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Ed, Edd n Eddy is a Canadian-American animated television series created by Danny Antonucci and produced by A.K.A. Cartoon, for Cartoon Network. As Cartoon Network's ninth animated series, Ed, Edd n Eddy first aired on January 4, 1999, on Cartoon Network. This was also the first Cartoon Cartoon that did not originate from The What a Cartoon Show. The series would go on to air for six seasons and sixty-nine episodes. The television film Ed, Edd n Eddy's Big Picture Show premiered in the United States on November 8, 2009 and serves as the series finale.

It is one of the longest running originals to be broadcast on Cartoon Network, running for a total of 10 years and 10 months.

Reruns continue to air as of August 2023 on Adult Swim's "Checkered Past" throwback block owing to the depictions of dangerous stunts involving the show’s titular characters lodging large jawbreakers in their mouths onscreen, which regarded this as a negative influence for young children.

Synopsis

The series revolves around three adolescent boys: Ed, who is slow-witted and often speaks in non sequiturs; Edd (nicknamed "Double D") the brains and most morally upright of the group, to the point of being high-strung; and Eddy, the avaricious 'leader' of the trio. Collectively known as "the Eds," the three hang around in their suburban neighborhood of Peach Creek Estates, where "the cul-de-sac" is located. Unofficially led by Eddy, the Eds scheme to make money off their peers to buy jawbreakers, but their plans usually fail, leaving them in various predicaments.

Cast

According to the interview with Antonucci (a special feature of the Season 1 DVD set), the characters were based on people in his life. Ed, Edd, and Eddy were based on himself and his children, and the cul-de-sac kids were based on people he grew up with. Antonucci also stated that he believed it was important to add Plank to the show; he "thought it would be really cool to do the show with Plank taking on a character of his own" and to cause Jonny to do things he would usually never do. He also stated that Rolf is strongly based on himself and his cousins, since he was part of an immigrant family, and grew up in a first generation foreign household with different customs and ways of life. The kids have multi-colored tongues, because, as Danny Antonucci stated "Kids are almost always eating something that turns their tongues different colors".

  • Matt Hill as Ed
  • Samuel Vincent as Edd "Double D"
  • Tony Sampson as Eddy
  • David Paul Grove as Jonny 2x4
  • Keenan Christenson as Jimmy
  • Janyse Jaud as Sarah and Lee Kanker
  • Kathleen Barr as Kevin and Marie Kanker
  • Peter Kelamis as Rolf
  • Tabitha St. Germain[1], Erin FitzgeraldCite error: Closing </ref> missing for <ref> tag as Nazz Van Bartonschmeer
  • Erin Fitzgerald[2] and Jenn Forgie[3] as May Kanker
  • Terry Klassen as Eddy's Brother

The number of characters in Ed, Edd n Eddy is fixed at 12 human characters for the entire run. While adults would occasionally appear as silhouettes or disembodied hands, there are no other prominent figures in the series. The first and only time a character outside of the main 12 would be featured was Eddy's Brother in Ed, Edd n Eddy's Big Picture Show, he would also be the first and only adult character to speak.

Animation

For the first four seasons of the series, Ed, Edd n Eddy was animated using traditional cel animation and was one of the last major animated productions to practice this.

Ed, Edd n Eddy uses a moderated version of Squigglevision. The crawling lines are not nearly as active as those in Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist, but are still visible. Much unfavorable press has been about this animation technique. Danny Antonucci calls it a "wobble" effect, and likens it to cartoons of the 1930s where the film tends to be unstable and causes a similar effect.

Hand-painted cels were used until the end of the fourth season. While the show would remain traditionally animated for the fifth season onward, ink and paint would be done digitally rather than on cels.

Ed, Edd n Eddy's Big Picture Show is the first and only time Ed, Edd n Eddy was animated in widescreen format, the rest of the series was animated in full screen.

Overview

Season: Episodes: premiered: end:
1 13 January 4th, 1999 June 11th, 1999
2 13 November 26th, 1999 December 22nd, 2000
3 13 April 6th, 2001 July 12th, 2002
4 13 September 27th, 2002 November 5th, 2004
5 12 November 4th, 2005 April 28th, 2007
6 1 June 29th, 2008
Specials 4 December 3rd, 2004 May 11th, 2007
TV movie November 8th, 2009

Broadcast history

''Ed, Edd n Eddy had 66 episodes (134 segments), 6 seasons, 4 specials, and a TV movie.

Season 1

Season 1 began on January 4, 1999, with "The Ed-touchables/Nagged to Ed" and ended on June 11, 1999, with "Button Yer Ed/Avast Ye Eds".

Season 2

Season 2 began on November 26, 1999, with "Know it all Ed/Dear Ed" and ended on December 22, 2000, with "Fa-La-La-La-Ed/Cry Ed".

Season 3

Season 3 began on April 6, 2001, with "Wish You Were Ed/Momma's Little Ed" and ended on September 27, 2002, with "Is There an Ed in the House?/An Ed Is Born".

Season 4

Season 4 began on July 5, 2002, with the series' first half-hour special, "If It Smells Like an Ed" and ended on November 5, 2004, with "Take This Ed and Shove It". Season 4 was originally supposed to be the final season.

Season 5

Season 5 began on November 4, 2005, with "Out with the Old. in with the Ed" and ended on April 28, 2007, with "A Fistful of Ed". The series, again, was supposed to end here but was renewed for yet another season and a movie.

Season 6

Season 6 began and ended on June 29, 2008, with "May I Have This Ed?/Look Before You Ed". It was originally supposed to be the usual 13-episode season, but the crew decided to put their focus entirely on the film.

Ed, Edd n Eddy's Big Picture Show

Ed, Edd n Eddy's Big Picture Show aired on November 8, 2009, as the series finale.

Specials

Four specials separate from regular seasons aired from December 3, 2004, to May 11, 2007. The specials were: "Ed, Edd n Eddy's Jingle Jingle Jangle" (The Christmas Special), "Ed, Edd n Eddy's Hanky Panky Hullabaloo" (The Valentine's Day Special), "Ed, Edd n Eddy's Boo Haw Haw" (The Halloween Special), and "The Eds are Coming, the Eds are Coming" (part of the Cartoon Network Invaded event).

Reruns

Reruns continued to air sporadically until 2014. The series has returned to the network in December 2021 for Christmas, in September 2022 for CN's 30th Birthday, and again in December 2022 for Christmas.

On August 2023, the series, along with Dexter's Laboratory, Courage the Cowardly Dog and The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy premiered reruns on Adult Swim as part their new "Checkered Past" throwback block.

Cartoon Network (1999-2009, original-run; 2009-2014, reruns)

Cartoon Network HD (2007-2009, original-run; 2009-2014, reruns)

Boomerang (March-June 2014, July 2014-January 2015, June 2018, September 2020, reruns)

Adult Swim (August 2023-present, reruns)

Home media

Episodes compilations

DVD Name Release Date

No. of eps

Additional Information
Edifying

Edventures

May 10, 2005 6 "Sir Ed-A-Lot" "Who, What, Where, Ed" "Avast Ye Eds" 'Know-It-All Ed" "Mirror, Mirror, on the Ed" Hot-Buttered Ed" Bonus features include "Club Ed: The Rules and Regulations" "My best friend Plank" music video,"Planks Perspective" (Description of all kids excluding Nazz), and The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy episode "Nursery Crimes."
Fool's Par-Ed-Ise March 21, 2006 6 "If it Smells Like an Ed" "Take This Ed and Shove It" "One Size Fits Ed" "A Case of Ed" "Here's Mud in Your Ed" "Fool on the Ed" Bonus features include a studio tour,"The Plank Family Players," and a behind the scenes look at Ed, Edd n Eddy: The Mis-Edventures.

Season releases

Only the first two seasons of the series are available on DVD. The rest of the series was released on DVD on October 18, 2022.[4]

DVD Name Release Date No. of eps Additional Information
The Complete First Season October 10, 2006 13 Bonus features include an interview with the creator, how to make an Ed, Edd n Eddy cartoon, how to draw Eddy, and a Cartoon Network commercial bumper featuring Jimmy and Plank.
The Complete Second Season April 24, 2007 13 Bonus features include "Behind the Eds," the music video "The Incredible Shrinking Day," and How to draw Ed.
The Complete Series October 18, 2022 66 Bonus features include how to make an Ed, Edd n Eddy cartoon, an interview with the creator, how to draw Eddy, "Behind the Eds," How to draw Ed, music video "I'm Not Coming In Today," and Cartoon Network promos

Digital releases

The first 5 seasons and Big Picture Show are available for purchase on ITunes[5], however, Season 6 and the holiday specials are not available.

On Google Play[6] and Amazon[7], Season 3 is the only season available. That is, until the other seasons, as well as the Holiday specials and the Big Picture Show were released on Amazon Prime itself on December 30th, 2022.

The first 4 seasons were available to watch on Netflix from March 2013 to March 2015.

On April 2nd, 2020, the series was confirmed to be available to stream on HBO Max, however, the series itself was not available when the streaming service launched on May 27th, 2020 and wasn't available on it until January 1st, 2021. It was released on Max on May 23, 2023.

Video Games

Many video games for the series have been produced, including console, online and mobile games.

Jawbreakers!

Ed, Edd n Eddy: Jawbreakers! was the first console game released for the series. It was released for the Gameboy Advance on March 25, 2003, 4 years after the show premiered. The game mirrors Ed, Edd and Eddy's television quest to make money to buy jawbreakers.

The Mis-Edventures

Ed, Edd n Eddy: The Mis-Edventures was the second console game released for the series. It was released for the PlayStation 2, XBox, Gameboy Advance, GameCube, and PC on October 31, 2005. The game follows the Eds through eight levels, referred to as scams, two of which are unlockable via gameplay and using each Ed's special formations and abilities. In between scams, the Eds are free to roam the Cul-de-sac before heading to the next scam marker. Scams can also be replayed infinitely once they are completed.

Scam of the Century

Ed, Edd n Eddy: Scam of the Century was the third and final console game to be released for the series. It was released for the Nintendo DS on October 23, 2007. The plot revolves around Eddy losing his "Who to Scam and When" book and discovers Kevin has stolen it. It is now up to the Eds to rescue Eddy's book.

Crossover games

The Eds have been featured in miscellaneous Cartoon Network video games, including Cartoon Network: Block Party, where Eddy and Sarah were playable characters, Cartoon Network: Speedway, where The Eds and Jonny were playable characters and The Eds were present in Cartoon Network's FusionFall.

Online games

Multiple Ed, Edd n Eddy games are available on Cartoon Network's website, including:

  • Candy Machine & Candy Machine: Deluxe - You try to connect a path so that the Eds get a Jawbreaker. The deluxe version was a pay to play game, but it is now free.
  • Clash of the Idiots - You play as Double D as you wrestle the Kankers in the Masked Mumbler outfit from Season 1's "Tag Yer Ed".
  • Infect-Ed - Created as a cross promotion with Osmosis Jones, Ed consumed a jawbreaker tainted with a virus. You play as a white blood cell working its way through Ed's digestive system, in order to defeat the virus.
  • Cul-De-Sac SMASH - You play all the neighborhood kids as they get into a demolition derby.
  • Cul-De-Sac SMASH 2: Wheels of Fury - A sequel to Cul-De-Sac: SMASH.
  • Ed Over Heels - You play as Ed, Edd and Eddy as they try to impress Nazz by balancing.
  • Lunchroom Rumble - You play as all the neighborhood kids as they get into a food fight at School.
  • Spin Stadium - The player can choose to play as either Ed, Edd, or Eddy. The player must control the mouse to move their top left and right. To release the top so it may spin forward, the player must click on the mouse.
  • Cartoon Cartoon: Summer Resort - Cartoon Cartoon Summer Resort is an open-world, exploring game, In which you control a character and do various tasks for different characters from Cartoon Network, including the Eds.
  • Toy Twister - Objects such as toys, alien action figures, and junk are falling from the sky. Eddy plans to round them up to gain a lot of quarters. He plans to do this by catching the toys that fall before they hit the ground and break by using a skateboard balanced on a platform that is held up by Ed. He has to balance on the platform, maneuver into position to grab toys, and deposit them into the toy box for resale.
  • What's Your Eds Name? - You enter your name and you get your Ed name (Either Ed, Edd or Eddy).
  • The Ed-Touchables - It is a shooter where you perform objectives to help out the Eds, who are playing in the Junkyard. It is named after the first episode of the series.
  • To The Eds-Treme! - It features the Eds on a half-pipe, doing tricks to impress Nazz.

Ed, Edd n Eddy & Cartoon Network

There have been other produced works in which the Eds would appear than just their regular series airings. An oft used style by Cartoon Network is an integration with other shows through cultural references, including "Ed, Edd n Eddy."

There have been many specials in which Cartoon Network would run all day marathons for either a promotion or just a special airing for one of their shows. A marathon called Best Day Edder aired on April 21 and April 22, 2007. Every episode was shown in chronological order, ending with the previously unaired last episode of Season 5. Despite Cartoon Network's dramatization of this being the last episode of Ed, Edd, and Eddy, it was mentioned that there will indeed be a shortened, two-episode season six.

Bumpers

Cartoon Network has also produced bumpers, some involving the Eds during commercial breaks. For a short while, Cartoon Network made a series of roughly 2-minute shorts called Ed, Edd, y Eduardo in which Eduardo from Foster's appeared in an Ed, Edd n Eddy episode. These shorts began airing on July 11, 2006 on Cartoon Network.

The Incredible Shrinking Day

There was a short music video that was part of Cartoon Network Groovies, which featured popular songs and starred cartoons. The video was of They Might Be Giant's "I'm Not Coming In Anymore" with stylized versions of Ed, Edd, Eddy, and Sarah, entitled "The Incredible Shrinking Day", which aired on Cartoon Network in 2002 and 2003, in which Sarah used a potion to shrink the Eds to a size capable of playing in her dollhouse, with predictable results. Plank starred in a similar video "My Best Friend Plank" which aired in 2002.

Special Events

  • Cartoon Network Invaded: A special episode of Ed, Edd n Eddy aired on May 11, 2007 in the Cartoon Network event, Cartoon Network Invaded, in which aliens invade Rolf's house. This alien invasion is in adjunct with other Cartoon Network series, such as Foster's Home For Imaginary Friends, My Gym Partner's a Monkey, Camp Lazlo, and The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy. The episode is part a mini-series that aired all 5 specials on May 11, 2007.
  • Ed, Edd n Eddy's Big Picture Show: The series finale of Ed, Edd n Eddy.

Other Appearances

  • Ed, Edd, and Eddy all made a cameo in the Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends episode, Eddie Monster where they are seen listening to a cameo version of Dexter about the imaginary friend inside the crate. The Eds are animated in the Foster's style, rather than their native style.
  • Ed, Edd, and Eddy made a cameo in a newspaper in the My Gym Partner's a Monkey episode, That Darn Platypus, which aired as part of the Cartoon Network Invaded TV event, along with the Ed, Edd n Eddy special, The Eds are Coming, The Eds are Coming.
  • Ed made a cameo as cardboard in The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy episode, Billy & Mandy Moon the Moon also as part of Cartoon Network Invaded.
  • The Eds appeared at the beginning of The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy and Codename: Kids Next Door crossover special, The Grim Adventures of the KND, where Eddy got a call from Billy. Eddy appears again as one of the kids popping out of the Delightful Reaper. Later, Ed, Edd, and Plank appeared during the end credits along with Mandy with a mini-crossover titled Ed, Edd n Mandy.
  • Edd was featured in the MAD episode, Once Upon a Toon, as one of the Cartoon Network characters that lost their identities.
  • In the Steven Universe episode, Say Uncle, The Eds' name appeared on a list made by Uncle Grandpa.
  • Eddy, Jimmy, and Plank appeared in the VillainousVillainous episode, The Lost Cases of Elmore.
  • Edd made a cameo appearance in the OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes episode, Crossover Nexus. He appeared as one of the Cartoon Network heroes that were summoned and defeated by Strike, the episode's main antagonist. Later, Edd himself appeared as one of Ben 10's transformations to defeat Strike himself. An Ed, Edd n Eddy poster was also shown. Resemblances of the Eds were featured in the crossover episode, Monster Party.
  • In the Craig of the Creek episode, Kelsey the Elder, the series was mentioned by Barry.
  • Johnny and Plank both appeared briefly in the Adult Swim proof of concept video, Come and Learn with Pibby!
  • The series was acknowledged in Cartoon Network’s 30th Anniversary video in October 2022.
  • Ed, Edd, and Eddy appeared in the Teen Titans Go! crossover special, Warner Bros. 100th Anniversary.

Controversy

In one episode, Ed says his "yeast is rising". This could be interpreted as a puberty comment.

Trivia

  • The letters "AKA", the abbreviation for the name of the company that produces the show (a.k.a. Cartoon), frequently appear in the show on license plates, magazines, T-shirts, etc.
  • Season 4's "Take This Ed and Shove It" was originally the series finale until Cartoon Network decided to renew the series for more seasons.
  • The most coveted treat in the show, especially among the Eds, is the jawbreaker. A majority of episodes have used the Eds' quest for jawbreakers as the plot or a sub-plot device. The jawbreakers in the show are noticeably oversized and thus larger than a kid's head. Kids enjoying jawbreakers will have characteristic bowling ball-sized bulges on one side of their cheeks.
  • The Eds' names were said in the lyrics of the music video of Big Sean (ft. Drake and Kanye West)'s Blessings.
  • It is also the third Cartoon Network original series that was never made by Cartoon Network Studios or it's parent company Hanna-Barbera, the first two being Space Ghost Coast to Coast & Big Bag.
  • This was the last Cartoon Cartoon to finish airing.
  • The show's Cartoon Network Invaded special, The Eds Are Coming, is an episode of the 5th season in Cartoon Network's eyes because it is not Holiday themed unlike Jingle Jingle Jangle, Boo Haw Haw, and Hanky Panky Hullabaloo. It gets to be featured as part of the 5th season on pieces of home media like iTunes and HBO Max.
  • Ed, Edd n Eddy was nominated for 2 Kids' Choice awards in 2005 & 2008 for Favorite Cartoon, but lost to SpongeBob SquarePants in 2005 and Avatar: The Last Airbender in 2008.
  • The first two seasons are the only seasons of the entire show to be released on DVD in the US on their own, while Seasons 3-5 (as well as the only two produced segments of the sixth season listed as episodes of Season 5 itself) were released as part of the complete series DVD set in 2022.
  • While the episode, If it Smells Like an Ed, is from the third season, the A.K.A. Cartoon Logo from the fourth season is featured at the end. This could most likely be due to the episode originally planned as the first episode of the season itself.
    • If It Smells Like an Ed is listed as the first episode of Season 4 on iTunes.
  • The first 4 seasons take place during the summer. Season 5 revolves around school and takes place in the fall. Season 6 is set in the winter. Most episodes begin with something completely unrelated to the storyline of the episode. This is to emphasize the spontaneity of childhood.
  • The show frequently makes meta-references and often breaks the fourth wall. Almost every episode contains references to pop culture, especially movies. All the episode titles, are popular sayings with a word replaced with the name "Ed" (e.g., "Stop, Look, and Ed": Stop, Look, and Listen.) 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, "O-Ed Eleven" = Ocean's Eleven, "Mission Ed-possible = Mission Impossible).
  • 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 modern day technology such as advanced computers or mobile phones. Though they have TVs, the kids normally go outside to play for fun.
  • In the flash online web game, Lunchroom Rumble, during Edd's victory pose, when he throws his hat onto the air, little pieces of hair were shown to be revealed under his hat. However, this is not canon to the series due to the fact that A.K.A. Cartoon Inc was not involved with the game.
  • Ed, Edd n Eddy is the first Cartoon Network Original Series to be produced outside the United States, the second series being The Amazing World of Gumball which was produced in the UK.
  • An additional scene of the episode, Tinker Ed, was storyboarded, but due to time constraints, it had to be cut. In the deleted scene, Rolf immerses an complete load of bologna, he gets a hallucination where Nazz is a mermaid, Jonny is a gingerbread man, and Plank is a fairy
  • The series was originally going to premiere in November of 1998 but end up to premiere in January 4, 1999 due to minor post-production delays.
  • The episode, Take This Ed and Shove It, has two deleted scenes that were cut for unknown reasons, they were only shown at San Diego Comic Con 2007.
    • In the first scene, Eddy thinks that being an old man is a joke that is only seen in old cartoons, and he breaks the 4th wall by telling Danny Antonucci (Ed, Edd n Eddy's creator) to wake him up, but he doesn't respond. He kept telling him to do what, but Antonucci himself was yet to respond. When Eddy takes out his wallet, he ends up finding a jar of Aunt Bonnie's prunes.
    • In the second scene, The Kanker Sisters (who are also elderly like the other Cul-De-Sac kids) show up and revealed that she and the Eds are married and ended up having kids (As for Marie Kanker, she also became obese).

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