'' is a
Canadian -
American Animated Television Series created by
Danny Antonucci and produced by
A.k.a. Cartoon for the
Cartoon Network . The premise is that three adolescent boys—named Ed, Edd, and Eddy (collectively known as "the Eds")—hang around in their
Suburban neighborhood of Peach Creek Estates. Led by Eddy, the Eds scheme to make money off their peers, but their plans usually fail, leaving them in various predicaments. The characters almost never leave the neighborhood, and adults are nowhere to be found.
The series, which was Cartoon Network's fifth ,
Christmas , and
Valentine's Day episodes. It is now reigning as the longest running original cartoon on Cartoon Network.
Ed is the workhorse of the group, and is strong enough for his strength to actually be called super strength. There are times where his more intelligent side has been seen, but only under strange circumstances and usually have nothing to do with the current situation. He is known for his strange interests that usually involve
Buttered Toast ,
Gravy ,
Tic-Tac-Toe and
Chickens .
His mind is a
Subculture grab bag full of
Comics and
Monster Movies , which he often confuses with reality. Despite his larger size, Ed is utterly at the mercy of his tyrannical younger sister, Sarah, and is an easy target for her emotional blackmail techniques. Much to the dismay of germophobe Edd, he has zero personal hygiene—he's even terrified of
Soap . Even though he usually has a very sweet disposition, he can become grumpy occasionally.
A young inventor, , and the brains of the group, sarcastic Edd is never seen without his trademark black ski hat that resembles a sock, hence the
Nickname "Sockhead". To differentiate his homophonetic name from that of Ed, everyone calls him Double-D.
His parents put a heavy workload upon him, communicating tasks solely through a multitude of
Sticky Note s. His hat hides a disturbing secret, and the only other people who know about it are Ed and Eddy. He is considered a nerd by everyone and hates sports and is normally a straight-A student in all of his classes, except gym. He is not very strong physically and has a difficult time when dealing with it. He shown to be able to play the
Pedal Steel Guitar in some episodes, although he insists that he "loathes" the instrument, despite his skill with it.
An incompetent 12-year-old
Con Artist and self-appointed leader of the Eds, Eddy is a complete sucker for
Jawbreakers at the local candy store who dislikes school and goes to any length to
Scam the other kids for money, even at the expense of his friends' credibility. His report card labels him as a megalomaniac. Because he is short, he has something of an
Inferiority Complex .
It is often Eddy's swaggering over-confidence that causes the failure of Double D's plans. Eddy has a love affair with money, and was driven insane when he had no one to scam but the Eds when everyone else was under
Quarantine for
Chickenpox . He loves his retro styled room, with a
Lava Lamp , a large round king-sized bed, and a
Record Player , next to which can be seen a
Tom Jones record, his room also includes a disco ball. Eddy has been a con artist far before the group was a trio, along with one of his early scams dubbed "The Amazing Bottomless Ed", where people paid to see Ed eat a television. Eddy is mostly seen commanding the two "Eds" into doing all the work, while Eddy just slacks off.
A
Spoiled Brat of a sister who acts cute and charming only when it serves her. Sarah has Ed's unending loyalty and obedience, mostly from threats of her snitching on him, but she does occasionally show some concern. She is almost always playing with Jimmy, and when she's not, she rushes to his aid the moment he calls her. It has been hinted in several episodes that she has a crush on Edd. She also writes in her diary about how angry she is at Ed and Eddy for forcing "cute, innocent" Edd to participate in their schemes.
A childish aspiring artist, Jimmy likes playing
Dollies with Sarah. He can be more manipulative, conniving, and more successful than Eddy when given motivation. Jimmy is quite accident-prone, and there are few episodes where he isn't seen with bandages. However, he can be quite crafty, and once framed the Eds for wrecking a friendship monument. Jimmy is also a member of Rolf's Urban Rangers, and he claims that his father forces him to practice
Hockey . Jimmy has shown how deeply attached he is to Sarah when someone tries to take her away from him. He also wears a
Retainer due to one of Eddy's previous scams where he bit a bowling pin and ruined his teeth.
Rolf, of a curious
European culture with odd customs, works his parent's small farm within the
Cul-de-sac , leads a
Scouting group called the (consisting of Jimmy, Jonny 2x4, Plank and himself) and is the son of a
Shepherd , in which he takes pride. His faithful farm animals are a pig named Wilfred, a goat named Victor, a cow, a chicken named Gertrude, and several other minor animals. He mostly hangs out with Kevin, playing
Sport s and hardly minds the Eds, unless they make a fool out of him, after which he is not afraid to use brute force. He has quite a temper, and reportedly wishes to be a
Barber when he grows up.
Jonny has a large head, frequently gets on the other kids' nerves, likes collecting
Clams , believes Plank sees things, and talks a lot. He is a member of Rolf's Urban Rangers. He doesn't seem to mind the antics of the Eds and sometimes seems to enjoy them. He is seen without
Plank . Jonny is innocent and gullible, and forgives people no matter what they do.
A short piece of board with drawn-on eyes and mouth, Plank is Jonny's imaginary best friend. Plank is an oddity within the series, comparable to Hobbes from
Calvin And Hobbes ,and Stump from
The Angry Beavers . He was given a chip in his head when he got stuck in Rolf's teeth, thought by Jonny to be brain damage. While immobile, he is often able to have an effect on the kids through strange and elaborate coincidences.
The trendy and attractive girl in the cul-de-sac who mostly hangs out with Kevin and does not mind the Eds at times. All of the boys except Rolf and Jimmy have a crush on her, and when she approaches, they lose the ability to speak coherently. Kevin and Eddy are rivals for Nazz's attention. Nazz plays the
Tuba very poorly, but when she plays the boys say otherwise to appease her.
The
Jock on the block, he hates the Eds, especially Eddy. Kevin watches ''
60 Minutes '', has a
Garage full of jawbreakers - as his father works at a jawbreaker factory and loves customizing his
Bike ,
Skateboard s and
Snowboard s. When not riding his trusty bike, he hangs out with Rolf in the lane. Eddy often taunts Kevin about his large chin. He is a gym assistant at Peach Creek Junior High. He is not well liked among fans, because of his constant
Bullying on the Eds.
If there's one thing the Eds and the cul-de-sac kids can agree on is that they all hate the Kanker sisters. May(blonde), Marie (blue hair), and Lee (redhead) are half-sisters and live in a nearby
Trailer park. The Kankers are the cul-de-sac's number one enemy and they are feared by all the other kids, especially the Eds and Kevin for their brash and uninhibited demeanor. While all the Kankers like the Eds, it has been shown that May has a preference for Ed, Marie for Edd, and Lee for Eddy.
According to Eddy, his brother was "the coolest kid in the cul-de-sac" and went away. Kevin is scared of Eddy's brother, Rolf thinks Eddy's brother wants to steal his chickens...or worse, Jonny looks up to Eddy's brother, and Nazz has a crush on him. Jimmy wants to meet him because he has big muscles. Sarah does not seem to care about him. He is never shown on screen except through vague impressions such as the photo of Eddy and his brother's silhouettes on the staircase, but Eddy makes passing references to him when one of his ideas are inspired by him. He is also
Lactose Intolerant . He is a very popular figure in the cul-de-sac and everyone except Sarah either admires him or is afraid of him.
Another off scene character, aside from Rolf's other relatives, Rolf often yells aloud for his Nana (grandmother); seemingly the only relative at home at the time.
Rolf often invokes the name of Great Nano, who seems to be Rolf's deceased great-grandfather. When talking of Great Nano, he uses hushed tones. Rolf's Great Nano was famous for his slaying of a vicious
Sea Cucumber , before escaping in a canoe fashioned from his leather shoes.
:''All air dates are U.S. air dates and are put as day/month/year.
1. "The Ed-Touchables" & "Nagged To Ed" (
4 January ,
1999 )
2. "Pop Goes The Ed" & "Over Your Ed" (
11 January 1999 )
3. "Sir-Ed-a-Lot" & "A Pinch To Grow an Ed" (
18 January 1999 )
4. "Read All About Ed" & "
Quick Shot Ed " (
25 January 1999 )
5. "An Ed Too Many" & "Ed-n-Seek" (
1 February 1999 )
6. "Look Into My Eds" & "Tag, Yer Ed" (
8 February 1999 )
7. "Dawn Of The Eds" & "Vert-Ed-Go" (
15 February 1999 )
8. "Who, What, Where, Ed" & "Keeping Up With The Eds" (
22 February 1999 )
9. "Fool On the Ed" & "A Boy and His Ed" (
1 March 1999 )
10. "Laugh Ed Laugh" & "It's Way Ed" (
8 March 1999 )
11. "Eds-Aggerate" & "Oath To An Ed" (
15 March 1999 )
12. "A Glass Of Warm Ed" & "Flea Bitten Ed" (
22 March 1999 )
13. "Button Yer Ed" & "Avast Ye Eds" (
29 March 1999 )
14. "Know-It-All Ed" & "Dear Ed" (
13 September 2000 )
15. "Knock Knock, Who's Ed" & "One Plus One Equals Ed" (
20 September 2000 )
16. "Eeny Meeny Miney Ed" & "Ready Set Ed" (
27 September 2000 )
17. "Hands Across Ed" & "Floss Your Ed" (
4 October 2000 )
18. "In Like Ed" & "Who Let the Ed In?" (
11 October 2000 )
19. "Rambling Ed" & "Home Cooked Eds" (
18 October 2000 )
20. "To Sir with Ed" & "Key to My Ed" (
25 October 2000 )
21. "Honor Thy Ed" & "Scrambled Ed" (
1 November 2000 )
22. "Urban Ed" & "Stop, Look, Ed" (
8 November 2000 )
23. "Rent-a-Ed" & "Shoo Ed" (
15 November 2000 )
24. "Ed In A Halfshell" & "Mirror Mirror On the Ed" (
29 November 2000 )
25. "Hot Buttered Ed" & "High Heeled Ed" (
6 December 2000 )
26. "Fa, La, La, La, Ed" & "Cry Ed" (
20 December 2000 )
27. "Wish You Were Ed" & "Momma's Little Ed" (
23 February 2001 )
28. "Once Upon An Ed" & "For Your Ed Only" (
25 May 2001 )
29. "It Came From Outer Ed" & "Three Squares and an Ed" (
19 September 2001 )
30. "Dueling Eds" & "Dim Lit Ed" (
23 November 2001 )
31. "Will Work for Ed" & "Ed, Ed and Away" (
4 January 2002 )
32. "X Marks the Ed" & "From Here to Ed" (
25 January 2002 )
33. ""Boys Will Be Eds & "Ed or Tails?" (
15 February 2002 )
34. ""Gimme Gimme never Ed & "My Fair Ed" (
8 March 2002 )
35. "Rock-A-Bye Ed" & "O-Ed Eleven" (
22 March 2002 )
36. "Luck of the Ed" & "Ed, Pass It On" (
21 June 2002 )
37. "Brother, Can You Spare an Ed" & "The Day the Ed Stood Still" (
28 June 2002 )
38. "If It Smells Like an Ed" (
5 July 2002 )
39. "Don't Rain on My Ed" & "Once bitten, twice Ed" (
12 July 2002 )
40. "An Ed in the Bush" & "See No Ed" (
27 September 2002 )
41. "Is There an Ed in the House?" & "An Ed is born" (
1 November 2002 )
42. "One Size Fits Ed" & "Pain in the Ed" (
15 November 2002 )
43. "Ed Overboard" & "One of Those Eds" (
24 August 2003 )
44. "They Call Him Mr. Ed" & "For the Ed, By the Ed" (
10 November 2003 )
45. "Little Ed Blue" & "A Twist of Ed" (
17 November 2003 )
46. "Your Ed Here" & "The Good Ole Ed" (
23 January 2004 )
47. "Thick As An Ed" & "Sorry, Wrong Ed" (
30 January 2004 )
48. "Robin' Ed" & " A Case of Ed" (
6 February 2004 )
49. "Run for Your Ed" & "Hand Me Down Ed" (
13 February 2004 )
50. "Stiff Upper Ed" & "Here's Mud in Your Ed" (
20 February 2004 )
51. "Stuck in the Ed" & "Postcards From the Ed" (
27 February 2004 )
52. "Take This Ed and Shove It" (
5 November 2004 )
53. "Out With the Old, In With the Ed" (
18 November 2005 )
54. "Mission Ed-Possible" & "Every Which Way But Ed" (
4 November 2005 )
55. "Boom Boom Out Goes the Ed" & "Cleanliness Is Next to Edness" (
11 November 2005 )
56. "I Am Curious Ed" & "No Speak Da Ed" (
25 November 2005 )
57. "Cool Hand Ed" & "Too Smart For His Own Ed" (
31 March 2006 )
58. "Pick An Ed" & "Who's Minding the Ed?"
59. "This Won't Hurt An Ed" & "Truth or Ed"
60. "The Good, the Bad, and the Ed" & "Tinker Ed"
61. "Tween a Rock & an Ed Place" & "Tight End Ed"
62. "Smile For the Ed" & "All Eds Are Off"
63. "A Fistful of Ed" & "Run Ed, Run!"
64. "A Town Called Ed" & "Luck Be an Ed Tonight"
65. "Every Ed Has His Day" & "Fly Ed Fly!"
#"Ed, Edd n Eddy's Jingle Jingle Jangle" (
Christmas ) (
3 December 2004 )
#"Ed, Edd n Eddy's Hanky Panky Hullabaloo" (
Valentine's Day ) (
11 February 2005 )
#"Ed, Edd n Eddy's Boo Haw Haw" (
Halloween ) (
28 October 2005 )
- ''Ed, Edd n Eddy'' was unusual in that it was animated wholly using traditional Cel Animation , while most cartoons are now animated using 2D Computer Animation . The use of painted cels lasted up to the end of the 4th season: Though the show is entirely hand-drawn, all cels are colored digitally. This is due to the fact that no animation studio paints cels anymore. It was the last major cartoon to use painted cels.
- The number of characters in ''Ed, Edd n Eddy'' are "fixed": no adults or other characters other than those already in play ever appear in the show. In school, the Eds and the rest of the core cast are the only children we ever see. The entire adult world is a set of hidden characters. Occasionally, a vehicle will enter the small universe the show is set in, and it can be presumed that an adult is driving, although they are never seen. The character who comes closest to ever being seen is Rolf's Nana, whom he sometimes talks to, although she never talks back. In "Mission Ed-Possible", we see the arms of Eddy's father and Ed's mother. In "Too Smart For His Own Ed", we see the silhouette of an adult audience. In "Rock-A-Bye Ed", Ed has a nightmare involving his mother where we see her, but with Johnny 2x4's head. We also see plank's mom and dad, although they are only floor boards. Eddy mentions his brother a couple of times and brags about how cool he is. Sarah and Jimmy once pretended to be Eddy's brother to scare him, and from that episode we learn that his brother is Lactose Intolerant .
- The letters "AKA," the abbreviation for the name of the company that produces the show, frequently appear in the show. The words have been seen on license plates, magazines, T-shirts, and other things.
- Several errors in the first four individual episodes—off-key music, disappearing outlines, and a fuzzy picture—were fixed for later airings.
- All the episode titles, except for the holiday specials, are popular sayings with a word replaced with the name "Ed". Some are also parodies of movie titles (E.g., "For Your Ed Only" - For Your Eyes Only , "The Day the Ed Stood Still" - The Day The Earth Stood Still ).
- Most of the episodes begin with something completely unrelated to the storyline of the episode. This is to emphasize the randomness of childhood. {Link without Title}
- The most coveted sweet treat in the Ediverse, especially among the Eds, is the Jawbreaker . A number of episodes have used jawbreakers or quests to obtain the same as plot or sub-plot devices. The jawbreakers of the Ediverse are noticeably oversized; in fact, almost as large as a kid's head. Kids enjoying jawbreakers will have characteristic Bowling-ball -sized bulges on one side of their heads, due to the presence of a massive jawbreaker under one of their cheeks.
- The Ed's plans are usually ruined by '' Deus Ex Machina '''s. For example, in "Cool Hand Ed" the gang's attempt to escape from school using a makeshift plane fails when Double-D's sweater gets caught on a bush, he was still holding onto the plane when it happened, so the plane was pulled back and crashed. There are several more of these in other episodes.
- The show features many Meta-reference s and breaks of the Fourth Wall . To name a few examples:
- ---In "Know-It-All Ed", Edd tells Eddy his "25 cents or 25 days in the pokey" line is from the "wrong cartoon".
- ---In "Key to My Ed", after tripping over a napping Johnny, Eddy complains "Does this guy sleep through the whole show?"
- ---In "From Here to Ed", Ed pounces Jimmy while shouting "Prepare to meet your maker!", and Jimmy replies " Antonucci ?"
- ---In "Cry Ed", as he chases Eddy around, Edd complains "I've lost about ten pounds this season!"
- ---In "Momma's Little Ed", Eddy apologizes to Edd for an earlier outburst of bad temper, blaming it on Ed and Kevin, and Edd points out "Kevin wasn't in this show, Eddy."
- ---In "For Your Ed Only", Kevin is perplexed by Eddy and Edd's use of "hasta la vista" and "c'est la vie", and declares "This show needs subtitles."
- ---At the end of Act 1 of "If It Smells Like an Ed", Ed says "I should have all the feeling back in my feet after this word from our sponsors, Double-D." Edd, who is stuck hauling a chunk of sidewalk that Ed had been carrying, then says "Curse broadcast commercialism!"
- ---In "Ed Overboard", when asked to be sworn in as a temporary member of the Urban Rangers, Eddy quips "I'd swear, but Standards won't let me."
- ---In "Robin Ed", after finding out that Eddy has been selling boxes of junk to the kids, Edd says "That's what we do on every show, but not like this!" as he complains about Eddy sinking to a new low.
- ---In "The Good Ol' Ed", after Eddy finds the "Canadian squirt gun" from "Know-It-All Ed", Ed says "Funny, it was, as though it were only second season."
- ---In "Stuck In Ed", after Edd reminds Eddy that he'd taught Jimmy (who is trying to help think up a scam) everything he knows, Eddy asks "Didn't we win an Emmy for that episode?"
- ---At the end of "Here's Mud In Your Ed", after Eddy falls for Rolf's "money-tree" scam a second time, Edd turns to the camera and says, "An iris-in would be appropriate, don't you think?", cueing the end of the cartoon.
- ---Near the end of "Boom Boom Out Goes the Ed", Ed finds Edd's hat, with no sign of Edd, and assumes the worst, while Eddy protests "But it's the end of the show, Ed!"
- Peach Creek Estates, which is where the cul-de-sac is, shares the name of a real-life neighborhood west of Kingsland, Georgia . The show's creators insist that the Peach Creek of the show can never be found on a map, and is a more idealistic location than a specific one; however, the Eds are seen falling towards Georgia in "A Pinch To Grow An Ed".
- In the episode ''The Day the Ed stood Still'', the mask which Ed wore has a similar head shape as the Xenomorph in the Alien movie series.
- In the episode "Urban-Ed," Ed makes a reference to Smokey And The Bandit ; while in the city, Ed imitates a semi-truck, running through a lineup of kids and through a red light shouting "Smokey's on my tail!"
- A reference to Bruce Almighty is used in "Out With the Old, In With the Ed". Edd has an extendable file cabinet in his suitcase, much like Bruce Nolan's life file cabinet in the Omni Presents building.
- A majority of the show's voice actors are affiliated with Ocean Group .
- A clip of the series can be seen on a television set in an episode of the television drama Judging Amy (specifically the episode "An Impartial Bias," but the sound on the television cannot be heard as well. Another clip of the series can be seen in the films Crazy/Beautiful and The Kid .
- During speculation of the fifth season of the series the TV Tome website (now TV.com ) listed a set of episodes that would be a part of the season, but those episodes turned out to be false. Among them included an episode where Edd clones himself and his clones start tormenting the others. While this problem was cleaned up, it created a great deal of confusion for fans.
- Ed, Edd n Eddy is not set in any identifiable time period. Danny Antonucci has stated that he wanted the show to appeal to any generation. If a VCR is needed in a plot, it is there. In the first episode, Edd used a computer to give Jonny a lie detector test, powered through a toaster. The kids do not have IPod s, Game Boy s or Cell Phones , Rolf's TV has 4 channels and Ed's TV has rabbit ear antennas. However, in "Out with the old, in with the Ed", there's a store that labels "Since 1998", possibly pointing out that the show's time period is set AFTER 1998.
- Ed was the winner of the 2004 Cartoon Network presidential election, while running with Grim from The Grim Adventures Of Billy And Mandy . Plank was also a candidate and never uttered a word when asked questions by the media.
