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| Ed, Edd 'n' Eddy | |
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 Left to Right: Ed, Eddy, and Edd (Double D) |
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| Genre | Cartoon |
| Creator(s) | Danny Antonucci |
| Starring | Matt Hill Samuel Vincent Tony Sampson |
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of episodes | 61 (not including 3 specials) as of August 28, 2006 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 22 minutes approx. |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | Cartoon Network |
| Original run | January 4, 1999 – present |
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| IMDb profile | |
| TV.com summary | |
Ed, Edd 'n' Eddy is an American animated television series created by Danny Antonucci and produced by Canadian based a.k.a. Cartoon for the Cartoon Network. The premise is that three pre-adolescent boys named Ed, Edd, and Eddy (collectively known as "the Eds") hang around in their suburban neighborhood of Peach Creek Estates, where "the cul-de-sac" is located. 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 Cartoon Cartoon, was first aired in 1999 and has since attracted millions of fans worldwide. Originally, there were to be only four seasons; Cartoon Network, however, has ordered two more seasons of Ed, Edd 'n' Eddy, bringing the series length to six seasons. There are also three holiday specials: Halloween, Christmas, and Valentine's Day episodes. It is now reigning as the longest running original cartoon on Cartoon Network.
Ed, Edd 'n' Eddy is 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, since no animation studio paints cels anymore. It was the last major cartoon to use painted cels.
Ed, Edd 'n' Eddy uses a moderate version of Squigglevision. The crawling lines are not nearly as active as they were in Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist, but many people dislike the technique. Much of the unfavorable press that Ed, Edd 'n' Eddy has received has been because of this animation technique. Conversely, Danny Antonucci calls it a "wobble" effect, and likens it to cartoons of the 1930s where the film tended to be unstable and give the same effect. [1]
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[edit] Setting
The number of characters in Ed, Edd 'n' Eddy is fixed. No adults or other characters other than the existing cast ever appear in the show, except by inference. In school, the Eds and the rest of the characters are the only children ever seen. The entire adult world is a set of unseen 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. However, eferences are frequently made to parents and Rolf's grandparents.
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 iPods, Game Boys, PDAs, or cell phones. Rolf's TV has 4 channels and Ed's TV has a rabbit ear antenna.
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 plot or sub-plot devices. The jawbreakers of the show are noticeably oversized, in fact, larger than 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.
Most of the episodes begin with something completely unrelated to the storyline of the episode. This is to emphasize the randomness of childhood. [2]
[edit] Characters
[edit] Ed
Ed is the workhorse of the group. 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. He loves buttered toast, gravy, and animals, especially chickens. Ed is one of those people who seems on the surface to be mentally challenged, but his mind simply functions in an alternate reality.
[edit] Edd
A young inventor, neat freak, 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". This hat apparently hides a dark and awful secret which only Ed and Eddy know about. To differentiate his homophonetic name from that of Ed, everyone calls him Double-D. His parents put a heavy workload upon their only child, communicating tasks solely through a multitude of sticky notes. He is considered a nerd by everyone, hates sports and is normally a straight-A student in all of his classes. He is not very strong physically and has a difficult time dealing with it. He is an excellent pedal steel guitar player, although he insists that he loathes the instrument.
[edit] Eddy
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. He dislikes school and goes to any length to scam the other kids for money, even at the expense of his friends' credibility. Because he is short, he has something of an inferiority complex.
It is usually Eddy's swaggering over-confidence that causes the failure of a scam. He loves his retro styled room, with a lava lamp, a large round king-sized bed, a disco ball and a record player, next to which can be seen a Tom Jones record. Eddy is mostly seen commanding the other two Eds into doing all the work, while he just slacks off.
[edit] Sarah
Ed's spoiled brat little 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. 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.
[edit] Jimmy
Meek, childish and somewhat effeminate, Jimmy is an aspiring artist, He is notable for the oversized retainer he wears. Jimmy likes spending most of his time with Sarah and is deeply attached to her. He can be more manipulative, conniving, and more successful than Eddy at making money when given motivation. Jimmy is quite accident-prone, and there are few episodes where he isn't seen with bandages. Jimmy is also a member of Rolf's Urban Rangers.
[edit] Rolf
Rolf, of a curious European culture with odd customs, is the son of a shepherd in which he takes great pride. Rolf works his parents' small farm within the cul-de-sac and leads a scouting group called the Urban Rangers. His faithful farm animals are a pig named Wilfred, a goat named Victor and several other animals. He mostly hands out with Kevin playing various sports. Rolf hardly minds the Eds, unless they make a fool out of him, after which he is not afraid to use brute force on them. He refers to himself in the third person most of the time.
[edit] Jonny 2x4
Jonny is the oddball of the series. Jonny frequently gets on the other kids' nerves and has bizarre hobbies and interests. Like Jimmy, he too 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 rarely seen without his best friend, whom is a plank of wood with drawn-on eyes and a mouth, appropriately named Plank. Plank is inanimate, yet he is often able to have an effect on the kids through strange and elaborate coincidences.
[edit] Nazz
The trendy, attractive girl of the cul-de-sac who mostly hangs out primarily with Kevin and does not mind the Eds unless they annoy her. 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 the main rivals for Nazz's attention.
[edit] Kevin
The jock on the block, he hates the Eds, especially Eddy. Kevin has a garage full of jawbreakers, as his father works at a jawbreaker factory, and loves customizing his bike, skateboards and snowboards. When not riding his trusty bike, he hangs out with Rolf in the lane. He is a gym assistant at Peach Creek Junior High and enjoys playing football. According to the EEnE website, he watches 60 Minutes.
[edit] Kanker Sisters
If there's one thing the kids can agree on, it is that they all hate the Kanker sisters. May (blonde), Marie (blue hair), and Lee (red hair) are half-sisters that live in a nearby trailer park and are portrayed as being stereotypical "white trash". 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.
[edit] Unseen character
[edit] Eddy's brother
According to Eddy, his brother was "the coolest kid in the cul-de-sac" before he went away. He is a very popular figure in the cul-de-sac and everyone except Sarah either admires him or is afraid of him. Kevin is scared of Eddy's brother, Rolf thinks Eddy's brother wants to steal his chickens, Jonny looks up to Eddy's brother, Nazz has a crush on him and Jimmy wants to meet him because he has big muscles. He is never shown on screen except through vague impressions such as silhouettes. Eddy makes passing references to him when one of his ideas are inspired by him.
[edit] Voice Talent
- Matt Hill - Ed
- Samuel Vincent - Edd
- Tony Sampson - Eddy
- Keenan Christenson - Jimmy
- David Paul Grove - Jonny (credited as "Buck" before season 4)
- Kathleen Barr - Kevin/Marie Kanker
- Tabitha St. Germain - Nazz (Season 1)
- Jenn Forgie - May Kanker/Nazz (Season 3)
- Erin Fitzgerald - May Kanker (Season 1-present)/Nazz (Season 2-present)
- Peter Kelamis - Rolf
- Janyse Jaud - Sarah/Lee Kanker
[edit] Episode list
- All air dates are U.S. air dates and are put as day/month/year.
[edit] Season 1: 1999
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)
- For episode synopses, see Episodes from Ed, Edd n Eddy, Season 1.
[edit] Season 2: 1999
14. "Know-It-All Ed" / "Dear Ed" (13 September 1999)
15. "Knock Knock, Who's Ed" / "One Plus One Equals Ed" (20 September 1999)
16. "Eeny Meeny Miney Ed" / "Ready Set Ed" (27 September 1999)
17. "Hands Across Ed" / "Floss Your Ed" (4 October 1999)
18. "In Like Ed" / "Who Let the Ed in?" (11 October 1999)
19. "Rambling Ed" / "Home Cooked Eds" (18 October 1999)
20. "To Sir With Ed" / "Key to My Ed" (25 October 1999)
21. "Honor Thy Ed" / "Scrambled Ed" (1 November 1999)
22. "Urban Ed" / "Stop, Look, Ed" (8 November 1999)
23. "Rent-a-Ed" / "Shoo Ed" (15 November 1999)
24. "Ed in a Halfshell" / "Mirror Mirror on the Ed" (29 November 1999)
25. "Hot Buttered Ed" / "High Heeled Ed" (6 December 1999)
26. "Fa, La, La, La, Ed" / "Cry Ed" (20 December 1999)
- For episode synopses, see Episodes from Ed, Edd n Eddy, Season 2.
[edit] Season 3: 2001-2002
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)
- For episode synopses, see: Episodes from Ed, Edd n Eddy, Season 3.
[edit] Season 4: 2003-2004
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)
- For episode synopses, see Episodes from Ed, Edd n Eddy, Season 4.
[edit] Season 5: 2005-2006
53. "Mission Ed-Possible" & "Every Which Way But Ed" (4 November 2005)
54. "Boom Boom Out Goes the Ed" & "Cleanliness is Next to Edness" (11 November 2005)
55. "Out With the Old, In With the Ed" (18 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?" (28 June 2006)
59. "This Won't Hurt an Ed" & "Truth or Ed" (3 July 2006)
60. "Tinker Ed" & "The Good, the Bad, and the Ed" (14 August 2006)
61. "Tween a Rock & an Ed Place" & "Tight End Ed" (28 August 2006)
62. "Smile For the Ed" & "All Eds Are Off" (Fall 2006)[citation needed]
63. "A Fistful of Ed" & "Run Ed, Run!" (Fall 2006)[citation needed]
64. "A Town Called Ed" & "Luck Be an Ed Tonight" (Winter 2006)[citation needed]
- For episode synopses, see Episodes from Ed, Edd n Eddy, Season 5.
[edit] Season 6: 2007-2008
Season 6 will air next year, along with a roughly 90 minute TV movie, which has been confirmed by Toon Zone and the San Diego ComicCon. [3]
[edit] DVD Releases
- Season 1 will be released in a 2 Disc set on October 10, 2006. [4]
- A DVD named Edifying Ed-Ventures, containing six episodes and several bonus features, was released on May 10, 2005. A second DVD was released on March 21, 2006, entitled Fools' Par-Ed-Ise.
[edit] Videogames
- There have been two video games based on Ed, Edd 'n' Eddy; The Mis-Edventures, released in 2005, and Jawbreakers!, released in 2001.
[edit] 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. The words have been seen on license plates, magazines, T-shirts, and such.
- In Season 5, for the first time, the show begins to allow time to move forward. The first 4 seasons took place during the summer entirely. Season 5 centers around school and is set in the fall. Season 6 will be set in the winter.
- All the episode titles, except for the holiday specials, 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's Eleven" - Ocean's Eleven).
- The Eds' plans are often ruined by deus ex machina.
- The show often makes meta-references and breaks the fourth wall. Almost every episode contains references to pop culture, especially movies.
- Peach Creek Estates, which is where the cul-de-sac is, shares the name of several real-life neighborhoods. The show's creators insist that the Peach Creek of the show can never be found on a map, and is more an idealistic location than a specific one.
- During speculation about the fifth season of the series, the TV Tome website (now TV.com) listed a set of episodes that would supposedly be a part of the season. That information turned out to be false. While this problem was finally cleared up, it created a great deal of confusion at the time.
- The kids have multi-colored tongues, because, as Danny Antonucci stated, kids are almost always eating something that turns their tongues different colors. [5]
- The Eds have appeared in two other Cartoon Network Studio cartoons, which were Dexter's Laboratory and Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends.
- There have been jokes made towards Canadians in the show, even though the creator is Canadian.
[edit] Awards & Nominations
| Award | Category | Nominee | Result |
| Annie Awards 2001 | Outstanding Individual Achievement for Storyboarding in an Animated Television Production | James Wootton for "Wish You Were Ed" | Nominated |
| 2005 Kids' Choice Awards | Favorite Cartoon | Ed, Edd 'n' Eddy | Nominated |
| 2001 Leo Awards | Best Musical Score of an Animation Program or Series | Patric Caird for "Ed In A Halfshell" | Nominated |
| 2004 Leo Awards | Animation Program or Series: Best Musical Score: | Patric Caird for: "Postcards from the Ed" | Nominated |
| 2005 Leo Awards | Animation Program or Series: Best Musical Score | Patric Caird | Won |
| 2006 Leo Awards | Best Musical Score in an Animation Program | Patric Caird for: "Boo Haw Haw" | Nominated |
[edit] External links
- Official site at Cartoon Network (USA)
