation network Boomerang in 2005 through 2006, and returned on June 1, 2009 ( though only showing it every summer ), and also returned on July 5, 2011, to Cartoon Network for the first time in ten years, but it left on September 23, 2011 and it was removed from the lineup for a replacement for Courage the Cowardly Dog on September 26, 2011.

The cartoon show " Courage the Cowardly Dog " also employed some of the same audio loops ( probably included with the same software ) as bases for creepy background music.

In the same film, he also played Hickory, one of the three farmhands that Dorothy, in her dream, re-imagines as the Scarecrow, the Tin Man, and the Cowardly Lion, respectively.

Elphaba is also the creator of the Tin Woodman ( through a spell to save Boq, who had had his heart shrunken to apparent non-existence by Nessarose ), the Scarecrow ( through a spell with which she attempts to save Fiyero from being tortured to death on her account ) and the Cowardly Lion ( the Lion Cub she rescued from the class after Doctor Dillamond's removal ); in the book the former is a result of an axe bewitched by Nessarose, and the latter's existence has nothing to do with Fiyero, other than her slight suspicion that he might indeed be her love coming back to find her, which just proves to be a paranoid delusion.

He also provided many extra voices for the Cartoon Network series Courage the Cowardly Dog.

Castle thunder can also be heard on the Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network, Disney Channel and other studio shows SpongeBob SquarePants, Codename: Kids Next Door, Courage the Cowardly Dog, Pucca, DuckTales, The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, Doug, Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, George of the Jungle, Samurai Jack, The Batman, Loonatics Unleashed, The Magic School Bus, The Powerpuff Girls, The Ren & Stimpy Show ( mainly the Spumco-produced episodes ), Pink Panther and Pals, The Looney Tunes Show, New Zoo Revue and Little Bear.

In The Wizard of Oz the farmhands also play the parts of the Tin Man, Cowardly Lion and Scarecrow.

The company is also famous for their work on the overseas production for Nelvana's Care Bears franchise, Film Roman's Garfield and Friends, Klasky Csupo's Rugrats pilot and first season, Disney's DuckTales and Cartoon Network's Courage the Cowardly Dog.

The Cowardly Lion also gets to wear them briefly.