Line #35 WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy


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2	[[caption-width-right:350:''[[TagLine It's an Ed thing.]]''[[note]]From left to right: [[{{TheSmartGuy}} Edd]], [[{{KindheartedSimpleton}} Ed]] and [[{{ManipulativeBastard}} Eddy]].[[/note]]]]
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4	->'''[[TheLeader Eddy]]:''' ''People used to try to be cool, but now it's hot! We're hot!''\
5	'''[[{{OnlySaneMan}} Edd]]:''' ''Do you feel hot?''\
6	'''[[TheDitz Ed]]:''' ''Nah, I'm half-baked.''
7	-->-- The Eds, in [[Recap/EdEddNEddyS1E3PopGoesTheEd "Pop Goes The Ed"]]
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9	[[ComicTrio Three friends]], [[IdenticallyNamedGroup one name]], and barely a clue amongst them: that's the premise behind Creator/CartoonNetwork's ''Ed, Edd n Eddy'', a show about the misadventures of some not-so-ordinary kids in an ordinary suburban cul-de-sac.
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11	Ed (Creator/MattHill) is a lovable lug who possesses superhuman strength, [[DumbMuscle subhuman intellect]], and an odd obsession with chickens; he also enjoys drinking gravy and the odd spot of buttered toast, with a strict diet of b-movies and comic books sandwiched in-between. Edd (Creator/SamuelVincent), disambiguated from Ed as "Double D", is an incredibly neurotic and nerdy NeatFreak who collects insects, labels ''everything'' in his room, and communicates with his ever-busy parents via sticky notes. Rounding out the trio is Eddy (Creator/TonySampson), a smug, hot-headed and conniving con artist who manipulates his enemies (and friends, in many cases) to do his bidding without remorse.
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13	Despite their differing personalities and interests, they all share one thing in common: [[SweetTooth A love of Jawbreakers]].
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15	In most episodes, the titular trio, known collectively as 'the Eds', run scams to trick the other kids of the cul-de-sac into giving up their hard-earned allowances in the name of purchasing the comically-oversized jawbreakers, the holy grail of candies. As a result of their schemes, [[AllTheOtherReindeer the Eds frequently run afoul of the other kids in the neighborhood]] -- [[FailureIsTheOnlyOption and things rarely go well for the three]]. The Eds also have to deal with a trio of teenaged bullies, [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast the Kanker Sisters]], who want nothing more than to make the Eds their husbands and either use them as objects for affection or to boss around and do their chores (a fate to which the Eds sternly object).
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17	The show was created by Danny Antonucci, a Canadian animator specialising in DerangedAnimation who, after a career producing [[WesternAnimation/LupoTheButcher adult]] [[WesternAnimation/TheBrothersGrunt orientated]] fare, decided to pitch a kid's show whilst ([[WordOfGod allegedly]]) on a dare from a colleague. It was produced through Antonucci's studio a.k.a. Cartoons in Vancouver, making it Cartoon Network's first InternationalCoProduction, as well as their first show (and one of [[WesternAnimation/MikeLuAndOg only]] [[WesternAnimation/CourageTheCowardlyDog a]] [[WesternAnimation/SheepInTheBigCity handful]] [[WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor of]] Creator/CartoonCartoons) not to be produced in-house at Creator/HannaBarbera. Antonucci [[AuteurLicense oversaw the direction of every episode himself]].
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19	[[MinimalistCast No characters outside the core twelve appear]] (thirteen if you count [[CompanionCube Plank]]),[[note]]One of the hooks for TheMovie was that we finally got to see Eddy's brother.[[/note]] though they are frequently mentioned. This was especially silly once the Eds and their friends were shown going to school in the final season; even though the scenes should logically be swarming with teachers and other students, we never see anyone apart from the characters (unless in exceptional conditions, where they are still FacelessMasses).
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21	Much of the humor is character/situation-driven and based on the absurdity of the situations that the Eds find themselves in. With a healthy mix of slapstick, wordplay, and surrealism, ''Ed Edd n Eddy'' became the channel's longest-running series in terms of years on-air as a singular series, a record the show held for over fifteen years until it was surpassed by ''WesternAnimation/{{Ninjago}}''[[note]]technically ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'' by its US production count, but that still leaves ''Ninjago'' as the longest for shows that premiered initially on Cartoon Network in the US[[/note]], although it still remains the longest running Cartoon Network original series.[[note]]In terms of ''continuous'' franchises, only ''Franchise/Ben10'' and ''Franchise/ThePowerpuffGirls'' beat the record. Several other CN series have also beaten it in episode and season count, but some of them aren't counted as CN series due to being acquired from outside studios such as Warner Bros. or [=LucasFilm=], or imported from foreign countries such as Canada or Japan.[[/note]] Considering it was the last of the Creator/CartoonCartoons to end as the series ended on November 8, 2009, [[EndOfAnAge the era of those shows ended with it]].
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23	Of note, it is one of the last shows of UsefulNotes/TheRenaissanceAgeOfAnimation and ''the'' last animated show in the West to eventually make the transition from cel animation to digital ink-and-paint,[[note]]The very last show to make the switch was the Japanese animated sitcom ''Manga/SazaeSan'' in 2015.[[/note]] the series ran from January 4, 1999 to November 8, 2009 for a total of 65 half-hours and four specials before getting an epic sendoff with the GrandFinale TVMovie ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddysBigPictureShow''.
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25	The show also spawned two video games (''VideoGame/EdEddNEddyTheMisEdventures'' and ''Ed, Edd n Eddy: Scam of the Century''), the trio were [[NonPlayerCharacter NPCs]] in the Cartoon Network MMORPG ''VideoGame/FusionFall'', and the Eds would later appear in the IDW CrisisCrossover comic book event ''ComicBook/CartoonNetworkSuperSecretCrisisWar''.
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27	Since 2021, the series is available for streaming on [[Creator/{{Max}} Max]].
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31	!! "THIS MERE MORTAL PAGE HAS NO HOPE TO CONTAIN OUR ENORMOUS TROPES, DOUBLE D!"\
32	"...er, I believe what Ed's trying to say is that ''Ed Edd n Eddy'' contains a rather astonishing amount of indexable narrative devices."\
33	"So many of 'em that we had to make a bunch of sub-pages! All yours to view for only 25 cents."[[note]]"Please ignore him, you can read these for free." "Put a sock in it, sockhead!" "My socks are wet."[[/note]]
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35	[[index]]
36	* EdEddNEddy/TropesAToG
37	** [[BreakingTheFourthWall/EdEddNEddy Breaking the Fourth Wall]]
38	* EdEddNEddy/TropesHToP
39	** [[JerkassHasAPoint/EdEddNEddy Jerkass Has a Point]]
40	* EdEddNEddy/TropesQToZ
41	[[/index]]
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43	'''Edd''': [[spoiler: [[WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddysBigPictureShow And it only took 130 episodes, 4 specials, and a movie, Eddy]].]]

Context WesternAnimation / EdEddNEddy