Cartoon Chickens

Alexander Cabot III, manager of Josie And The Pussycats has plenty of mouth, but not much spine to back it up. His sister Alexandra often refers to him as "chicken brother."

Muddsy Muddlemore was so afraid of the British redcoats that he hid in a standing clock until he died. His ghost, the Funky Phantom, hasn't grown much of a spine, despite being immaterial.

And there is Fraidy Cat, with eight ancestors that can be summoned from the netherworld, usually inadvertently. These ancestors are rarely helpful, and often detrimental. Still, they're all better than that 9-cloud, which tries fervently to make Fraidy just as dead as his eight ancestors.

Can't forget Shaggy and Scooby. And often overlooked is Scaredy Smurf. He was first introduced in the episode "The Smurf Who Couldn't Say No," in which he convinced Pushover to get the foxfire instead of him. He was also seen in the episode "A Mere Truffle," before fading into the background.

And let's not forget Cringer, who was always in full coward mode before becoming fearless Battlecat. Sherman Fangsworth was also chicken in human form, but courageous as Fangface.

When Jim Henson's muppets were adapted into Muppet Babies, one of the ancillary characters, Beaker, would make an appearance on occasion. Just like in Henson's world, Beaker is terrified of almost everything, which is understandable when your lab partner is Doctor Bunsen Honeydew.

Also there's Courage The Cowardly Dog. Despite the Bagge home being a farmhouse set in the middle of Nowhere, it acts as a Weirdness Magnet, attracting all kinds of psychotic and bizarre creatures.