History WhatAnIdiot / EdEddNEddy

'''Also''': Earlier Edd realizes he might have a disease in the book and mentions it to Eddy.\\

'''Result''': Kevin eventually gets out of being grounded and goes after Eddy and Ed for their torment with the duo managing to get inside Eddy's house and successfully lock Kevin out seemingly get away with it, however, Edd who is upset that Ed and Eddy tricked helps Kevin by dropping Eddy's spare house key in front of him allowing Kevin to enter the house and proceed to beat Eddy and Ed up as Edd's revenge.\\

'''Instead:''' He concludes that the raccoon was the problem, and despite both of the other Edds given up, he spends the whole day trying to milk a dead cow. He only got costumers twice and didn't earn anything at all (Sarah eventually caught on).\\

'''Instead:''' Eddy glues the phone to Jonny's grotesquely enormous head, allowing Jonny to answer the phone every time it rings.

'''You'd Expect:''' Edd (known for being TheSmartGuy) to become at least a bit suspicious, the moment he hears the words "Ed" and "doctor" in the same sentence.\\
'''Instead:''' He falls for the trick and actually trusts his idiot friend as a doctor. Only when Nazz points out the "Kick me" sign on his back does Edd stop believing he's dying. Sarah then remarks this trope's name: "What an idiot!"

-->'''Eddy:''' Ed, how can you be so stupid?\\
'''Ed:''' [[ComicallyMissingThePoint I watch]] [[TakeThat cartoons, Eddy!]]

Sure, FailureIsTheOnlyOption for the ComicTrio that is ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'', but [[WhatAnIdiot these easily avoided lapses in judgement]] certainly don't help matters.
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'''The Result''': Ed forcefully morphs Eddy into a baseball bat and [[TakeThatScrappy whacks Kevin with it.]]

'''Instead:''' He gives the key to ''[[TheDitz ED]]'' to hide it.\\

'''To Be Fair:''' Ed was actually [[TooKinkyToTorture enjoying]] it, so it wasn't stupidity in his case.

'''You'd Expect:''' That the other kids and Double D and Ed would catch on eventually.\\

'''Instead:''' Double D decides to try it ''himself'', seemingly to see if Ed, the ''dumb'' one of the group, is right about the color of the crayon making it taste like a relevant food. He then bites into a yellow crayon, hoping/expecting it to taste like a banana. Predictably, it doesn't, and Double D, out of thoughtless desperation, chugs some of Eddy's big brother's [[BlazingInfernoHellfireSauce Armenian Secret Hot Sauce]] to get the taste out of his mouth, which Ed, and then a confused Eddy, try as well when he appears unaffected. Turns out, the spiciness just needed a moment to [[FireBreathingDiner hit]], and the Eds have to run to a lawn sprinkler to soothe their burning mouths afterwards. All because Double D somehow thought Ed was onto something...\\

'''Instead:''' Without listening to Edd's advice, Eddy celebrates he's "rich." He then impulsively rushes to the candy store, only for [[RealityEnsues the owner of the store to throw him out, and eventually his Korean money]].

'''Instead:''' He gives it to ''Edd'' to chew. If Eddy himself couldn't chew the gum down, [[DidntThinkThisThrough why did he think]] [[FacePalm the weakest character on the show could pull it off]]? The result was predictable.

'''Instead:''' Eddy decides he now needs to defend Edd despite having butted heads with him throughout the whole episode, this only serves to get Eddy and Ed locked in the cage as well.

'''Result''': [[FailureIsTheOnlyOption The Eds don't get a buck the next time they cook up a scam.]] [[SarcasmMode Great going, Eddy]].

'''Instead:''' Double D [[FlatEarthAtheist stubbornly stays true to his theory]] even after Eddy is [[MakesSenseInContext crushed by a sandbox that fell from the sky, trampled by hippos, struck by lightning on a clear day, and befallen by the walls of his house]].

* Later,the Eds enter an old abandoned house, because Kevin promised Eddy a jawbreaker if they do so. Then Eddy and Ed scream and pretend they are in danger in order to scare the other kids and it works. Ed strangles himself in front of the window and his ellbow is covered. However he latter steps too much and it is revealed he is faking it and because of this the kids leave. After this Eddy wants to get out, but there is a spider on the doorknob and flicks the spider off which results into the doorknob falling.\\

* In "Honor Thy Ed" the Eds enter an old abandoned house, because Kevin promised Eddy a jawbreaker if they do so. Then Eddy and Ed scream and pretend they are in danger in order to scare the other kids and it works. Ed strangles himself in front of the window and his ellbow is covered. However he latter steps too much and it is revealed he is faking it and because of this the kids leave. After this Eddy wants to get out, but there is a spider on the doorknob and flicks the spider off which results into the doorknob falling.\\
'''You'd Expect:''' Eddy or Double D to quickly grab the doorknob.\\
'''Instead:''' They let it fall on the floor and roll until it falls through a hole, letting them trapped.\\
'''You'd Then Expect:''' Eddy or Ed, who are very strong, to use their strength to pull the door out or get the lock out or something.\\
'''Or:''' Double D to use his intelligence and skills to unlock the door.\\
'''''Or:''''' The Eds to search for another door.\\
'''OR:''' Them to get out through a window.\\
'''Instead:''' Eddy has the bright idea to put his finger into the lock and it gets stuck. Then he gets his finger out, but with the lock still stuck on his finger. This results into a series of events that lead to each of them being inside a trashcan.\\
'''You'd ''Then'' Expect:''' Them to simply get out from said trashcans.\\
'''Instead:''' They stay completely still, go through some sort of tunnel of love and end up in a room naked still inside the trashcans, which have clothes painted on them. As it turns out, it was all a trap set by the Kankers who end up marrying the eds (not a legitimate wedding, but still).

'''Instead:''' The three ''forget'' to release their phones, and it can be assumed their stupidity allowed Sarah to torture them for days, weeks, months....

* In [[WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddysBigPictureShow the movie]], after [[spoiler: Eddy apologizes to the kids and earns his happy ending, Jonny arrives and beats up the Eds, not knowing about the above.]]\\

* In "See No Ed", the Eds are missing and the kids suspect it's too good to be true but during the middle of their celebration of finally having the day to themselves without the Eds, they catch sight of Chimp Wurld.\\
'''You'd Expect:''' For the kids to listen to Kevin that Chimp Wurld is a scam built by the Eds as he points out Chimp Wurld has a ticket booth containing Eddy's signature coin jar that says "50 cents" on it.\\
'''Instead:''' The kids [[FailedASpotCheck ignore his warnings]] and joyfully play with the bananas, ropes and slides.... until they all fall into traps and Nazz gets her head stuck inside a tire mid-air after losing her pants, Rolf gets crushed by bananas, Jonny hangs upside down from a rope chain trapping his feet, and Sarah and Jimmy on the verge of falling from a great height.\\
'''Results:''' DirtyCoward Kevin deserts them out of fear while it turns out the Eds are busy [[HoYay stripping each other naked]] [[NakedPeopleAreFunny to look for Ed's lost monkey mask]].

* In the episode "An Ed Is Born," the Eds steal Rolf's chicken (again) to make cardboard cuts of the kids in Eddy's room so Eddy can pretend to give them autographs for a film he makes to send to his brother. Unfortunately, due to [[TheNoseKnows Rolf using his nose]] to track down his chickens, he manages to barge in Eddy's room. Edd warns Eddy that Rolf is in his room, which Eddy misinterprets Edd's comment for the cardboard cutout of Rolf. The real Rolf walks behind Eddy:\\
'''You'd Expect:''' For Edd to use ExactWords and tell Eddy that it was the real Rolf he was warning Eddy about.\\
'''Instead:''' All Edd says is "psst, Eddy! Rolf!" without being specific. Eddy ends up [[Funny/EdEddNEddy giving an autograph to the real Rolf]]. HilarityEnsues as Rolf rages at the Eds for stealing his chickens again.

'''You'd Expect:''' [[spoiler: Jonny to stop and listen to the Eds' apology and side of the story.]]\\

* In the infamous episode "[[Recap/EdEddnEddyS4E1IfItSmellsLikeAnEd If It Smells Like An Ed]]," the Eds try to find out who the person framing them is. The method they have is getting everyone to put their foot on a large footprint (that ended up being Jimmy). This works up to comedic effects, but when they find Jimmy himself, they find him with a hockey stick. Eddy gets angry.\\

* Within another infamous episode known as "[[Recap/EdEddnEddyS4E12YourEdHere Your Ed Here]]", Kevin discovers Eddy's EmbarrassingMiddleName and uses it to {{blackmail}} him.\\

'''Instead:''' He proudly tells the kids that he called all their parents, angering the kids and resulting him being locked inside a man-sized birdcage on a tree. Eddy asks Edd what was he thinking, and even Edd regrets ratting the kids out.
'''You'd Expect:''' Eddy would join the other kids in condemning Edd's actions.

'''You'd Also Expect:''' For Edd to remain anonymous so that the kids don't know he's the one who called their parents.\\
'''Instead:''' He proudly tells the kids that he called all their parents, angering the kids and choosing to lock ''all three'' Eds instead of just Edd inside a man-sized birdcage on a tree. Eddy asks Edd what was he thinking, and even Edd regrets ratting the kids out.
* In "Honor Thy Ed" the Eds enter an old abandoned house, because Kevin promised Eddy a jawbreaker if they do so. Then Eddy and Ed scream and pretend they are in danger in order to scare the other kids and it works. Ed strangles himself in front of the window and his ellbow is covered. However he latter steps to much and it is revealed he is faking it and because of this the kids leave. After this Eddy wants to get out, but there is a spider on the doorknob and flicks the spider off which results into the doorknob falling.\\

'''Result''': [[FailureIsTheOnlyOption The kids all get F's on their homework]] for letting Ed help them out, prompting them to beat up Ed and Eddy.

'''Instead''': Just for misspelling the word "Gravy" ''by one letter'', everyone treats him like an idiot, preferring to have ''''[[TheDitz ED]]'''' help them with their homework.\\

''''Or:'''' The Eds to search for another door.\\
'''''Or:''''' Them to get out through a window.\\