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11->'''Eddy:''' Ed, how can you be so stupid?\
12'''Ed:''' [[SelfDeprecation I watch cartoons, Eddy!]]
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14Sure, FailureIsTheOnlyOption for the ComicTrio that is ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'', but [[DarthWiki/WhatAnIdiot these easily avoided lapses in judgement]] certainly don't help matters.
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17!! General
18* Throughout the series, it's hinted many a time that [[spoiler: Eddy's brother]] is a BigBrotherBully instead of the CoolBigBro that he often says that he is. For example, one of his inventions is a gigantic stink bomb, he sends Eddy baby toys and apparently he did something to Rolf's chickens. \
19'''You'd Expect:''' That the other kids plus Double D and Ed would catch on eventually.\
20'''Or At Least:''' Be suspicious about it.\
21'''Instead:''' Eddy does everything to hide his brother's true nature, and [[spoiler: we don't learn the truth until the movie.]]
22* For a majority of the show, the Eds devise a scam to get the kids' money.\
23'''You'd Expect:''' The kids would eventually catch on and [[{{Determinator}} not give them jack shit.]]\
24'''Instead:''' With the exception of [[HeroAntagonist Kevin]] ([[IdiotBall and even then]]), [[StatusQuoIsGod they keep]] [[StrictlyFormula falling for it.]] [[OnceAnEpisode Every single time]].
25** Similarly, there occasionally comes times for when the Eds will need something that no one else seems to have/will be able to get/give them. Unfortunately, one of them will get the idea to go to the Kanker Sisters.\
26'''You'd Expect:''' The Eds would be wise enough to avoid the [[StalkerWithACrush girls]] that borderline sexually harass them every chance they get.\
27'''Instead:''' They go right for the Kankers and end up with the same old ending of getting CoveredInKisses or otherwise.
28!!Season 1
29* In “Virt Ed Go,” The Eds plan on building a clubhouse because they want to make money off of the kids visiting it, but they first need to find out where to build it.\
30'''You'd Expect:''' For the Eds to build the clubhouse in one of their backyards.\
31'''Instead:''' The Eds go through pointless obstacles while picking a spot to build the clubhouse. Edd does eventually find a spot, which is a tree located at an alley.
32** The Eds are now building their clubhouse so they can charge the kids a fee for visiting. They finally finish building it while going through AmusingInjuries.\
33'''You’d Expect:''' For the Eds to keep the clubhouse secure by locking it, so that nobody can claim it or enter it whenever they please.\
34'''Instead:''' They leave the clubhouse unlocked. This bites them in the butt later when the Kankers steal their clubhouse because it was neither: 1. built in the backyard of anybody, nor 2. saddled with any locks with keys, which are both things that could have prevented it from getting hijacked.
35* In "Laugh Ed Laugh", Ed and Double D trap Eddy (who [[SanitySlippage has gone insane since there isn't any kids for him to scam]]) inside a shed to cure his sanity, locking it tight in the process.\
36'''You'd Expect:''' Double D to hide the key himself, given his meticulous nature.\
37'''Instead:''' He [[DependingUponTheUndependable gives the key to]] ''[[TheDitz ED]]'' to hide it.\
38'''As a Result:''' Ed stupidly devours the key, trapping the Eds inside and forcing Eddy (who just had his sanity cured) to use Ed as a shovel to dig their way out.
39* In "Who, What, Where, Ed", Eddy and Edd are trying to make omelets for breakfast and he simply needs someone to get eggs from the fridge.\
40'''You'd Expect:''' For Eddy to just get the eggs himself, or send Edd.\
41'''Instead:''' He sends Ed to get the eggs. [[EpicFail Ed stupidly gets his tongue stuck frozen to a popsicle in the freezer and as he tries delivering the eggs, he trips and breaks all the eggs]]. This forces them to find a new source of eggs.\
42'''You'd Then expect:''' For one of them to, you know, ''[[MundaneSolution go to a grocery store.]]''\
43'''Or:''' Them to ask Rolf for a cardboard of eggs or just for a few eggs for the omelette.\
44'''Instead:''' Eddy gets the idea to ask Rolf for one of his chicken since, of course, chickens lay eggs. When they meet him, Rolf tells them the Eds that he will only trade his egg if they give him sawdust. The Eds try sawing a log to fulfill Rolf's request, until Johnny comes along and demands them to stop.\
45'''You'd ''Then'' Expect:''' For the Eds to simply ignore Johnny or tell him to buzz off, since he has nothing to do with their situation. And also, there's nothing he ''can'' do about their situation, he's outnumbered three to one.\
46'''Instead:''' They give him attention, and Johnny tells them that Kevin has lots of sawdust in his shed (which is true). They go to his shed and try to persuade Kevin into giving them his sawdust. He says that he'll do it if they paint his shed first (of course, he doesn't have any paint). Eddy tells the freeloader to just ''"Paint [his] own lousy shed."''\
47'''You'd THEN Expect:''' For Eddy and the gang to leave Kevin's yard and go back to what they were doing before.\
48'''Instead:''' The Eds reluctantly agree, starting a long chain of kids asking for increasingly ridiculous items to trade for.\
49'''The Final Result:''' After spending what would probably be ''hours'' trading with the kids, Rolf finally gives the Eds an egg, only for Ed to break it by accident. [[AllForNothing They put in all that work and got nothing to show for it.]]
50* In "Avast Ye Eds," when the Eds are in their tire float, the Kankers launch a bobby pin on it and the pin gets stuck. Eddy walks over to the spot and Edd tells him not to pull it.\
51'''You'd Expect:''' For Eddy to listen to Edd and not to try to pull the bobby pin off.\
52'''Instead:''' He foolishly pulls the bobby pin off, causing the float to deflate and the gang to land in the water and the Kanker Sisters to kidnap them on their boat.\
53'''Results:''' Jonny and Jimmy are forced to walk the "Plank", and the Eds end up getting sexually assaulted by the Kankers for the first of many times in the series. [[{{SarcasmMode}} Happy ending, indeed.]]
54!!Season 2
55* In "Know it All Ed", The Eds and Kankers are in a "squirt-gun duel" and the Eds aren't landing any successful shots at them.\
56'''You'd Expect:''' The Eds to realize they're wasting ammo and pull themselves together.\
57'''Instead:''' They fire wildly and use up all their ammo, but the Kankers remain unscathed. The trio then incapacitates them by using a special sticky substance and thus, the Eds endure yet another sexual attack from the Kankers.
58* "Knock, Knock, Who's Ed?" explains why the show's characters, or at least Eddy, always forgo any obvious solutions to whatever problems they have, including the solutions listed on this page. Sarah kicks the Eds out of Ed and her home when Ed wants to watch an 8-hour monster movie marathon.\
59'''You'd Expect:''' For the Eds to simply go watch the movie at Edd's or Eddy's house.\
60'''Instead:''' Eddy protests ''[[BreakingTheFourthWall "What? And ruin the plot?"]]'' when Edd suggests the obvious solution and instead he makes them pull off a pathetic attempt to trick Kevin into letting them watch the movie on his TV by making it look like [[BlatantLies Ed was in a plane accident]].
61* In "Floss Your Ed", Ed's loose tooth has finally fallen out, and Eddy is eager for the Tooth Fairy to trade it in for some money. However, Edd reminds him that it won't happen right away; the Tooth Fairy visits at night when the recipient is sleeping.\
62'''You'd Expect''': It should be a no-brainer; wait until tomorrow morning and reap the rewards.\
63'''Instead''': Either Eddy's impatient, or [[DickDastardlyStopsToCheat doesn't seem to realize that not every obstacle in his way needs to be met with underhanded]] {{schem|er}}ing. He concocts a plan to place his bed on the roof, have Ed sleep in it, and have Edd signal for the Tooth Fairy. Well, that's never gonna work...\
64'''The Result''': The bed tips over (because Eddy stomped it in frustration), and the tooth gets lost in the gutter. Ed tries to get it by ''sucking down the gutter gunk'', and predictably swallows the tooth as well.
65* In "Rambling Ed", Ed has had it with bossy, aggressive Sarah and moves into Rolf's place. Rolf at first warmly welcomes Ed with open arms and allows him to live in his shed from then on, but then the Eds get really bothersome making it impossible for him to do farmhand chores.\
66'''You'd Expect''': For Rolf to kick them out and if necessary, call the local police for assistance in doing so.\
67'''Or:''' Rolf to kick out only Edd and Eddy; after all, he only accepted ''Ed'' living with him, plus Ed's antics would be more tolerable compared to the three of them combined.\
68'''Instead''': He just throws them all back into his own shed and [[ThisIsMySide orders them to stay there]]. Of course, the Eds don't listen so [[UngratefulBastard they eat up all his food]], [[TheThingThatWouldNotLeave seize his bedroom and do a lot of damage to his house]].
69* In the beginning of ''Honor Thy Ed'', the Eds are running a fake taco stand, with paper-plates as the shells, grass and weeds as vegetables, and grated up orange crayons as cheese. Double D, who has just pointed out the foolishness of this, sees [[TheDitz Ed]] eat their "cheese" without hesitation, and when Double D asks incredulously "does that really taste like cheese!?" Ed's response is, [[CloudCuckooLander "It's orange like cheese..."]]. Double D then, only semi-seriously, decides to test it by offering a blue crayon, saying that its color must make it "a blueberry pie". Ed eats it, of course.\
70'''You'd Expect:''' Double D, knowing what a goofball, and ExtremeOmnivore, Ed is, would just write it off as just Ed being his usual self, and not bother with it any further...\
71'''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 if you can make yourself think it does. 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...
72** 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.\
73'''You'd Expect:''' Eddy or Double D to quickly grab the doorknob.\
74'''Instead:''' They let it fall on the floor and roll until it falls through a hole, letting them trapped.\
75'''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.\
76'''Or:''' Double D to use his intelligence and skills to unlock the door.\
77'''''Or:''''' The Eds to search for another door.\
78'''OR:''' Them to get out through a window.\
79'''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.\
80'''You'd ''Then'' Expect:''' Them to simply get out from said trashcans.\
81'''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).
82* During the climax of "Mirror, Mirror on the Ed", Eddy ([[ItMakesSenseInContext who is currently dressed up as and forced to act like Edd]]) has to hide in Edd's house because of pissed off Kevin wanting to beat him up after Eddy teased him. Suddenly, the alarm in Edd's room activates for no apparent reason.\
83'''You'd Expect:''' Edd, being TheSmartGuy, constructing the alarm in a way that locks the burglar in or recognizes one of his friends.\
84'''Instead:''' The alarm opens the door, allowing the potential burglar to escape, and Kevin to beat up Eddy.
85** Eddy isn't entirely blameless in this scene either. When Eddy is being chased by Kevin while pretending to be Edd, he attempts to find a house to hide in.\
86'''You'd Expect:''' For Eddy to hide ''in his own house,'' because although he was pretending to be Edd, his parents would still recognize him under his clothing.Then Eddy can secure his room to avoid a beating.\
87'''Or:''' For Eddy to still hide in Edd's house, but not in Edd's room where Kevin will be able to easily spot him.\
88'''Instead:''' He hides in Edd's house, in Edd's room. Turns out Edd invented an alarm, which got Eddy beaten up by Kevin.
89* In "Stop, Look and Ed", Eddy and Ed start a trend of breaking the rules after Eddy has had enough of precisely strict rules such as "Keep Off the Grass" thinking adults have took it too far. Edd attempts to stop them.\
90'''You'd Expect:''' For Eddy and Ed to lock up Edd big time inside a cage, closet, etc. so that he can't get out.\
91'''Instead:''' They just keep Edd out of the way by tying his hat to a ceiling lamp so that he'll only be emotionally chained. After Eddy and Ed leave Edd unsupervised, Edd gets the chance to "break free" by putting on a pantyhose on his head and call everyone's parents.\
92'''You'd Expect:''' For Edd to remain anonymous so that the kids don't know he's the one who called their parents.\
93'''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.\
94'''You'd Expect:''' Eddy would join the other kids in condemning Edd's actions.\
95'''Or:''' He would stay out of it.\
96'''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.\
97'''On top of all that, you'd expect:''' The kids, knowing a guy like [[ManipulativeBastard Eddy]], wouldn't listen to jack shit he says about breaking the rules.\
98'''Instead:''' They are easily convinced into breaking the rules by taking Eddy's word for it. [[NeverMyFault And somehow, they gain the temerity to get pissed off at the Eds because their parents were phoned by Edd for their own decisions to listen to Eddy to break the rules themselves]].
99!!Season 3
100* In the infamous episode "[[Recap/EdEddNEddyS3E23IfItSmellsLikeAnEd 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.\
101'''You'd Expect:''' One of the Eds to grab the hockey stick (which had black tape wrapped around it) and unwrap it, finding out that he was the culprit sooner.\
102'''Instead:''' They ignore the hockey stick and just put Jimmy's foot in there, thus fueling some more anger in Jimmy.
103** Jimmy also captures Jonny and makes it look like the Eds did it (by turning him into a "Giant Jonny Chew" scam wrapped around with candy).\
104'''You'd Expect:''' The Eds to untie Jonny, as this suspicious activity makes it look like the Eds made a scam to get the kids even more upset. That way, the Eds could ask Jonny about the whole scam.\
105'''Instead:''' Eddy spends some time joking about the scam and Ed eats the candy around Jonny. Eddy also tries to measure the footprint against Jonny's foot. By the time the kids come, they are already upset from earlier, and they chase the Eds.
106* In "Once Bitten, Twice Ed": Eddy comes up with a "follow the talking mailbox to a shoot the raccoon game"-scam. At first it seems to work, but then Johnny shoots it down for [[BlackComedyAnimalCruelty animal abuse]] and Eddy is forced to give a refund.\
107'''You'd Expect:''' Eddy to give up and find a better scam, or at least reboot the scam without inviting Jonny, who was the reason why the scam failed the first time. Alternatively, Eddy could shift the blame to Kevin who suggested Rolf should use a hammer over an expired marshmallow as ammo.\
108'''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 custumers twice and didn't earn anything at all (Sarah eventually caught on).\
109'''Dishonorable mention:''' Eventually it gets late, Sarah has just thrown the walkie-talkie at Eddy's face once Eddy hammered the final nail in the coffin of the scam. Everyone else in the cul-de-sac is either A: In bed because now it's the dead of night, B: Sick and tired of the scam or C: Both. An exhausted Edd tells Eddy that You can scam some people sometimes but you can't scam everyone all the time. We then cut to Ed who desperately needs a bathroom.\
110'''You'd expect:''' Eddy to throw in the towel and send Ed home.\
111'''Instead:''' Eddy makes yet another expy this time [[ComicallyMissingThePoint with a bathroom theme]]! Well, at least Ed feels relieved.
112* In "Once Upon an Ed", the Eds literally get stuck inside Johnny's wall, presumably to avoid the Kankers, and need a way to get out.\
113'''You'd Expect:''' The Eds, particularly Ed and Eddy, frequently showing [[SuperStrength abnormal physical strength]], to break through the walls no problems.\
114'''Alternatively:''' The Eds would alert Johnny of their predicament. The cul-de-sac kids might not like the Eds that much, but the Kankers are TheDreaded. Eddy could easily come up with an excuse that they'd try to steal Plank as a backscratcher again to get Johnny to cooperate. \
115'''Instead:''' They waste time by making up stories and eventually get attacked by the Kankers (who aren't really 200 feet tall) again.
116* In "Brother, Can You Spare an Ed?" Sarah entrusts Ed with her money to buy her and Jimmy some fudge at the candy store. Eddy, the [[{{Greed}} greedy]] jerk he is, wants Ed to buy jawbreakers, but Edd insists that it is Sarah's money, so it should be spent to her specifications.\
117'''You'd Expect:''' One of them should realize the threat Sarah poses if her for once reasonable request is not met.\
118'''Instead:''' Edd and Eddy argue over the proper usage of the money, representing integrity vs. {{Greed}}, respectively, until impressionable Ed enters the store and gives into temptation.\
119'''As a Result:''' [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone After realizing what he did]], Ed justifiably freaks out, as does Double D. Well, we would not have a show if they did not get into these jams.\
120'''You'd Then Expect:''' Eddy to realize that he just created a huge mess for himself and his friends and panic as well.\
121'''Instead:''' He tells Ed not to say anything and Sarah will forget all about it. Does Eddy really expect ''Sarah'', who has [[HairTriggerTemper anger issues out the roof,]] to just forget about this? Even if Ed doesn't tell her, she will persist until she finds out.\
122'''The Result:''' Sarah comes asking about the fudge when she can't find it. Ed gives in and admits he spent the money on jawbreakers. In order to spare Ed from Sarah's wrath, Double D asks if there's anything they can do to compensate her. As a result, the Eds are forced to spend the day doing whatever Sarah tells them to do. [[LaserGuidedKarma It culminates with Eddy being used for a popular scam where the kids jump on a broken seesaw and launch him into a tree branch.]] ''[[ColdBloodedTorture Repeatedly.]]'' [[AndIMustScream And at one penny a pop.]] [[WasItReallyWorthIt Were those jawbreakers really worth it, Eddy?]]
123** Sarah also has an idiotic moment here.\
124'''You'd Expect:''' For Sarah to either go to the candy store herself, or give her money to someone more trustworthy, like Edd, since he’s more responsible and intelligent.\
125'''Instead:''' She gives her money to [[TheDitz Ed, whose IQ is in the negative integers,]] leading to the above trouble with Eddy.
126* In "Ed or Tails", Ed got 2 Slovak jawbreakers by mail, and there's 3 of them, so there's no way they can each have one. Double D decides to divide the jawbreakers so that each of them (Ed, Edd and Eddy) get two thirds of a jawbreaker.\
127'''You'd Expect:''' For Edd to use a proper cutting tool to do so, such as Ed's carpenter saw seen back in "Momma's Little Ed" or the two-man saw from "Who, What, Where Ed".\
128'''Instead:''' He uses a ''refrigerator'' to try to cut up one of the jawbreakers on top of a seesaw. The fridge propels the jawbreaker right into Jonny's mouth, leaving the Eds with only one left. Eddy angrily grabs the last remaining jawbreaker and attempts to swallow it whole, making Double D complain "[[NeverMyFault Are you insinuating it was my fault we lost the other jawbreaker?]]". Actually yes it is, because Double D's the idiot who suggested they use a refrigerator to divide the jawbreaker instead of a saw.\
129'''The Result''': [[ItsAllAboutMe The Eds get in a fight over]] [[ArtifactOfAttraction the last jawbreaker]] before Edd kicks it into a river. [[DownerEnding They never retrieve it]], and Ed sucks on a ''[[{{Squick}} snail]]'' which he mistook for the jawbreaker.
130* "Dim Lit Ed", an episode that actually uses this trope as its basis, has a pretty good one: Double D decides to hold a scavenger hunt in attempt to sharpen the deteriorating minds of the Cul-De-Sac kids, offering a reward to the winner[[note]] which is revealed to be a diploma near the ending of the episode[[/note]]. The kids start wondering as to what the prize could be and start making guesses, with Rolf in particular guessing that it must be a jawbreaker. \
131'''You'd Expect:''' The kids would wait for Double D to say what the prize is. \
132'''Instead:''' They automatically assume that the prize ''is'' a jawbreaker even though '''Rolf''' was the one who said it, and run off before Double D has a chance to complete a sentence and tell them otherwise. They then act surprised when Double D reveals that it wasn't the prize, with Rolf and Sarah calling him a "swindler" and a "rip-off artist" respectively for "promising" the jawbreaker. (The latter even still does so ''immediately after'' Double D reminds them that he never once used the word "jawbreaker").
133* "For Your Eds Only", Edd makes a super-gum formula and Ed manages to easily chew and make a bubble with it, something Eddy couldn't. Ed then crashes into Sarah's room because of Kevin and Eddy steals her diary. Sarah then corners the Eds and prepares to beat the three of them into a pulp. Eddy then remembers they have the super-gum formula and takes it out of Edd's pocket. \
134'''You'd Expect:''' Eddy to give the gum for Ed, the strongest member of the gang, to chew.\
135'''Instead:''' He gives it to ''Edd'' to chew. If Eddy himself couldn't chew the gum down, [[DidntThinkThisThrough why did he think the weakest character on the show could pull it off]]? The result was predictable.
136* In "3 Squares and an Ed", Eddy ropes Edd into helping him bust a grounded Ed out of his room. So Double D sets up a replica of Ed with a pineapple head while they sneak him out.\
137'''You'd Expect:''' Him to leave the replica untouched.\
138'''Instead:''' He places a book in front of the replica to make it look like "Ed" is reading, presumably in an attempt to sell it.\
139'''The Result:''' When Sarah and Jimmy, who were guarding his room to make sure he didn't try to escape, bring him dinner, Sarah smells something fishy and uncovers the deceit in little time. Predictably, the Eds' escape attempt fails and the boys get grounded after Sarah initiates the parental ring, something Edd tried to warn Eddy about earlier. The trio is only able to communicate with each other through tin-can phones, but Sarah violently yanks their mock-phone lines with an umbrella causing each of them to collide into the wall and brutally injuring them.\
140'''You'd Expect:''' The Eds to let go of their phones so that they stop getting hurt.\
141'''Instead:''' The three ''forget'' to release their phones, and it can be assumed their stupidity allowed Sarah to torture them for days, weeks, months...
142* In "The Luck of the Ed," where Eddy's mom made Eddy throw out all of his cool stuff, Eddy decided to hide his magazines.\
143'''You'd Expect:''' For Eddy to hide the magazines in a hidden spot himself or to get Edd to hide them.\
144'''Instead:''' Eddy relies on [[TheDitz Ed]] to hide his magazines in a safe places. This ends up with Ed forgetting where he put them.
145* "It Came from Outer Ed" sees Ed trying his hand at a scam, and one of the steps involve Edd placing a rock on an "X". However, Ed has painted a "Q".\
146'''You'd Expect''': Edd would easily realize that Ed has mistaken a Q for an X, and place the rock there anyway.\
147'''Instead''': Edd is completely stumped by this, and repeatedly laments on his inability to find an X. Ed obliviously keeps sending him to place the rock on the "X".
148* In "Don't Rain on My Ed", the Eds, while racing to the soon-to-be-closed candy store for some free jawbreakers, find their path is blocked by the Kanker sisters. They manage to evade them at first, but May pounces on Double D, snagging him by his hat--and ''nothing else''.\
149'''You'd Expect''': For Double D to let go of his hat and run like hell.\
150'''You'd Also Expect:''' For Edd to always take a spare hat with him just in case of an emergency, since he's so obsessed with the secrecy of what's under it. This also would have saved him from being kissed by the Kankers.\
151'''Instead''': He clings desperately to it, even as the sisters surround him, wailing for help when he really doesn't need it.\
152'''Result''': He gets kissed, and Ed, who hears his screams, must weather a lipstick storm of his own in order to rescue him. He even has the gall to [[NeverMyFault blame Eddy]] (albeit understandably, due to Eddy's selfishness) for his predicament when it was really his own [[PrinciplesZealot Principals Zealotry]] that's to blame.
153!!Season 4
154* Within another infamous episode known as "[[Recap/EdEddnEddyS4E8YourEdHere Your Ed Here]]", Kevin discovers Eddy's EmbarrassingMiddleName and uses it to {{blackmail}} him.\
155'''You'd Expect:''' Eddy to tell Double D and Ed or his parents about the situation, especially since Double D being [[TeamMom Dou]][[NiceGuy ble]] [[AllLovingHero D]] and Ed being [[GentleGiant Ed]], they would understand.\
156'''Or even better:''' Know better to not let Kevin blackmail him (because trusting an enemy of yours to keep a secret won't be smart) and learn to accept his middle name and not care if anyone makes fun of him for it.\
157'''Instead:''' He keeps it a secret to himself and lets them know at the last minute after Kevin humiliates him.\
158'''Thus:''' [[KarmaHoudini Kevin doesn't get punished for what he's done]].
159* In "Stuck In Ed", Eddy does a scam involving getting the cul-de-sac kids to submit their ideas of a scam to the Eds, Jimmy gives them an idea, Jimmy's scam involves 10 extension cords, 10 refrigerators, 100 fence-posts, various fruits and many gallons of water, it turns out that Jimmy's idea for a scam involves Ice Pops. \
160'''You'd think''': That even for as childish a scam as it is, Eddy would see potential and use Jimmy's scam in the future. \
161'''Instead''': Being [[{{Jerkass}} Eddy]], he [[UngratefulBastard angrily rejects the scam]]. \
162'''Result''': [[FailureIsTheOnlyOption The Eds don't get a buck the next time they cook up a scam,]] and Jimmy shows up near the end to smugly show off the amount of money he made. [[SarcasmMode Great going, Eddy]].
163* In "Little Ed Blue", Ed has gotten cranky and Eddy and Edd (well, mostly Edd) try to help him. They then spot Kevin [[BullyingADragon pitching baseballs at Ed's head]].\
164'''You'd Expect:''' Kevin to leave Ed alone knowing that he could crush him.\
165'''Instead:''' He (along with Eddy no less) keeps on annoying Ed.\
166'''The Result''': Ed forcefully morphs Eddy into a baseball bat and [[LaserGuidedKarma whacks Kevin with it.]]
167* In "Here's Mud in Your Ed", Rolf and Jimmy fool Eddy into believing simple objects are money tree seeds. So he gives up all his possessions in trade. And he falls for it ''twice''.\
168'''You'd Expect:''' Eddy to realize he's been played the second time around. Then again, he shouldn't have fallen for it the first time since there's no such thing as a money tree.\
169'''Instead:''' After angrily consulting Rolf for conning him, he falls for it a second time. Ed himself replies "''[[LampshadeHanging Even I am not that dumb, Double D]]''".
170* The episode "A Twist of Ed" has Ed and Edd to use reverse psychology to end the Kankers into harassing them once and for all. Edd thinks it would be a good idea for Eddy to join in so the Kankers can finally leave the trio alone.\
171'''You'd Expect''': For Ed and Edd to continue their plan and ignore Eddy since the Kankers were already creeped out by the Eds' advances anyway.\
172'''Instead''': Edd insists that Eddy joins in on harassing the Kankers. When the latter attempts to joins in, he spent the whole time cowering, believing it wouldn't work. By the time Eddy decided to join in, Lee figured it out, and the result was a complete disaster.
173* In "Sorry, Wrong Ed", Eddy takes a cursed telephone from Rolf, and is consequently hit by a wave of bad luck, which Double D calls "coincidence".\
174'''You'd Expect:''' Double D to catch on once the trend of mishaps reach a point where they can no longer be considered "coincidences".\
175'''Instead:''' Double D [[FlatEarthAtheist stubbornly stays true to his theory]] even after Eddy is [[HumiliationConga 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]].
176** Eddy also has his "What an Idiot!" moment here.\
177'''You'd Expect:''' For Eddy to have gotten rid of the telephone by burying, hiding or destroying it. He could have also told Ed to '''eat''' the phone, and Ed would have complied with glee.\
178'''Instead:''' Eddy tries giving the phone back to Rolf- who warned Eddy about the dangers of the cursed phone after ''burying it in the first place''- and when that obviously didn't work, he glues the phone to Jonny's grotesquely enormous head, allowing Jonny to answer the phone every time it rings.
179* In "A Case of Ed", Ed and Eddy trick Edd into thinking he has a fatal disease. The prank involves a diagnosis from "Doctor Ed", who is just Ed, dressed as a doctor, acting like himself and saying random things.\
180'''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.\
181'''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!"
182** Earlier Edd realizes he might have a disease from the book he read and mentions it to Eddy.\
183'''You'd Expect''': Eddy to have some concern for it or just ignore it in favor of tormenting a grounded Kevin.\
184'''Instead''': Eddy alongside Ed decides to use this opportunity to also prank Edd into thinking he is dying for their own amusement.\
185'''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 getting away with it, however, Edd who was upset that Ed and Eddy tricked him helps Kevin by dropping Eddy's spare house key in front of him allowing Kevin to enter into the house and beat Eddy and Ed up as Edd's revenge.
186* In "Run for Your Ed", Ed has the Kankers' Ship-in-a-Bottle stuck to his finger. Edd recommends soap, but Ed is terrified of it and strongly objects to this solution.\
187'''You'd Expect''': Edd and Eddy to remember that Ed loves buttered toast and use butter instead of soap to slip Ed's finger off the bottle.\
188'''Instead''': Eddy being too impatient with Ed's finger dilemma presses on Edd to just use soap right away, making Ed panic and Ed puts up a physical fight to get out of having his finger soaped in which he wins and gets rid of the soap. The Eds try other tactics to free Ed's finger which all fail until the Kankers show up and although Lee does get the bottle off of Ed's finger, they shift the same dilemma onto Eddy by having made him flow out of a sink and now Eddy's finger is stuck to Edd's kitchen sink.
189* In "Stiff Upper Ed", the Eds (particularly Eddy) grow annoyed at not being able to use Ed's backyard because Sarah and Jimmy are pretending to be part of a snooty, high-priced country club for rich people only.\
190'''You'd Expect''': For them to use either Double D or Eddy's backyards to play in or just do something else.\
191'''Instead''': With Eddy's egging on, they keep trying to show them up by being "richer than them" with Eddy even calling himself Mr. [=McRich=]. As a result, Sarah and Jimmy ignore them completely (knowing full well that this will piss [[GreenEyedMonster a guy like]] [[AttentionWhore Eddy]] off) and knowing how desperate they/he are/is to join their club, they allow them in.\
192'''You'd Now Expect''': For the trio to not bother: they've been humiliating them all episode long and should know from both today's experience and past run-ins with them, that they can't be trusted.\
193'''Instead''': They join in, which has them being ''servants'' at the club and are subsequently treated like shit by them and the rest of the neighborhood kids, who ''are'' accepted as true members.
194* 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.\
195'''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.\
196'''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.\
197'''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]].
198* In the episode "The Good Old Ed," the Eds are making the biggest pancake in a flashback.\
199'''You'd Expect:''' For them to put a fence around the butter or make a sign so that nobody would step on it.\
200'''Instead:''' They don't think of doing that, leading to the kids believing that it's a skating rink and getting batter poured on them.\
201'''Result''': Eddy gets beat up for this act.
202* 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:\
203'''You'd Expect:''' For Edd to use ExactWords and tell Eddy that it was the real Rolf he was warning Eddy about.\
204'''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 writing on his face and stealing his chickens again.
205!!Season 5
206* In "Mission Ed-Possible" Eddy and Ed try to stop Double D from delivering their report cards to their parents due to their bad grades. After some failed attempts, Ed wants to give up, because Double D is too smart for them. However, Eddy claims they still have a chance to stop him, because while Edd is indeed smart, he is physically weak. Eddy then gives an EvilLaugh before making Ed dig a huge Hole in which he plans to trap Double D.\
207'''You'd Expect''': Eddy will either [[PitTrap cover the hole, so that it would blend in with the ground]] or he would ask Ed to dig a very wide hole that Double D couldn't avoid or at least take him a lot of time to walk across.\
208'''Instead''': After Ed digs a huge hole, both him and Eddy stay inside of it, with Ed still digging it with a rake and a hockey stick. When Edd arrives, Eddy pridefully gloats how they got him.\
209'''Predictably''': Double D simply runs across the hole, leaving the other 2 Eds by themselves. Eddy then has the [[NeverMyFault galls to blame Ed for not digging deep enough]]. Granted, they were doomed anyway, [[TwistEnding as Double D was never the one responsible to deliver the report cards]]. Rolf was actually tasked to do so, while Double D pretended, so that the other Eds would not come in Rolf's way, but still.
210* The episode "Too Smart for His Own Ed" just clarifies how dumb the characters are, following Edd's mistake in a spelling bee.\
211'''You'd Expect''': The kids would have treated Edd the same way despite getting one word wrong, especially since he correctly spelled harder words.\
212'''Alternatively''': Even if they taunt him, they should still be aware that Double D is not stupid and Ed is still an idiot. If they want they can make fun of the fact that Double D, who is able to say complicated words, misspelled one that even Ed can spell correctly.\
213'''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.\
214'''Result''': [[LaserGuidedKarma The kids all get F's on their homework]] for letting Ed help them out, prompting them to beat up Ed and Eddy.
215* In "Truth or Ed", Eddy gives himself a false identity (Bobby Blabby) to create lies about the kids. Eddy attempts, but fails, to sneak out with their loot, then Ed calls him "Bibby boo-boo".\
216'''You'd Expect:''' Eddy to keep his mouth shut when Ed mispronounced his false name.\
217'''Instead:''' Eddy blurts out “IT’S BOBBY BLABBY, GET IT RIGHT!!” to Ed, [[OhCrap thus blowing his own cover]].\
218'''The Result:''' Knowing who Bobby Blabby really was, the kids punish Eddy by having him knit the world's largest doily.
219* In the episode "All Eds Are Off", the Eds, Rolf, Kevin, and Jonny take part in a bet, with the cash prize of $1.25 given to the person who can give up on an annoying habit of theirs the longest. Eddy (of course) attempts to cheat by getting the others out by tempting them. He starts off with Kevin, who has to give up on calling the Eds "dorks"\
220'''You'd Expect:''' For Kevin to see what Eddy is trying to do, and find another word to call him besides "dork." He has before; ("twerp", "loser", "dweeb").\
221'''Or:''' Him to ignore Eddy or threaten that he will beat the latter up or something.\
222'''Instead:''' Kevin gives into Eddy's taunting and starts shouting the word "dork" repeatedly.\
223'''Thus:''' Kevin loses the bet.
224** Eddy's next target to tempt is Edd. Edd has to stop using big words and can only form sentences with only one-syllable words. Eddy tempts Edd by tearing out pages from a dictionary.\
225'''You'd Expect:''' For Edd to make up a sentence with words that have only 1 syllable to get the book from Eddy, or matter fact, just snatch the book from Eddy without saying a word.\
226'''Instead:''' He gives into temptation and starts using big words, thus losing the bet.
227** For Jonny's part, he shouldn't take orders from Plank. Jonny sees Eddy pretending to "hear" Plank and Jonny is tempted to take Plank back.\
228'''You'd Expect:''' For Jonny to realize what Eddy is trying to do, take Plank from Eddy, and give Plank to another character (preferably Nazz, since she's not in the bet).\
229'''Instead:''' Jonny headbutts Eddy, takes Plank back, and claims that nobody is allowed to take orders from Plank except for him.\
230'''As A Result:''' Jonny forfeits the bet.
231** For his part, Rolf explicitly gives up his consumption of ''mammal'' flesh.\
232'''You'd Expect:''' For Rolf to sustain himself on poultry (including chicken) and/or seafood until the bet ends. He was even munching on a turkey leg when he made the bet, for God's sake!\
233'''Instead:''' This potential LoopholeAbuse of ExactWords never occurs to him, and he starves himself until Eddy tempts him into going on a feeding frenzy at the cafeteria's meat section.
234** At the very end, when Ed jumps into a gravy-like liquid and appears to lose the bet, Eddy is happy and wants to rejoice.\
235'''You'd Expect:''' For Eddy to check the pot's contents to assure it's gravy to make sure Ed really lost the bet.\
236'''Or:''' For Eddy to be patient and try to go the rest of the day without shouting [[note]]However, given Eddy's impatience, this is unlikely to happen[[/note]].\
237'''Instead:''' Eddy starts to celebrate that he won the bet, and starts [[NoIndoorVoice shouting really loud]].\
238'''However:''' When it's discovered that the "gravy" that Ed jumped into was in fact butterscotch pudding, Eddy gets upset and then [[OhCrap realizes that he lost the bet]].
239* In the episode "Smile For The Ed," Eddy wants to take a good picture of himself to show to his mother. However, Kevin ruins Eddy's picture by calling him a dork while he poses for it, and the picture ends up looking horrible. In band class, he shows it to Double D and then the teacher arrives. \
240'''You'd Expect:''' For Eddy to put his school picture in his pocket and continue on with band. \
241'''Instead:''' He gives it to Ed to swallow it. Then, Ed is signaled to play his trumpet. \
242'''You'd Expect:''' For Ed to swallow the picture whole. \
243'''Or:''' To take the picture out of his mouth. \
244'''Instead:''' He plays his trumpet and the picture goes through the trumpet and lands on the other kids. \
245'''As A Result:''' Copies of the picture are made and Eddy is humiliated.
246** Double D and Ed see Eddy being harassed by the kids wearing masks of Eddy's bad picture.\
247'''You'd Expect:''' Double D, known for being the teacher's pet and doing various jobs for the principal, to report the incident to the principal. \
248'''Instead:''' Double D impersonates the principal by stating that if anyone does not give copies of Eddy's picture back to him, they would serve detention for the rest of the semester. \
249'''Result:''' Eddy ends up getting blamed for something Edd has done (even though he was only trying to help him).
250** When the Eds were attempting to retake the picture in the photography room, the door is left open.\
251'''You'd Expect:''' For one of them to realize the door is open and close it.\
252'''Instead:''' Nobody notices the door is open, and they just started trying to take Eddy’s picture.\
253'''The Result:''' Kevin came in the room and disrupts the attempt, [[KarmaHoudini getting away with it scot-free]].
254* In "Out with the Old, in with the Ed", on the last day of summer, Double D tells everyone school will start tomorrow. Since Double D is the only one who thought ahead about school, he has bought back-to-school supplies. Everyone else realizes they forgot to buy back-to-school supplies, and thus steal them from Double D. However, Double D soon realizes that Ed has a back-to-school sale coupon from his parents, and begs him if he could help him buy new school supplies with it, which Ed is happy to do. \
255'''You'd Expect:''' Double D to go into the store with Ed and supervise him to make sure he buys him every back-to-school supply he needs. \
256'''Instead:''' Double D, confident that Ed will buy him every back-to-school supply he needs, waits outside the store until Ed is finished shopping. Instead of buying Double D the back-to-school supplies, Ed has bought him a bag of pancake mix, a urinal, a stepladder, and one pencil (the last of which he has already chewed holes in).
257* In "No Speak Da Ed," Eddy receives Korean money from his pen pal. He mistakes it for American money and without inspecting the money, he rushes to the candy store:\
258'''You'd Expect:''' For Eddy to listen to Edd's warnings of the foreign money being worthless.\
259'''Or:''' For Eddy to at least inspect the money and then attempt to convert the money to American money. The money may not be worth much, but Eddy probably will get enough money for jawbreakers.\
260'''Instead:''' Without listening to Edd's advice, Eddy celebrates he's "rich." He then impulsively rushes to the candy store, only for [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome the owner of the store to throw him out, and eventually his Korean money]].
261* In "Cleanliness is next to Edness," Edd is desperately trying to find a shower. He eventually comes across Nazz, who is all too willing to allow Edd to use her shower. Unfortunately, Nazz' lingerie makes Edd feel uncomfortable in his attempt to use her shower.\
262'''You'd Expect:''' For Edd to use a toilet tissue or a hand towel to remove Nazz' lingerie and place them somewhere out of sight so he can use her shower.\
263'''Alternatively:''' He would politely ask Nazz to take her lingerie from the bathtub until he finishes his shower. It's Nazz' fault for letting her lingerie in the bathtub in the first place and she is a NiceGirl, so she will most likely accept the request.\
264'''Instead:''' He doesn't, and ends up continuing his attempts of finding another shower.
265!!Season 6, Specials, & Movie
266* In ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddysBigPictureShow'', Double D is handed what appears to be a can of jelly beans. [[spoiler:Double D is standing in an abandoned factory originally used for pranking toys, with two guys known for pulling pranks; in fact, Double D had ''just been pranked'' by the other two Eds into believing they had been killed by a supernatural figure]]. Also, the Eds are [[spoiler:on the run from the kids]], and can't afford to attract any attention to their position. Finally, we're talking about a guy who actively lampshades his being SurroundedByIdiots on a regular basis.\
267'''You'd Expect:''' Double D would suspect that [[spoiler: Ed's follow-up offer, quite possibly thought up by Eddy, for a can of jelly beans was a trick]]. After all, [[spoiler: "fool me once, shame on you, but fool me twice, shame on me"]].\
268'''Instead:''' He just [[spoiler: accepts the offer, not suspecting anything at all during the whole minute he tries opening the can]]. The Result? [[spoiler: The can causes an explosion of many rubber snakes being spewed all around the factory's area. Kevin, who was in the area with Nazz, realized where the Eds were hiding, although this didn't help them all that much in catching the Eds, since they move on anyway. Of course, Double D himself was propelled by the explosion, and ended up stuck to a rock high up on a waterfall]].
269** Near the end, after [[spoiler: Eddy apologizes to the kids and earns his happy ending, Jonny arrives and beats up the Eds, not knowing about the above.]]\
270'''You'd Expect:''' [[spoiler: Jonny to stop and listen to the Eds' apology and their side of the story.]]\
271'''Instead:''' He [[spoiler: [[RevengeBeforeReason attacks the Eds]], which leads to the other kids to promptly beating him up as a result. Jonny should've noticed that the Eds and the kids reconciled, which would have led to the kids explaining the situation to Jonny.]]
272* In the non-canon music video "The Incredible Shrinking Day", Sarah shrinks the Eds down with a drink she made from a chemistry set which the Eds mistook for lemonade. After first getting put inside a dollhouse by her, the Eds manage to escape and flag a toy car to drive away from her but suddenly the car runs out of battery. Ed and Edd jump out and steer the car.\
273'''You'd Expect:''' Eddy to jump out and help them steer or better yet just abandon the car and get the hell away from Sarah.\
274'''Instead:''' He insists on staying in the car and continues to "drive" it until Ed and Edd push the car right into a wall and allowing Sarah to re-capture Eddy.
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