"For I am LOTHAR, slayer of the undead, and justice for all!"
"Ed, Edd n Eddy's Boo Haw Haw" is the third special of Ed, Edd n Eddy, first aired in 2005.
The Eds try to find the town of "Spook-E-Ville" using an old map from Eddy's Older Brother, but Ed has watched so many horror movies for so many periods of time that on the way, he has hallucinations of the kids being horrific monsters.
Tropes
- Acid Reflux Nightmare: Spending excessive hours watching horror movies caused Ed to lose what grip on reality he had.
- All for Nothing: The main plot of the episode involves the Eds following a map Eddy received from his brother to a town called Spook-E-Ville, where they will get tons of candy at every house. They follow all the clues, with Ed beating up all the kids along the way due to his out-of-control imagination, and eventually arrive at Spook-E-Ville. Eddy and Double D quickly find out though that Spook-E-Ville is not real and they just went in a huge circle that led them back to the Cul-de-Sac. Not only did they waste a good portion of their Halloween night with this pointless quest, Ed angered all the kids into attacking Edd and Eddy and the Eds don't get to do any trick or treating at all.
- Animation Bump: Some of the show's most detailed scenes of animation are in here, such as Ed's flashes of the nightmare version of the Cul-de-Sac.
- Attack of the 50-Foot Whatever: While hallucinating, Ed sees Plank as “Franken-Plank”, a gigantic wooden board which resembles Frankenstein’s monster.
- Ax-Crazy: Ed arguably goes from a harmless Cloudcuckoolander to this in this special.
- Big Ball of Violence: This happens at the end when all the angry kids Ed attacked beat up Eddy and Double-D.
- Big Brother Bully: The episode is another emphasis on how Eddy's brother is a jerk to Eddy - the map he gave him only lead the Eds back to the Cul-de-Sac and there was no Spook-E-Ville. As Double-D put it, he tricked rather than treated Eddy.Eddy: Is my brother a jerk or what?!
- Bittersweet Ending: More bitter than sweet. Eddy and Edd realize that the former's brother had duped him with a fake map to a town that doesn't even exist, and the two Eds get beaten up by the neighborhood kids—but they don't pound Ed, who's the only one with a happy ending. Although, just like Eddy and Edd, Ed misses out on trick-or-treating and doesn’t get any candy.
- Buried Alive: The "Vampiress" (Sarah), after Ed confuses the hell outta her with a "stake" (steak) "driven" to her heart, taking the opportunity to grab her and throw her into a grave. When the hallucination ends, she really is buried alive as Edd rushes over with a watering can to literally grow her out of the ground, causing Sarah to sprout like a plant with fresh tomatoes growing from her ears.
- Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass: Ed, well known as the dumbest character in the show, easily beats up every kid he comes across due to being motivated by fear and seeing them each as a real monster.
- Diabolus ex Machina: There's no explanation as to how Ed suddenly had a hallucination of Edd and Eddy rolling happily around the raining flowers other than to have the special end with Edd and Eddy getting their asses handed to them by the other kids considering that Ed's hallucinations were due to his overdose of watching too many monster movies, and he has never watched any movie that involved raining flowers.
- Downer Ending: None of the Eds get any candy, and the episode ends with Edd and Eddy getting beat up for Ed's actions. Nothing goes right for the trio, except for Ed.
- Egging: This is what Kevin does to the Eds. While fighting the Headless Horseman in his imagination, Ed returns fire at Kevin.
- Eye Scream: Self-inflicted on Ed, who pinches his eyeballs closed with clothespins when fighting the Gorgon (Nazz).
- Face–Heel Turn: The first time Ed encounters the giant spider, it doesn’t attack him and Ed describes it as kind-hearted. However, when Jonny comes after the Eds for beating up Plank, Ed envisions the giant spider as part of the monster army attacking them.
- Failed a Spot Check: After arriving in what he thinks is "Spook-E-Ville", Eddy doesn't recognize it as the Cul-de-Sac at first. He even knocks on the door of his own house before Double-D makes him realize it.
- Five-Second Foreshadowing: It was hinted a moment before the Eds arrived in what they thought was Spook-E-Ville that something was a miss as they passed a shovel that somebody (possibly Eddy's Brother) had left in the middle of nowhere.
- Foreshadowing: Edd looks at the horror movies in Ed's room, three of which are each about Medusa, the Headless Horseman, and witches. Ed's hallucinations of these characters are of Nazz (Medusa), Kevin (Headless Horseman), and the Kankers (witches).
- Fun with Homophones: While battling the "vampiress", Ed claims "A stake will defeat you!", while pulling a steak out of his pants before slapping it against her and burying her. Afterwards, Eddy asks Ed if he has any more steaks.
- G-Rated Drug: The whole special is basically a metaphor for a psychedelic trip, only much creepier. This is all due to Ed's habit of watching too many monster movies, which cause him to hallucinate and see all the cul-de-sac kids as various macabre figures.
- Gorgeous Gorgon: Played with regarding Nazz—her costume is of a really cute version of Medusa (Double D gives her props for going for a classical mythology monster rather than a pop culture one), but Ed's hallucination of her as an actual gorgon leads him to envision her as a thoroughly horrifying and grotesque monstrosity.
- The Grotesque: Ed claims the giant spider (Jonny) is friendly, despite his hideous appearance.
- Halloween Costume Characterization: Ed dresses up as a viking called Lothar (reflecting his obsession with fantasy comics), Eddy is a zombie Elvis (his desire to be cool), and Edd is a bacterium (since he's a science nerd), which his friends don't find all that exciting.Eddy: What the heck are you supposed to be?
Edd: Guess, Eddy. I am less than five micrometers tall, yet, I pack a truly terrifying punch. [his friends stare in confusion] Don't get too close to me, or I may infect you! [they still don't respond] In the Dark Ages, I caused millions of deaths. [still nothing] The Bubonic Plague! I'm the Bubonic Plague!
Ed: Like on your teeth?
Edd: NO! Not plaque, plague! Plague! - Halloween Episode: A full-length episode set on Halloween.
- Horny Viking: Ed as Lothar.
- Idiot Houdini: Easily one of the most shining examples of this trope in the entire show. At the end, Ed gets away unpunished for all the troubles he's caused to his friends and the kids.
- Impact Silhouette: After Ed attacks Jimmy with a stop sign, he still has it in his hand, and you can see Jimmy's silhouette.Eddy: Hey, a dented stop sign! That's the first clue to Spook-E-Ville! We're on the right track!
Double D: The sign that Ed dented? - I Just Want to Have Friends: Ed claims the Giant Spider isn’t evil and only wants to have friends.
- I Want My Mommy!: When Ed accidentally hits Rolf in the eye with his spatula, Rolf cries out to his mama, saying he needs a bandage. Ed, who saw Rolf as a one-eyed troll, grabs his friends and says they must hurry before "the troll's" mother comes.
- Jerkass Has a Point: Sarah confronting the Eds and demanding they return Jimmy's candy. Even her resorting to violence is excusable since Ed beat the Hell out of Jimmy without any provocation.
- Karma Houdini: Eddy’s brother gets no punishment for getting Eddy’s hopes up for nothing and wasting his Halloween with a wild goose chase.
- Know When to Fold 'Em: The "Headless Horseman" is the only monster Ed tries to run away from, insisting that it is too strong to fight. Though he does stay behind long enough to Catch and Return one of his "pumpkin heads" at him and tells him to deliver a message to the "witches".
- Laser-Guided Karma:
- When Double-D suggests that they cancel their trick-or-treating and take Ed home due to Ed’s hallucinations making him violent, Eddy selfishly refuses Double-D’s advice due to wanting candy, which leads to Ed beating up more kids. As a result, all the kids that Ed beat up form an angry mob and beat Eddy (and Edd) up.
- Kevin shows up and throws eggs at Eddy and Double-D. He then tries to egg Ed, too, but Ed catches one of his eggs and throws it back at him, knocking him off his bike, before wrecking Kevin’s bike as well.
- Misplaced Retribution: Even by this show's rules. The vengeful kids beat up Double-D and Eddy for something that was COMPLETELY Ed's doing. Meanwhile, they don't even lay a finger on Ed. See Idiot Houdini above.
- Monster Mash: Ed sees the kids as monsters from different genres:
- Kanker Sisters: A trio of witches
- Jimmy: An alien
- Sarah: A vampiress
- Nazz: A gorgon
- Kevin: A Headless Horseman
- Jonny: A spider monster
- Rolf: A one-eyed troll
- Plank: Franken-Plank
- Never My Fault:
- In the beginning, Eddy complains it was unfair that he got detention on Halloween. Double-D reminds Eddy the teacher gave him detention because he pranked him by filling his desk with processed cheese.
- While most of the kids were innocent victims who'd done nothing to warrant Ed's wrath, Kevin is not among them—he genuinely attacked the Eds For the Evulz, thus he got what was coming to him when Ed's imagination kicked into high gear. Yet, during the climax, he has the nerve to see himself as the victim.
- No-Holds-Barred Beatdown: The entire special is just one beatdown after another.
- Noodle Incident: At the beginning of the special, Eddy is seen coming out of detention for filling the teacher's desk with processed cheese.
- Not Evil, Just Misunderstood: According to Ed, the Giant Spider (Jonny) is a misunderstood creature who longs for companionship and checkers. While Ed uses violence against all the other monsters (except the Kankers, who terrified him too much), he opts instead to appease Jonny with an offering of candy, which works like a charm.
- Only Sane Man: Double-D was the only one concerned about Ed's out of control behavior, while Eddy kept shrugging off what he was trying to tell him and was only focused on finding Spook-E-Ville.Double D: (To himself) Why do you even bother? No one listens. What do they care?
- Pre Ass Kicking One Liner: "EARTH IS NOT YOUR SALAD BAR!!" "Be gentle!"
- Puppy-Dog Eyes: Eddy exploits this by using Ed on Double D in order not to ruin his Halloween.
- Running Gag: Nobody can get what Double-D is supposed to be; Jonny believed he was barf, Rolf referred to him as the 'doggy doo-doo suit Ed-boy', and even Ed initially thought that the Bubonic Plague was that stuff you usually brush your teeth for.
- Shown Their Work: In-universe. Double-D compliments Nazz (who's dressed as Medusa) on being original and dressing up as a mythological monster as opposed to a pop culture one.
- Small Role, Big Impact: The Kankers were only seen briefly in this special, but their presence causes Ed to see them as witches who conjured up monsters to go after the Eds making beat up the kids around the Cul-de-Sac due to seeing them as the monsters.
- Taken for Granite: Ed is turned to stone by the "Gorgon"; we then see Ed standing still in real life while Nazz looks on in puzzlement. Ed then bursts through the stone shell and attacks the Gorgon.
- Through the Eyes of Madness: After watching so many B-Grade Monster movies, Ed starts to see everyone around him (except for Edd and Eddy) as monsters, and at the end of the special, sees his friends happily playing together when they're actually being beaten up by the kids. We actually get to see those hallucinations firsthand.
- Treasure Map: Eddy's Brother gives Eddy one that supposedly leads to a candy-rich town called Spook-E-Ville. However, it's revealed to be a Fool's Map as it only leads the Eds in a circle back to the Cul-de-Sac. You'd think Eddy would've known better considering what happened the last time he followed one of his brother's maps.
- The Unfought: Ed never fights the “witches” (the Kanker sisters) who cursed the Eds to be attacked by monsters.
- Villain Team-Up: This is what Ed hallucinates in the climax: all of the "monsters" he defeated on his journey joining forces to smash him and his friends.
- Windmill Crusader: Ed makes Don Quixote look completely sane by comparison.
- Wingding Eyes: Ed gets television static in his eyes whenever he hallucinates.
- Would Hit a Girl: While Ed normally wouldn’t fight girls, he makes an exception when it comes to female "monsters" (his hallucinations of Sarah and Nazz).
- Wrong Genre Savvy: Ed, to the extreme. He believes he and his friends are being hunted down by several Halloween horror monsters, when really it is all just his imagination running wild due to watching an overload of Halloween movies.
- Yank the Dog's Chain: Eddy’s brother does this to Eddy as a mean prank, giving him a fake map to get to a nonexistent neighborhood called “Spook-E-Ville” that gives kids buckets of candy on Halloween.
- Your Mom: When the gang of “monsters” attacks Ed in the climax, Ed yells “Your mother wears army boots!”.
