Eddsworld

Eddsworld is an independent British comedic flash animation and artistic media production company that was created by Edward "Edd" Gould in 2004. Eddsworld currently consists of over fifty-four episodes (called eddisodes), over 200 comics, flash games, and various art work distributed on the home website, YouTube, Albino Blacksheep, Newgrounds, DeviantArt, SheezyArt, and the BBC.^[1] The episodes are the focal point of the organization, which star Gould, Ridgewell, Hargreaves, and previously Larsson, and run anywhere from 30 seconds to 18 minutes. Until his death, animations were created solely by Gould and co-written by himself, Ridgewell, Hargreaves, and, until 2008, Larsson. After Gould's death, the show became under direction of Ridgewell. As of 17 March 2016, Ridgewell no longer holds any involvement with the show – the Eddsworld channel and show have been left in the care of Hargreaves and Gould's family.^[2] On 1 January, 2017, the show's website went back online with the return of the Eddsworld comic strip, now being written and illustrated by Matt Hargreaves, who is the current showrunner of Eddsworld as a whole.^[3] Eddsworld is created using Adobe Flash, a computer animation program.

The Eddsworld series has been popular on YouTube especially. Gould joined it on March 16, 2006. At the time of his death, his YouTube channel had the most subscribers in the comedian category for the United Kingdom and was the 4th most viewed comedian of the United Kingdom. Eddsworld was noticed by the organizers of the 2009 United Nations Climate Change Conference who requested the creation of an episode about climate change, which was used in the opening ceremony of the conference.^[4][5]

Edders

• Edd Gould (2003–2012)
• Thomas Ridgewell (2004–2017)
• Matt Hargreaves (2005–2017)
• Tord Larsson (2004–2008)

Characters

• Edd (based on the creator of the series) – Edd is the main character of the series, with a green hoodie. He is obsessed with cola and bacon. He is also sometimes shown to be slightly gullible, although not as much as Matt. As of "The End - Part 2", his house has been destroyed, and he lives in an apartment next to Matt and Tom.
• Tom (based on Thomas Ridgewell) – Tom is the one with a blue hoodie. He has an attitude problem, and he's an alcoholic, deadpan and very uptight. It is shown that he has a deep hatred for Christmas, and due to his mother being a bowling ball, and his father being a pineapple, he has no eyes (although, in an interview, the series' creators explained that he does indeed have eyes, they're just black). As of "The End - Part 2", he lives in an apartment next to Edd and Matt.
• Matt (based on Matt Hargreaves) – Matt is the vain, ginger, gullible one in the group with a purple hoodie, and a green overcoat. He seems to be obsessed with his looks, and it is shown on "Hammer and Fail; Part 1" that he doesn't clean his room. It shows that Tom and Edd dislike him, though only to a certain extent as they remain friends throughout the series. As of "The End - Part 2", he lives in an apartment next to Edd and Tom.
• Tord (based on Tord Larsson) – Tord is the trigger-happy one with a red hoodie. He was part of the group until he left the group in 2008, but in reality, he had quit Eddsworld that same year, due to not being happy with the attention that the Eddsworld fans gave him. After he uploaded a video about why he left Eddsworld, the fans kept harassing him, causing him to delete his YouTube channel, and it was announced on Tomska's vlog that Larsson may no longer use his real name on the Internet. Tord returned in 2016 for the episode: The End, but was voiced by Jamie Spicer-Lewis. In this episode, it is revealed that his friendship with Edd, Matt, and Tom was a lie, he was a wanted man, and he had just returned to get his giant robot, destroy Edd's house, and proceed to take over the world, until he was stopped. His current whereabouts are unknown, but works with his friends, Paul and Pat/Patryk.

Other characters

There are also some three other characters who are not based on anybody but lived next to Edd, Matt and Tom until Tord destroyed Edd's house in "The End - Part 2".

• Eduardo – Eduardo is Edd's neighbour and rival who wears a green button shirt instead of a hoodie. He always tries to become better than Edd.
• Jon – Jon is Eduardo's victim of being called "an idiot". He doesn't have a hoodie, but wears a blue button shirt. Jon is killed indirectly by Tord in the episode "The End - Part 2". He has similar coloured hair to Tom, and extremely large pupils, making his eyes look similar to Tom's.
• Mark – Mark is the one who Eduardo never understands. He wears just a purple turtleneck sweater instead of a hoodie, and no overcoat. Unlike Matt, he has a cleft chin as opposed to a square one, and has blonde hair instead of ginger.
• Paul (based on Paul Ter Voorde) - Shown first in the episode "Moving Targets" where he first appears in the enemy basement. But as known for now, he works for Tord in the red army.
• Patryk - His partner is Paul, and they help to assist Tord in the red army.

Eddsworld Legacy

Eddsworld Legacy was a season of episodes run by Thomas Ridgewell as a tribute to Gould. "Space Face: Part 2" was the beginning of the season (after "Space Face: Part 1" was animated by Gould before his death). Ridgewell stopped running the season when he realized that his dream (which was about himself and Gould making cartoons together for the rest of their lives) became unsuccessful when Gould died, which explains why he no longer takes control of the series, and that he gave it to Gould's family. Near the end of 2016, Matt Hargreaves took control of Eddsworld. As of January 2017, the Eddsworld series is still ongoing, with comics being drawn and another season of Eddsworld episodes in development.

eddsworld.co.uk re-opening

In January 1, 2017, eddsworld.co.uk started up again by only making comics after almost a year of no new toons on their YouTube page.

References

1. ↑ "BBC Comedy Clips: Almeratron". British Broadcasting Corporation. 6 July 2010. Retrieved 20 March 2011. 
2. ↑ thetomska (2016-03-16). "Goodbye, old friend.". Tumblr. Retrieved 2016-03-16. 
3. ↑ "Eddsworld". eddsworld.co.uk. 
4. ↑ Vaughan, Adam (5 November 2009). "Guardian: One Minute To Save The World". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 4 February 2011. 
5. ↑ "A Million Views on Copenhagen" (Press release). TVE. October 2010. Retrieved 20 March 2011.