"Christmas ain't about what you find under a tree. Christmas is about what you find in your heart!"
"Ed, Edd n Eddy's Jingle Jingle Jangle" is the first special of Ed, Edd n Eddy, first aired in 2004.
Eddy is sick of getting clothes for Christmas and plans to get adopted by one of the neighborhood kids so he can mooch off their presents. As Eddy travels around the cul-de-sac looking for freebies, Ed and Edd set out to confront Eddy and show him what Christmas is truly about.
Tropes
- Big Eater: Eddy manages to eat all of Jimmy's baked goods in about the five minutes Jimmy's in the bathroom.
- Blatant Lies:
- Eddy's lies about why he needs a Christmas present get increasingly more ridiculous as he goes from house to house, though telling Kevin his parents were "kidnapped by Aborigines" probably wins.
- There is also the fact that Eddy told Kevin that "all he wants is a good Christmas", when in reality, Eddy just wanted to mooch off the other kids to take their presents, just because he wasn't satisfied with the ones he got.
- Call-Back: In "Fa La La La Ed," Eddy gripes that he hates Christmas because all he ever gets are clothes. Here, he tries to sneak a peek at his Christmas presents early... all of which are clothes.
- Chekhov's Gun: The Christmas light that Ed sneaks into Eddy's pocket. During the climax, Eddy uses it to replace a broken bulb on a lone Christmas tree, his one selfless act in the entire special.
- Clothes for Christmas Cringe: Eddy peeks at his Christmas presents, and all of them are clothes, which sets the rest of the plot in motion.
- Dramatically Missing the Point: It doesn't seem to occur to Eddy that his behaviour might have something to do with the fact all he gets are clothes as presents...
- Diabolus ex Machina: The Kankers, as usual, come at the very end to deal the coup de grace of the Eds' humiliation.
- Disowned Parent: Eddy decides to desert his family for only buying him clothes (humiliating ones no less) for Christmas and to no avail tries to get integrated into another family in the Cul-de-sac.
- Double Standard: Abuse, Female on Male: Heavily (and blasphemously) implied at the end when the Kankers crash the Eds' nativity scene.
- Downer Ending: Even on a Christmas special, the Eds can't catch a break, all thanks to Eddy.
- Entitled Bastard: This line pretty much sums it up:Eddy: Hey, you know it and I know it! Christmas is the one time of year your parents are supposed to buy you everything you want! And all I got was lame ol' clothes.
- The Grinch: Eddy in spades. He detests Christmas because all he ever gets under the tree are crummy clothes. This year, he decides to crash the other kids' festivities with the intent of taking their gifts, ruining their Christmas in the process. Even after he has his own "heart-growing" moment at the end, he falls right back into his greedy ways by stealing Santa's sack, and everyone's presents with it (fittingly just like the Grinch himself).
- Hope Spot: When Eddy goes to Nazz's house, things start looking like they'll go Eddy's way for once; Nazz is open to inviting him and even willing to give him a present out of goodwill, but Eddy sours it when Nazz teases him with the idea of kissing her Under the Mistletoe and causes Eddy to accidentally spit Eggnog all over her. A disgruntled Nazz then wordlessly kicks him out and takes back the present she would have given him.
- Hypocrite: At the beginning, Edd preaches to Eddy that Christmas isn't about materialistic needs for tangible presents. Then at the end, Eddy tries to run off with the presents of every kid in the Cul-de-sac and Edd starts preaching to him how that's also wrong.
- Ignored Epiphany: Just when you think Eddy's finally learned the true meaning of Christmas, Eddy tries to steal the Christmas presents for himself after Santa leaves them gifts to which karma pays him back for it dearly.
- It's All About Me: Eddy, no thanks to his single-minded obsession with Christmas presents and damn all else.
- Jerkass Has a Point: Normally, Sarah's physical retribution towards the Eds are either disproportionate or unwarranted, but she was justified in attacking Eddy for ruining Jimmy's gingerbread village.
- Laser-Guided Karma:
- While Ed and Edd get unfairly punished in the end, Eddy on the other hand got what he deserved at the end as punishment for his selfish greed.
- In fact, the ending and the entire episode's worth of suffering wouldn't have happened in the first place if Eddy hadn't tried to sneak a peak at his presents in the first place (which Double D calls him out on).
- Loose Floorboard Hiding Spot: While his parents are out for the night, Eddy tries to find his Christmas presents around the house. He checks the attic and finds some loose floorboards revealing the presents he's been searching for. Eddy opens the presents only to reveal clothes, much to his frustration.
- Mood Whiplash:
- The special opens on a quiet, snowy neighborhood, accompanied by a sweet, yet simple Christmas medley courtesy of Patric Caird. The serenity is immediately halted by the noise of Eddy's parents recklessly pulling out of their driveway.
- Rolf's song about Yeshmiyek is a happy and cheerful folksong about a old and bearded hag living in the center of the Earth that cooks food and gives them as gifts to good children. However one verse suddenly takes a darker tone when it's revealed that any children that don't do their chores are taken and thrown into her pot to be boiled alive before just as quickly going back to its original tone.
- Morality Chain: Edd and Ed try to be this to Eddy, even going as far as to dress up like an angel and shepherd just to teach him about the true meaning of the holiday. Too bad it doesn't work.
- My New Gift Is Lame: Eddy is infuriated that all of his gifts for Christmas every year are nothing but lame clothes.
- Never My Fault: Eddy ends up feeling sorry for himself after the kids reject him from celebrating Christmas with him. He ignores the fact that he does bring some of the rejections down on himself (eating Jimmy's gingerbread village, spitting egg-nog all over Nazz by accident, and attempting to steal one of Jonny's presents). One of them was expected (Kevin giving Eddy a knuckle sandwich for Christmas).
- Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: Because of Eddy's greed, all three Eds didn't get a good Christmas ending.
- Pet the Dog: When Eddy replaces the bulb of the Christmas tree. Too bad it didn't last long, but still.
- Present Peeking: The episode opens with Eddy sneaking into his attic to open his gifts before Christmas Day. To his vexation, he only finds a dickey and other unflattering clothes.Eddy: I HATE GETTING CLOTHES FOR CHRISTMAS!!!!!
- Santa Claus: At the end, the big man himself shows up in his sleigh to drop off everyone's gifts. Though he's never physically seen, he's notably the first character outside of the main cast to have a speaking line.Santa Claus: Ho ho ho! Merry Christmas, ho ho ho!
- Shout-Out:
- After discovering that all of his presents are dorky clothes, Eddy bemoans, "It's like a nightmare before Christmas, Double D!"
- The Kankers' entire B-plot is a parody of the Three Kings story, with the three sisters (each sporting a paper crown) venturing outside to follow a shining star in the sky (really a reflection of Eddy's flashlight from the first scene). The ending, in which the Kankers meet Eddy, Shepherd Ed, and Angel Double D in Rolf's shed, is also a humorous recreation of the Nativity scene.
- Spit Take: Eddy accidentally does this to Nazz when she suggests kissing under the mistletoe. She is not amused and promptly sends him packing.
- Spoiled Brat: In this episode, it's Eddy fitting this trope to a T, rather than Sarah.
- Starts Stealthily, Ends Loudly: A variation: Eddy doesn't get caught when he peeks on his parent's present stash, but his actions follow the spirit of this trope. At first, he carefully opens the wrappings with the intent to patch it up later, but as his frustration grows each time he finds nothing but clothes, he starts throwing subtlety out the window and by the end he's frantically tearing the presents apart to find something worthwhile and spite his parents at the same time.
- Tongue on the Flagpole: As Eddy is ejected out of Jonny's house by a slide of ice, his tongue gets caught on the slide and stretches out as he hangs on to a tree. It eventually snaps free, leaving Eddy with a sore tongue.
- Trap Door: Instead of giving Eddy his presents, Jonny opens a trap door under him, sending Eddy sliding down an elaborate slide out of the house.
- True Meaning of Christmas: Double D and Ed do everything they can to snap Eddy out of his selfish ways, and teach him that Christmas is about giving, not getting. They almost succeed at the end when he unselfishly lights the Christmas tree, but as soon as old St. Nick drops his sack of presents, Eddy's reverts back to his greedy self.
- Ungrateful Bastard: Eddy wasn't thankful for the presents he already had; he goes out of his way to find "better" presents. Granted, most of these are clothes, that he already outgrew, but still…
