History Creator / EddGould

* BeamMeUpScotty: "It's pretty swell" is considered his catchphrase, and even wound up in his grave, despite him rarely saying it.

* SelfDeprecation: He sometimes made jokes about his own weight, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bp8uTNBbY3A such as this animation]].

Edd began animating in 2002; he initially used a GIF animation program, but after the website he uploaded to no longer accepted [=GIFs=], he switched to Macromedia Flash[[note]]now called Adobe Animate and best known as Adobe Flash[[/note]] and began uploading to Website/{{Newgrounds}} in 2003 following seven months of training in the program.

Edward Duncan Ernest "Edd" Gould (October 28, 1988 - March 25, 2012) was a British animator, artist, writer, director, and voice actor best known as the primary creator and animator of the web series ''WebAnimation/{{Eddsworld}}''.

* CreatorsFavorite: His favorite characters of his show were Edd himself, Tom, Matt, Eduardo, and Private Brains from "Zombeh Attack 3".

* WriteWhoYouKnow: Obviously, the main characters of Eddsworld are based on him and his friends [[Creator/TomSka Thomas Ridgewell]], Matt Hargreaves and Tord Larsson. Several other characters are also based on real people, such as Paul, Hellucard and Laurel.

In April 2011, Edd revealed that he was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia for the second time, having previously been diagnosed in 2006. He did make light of his predicament, using his illness as the basis for numerous sketches on his friends' accounts (some of them [[GallowsHumor quite bleak]], both at the time and [[FunnyAneurysmMoment looking back]]).

* BestFriend: Creator/TomSka and Matt Hargreaves.

Despite Edd's death, his namesake character was not retired, as his dying words were that he didn't want the series to end. With the reins of the series passed to Tom following his death, and later to Matt (who runs the show today), Edd's voice is now provided by Tim Hautekiet, with animations by Paul ter Voorde.

Edward Duncan Ernest "Edd" Gould (October 28, 1988 - March 25, 2012) was the primary creator and animator of the web animation ''WebAnimation/{{Eddsworld}}''.

He voiced the Edd character (which was based on [[AsHimself himself]]) from 2004 until his death from acute lymphoblastic leukemia on March 25, 2012, at the tragically young age of 23. Co-stars Thomas Ridgewell and Matthew Hargreaves announced Edd's death in a short video "R.I.P Edd Gould (1988–2012)" on March 27, 2012. At the closing screen, Tom stated that "Edd may be gone, but his world will keep on spinning."

Following his death, Edd was cremated and Tom and Matt scattered some of his ashes atop a mountain in Hollywood on July 12, 2012. The majority of his ashes were buried on his birthday (28th October) in London.

Despite Edd's death, the Edd character was not retired, as Edd's dying words were that he didn't want the series to end. With Matt now running the series, Edd's voice is now provided by Tim Hautekiet, with animations by Paul ter Voorde.

Despite Edd's death, the Edd character was not retired, as Edd's dying words were that he didn't want the series to end. With Tom and Matt now running the series, Edd's voice is now provided by Tim Hautekiet, with animations by Paul ter Voorde.

* SelfDeprecation: He sometimes made jokes about his own overweight, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bp8uTNBbY3A such as this animation]].

* WriteWhoYouKnow: Obviously, the main characters of Eddsworld are based on him and his friends [[Creator/TomSka Thomas Ridgewell]], Matt Hargreaves and Tord Larsson.

Despite Edd's death, the Edd character was not retired, as Edd's dying words were that he didn't want the series to end. With Tom and Matt now running the series, Edd's voice is now provided by Tim Hautekiet, with animations by Paul ter Voorde.

'''Edward Duncan Ernest 'Edd' Gould''' (October 28, 1988 - March 25, 2012) was the primary creator and animator of the web animation ''WebAnimation/{{Eddsworld}}''.

He voiced the Edd character (which was based on [[AsHimself himself]]) from 2004 until his [[TearJerker death from acute lymphoblastic leukemia on March 25, 2012, at the tragically young age of 23]]. Co-stars Thomas Ridgewell and Matthew Hargreaves announced Edd's death in a short video "R.I.P Edd Gould (1988–2012)" on March 27, 2012. At the closing screen, Tom stated that "Edd may be gone, but his world will keep on spinning".

Following his death Edd was cremated and Tom and Matt scattered some of his ashes atop a mountain in Hollywood on July 12, 2012. The majority of his ashes were buried on his birthday (28th October) in London.

Despite Edd's death the Edd character was not retired, as Edd's dying words were that he didn't want the series to end. With Tom and Matt now running the series, Edd's voice is now provided by Tim Hautekiet, with animations by Paul ter Voorde.

He voiced the Edd character (which was based on [[AsHimself himself]]) from 2004 until his [[TearJerker death from acute lymphoblastic leukemia on March 25, 2012, at the tragically young age of 23]]. Co-stars Thomas Ridgewell and Matthew Hargreaves announced Gould's death in a short video "R.I.P Edd Gould (1988–2012)" on March 27, 2012. At the closing screen, Ridgewell stated that "Edd may be gone, but his world will keep on spinning".

Following his death Gould was cremated and Ridgewell and Hargreaves scattered some of his ashes atop a mountain in Hollywood on July 12, 2012. The majority of his ashes were buried on his birthday (28th October) in London.

Despite Gould's death the Edd character was not retired as to keep ''Eddsworld'' going, and his voice is now provided by Tim Hautekiet, with animations by Paul ter Voorde.

He voiced the Edd character (which was based on [[AsHimself himself]]) from 2004 until his death from acute lymphoblastic leukemia on March 25, 2012. Co-stars Thomas Ridgewell and Matthew Hargreaves announced Gould's death in a short video "R.I.P Edd Gould (1988–2012)" on March 27, 2012. At the closing screen, Ridgewell stated that "Edd may be gone, but his world will keep on spinning".

Following his death Gould was cremated and Ridgewell and Hargreaves scattered some of hiss ashes atop a mountain in Hollywood on July 12, 2012. The majority of his ashes were buried on his birthday (28th October) in London.

He voiced the Edd character (which was based on [[AsHimself himself]]) from 2004 until his death from acute lymphoblastic leukemia on March 25, 2012. Co-stars Thomas Ridgewell and Matthew Hargreaves announced Gould's death in a short video "R.I.P Edd Gould (1988–2012)" on 27 March 2012. At the closing screen, Ridgewell stated that "Edd may be gone, but his world will keep on spinning".

'''Edd Gould''' (October 28, 1988 - March 25, 2012) was the primary creator and animator of ''WebAnimation/{{Eddsworld}}''.

He voiced the Edd character (which was based on himself) from 2004 until his death from acute lymphoblastic leukemia on March 25, 2012. Co-stars Thomas Ridgewell and Matthew Hargreaves announced Gould's death in a short video "R.I.P Edd Gould (1988–2012)" on 27 March 2012. At the closing screen, Ridgewell stated that "Edd may be gone, but his world will keep on spinning".

Despite Gould's death the Edd character was not retired, and his voice is now provided by Tim Hautekiet, with animations by Paul ter Voorde.