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** "My feet will regain feeling after this commercial break, Double D."
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** "My feet will regain "I should have all the feeling back in my feet after this commercial break, these words from our sponsors, Double D."D!"
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* TheGreatWhodini: Eddy, upon aquiring Double D's hypno-wheel, proclaims himself to be "The Great Eddy-dini".
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* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: The Eds [[spoiler:until the end of TheMovie.]]
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** This could be a throwaway joke, however, as Ed ''smiles'' when he says this, and in another episode Ed says, "Oh no! Sarah will tell Mom and Mom will tell Dad and Dad will say "Not now, I just got home from work!"[[hottip:*:Or, on another occasion, "...and Dad [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotHeinous will just sit there and watch TV!!"]]
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** This could be a throwaway joke, however, as Ed ''smiles'' when he says this, and in another episode Ed says, "Oh no! Sarah will tell Mom and Mom will tell Dad and Dad will say "Not now, I just got home from work!"[[hottip:*:Or, on another occasion, "...and Dad [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotHeinous [[FelonyMisdemeanor will just sit there and watch TV!!"]]
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** "My Fair Ed" references Ed tearing up Double D's screendoor in "Button yer Ed".
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** "My Fair Ed" references Ed tearing up Double D's screendoor screen-door in "Button yer Ed".
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* GoMadFromTheIsolation: Happens to Eddy in "Laugh Ed, Laugh".
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** In one episode where Eddy made the claim his brother was coming back, he believed doing this would give him some respect, only for Edd to mention after the first few people that it was fear they were all showing, not respect, and when Sarah and Jimmy (disguised as Eddy's brother) showed up at his doorstep, Eddy looked about ready to pee his pants.[[spoiler: This is the earliest sign we've seen that Eddy's brother isn't the awesome badass he's been made to be.]]
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* CharlieBrownBaldness: Ed, Eddy, Jimmy, Kevin.
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* AbuseIsOkayWhenItsFemaleOnMale: The Eds are commonly beaten up by Ed's sister Sarah, in some episodes. Ed himself is constantly abused off-screen.
** The Kanker Sisters are more or less the personifications of this trope.
** The Kanker Sisters are more or less the personifications of this trope.
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'''Edd:''' ''Oh dear! A shriek of terror!''\\
'''Ed:''' ''Dad's home!''
'''Ed:''' ''Dad's home!''
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'''Ed:'''''Dad's home!''Dad's home!
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-->'''Eddy:''' What happened to the stairs?!
-->'''Ed:''' My parents took them down cuz I am grounded!
-->'''Edd:''' That's ''disturbing''.
-->'''Ed:''' My parents took them down cuz I am grounded!
-->'''Edd:''' That's ''disturbing''.
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-->'''Eddy:''' What happened to the stairs?!
-->'''Ed:'''stairs?!\\
'''Ed:''' My parents took them down cuz I amgrounded!
-->'''Edd:'''grounded!\\
'''Edd:''' That's ''disturbing''.
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'''Ed:''' My parents took them down cuz I am
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'''Edd:''' That's ''disturbing''.
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* AndIMustScream: Ed suffered from this in Rock-a-Bye Ed, during his "trial" about if he was guilty of bugging Sarah. [[spoiler: This however was only a nightmare]].
* ArcNumber: 62
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* AndIMustScream: Ed suffered from this in Rock-a-Bye Ed, during his "trial" about if he was guilty of bugging Sarah. [[spoiler: This [[spoiler:This however was only a nightmare]].
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-->'''Ed:''' ''The school will tell Sarah, and Sarah will go tell Mom, and Mom will go tell Dad, and Dad will just '''SIT THERE AND WATCH TV!'''''\\
'''Ed:''' ''It's Sarah! We are so doomed! Help me, guys! She'll tell Mom and Mom will tell Dad and he'll say "Not now, I just got home from work!''
'''Ed:''' ''It's Sarah! We are so doomed! Help me, guys! She'll tell Mom and Mom will tell Dad and he'll say "Not now, I just got home from work!''
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-->'''Ed:''' ''The The school will tell Sarah, and Sarah will go tell Mom, and Mom will go tell Dad, and Dad will just '''SIT THERE AND WATCH TV!'''''\\
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'''Ed:'''''It's It's Sarah! We are so doomed! Help me, guys! She'll tell Mom and Mom will tell Dad and he'll say "Not now, I just got home from work!''work!
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-->'''Eddy:''' This is some kind of joke. This is one of those stupid done-to-death cartoon nightmares. [shouts to the sky] Okay you can wake me up now Mr. Cartoon Director... HEY ANTONUCCI, WAKE ME UP!!!
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-->'''Eddy:''' This is some kind of joke. This is one of those stupid done-to-death cartoon nightmares. [shouts ''(shouts to the sky] sky)'' Okay you can wake me up now Mr. Cartoon Director... HEY ANTONUCCI, WAKE ME UP!!!
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-->'''Edd''': ''Have faith, Eddy. After all, you did teach Jimmy everything you know.''
-->'''Eddy''': ''Oh yeah! [[BreakingTheFourthWall Didn't we win an Emmy for that episode?]]''
-->'''Edd''': ''Hardly...''
-->'''Eddy''': ''Oh yeah! [[BreakingTheFourthWall Didn't we win an Emmy for that episode?]]''
-->'''Edd''': ''Hardly...''
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'''Eddy:''' Oh yeah! [[BreakingTheFourthWall Didn't we win an Emmy for that
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'''Edd:''' Hardly...
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-->'''Ed:''' ''[[ReadingTheStageDirectionsOutLoud Sit down and say "Hello, Johnny!"]]''\\
'''Johnny:''' ''Uh... hello?''\\
'''Ed:''' ''Ask him how he is!''\\
'''Johnny:''' ''Uh... hello?''\\
'''Ed:''' ''Ask him how he is!''\\
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-->'''Ed:''' ''[[ReadingTheStageDirectionsOutLoud [[ReadingTheStageDirectionsOutLoud Sit down and say "Hello, Johnny!"]]''\\
Johnny!"]]\\
'''Johnny:'''''Uh... hello?''\\
Uh... hello?\\
'''Ed:'''''Ask Ask him how he is!''\\is!\\
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'''Ed:''' ''I'm fine. Well, okay, a little hungry.''
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'''Ed:''' ''I'm I'm fine. Well, okay, a little hungry.''
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--> '''Ed''': I AM A ZOMBIE AND I WILL MALICE YOU WITH A SHOEHORN!
--> '''Edd''': *hic* ''{Half scared, half confused}'' Malice me with a shoehorn!?
--> '''Edd''': *hic* ''{Half scared, half confused}'' Malice me with a shoehorn!?
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'''Edd:''' *hic* ''{Half scared, half confused}'' Malice me with a shoehorn!?
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** "May I Have This Ed" climaxes with this, accidentally set off by Nazz when she asks Double D to dance with her [[BerserkButton in front of]] [[AbhorrentAdmirer Marie.]] Within sixty seconds, the entire school building has been annihilated.
* DisproportionateRetribution: In the episode "Eds Aggerate," Kevin gets very angry and traps the Eds into cement just because Eddy broke his window and lied about the "Mucky Boys" destroying his window instead.
** To be fair, most of what the neighborhood kids to to the Eds is this, since they're causing the Eds insane amounts of physical pain and probably pschyological scaring... over 25 cents and maybe a few scrapes.
** [[spoiler: Eddy's Brother used]] [[GrievousHarmWithABody Eddy as a club]] to clobber Edd because [[spoiler: Edd stood up to him.]]
* DisproportionateRetribution: In the episode "Eds Aggerate," Kevin gets very angry and traps the Eds into cement just because Eddy broke his window and lied about the "Mucky Boys" destroying his window instead.
** To be fair, most of what the neighborhood kids to to the Eds is this, since they're causing the Eds insane amounts of physical pain and probably pschyological scaring... over 25 cents and maybe a few scrapes.
** [[spoiler: Eddy's Brother used]] [[GrievousHarmWithABody Eddy as a club]] to clobber Edd because [[spoiler: Edd stood up to him.]]
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** "May I Have This Ed" climaxes with this, accidentally set off by Nazz when she asks Double D to dance with her [[BerserkButton in front of]] [[AbhorrentAdmirer Marie.]] Within sixty seconds, the entire school building has been annihilated.
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* DisproportionateRetribution: In the episode "EdsAggerate," Aggerate", Kevin gets very angry and traps the Eds into cement just because Eddy broke his window and lied about the "Mucky Boys" destroying his window instead.
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**[[spoiler: Eddy's [[spoiler:Eddy's Brother used]] [[GrievousHarmWithABody Eddy as a club]] to clobber Edd because [[spoiler: Edd [[spoiler:Edd stood up to him.]]
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* DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale: The Eds are commonly beaten up by Ed's sister Sarah, in some episodes. Ed himself is constantly abused off-screen.
** The Kanker Sisters are more or less the personifications of this trope.
** The Kanker Sisters are more or less the personifications of this trope.
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** In general, the only episodes that ended with the Eds ''not'' getting beaten up, getting their scam ruined, or otherwise humiliated are "A Glass of Warm Ed", "Run for your Ed", "The Day the Ed Stood Still", "A Fistful of Ed", "Here's Mud on Your Ed", "Dear Ed", "The Good Ol Ed", "Cleanliness is next to Edliness," "May I Have this Ed", the Valentine's Day special, and [[spoiler:TheMovie]].
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** In general, the only episodes that ended with the Eds ''not'' getting beaten up, getting their scam ruined, or otherwise humiliated are "A Glass of Warm Ed", "Run for your Ed", "The Day the Ed Stood Still", "A Fistful of Ed", "Here's Mud on Your Ed", "Dear Ed", "The Good Ol Ed", "Cleanliness is next to Edliness," Edliness", "May I Have this Ed", the Valentine's Day special, and [[spoiler:TheMovie]].
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--> '''Eddy:''' "Johnny'll do ''anything'' for a handful of granola!"
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** In [[BigDamnMovie The Movie]], [[spoiler: Eddy's Brother slams Double D into the ground, also using Eddy.]]
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** In [[BigDamnMovie The Movie]], [[spoiler: Eddy's [[spoiler:Eddy's Brother slams Double D into the ground, also using Eddy.]]
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* GetAholdOfYourselfMan: Eddy to Edd in the first episode, via ''smashing a bed'' on him.
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** In general, the only episodes that ended with the Eds ''not'' getting beaten up, getting their scam ruined, or otherwise humiliated are "A Glass of Warm Ed", "Run for your Ed", "The Day the Ed Stood Still", "A Fistful of Ed", "May I Have this Ed", the valentine's special, and [[spoiler:TheMovie]].
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** In general, the only episodes that ended with the Eds ''not'' getting beaten up, getting their scam ruined, or otherwise humiliated are "A Glass of Warm Ed", "Run for your Ed", "The Day the Ed Stood Still", "A Fistful of Ed", "Here's Mud on Your Ed", "Dear Ed", "The Good Ol Ed", "Cleanliness is next to Edliness," "May I Have this Ed", the valentine's Valentine's Day special, and [[spoiler:TheMovie]].
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** [[spoiler: Eddy's Brother used]] [[GrieviousHarmWithABody Eddy as a club]] to clobber Edd simply because [[spoiler: Edd stood up to him.]]
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** [[spoiler: Eddy's Brother used]] [[GrieviousHarmWithABody [[GrievousHarmWithABody Eddy as a club]] to clobber Edd simply because [[spoiler: Edd stood up to him.]]
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** To be fair, most of what the neighborhood kids to to the Eds is this, since they're causing the Eds insane amounts of physical pain and probably pschyological scaring... over 25 cents and maybe a few scrapes.
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** Edd himself proved to be just as dangerous anytime he has a emotional meltdown.
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** Edd himself proved to be just as dangerous anytime he has a emotional meltdown. He also appears to be much stronger than he normally lets on since he's able to KO some of the strongest kids in the show with accidental, clumsy strikes that if done by anyone else would like a slap on the wrist or gentle tap.
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* FoodAsBribe: From "Three Squares and an Ed"
--> '''Eddy:''' "Johnny'll do ''anything'' for a handful of granola!"
--> '''Eddy:''' "Johnny'll do ''anything'' for a handful of granola!"
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*** Don't steal or destroy Kevin's bike. It won't end well for you.
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** Ed angry is so scary it frightens ''Sarah''.
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** Ed angry is so scary it frightens ''Sarah''.''[[EnfantTerrible Sarah]]''.
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* CheekCopy: Plank in "They Call Him Mr. Ed".
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* DisasterDominoes: The Movie begins with the aftermath of a [[NoodleIncident presumably titanic]] set of these, which has left most of the Cul-De-Sac in ruins and the Eds fleeing for their lives.
** "May I Have This Ed" climaxes with this, accidentally set off by Nazz when she asks Double D to dance with her [[BerserkButton in front of]] [[AbhorrentAdmirer Marie.]] Within sixty seconds, the entire school building has been annihilated.
** "May I Have This Ed" climaxes with this, accidentally set off by Nazz when she asks Double D to dance with her [[BerserkButton in front of]] [[AbhorrentAdmirer Marie.]] Within sixty seconds, the entire school building has been annihilated.
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* GrievousHarmWithABody: In "May I Have This Ed?", Marie smashes Nazz with an unconscious Eddy. [[BerserkButton Half as revenge for her dancing with Edd,]] [[GreenEyedMonster and half to get Double D to pay attention to her.]] This is followed immediately by Lee attempting to do the same thing to her with Ed, who has somehow [[DropTheHammer turned into a sledgehammer.]]
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* GrievousHarmWithABody: In "May I Have This Ed?", Marie smashes Nazz with an unconscious Eddy. Eddy, [[BerserkButton Half half as revenge for her dancing with Edd,]] [[GreenEyedMonster and half to get Double D to pay attention to her.]] This is followed immediately by Lee attempting to do the same thing to her with Ed, who has somehow [[DropTheHammer turned into a sledgehammer.]]
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* GrievousHarmWithABody: In "May I Have This Ed?", Marie smashes Nazz with an unconscious Eddy. [[BerserkButton Half as revenge for her dancing with Edd,]] [[GreenEyedMonster and half to get Double D to pay attention to her.]] This is followed immediately by Lee attempting to do the same thing to her with Ed, who has somehow [[DropTheHammer turned into a sledgehammer.]]
** In [[BigDamnMovie The Movie]], [[spoiler: Eddy's Brother slams Double D into the ground, also using Eddy.]]
** In [[BigDamnMovie The Movie]], [[spoiler: Eddy's Brother slams Double D into the ground, also using Eddy.]]
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* CutHisHeartOutWithASpoon: In ''Good Ole Ed'' Ed does this while trying to scare the hiccups out of Double D.
--> '''Ed''': I AM A ZOMBIE AND I WILL MALICE YOU WITH A SHOEHORN!
--> '''Edd''': *hic* ''{Half scared, half confused}'' Malice me with a shoehorn!?
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** Edd is also capable of building several cardboard technologies and the trio never think to just sell them. Granted they fall apart a lot.
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* BananaPeel: Kevin slips on a banana peel in the episode "See No Ed".
-->'''Kevin:''' Man, that's old.
** And in the episode "If It Smells Like An Ed", after Jimmy successfully frames the Eds [[DisproportionateRetribution because Eddy gave him a wedgie]], after the Eds are taken away by the Kankers, Jimmy walks away and slips on a banana peel.
-->'''Jimmy:''' Owie, Sarah!!
-->'''Kevin:''' Man, that's old.
** And in the episode "If It Smells Like An Ed", after Jimmy successfully frames the Eds [[DisproportionateRetribution because Eddy gave him a wedgie]], after the Eds are taken away by the Kankers, Jimmy walks away and slips on a banana peel.
-->'''Jimmy:''' Owie, Sarah!!
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** "Prepare to meet your maker!" "Antonucci?"
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** ParentalNeglect sounds pretty abusive, too.
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** "May I Have This Ed?" - Edd gets to dance with Nazz, but the Kankers ruined the dance.
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** "May I Have This Ed?" - Edd gets to dance with Nazz, but the Kankers ruined the dance. Ed seemed pretty happy about not having school tomorrow.
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* CowardlyTrope: Almost everyone borders onto this.
** Edd is TheSoCalledCoward; avoiding violence as much as possible, but when his buttons are pushed, he'll a brave side.
** Ed and Jimmy are CowardlyLions; while they ''seem'' cowardly on the outside, they'll go berserk if you provoke them.
** Sarah's is a cross between a textbook inverted CowardlyLion and a SmugSnake; while she seems all tough and yells a lot, she backs down or complains whenever someone stands up to her.
** Eddy [[NotSoDifferent and]] Kevin both border on DirtyCoward; willing to leave their friends to save their own hides.
** Edd is TheSoCalledCoward; avoiding violence as much as possible, but when his buttons are pushed, he'll a brave side.
** Ed and Jimmy are CowardlyLions; while they ''seem'' cowardly on the outside, they'll go berserk if you provoke them.
** Sarah's is a cross between a textbook inverted CowardlyLion and a SmugSnake; while she seems all tough and yells a lot, she backs down or complains whenever someone stands up to her.
** Eddy [[NotSoDifferent and]] Kevin both border on DirtyCoward; willing to leave their friends to save their own hides.
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* CowardlyTropes: Almost everyone borders onto this.
** Edd is TheSoCalledCoward; avoiding violence as much as possible, but when his buttons are pushed, he'll a brave side.
** Ed and Jimmy are CowardlyLions; while they ''seem'' cowardly on the outside, they'll go berserk if you provoke them.
** Sarah's is a cross between a textbook inverted CowardlyLion and a SmugSnake; while she seems all tough and yells a lot, she backs down or complains whenever someone stands up to her.
** Eddy [[NotSoDifferent and]] Kevin both border on DirtyCoward; willing to leave their friends to save their own hides.
** Edd is TheSoCalledCoward; avoiding violence as much as possible, but when his buttons are pushed, he'll a brave side.
** Ed and Jimmy are CowardlyLions; while they ''seem'' cowardly on the outside, they'll go berserk if you provoke them.
** Sarah's is a cross between a textbook inverted CowardlyLion and a SmugSnake; while she seems all tough and yells a lot, she backs down or complains whenever someone stands up to her.
** Eddy [[NotSoDifferent and]] Kevin both border on DirtyCoward; willing to leave their friends to save their own hides.
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* AbuseIsOkayWhenItsFemaleOnMale: The Eds are commonly beaten up by Ed's sister Sarah, in some episodes. Ed himself is constantly abused off-screen.
** The Kanker Sisters are more or less the personifications of this trope.
* AbusiveParents: Ed's parents are implied to [[TheUnfavorite treat him with emotional abuse, while Sarah is treated like a princess]].
-->The Eds hear Jimmy screaming:\\
'''Edd:''' ''Oh dear! A shriek of terror!''\\
'''Ed:''' ''Dad's home!''
** This could be a throwaway joke, however, as Ed ''smiles'' when he says this, and in another episode Ed says, "Oh no! Sarah will tell Mom and Mom will tell Dad and Dad will say "Not now, I just got home from work!"[[hottip:*:Or, on another occasion, "...and Dad [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotHeinous will just sit there and watch TV!!"]]
** Their levels of punishment.
-->'''Eddy:''' What happened to the stairs?!
-->'''Ed:''' My parents took them down cuz I am grounded!
-->'''Edd:''' That's ''disturbing''.
* TheAce: Though he is never actually seen, Eddy's brother is strongly implied to be this... [[spoiler:only for the movie to reveal that he's actually a sadistic bully who enjoys beating up Eddy for kicks, and that Eddy made up everything he said about him...]]
* AllCrimesAreEqual: All too often, Eddy's antics will net Ed and Edd the same punishment/retribution, no matter if they were unwitting accessories or if they tried to stop him. This is a major reason why some fans don't like the other kids.
** {{Averted}} in "Brother, Can You Spare an Ed?", where Eddy is the only one punished while Ed and Edd were completely repentant about what happened[[hottip:*: Eddy wheedled Ed into spending Sarah's candy money on himself]] and promised to pay Sarah back. They did suffer some abuse from Eddy, but in the end he got the brunt of it.
* AmbiguouslyBrown: Johnny, though he's probably black.
** Rolf.
* AmbiguousDisorder: Ed and Double-D
* AmbiguouslyGay: Jimmy exhibits a lot of stereotypically gay behaviors, the most memorable being in the Christmas special, where he bakes gingerbread sailors on shore leave. Then again, he was jealous of Double D when Sarah had a crush on him.
** Played for laughs in one episode, where Kevin blackmails Eddy into [[spoiler:making out with Double D.]]
** In the episode "Key to My Ed", Ed is dancing around while Rolf's playing music. He grabs Eddy and slams him into Double D, the two catching each other in a dancing position. Double D's only remark is a smirk and, "What? No flowers?" (Although he could have been being sarcastic.)
* AmbitionIsEvil: The source of Eddy's bad luck. Inherited from his scheming brother.
* AmusingInjuries: {{Lampshaded}} in the movie with Eddy commenting that he is getting tired of slapstick after getting injured yet again. [[spoiler:They receive no more injuries before Eddy's brother comes out. See below.]]
** Notably, in the movie, the kids who fell for the NoodleIncident scam end up keeping their injuries for the first portion. It still didn't wear them down a bit, which is concerning considering Rolf was missing ''large'' chunks of flesh, and Jonny had a BearTrap clamped onto his head.
*** {{Subverted}} later in the movie, in that Eddy being beaten up by [[spoiler:his brother]] is treated very seriously and the cul-de-sac kids witnessing this and [[spoiler:Eddy's subsequent breakdown]] leads them to [[spoiler:finally accept the Eds.]]
** Jimmy gets horribly injured several times each show, yet is still able to speak and think competently.
* AndNowForSomethingCompletelyDifferent: "The Eds Are Coming", which is considerably DarkerAndEdgier than is normal for the series, with some hearty doses of Nightmare Fuel thrown in for good measure.
* AndIMustScream: Ed suffered from this in Rock-a-Bye Ed, during his "trial" about if he was guilty of bugging Sarah. [[spoiler: This however was only a nightmare]].
* ArcNumber: 62
* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking:
-->'''Ed:''' ''The school will tell Sarah, and Sarah will go tell Mom, and Mom will go tell Dad, and Dad will just '''SIT THERE AND WATCH TV!'''''\\
'''Ed:''' ''It's Sarah! We are so doomed! Help me, guys! She'll tell Mom and Mom will tell Dad and he'll say "Not now, I just got home from work!''
* ArtEvolution: Early on in the series, the characters looked somewhat less human (notably, their jaw shapes being more exaggerated) and the color scheme was duller. The lines were also somewhat less thin and wriggled a bit less, as well.
* AudienceWhatAudience: [[spoiler:Jonny at the end of the movie. Which is weird, considering his CompanionCube Plank has MediumAwareness.]]
* TheBadGuyWins: Whichever of the kids is the {{Jerkass}} of the week. Usually Kevin and Sarah. Or [[DiabolusExMachina the Kankers]].
* BadMoodAsAnExcuse: In "Little Ed Blue", Ed gains a bad mood, becoming aloof, violent and outright intimidating to everyone, even [[SpoiledBrat Sarah]]. This is stopped when Johnny pulls off his shoe, revealing a pebble inside, and Ed is blissful again.
* BaitAndSwitch: In "A Town Called Ed", it clearly seems a row of lockers will fall on Eddy. They don't.
* BambooTechnology: Edd's scrap-made inventions. He makes whole cities and theme parks out of ''cardboard'' - and they may or may not work.
* [[BatmanCanBreatheInSpace Ed, Edd n Eddy Can Breathe In Space]]: The first time was with Eddy's stilt shoes, the second time when the Eds wound up on the moon.
* BavarianFireDrill: Attempted and failed in the opening of one episode, where Eddy runs up to Johnny and orders him to start doing random things seemingly as part of a game (such as catapulting marshmallows into a tuba or popping the balloons holding Ed aloft). When he gets to "Put a quarter in the jar, quick!", Johnny says "Nice try!" and walks off.
** Used more successfully in an earlier episode where the Eds want to steal Johnny's spot at the swimming hole. While Eddy plots, Edd just pulls out a whistle and blows, causing Johnny to jump up and dive as if he were trying out for swim team.
* BerserkButton: Everyone has one.
** Ed will become the opposite of his GentleGiant self if he has a pebble in his shoe, which is kind of like an animal going berserk if it has a thorn in its paw. And it would be foolish to mess with his sister or his pals.
** Edd is a NeatFreak, so sneezing on him would be one of the worst things you could do to him.
** Do not call Eddy short. Do not take money from him. And do not ruin his scams.
** Do not harm Jimmy when Sarah's around.
** Jimmy's was pressed twice: he gets jealous when Sarah falls for Edd, and when [[spoiler:Eddy gave him a wedgie, well, things turned ugly. Really ugly.]]
** Only the Eds have been known to push Kevin's buttons, whatever they are.
** If you take Plank away from Jonny, it can get really ugly.
** Nazz will get preachy and defensive if you've done something wrong.
-->'''Nazz:''' Where do you get off?! You guys are totally acting like jerks! Why don't you leave poor Jimmy alone? He's younger than you, you know, and BlahBlahBlah...
** Rolf takes pride in his customs. Do not tarnish them, or he will beat you.
** The Kankers have 2 of them: the first one is if their "boyfriends", the Eds, are paired with someone else outside of the girls' intentions. The other? Don't take their Ship-Inna-Bottle.
* BewareTheNiceOnes:
** Jimmy has planned up schemes so brilliant that even [[EvenEvilHasStandards Eddy considered them to be too diabolical]]. Jimmy also beat the living mess out of Double D and left him with his finger tied to his arm and his leg tied to his...other leg. He bit a chunk out of Double D's tongue.
** Edd himself proved to be just as dangerous anytime he has a emotional meltdown.
** Ed angry is so scary it frightens ''Sarah''.
-->'''Sarah:''' Ed! You can't throw me out, I live here too!\\
'''Ed:''' '''[+++SO MOVE+++]!!!'''
** Nazz falls into this category so many times.
** Don't piss off Plank. He has back-up.
** Rolf is arguably the friendliest of the cul-de-sac children, and he's not someone to be trifled with either, if you don't want to have a four-foot fish smack into your face.
* BigBallOfViolence: Most fight scenes.
* BigBrotherInstinct: Played straight for Ed (To Sarah) and Sarah (To Jimmy) at times but [[spoiler:subverted for Eddy and his brother.]]
* BigEater:
** Ed, period. An episode focuses on him '''eating the entire Cul-De-Sac's food supply'''.
*** [[UpToEleven While sleep walking.]]
** Rolf is capable of eating half of his weight in meat. Maybe even more.
* BittersweetEnding: A lot.
** "Knock Knock, Who's Ed?" - Ed finally gets to see his 8-hour movie marathon, but his friends don't really like what they see.
** "Dear Ed" - Jonny and Plank are back together, but Eddy doesn't get his quarter, though the Eds and Jimmy ends the episodes with some dancing.
** "Rent-A-Ed" - Even though Ed destroyed Jonny's house, the Eds [[KarmaHoudini actually get away with the money]].
** "X Marks the Ed" - Rolf makes Eddy's zit disappear, but it makes his head really small.
** "Ed Overboard" - Edd and Eddy manage to save Ed from the Kankers with the Urban Rangers' help, but shortly after, the rangers take Ed away after they get covered in make-up.
** "Stiff Upper Ed" - the Eds got to be in Sarah and Jimmy's Rich Club, but they're slaves.
** "Run For Your Ed" - the Kankers actually leave the Eds alone, but the cul-de-sac is still in ruin, and Eddy gets his finger stuck in a faucet after the Eds hid in Edd's kitchen sink.
** "The Good, The Bad, and the Ed" - Eddy loses the challenge to get The Hairy Chest of Resilience Badge, but he gets a badge as a consolation prize, although it's the embarrassing "Crybaby Boo-Hoo" Badge.
*** Which is really unfair given what he had to go through. It included jumping off a cliff and getting hit by a passing train as well as many other impossible or stupidly dangerous tasks.
** "A Fistful of Ed" - Eddy loses all respect he's accumulated, but he manages to get the Kankers to go away.
** "May I Have This Ed?" - Edd gets to dance with Nazz, but the Kankers ruined the dance.
** "The Day the Ed Stood Still" - The Eds manage to stop Ed's rampage, but the entire Cul-De-Sac is understandably enraged.
** "An Ed too Many"- The Eds manage to get Jimmy and Sarah back together, making Sarah forget about her crush on Double D and thus getting her to leave them alone, but Eddy, blaming the four leaf clover they found at the beginning of the episode for the events, throws it away. It is subsequently found by Johnny, who has a sudden string of good fortune, much to Eddy's chagrin. Oh, and Ed's still hungry.
** "Virt-Ed-Go"- The Ed's treehouse for their club scam is taken over by the Kanker Sisters, but the treehouse was poorly-made and looked like it could fall at any moment.
* BizarroEpisode: "1 + 1 = Ed". A string of questions from Ed lead to reality falling apart in surreal ways, such as exploiting their drawn lines or Ed eating the sun.
-->'''Ed:''' Hello light.
* BlahBlahBlah: In TheRashomon episode, how Ed remembers Double D's dialogue.
* BlazingInfernoHellfireSauce: The "Honor Thy Ed" episode starts with the Eds having set up a taco stand selling "tacos" made of paper plates, grass, and shredded crayons. After Ed, ExtremeOmnivore he is, eats several crayons thinking they are flavors, Edd humors him and takes a bite of one. He is disgusted and needs water, but the closest thing is Eddy's Brother's Armenian Secret Hot Sauce. He guzzles part of it and seems unfazed at first. Ed also consumes some. Eddy thinks the sauce didn't work and also eats some. It's at that moment the effect takes hold, however. We see a DiscretionShot from down the street as a tower of flame erupts from the stand and the Eds sticking their mouths on a sprinkler.
* BlindingCameraFlash: There's an episode revolving around this.
* BlondeBrunetteRedhead: Sort of, being that one of them has ''[[YouGottaHaveBlueHair blue]]'' hair. May, Marie, and Lee.
** In addition, most fanarts of the Eds done in realistic or anime style tend to portray Edd as blonde, Eddy with black hair, and Ed as a redhead. Ed being redheaded is canon since in one episode, when he combed his hair, it turned out to be red. That makes sense, as his sister Sarah is a redhead.
* BreakingTheFourthWall: In a quite literal example, the trio ends up getting shot into the air, where they proceeded to crash into the sky from a viewpoint of them crashing into the television screen. The sky begins to shatter, revealing television snow behind it.
** "Does this guy sleep through the whole show?"
** "Oh, yeah! Didn't we win an Emmy for that episode?" "Hardly."
** When Sarah locks them out of the house during a monster movie marathon:
-->'''Edd:''' We could just go to our house, Eddy.\\
'''Eddy:''' What, and ruin the plot?
** "End of first sequence and fade to black!"
** "Rolf finally feels safe enough to appear in this episode."
** "This show needs subtitles."
** "I'd swear but standards won't let me."
** "Who writes this guy's stuff anyway?" (Eddy, on Edd)
** "But Eddy, Kevin isn't even ''in'' this episode!"
** During the deleted scene of "Take this Ed and Shove It", Eddy blatantly smashes the fourth wall.
-->'''Eddy:''' This is some kind of joke. This is one of those stupid done-to-death cartoon nightmares. [shouts to the sky] Okay you can wake me up now Mr. Cartoon Director... HEY ANTONUCCI, WAKE ME UP!!!
** The plot line of the episode "One + One = Edd" revolves around this.
-->''(The checkered road Edd is standing next to begins flowing like fabric, slowly covering the screen)''\\
'''Edd:''' Hello... An original screen transition, interesting.
** "Prepare to meet your maker!" "Antonucci?"
** "Makes you wanna throw up, don't it? Lemme take that for ya so you don't contaminate those badly drawn fingers."
** "My feet will regain feeling after this commercial break, Double D."
** During TheMovie, this ''gem'' of a moment occurred while the Eds are reading the following instructions on an emergency kit:
-->'''Edd:''' In case of movie, break glass?!\\
'''Eddy:''' BINGO!\\
''(Eddy breaks open the case and pulls out a peanut)''\\
'''Eddy:''' ...a peanut?\\
'''Ed:''' Cheap movie.
** At the end of the same film after [[spoiler:the Eds have finally become popular]], Double D gleefully notes that "it only took 140 episodes, 4 specials, and a movie, Eddy!"
* BreakTheCutie: TheMovie does this to '''everyone'''.
* BubblePipe: When Nazz is babysitting at Eddy's house and he believes that it's a date. Edd notes it makes him look ridiculous.
* BunnyEarsLawyer: While Ed is typically very stupid, he is incredibly resourceful/crafty in many situations in the series.
** Eddy's plans ''would'' work if the rest of the cast weren't so GenreSavvy and/or terrible stokes of luck happened to smack them in the rear.
* ButtMonkey: All three Eds.
** Jimmy is a bigger example. Jonny also qualifies if the subject is his big head!
* CameraAbuse: Just after Edd sets the camera angle straight in the opening sequence, Ed and Eddy's rough-housing cause the three to be knocked into the lens, resulting in television snow.
* CantGetAwayWithNuthin: The Eds, who are the ''ONLY'' characters to fall to this.
* CartoonJuggling: Eddy juggles a variety of items that Ed throws at him, from chairs to Double D, in order to entertain Sarah while babysitting. [[AmusingInjuries It goes fairly well until Ed throws him a cactus]].
* {{Catchphrase}}: For Ed: "Buttered toast!" and "Gravy!"
** In a BrickJoke, Sarah serves Ed "buttered toast" and "gravy" for dinner when he's grounded.
** Lampshaded in a Spin-the-Bottle/Truth or Dare episode, where they're forced to switch personalities. Edd, posing as Ed (obviously), says "gravy" and "buttered toast" all the time, causing Ed to protest that he doesn't say them ''that'' much.
** Eddy often says "Wait until I get my hands on you!" whilst chasing someone. (Usually Ed.)
* CerebusRetcon: The series finale reveals that the reason Eddy is such a jerk is [[spoiler:that all the years he endured with his big brother were in fact torture, and not as cool as he claimed to everyone in the cul-de-sac.]]
* ChainOfDeals: "Who, What, Where, Ed!"
* ChaosArchitecture: The environment decides whether or not to grow steep hilltops in some episodes or if the alleys are big enough to support a cardboard city.
** In addition, the Eds' theme park.
* CharacterizationMarchesOn: Ed and Double D in the later seasons are almost unrecognizable in personality in the later seasons compared to how they were earlier. Ed was presented as a slightly smarter, but more absentminded teenager than outright stupid or infantile like he is later, and he initially lacked the SuperStrength that became a major part of his character. Double D was also ''much'' more relaxed and low-speaking, and far more willing to go along with Eddy's scams--contrast to how neurotic he is later on, as well as being the "Moral Compass", so to speak, of the trio. Eddy was also nowhere near as short tempered, greedy and bombastic in the early episodes as he is later on.
** Sarah becomes a lot more of a DeadpanSnarker as time goes on, especially in season 5.
* ChewToy: Jimmy, but ''especially the Eds''.
* ChristmasEpisode: "Fa La La La Ed", where Ed thinks it's ChristmasInJuly, and the ChristmasSpecial "Jingle Jingle Jangle".
* ClipShow: [[ZigZaggingTrope Toyed with]]. While we do see [[ContinuityNod some props from previous episodes,]] all of the flashbacks are new stories. Near the end of the episode, Eddy flat out states that [[BreakingTheFourthWall he hates clip shows]], and starts beating the others with his [[ItMakesSenseInContext Dueling Fish]].
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Rolf, Ed, and Jonny on occasion.
* CompanionCube: Plank!
** And Ed's lucky (and really stinky!) piece of cheese, Sheldon [[spoiler:until Eddy chucked him into the creek.]]
* ContinuityNod: The show is positively ''loaded'' with these, the most being in TheMovie. One example includes [[spoiler:Ed getting shocked and getting into costumes and forms he had in several past episodes.]]
** Also from the movie, upon Edd figuring seemingly figuring out that Eddy's Brother has something to do with the Lemonbrook gag factory, Eddy references the mascot episode, "Tight End Ed".
** "It Came From Outer Ed" has a cameo of the Masked Mumbler porta-potty booth from "Tag Yer Ed".
** "The Good Ol' Ed" revolved around making a time capsule, which featured many devices from previous episodes, including the Eddo puppet from "Honor Thy Ed", the hypno-wheel from "Look Into My Eds", the Canadian Squirt Guns and hat from "Know It All Ed", the Fad Freak costume from "Its Way Ed", the ice pack from when they destroyed Jonny's house in "Rent-A-Ed", and the weapon fish from "Dueling Eds". It also references the rocket car from "Ready, Set, Ed!", the chain of deals from "Who, What, Where, Ed?", and the time they painted a spatula gold to pass it off as jewelry in "High Heeled Ed".
** In "Out with the Old, In With The Ed", Johnny can be seen playing with the Whiz-Whaz toy from "Its Way Ed".
** There's also Ed's sleepwalking in "A Glass Of Warm Ed", which comes back to explain how the Eds got the Kankers' ship-in-a-bottle in "Run For Your Ed" three seasons later.
** "A Glass of Warm Ed" has a "blink and you'll miss it" nod to a previous episode, with the "Enogee drink" stand from "Over Your Ed" making a reappearance.
** "Dueling Eds" features the giant piggy bank from "Fa-La-La-La-Ed", rotting in the junkyard.
** "Three Squares and an Ed" features cameos of the Newspaper Machine and the Elevator Boots from "Read All About Ed" and "A Pinch to Grow An Ed".
** The clubhouse from "Virt-Ed-Go" makes a sudden reappearance as a refuge from Monster Ed in "The Day The Ed Stood Still". It's even still painted pink and says "Club Kanker".
** The "Hive Bee Gone" overalls from "Pop Goes The Ed" reappear in "To Sir With Ed".
** "My Fair Ed" references Ed tearing up Double D's screendoor in "Button yer Ed".
** Double D's steel guitar from "Avast Ye Eds" reappears in "Rambling Ed", "Brother, Can You Spare an Ed?" and "Out with the old...In with the Ed".
** In "May I Have This Ed?" Ed produces a "lucky cheese chunk" he calls Sheldon Jr., a reference to his lucky cheese chunk Sheldon from "Thick as an Ed".
** This exchange from "Stuck in Ed", where Eddy convinces Jimmy to help him think up a scam, and Edd brings up the events of the episode "Ed in a Half-Shell":
-->'''Edd''': ''Have faith, Eddy. After all, you did teach Jimmy everything you know.''
-->'''Eddy''': ''Oh yeah! [[BreakingTheFourthWall Didn't we win an Emmy for that episode?]]''
-->'''Edd''': ''Hardly...''
** Several scenes in the junkyard show inventions from previous episodes (i.e. the swinging-chair ride from "Eds-aggerate").
** The video game, "EdEddNEddyTheMisEdVentures", has the El-Mongo stinkbomb from "Fool on the Ed", return as portable weapons.
** Rolf's TV from an early episode pops up again as a plot device in one later episode.
** "A Fistful of Ed" has Jimmy's snake tattoo from "Urban Ed" reappear. Eddy also makes reference to the episode where Eddy turned Jimmy into a sumo wrestler.
* ContrivedCoincidence: In "Who, What, Where, Ed" (the ChainOfDeals episode), the Eds need some clams but are having no luck. Just when they're about to give up, Johnny pops out of the sewer wearing SCUBA gear and holding a bucket full of clams. Edd [[LampshadeHanging remarks]] "That was convenient."
* {{Cosmic Plaything}}s: Double D's only explanation as to why the trio can't get free jawbreakers in the episode "Don't Rain on My Ed".
** For clarification, everything from a piano falling on them to a stampede of chickens during a freak thunderstorm try to prevent them from getting some candy.
*** Actually, Kevin dropped the piano on Eddy because Eddy accidentally swallowed Kevin and his bike.
* CoveredInKisses: Whenever the Eds are caught victim of the Kanker Sisters.
* CrackPairing: Edd and May, {{Invoked}} by Sarah and Jimmy (as cupids) in the Valentine's Day special. The other Eds and Kankers both found it strange. Then, through random arrow firing, we also got [[CargoShip Eddy paired with Plank, and Ed with a sandwich]].
* CueCard: Edd holds up cue cards for Ed to read while he talks with Johnny. Despite screwing up, he manages to find Johnny's problem.
-->'''Ed:''' ''[[ReadingTheStageDirectionsOutLoud Sit down and say "Hello, Johnny!"]]''\\
'''Johnny:''' ''Uh... hello?''\\
'''Ed:''' ''Ask him how he is!''\\
(Johnny is confused, Edd holds up a sign saying "How are you?")\\
'''Ed:''' ''I'm fine. Well, okay, a little hungry.''
* CutLexLuthorACheck: The Eds constantly attempt (and often fail) to make money by scamming the kids - although they never think of getting a regular allowance from their parents nor doing chores to get the money.
** Ed's dad is too busy, Edd doesn't get compensated for chores, and Eddy... uh... probably wants more money.
* DarkerAndEdgier: TheMovie, due to [[spoiler:the kids' obsession with hunting the Eds down and killing them]]. Plus the reveal that [[spoiler:Eddy's brother is physically abusive]].
* ADayInTheLimelight:
** Kevin and the kids get an episode to themselves: "See No Ed".
*** It gets so weird for the cast that they start searching for the Eds. Some are worried, some are curious, and Kevin is just getting increasingly paranoid that the Eds are up to something. Turns out that the Eds were trying to set up a scam, but they couldn't find Ed's helmet.
** The movie easily doubles the characterization and depth of relationships for the cast, but Kevin and Nazz' relationship especially.
* {{Deconstruction}}: Arguably TheMovie, which shows some of the characters in a more complex light. For example, Eddy [[spoiler:is probably the most flawed character in the series, having an inferiority complex caused by his brother]]. Overall the movie plays things a bit more realistically than the rest of the series, though the film also puts a lot of emphasis on comedy and the relations between the characters.
** TheMovie also deconstructs the AmusingInjuries trope, with [[spoiler:Eddy's brother's beatings on Eddy]] having resulted in his inferiority complex and jerkassery. It wasn't rare for the cul-de-sac kids to pick up on the Eds, but considering they were the same age and had more-less comparable chances, but [[spoiler:Eddy's brother is definitely older and physically stronger than Eddy]]. The cruel way he beats him up just because he asked for protection from the enraged neighborhood kids revolts even [[EvenEvilHasStandards Sarah and the Kankers]]. Now we know why Eddy can [[FridgeHorror take so much punishment]]...
** It deconstructs the nature of Eddy's scams, showing what happens when they go too far.
* DiggingToChina: "For Your Ed Only" - Johnny hits the ground so hard he pops up in China. "Just like in the cartoons!"
* DisproportionateRetribution: In the episode "Eds Aggerate," Kevin gets very angry and traps the Eds into cement just because Eddy broke his window and lied about the "Mucky Boys" destroying his window instead.
* DomesticAbuse: [[spoiler:After over 100 episodes, Eddy's Brother is revealed to be a {{Jerkass}} who beats Eddy to a pulp when he asks for a little protection from the neighborhood kids. This turns nasty when you realize that Eddy is only 12, his brother has to be in his 20s, and he probably practiced the same level of abuse for the entire time he lived with his parents.]]
** Sarah's treatment of Ed is only a cut below this, [[AbuseIsOkayWhenItIsFemaleOnMale though]] that's PlayedForLaughs a lot more.
* DownerEnding: "If It Smells Like An Ed".
** The endings to most episodes, actually, in the vain of ''MarriedWithChildren''. And they are always played for laughs.
** In general, the only episodes that ended with the Eds ''not'' getting beaten up, getting their scam ruined, or otherwise humiliated are "A Glass of Warm Ed", "Run for your Ed", "The Day the Ed Stood Still", "A Fistful of Ed", "May I Have this Ed", the valentine's special, and [[spoiler:TheMovie]].
* DreadfulMusician: In "Pain in the Ed", Ed is forced to take violin lessons, and is so bad at it that it causes the bark to peel off trees, and Kevin's bike to crumple up. This is curious, since Ed is later shown to be superb at playing the flute.
* DreamWithinADream: "Rock-a-bye-Ed".
* DroolHello: Monster Ed pulls this on Eddy in "The Day The Ed Stood Still".
* DudeLooksLikeALady: Edd is easy to mistake for a girl at first. His high pitched voice doesn't help.
* DungeonBypass: In "They Call Him Mr. Ed", Ed simply runs in a straight line through all the walls of Double D's "maze of inevitable despair" ("catchy, isn't it?") to get to a box of Chunky Puffs.
-->'''Edd:''' Excuse me, Ed. Not that you'd understand the geometry involved in such an endeavor, but that isn't how you go ''through'' a maze!
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The early shorts had much cruder animation, Double D was ''much'' more relaxed than he is later on, Eddy is more of a heckler than a flat out greedy jerk, and Ed wasn't stupid so much as he was an absentminded teenager. Also, there was the first episode, where they actually ''did'' get their jawbreakers--[[HereWeGoAgain sort of]].
* EarnYourHappyEnding: After "130 episodes, four specials and a movie!" of physical, mental and social humiliation, the series ends with [[spoiler:the Eds well liked by the cul-de-sac (and finally getting jawbreakers).]]
* EmbarrassingMiddleName: Eddy's middle name is Skipper, and Edd's is Marion. Also revealed in one other episode that Ed's middle name is Horace, even though he has the least embarrassing middle name of the trio.
* EnemyMine[=/=]GoKartingWithBowser: Before [[spoiler:the ending movie]], the Eds and the other kids do team up with each other from time to time, most notably in the Alien Invasion special.
* EpicFail: Several of the Eds' scams, most notably, the Ancient Egypt scam. The episode "Once Bitten, Twice Ed" cranks this trope up to 11 after Johnny keeps ruining the arcade and they ''insist'' on running the arcade even after people saw through the scam.
** In "Pain in the Ed", Eddy's armpit hair (made of blue carpet) is so obviously fake that even '''[[TheDitz Ed]]''' sees right through it.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: [[spoiler:Eddy's Brother beating the utter crap out of his little brother, and then ''admitting'' he's been doing it to Eddy for years, with no signs of regret.]]
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Nearly all the kids of the cul-de-sac [[KidsAreCruel beat and/or humiliate]] the Eds badly. Especially towards Eddy, but in TheMovie, [[spoiler:all of them were appalled by Eddy's beating from his brother. Even [[SpoiledBrat Sarah]] and [[JerkJock Kevin]].]]
* EvenTheSubtitlerIsStumped: The subtitler for TheMovie's premiere broadcast in the United States registered '''everything Rolf says''' as (unintelligible) ...even though the things he was saying were very clear.
* EvilVsEvil: Although it's debatable how "Evil" he is, Eddy may be a sneaky con-artist who will stoop to any measure to get what he wants, but the kids he's scamming aren't exactly saints either. Also, Eddy whenever he encounters the Kankers, who want to love them... whether they like it or not. So technically, its the Eds' evil (scamming the kids for money) versus the other kids' evil (being unnecessarily cruel to the Eds and themselves most of the time) versus the Kankers' evil (terrifying the local populace because they think VictimFallsForKidnapper).
** [[spoiler:TheMovie ends up [[EnemyMine uniting all these people]] against the worst evil of them all. ''[[Monster/WesternAnimation Eddy's brother.]]'']]
* EvilPlan: ''Jimmy'', of all people, in "If It Smells Like an Ed". After Eddy (and ONLY Eddy) gave Jimmy a wedgie, everyone else laughs at him. To get revenge, Jimmy then targets ''[[MisplacedRetribution all three Eds]]'' by framing them for stealing several neighborhood items. Unfortunately, the Eds can't clear their name and are [[SadisticChoice forced to choose]] between getting beaten up by the other kids or getting attacked by the Kanker Sisters. They choose option A as the Lesser of Two Evils, end up getting both options because Jimmy [[KickTheDog DIDN'T THINK THEY SUFFERED ENOUGH]].
** Well, he did [[spoiler:make a deal with the Kanker Sisters in order to pull the whole thing off, and his end of that deal was the Eds' Option B. He even said "I have a deal to complete" right before the sisters showed up.]]
** Given that they also completely destroyed his Friendship Day celebration (something he was rather passionate about) and has put up with [[TheChewToy a hefty amount of abuse from the Eds]] (and several others) throughout the course of the series, the wedgie seemed more like merely [[BreakTheCutie the straw that broke the camel's back]].
** On the bright side, karma catches up with him, depending on whether you count slipping on a banana peel full punishment (Being Jimmy, that probably counts as a serious casualty).
* ExecutiveMeddling: TheMovie aired in Asia and parts of Europe months before it did in the US, for reasons unknown.
** Actual meddling, but it dodges a bullet. Danny pitched ''Ed, Edd n Eddy'' to Nick but they wouldn't give him the creative control over it. Similar to WesternAnimation/AdventureTime as well as ''TheMisAdventuresOfFlapJack''. [[WhatCouldHaveBeen One can wonder on what would have happened if the Eds were made for Nick]].
* ExtremeOmniGoat: Victor.
* EyeScream: A humorous, cartoon-y variation in "Your Ed Here" during the wax dummy scam when Ed puts Jonny's eyes on the wax Jonny.
-->'''Ed:''' Am I an artist, or what?\\
''The kids laugh hysterically''\\
'''Jonny:''' Where'd everybody go?!\\
'''Edd:''' ''(deadpan)'' Ed, give Jonny his eyes back.\\
'''Ed:''' Right-o, Jim Bob!
* FaceHeelTurn: In TheMovie, [[spoiler:Jonny 2x4 and Plank go from Captain Melonhead and Splinter the Wonder Wood to The Gourd and Timber the Dark Shard]]. Not that they'll get to do anything about it, since [[MediumAwareness the movie]] [[BreakingTheFourthWall was over]].
** So, [[spoiler:SilverAge Batman to DarkAge Batman then?]]
* FakeVideoCameraView: "An Ed Is Born" is almost entirely from the viewpoint of a camera. First there's a scene to set it up, then the rest of the episode is all seen through the camera.
* FailureIsTheOnlyOption: All of the Eds' scams and efforts backfire in some form or another. Even if they get away with it, their rewards are usually either lost or destroyed.
** In "Don't Rain on My Ed", their efforts to get to the candy store before Customer Appreciation Day ends are frustrated in increasingly arbitrary and silly ways, finally culminating in a fierce thunderstorm and an apparently random "chicken drive" blocking their path to the candy store.
** One episode, during which they turn Jonny's house into a sauna, seemed to end with them escaping and keeping the money. They get away by breaking a fire hydrant and riding the geyser-like jet of water into the air, while still holding on to the money. Even Kevin comments "Hey, the Ed-weirdo brothers aren't too bad!" as the episode ends.
* {{Flanderization}}: Everyone on the show.
** In Ed's case, it got so extreme that the writers had to reverse the trend, and made him a little smarter again. At least, he regained the ability to speak in coherent sentences. Similarly, Eddy got meaner and meaner, then got nicer again in the movie and later on in Season 5.
** A showcase of {{Flanderization}} within the show can be found in the episode "All Eds Are Off", where the Eds, Kevin, Rolf and Jonny place a bet on who can keep off their most annoying habits. Their habits are what they're {{Flanderization}} culminated into, with the exception of Jonny who has to stop listening to Plank, which is his whole character.
* FlashForward: The second act of "Take This Ed and Shove It".
* ForcefulKiss: Done frequently by the Kankers to the Eds. For instance, in the ending of TheMovie, the Kankers [[spoiler:dragged Eddy's unconscious brother into his mobile home to give him "mouth to mouth."]]
* FootFocus: "FOOTSIES!!! AAAAAAAHHH!!!"
** "Clammy."
* {{Foreshadowing}}: [[spoiler:"Man [[LampshadeHanging I'm getting tired of]] [[AmusingInjuries slapstick]]." Right after the last injury the Eds take before meeting Eddy's brother.]]
** A bit of a FridgeBrilliance version of this, but [[spoiler:Film/TheWizardOfOz ShoutOut is this; later on after it, Eddy is revealed to have a JerkassFacade, Edd was the first to call out Eddy's brother, and Ed did something actually smart to take him down.]]
*** [[spoiler:Said Oz ShoutOut is in one scene where Eddy remarks to Ed "Get a brain", Ed replies "Come on, Eddy, have a heart!", and Edd comes following behind them saying courage multiple times.]]
* FriendOrIdolDecision: In "Don't Rain on My Ed" the Eds rush to get free jawbreakers from their local candy store. Just a stone's throw from reaching it, they're beset by an out of the blue storm and a chicken drive (don't ask). Double D is swept in the flood of poultry and begs Eddy, who managed to get out, for help. [[spoiler:In a rare subverted case, Eddy goes for the jawbreakers. But the store closes and he loses his "idol" anyway.]]
* FunnyBackgroundEvent: In "Fa La La La Ed", while Jimmy is complaining to Sarah about the pain of smashing his piggy bank, we see Ed falling over as he tries to prop up some Christmas lights.
* GenreSavvy: In "The Eds are Coming, The Eds are Coming" (The [[AlienInvasion CN invaded]] special), the implication of an actual alien invasion leads Double D to research Ed's comic books to produce countermeasures against it.
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: [[Radar/EdEddNEddy a page's worth of it]].
* TheGhost: All the parents, Eddy's older brother (up until the GrandFinale), and Rolf's nana.
* GiantFootOfStomping: In Ed's bedtime story he was telling to Johnny.
* GirlyBruiser: Sarah is a rare villainous example.
* GoingCommando:
-->'''Ed:''' (matter-of-fact) I forgot to wear underwear, guys.
* GoshHornet: The Eds start a beehive extermination business in one episode. It doesn't end well.
* GotVolunteered
* GrandFinale: TheMovie, which even breaks the fourth wall to make it clear to the viewers that it ''is'' the end.
* GravityIsAHarshMistress: As the show is full of ToonPhysics, this pops up every now and then. A notable example is in "Mirror, Mirror, on the Ed", where Ed and Eddy don't realize they stepped off a cliff before they look down.
* GreyAndGrayMorality: Depending on the episode, even the nicest characters can be morally ambiguous. Well, except for the [[AlwaysChaoticEvil Kankers]]. [[spoiler:And Eddy's brother.]]
* GroinAttack: Eddy does this to Ed when he learns that the lump hid Eddy's magazines and the box that they came in in different places.
* GrossOutShow and GrossUpCloseUp: Several throughout the series. What did you expect from Danny Antonucci?
** Edd + Fog Horn Sound = {{Squick}}
** The Kanker Sisters are more or less the personifications of this trope.
* AbusiveParents: Ed's parents are implied to [[TheUnfavorite treat him with emotional abuse, while Sarah is treated like a princess]].
-->The Eds hear Jimmy screaming:\\
'''Edd:''' ''Oh dear! A shriek of terror!''\\
'''Ed:''' ''Dad's home!''
** This could be a throwaway joke, however, as Ed ''smiles'' when he says this, and in another episode Ed says, "Oh no! Sarah will tell Mom and Mom will tell Dad and Dad will say "Not now, I just got home from work!"[[hottip:*:Or, on another occasion, "...and Dad [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotHeinous will just sit there and watch TV!!"]]
** Their levels of punishment.
-->'''Eddy:''' What happened to the stairs?!
-->'''Ed:''' My parents took them down cuz I am grounded!
-->'''Edd:''' That's ''disturbing''.
* TheAce: Though he is never actually seen, Eddy's brother is strongly implied to be this... [[spoiler:only for the movie to reveal that he's actually a sadistic bully who enjoys beating up Eddy for kicks, and that Eddy made up everything he said about him...]]
* AllCrimesAreEqual: All too often, Eddy's antics will net Ed and Edd the same punishment/retribution, no matter if they were unwitting accessories or if they tried to stop him. This is a major reason why some fans don't like the other kids.
** {{Averted}} in "Brother, Can You Spare an Ed?", where Eddy is the only one punished while Ed and Edd were completely repentant about what happened[[hottip:*: Eddy wheedled Ed into spending Sarah's candy money on himself]] and promised to pay Sarah back. They did suffer some abuse from Eddy, but in the end he got the brunt of it.
* AmbiguouslyBrown: Johnny, though he's probably black.
** Rolf.
* AmbiguousDisorder: Ed and Double-D
* AmbiguouslyGay: Jimmy exhibits a lot of stereotypically gay behaviors, the most memorable being in the Christmas special, where he bakes gingerbread sailors on shore leave. Then again, he was jealous of Double D when Sarah had a crush on him.
** Played for laughs in one episode, where Kevin blackmails Eddy into [[spoiler:making out with Double D.]]
** In the episode "Key to My Ed", Ed is dancing around while Rolf's playing music. He grabs Eddy and slams him into Double D, the two catching each other in a dancing position. Double D's only remark is a smirk and, "What? No flowers?" (Although he could have been being sarcastic.)
* AmbitionIsEvil: The source of Eddy's bad luck. Inherited from his scheming brother.
* AmusingInjuries: {{Lampshaded}} in the movie with Eddy commenting that he is getting tired of slapstick after getting injured yet again. [[spoiler:They receive no more injuries before Eddy's brother comes out. See below.]]
** Notably, in the movie, the kids who fell for the NoodleIncident scam end up keeping their injuries for the first portion. It still didn't wear them down a bit, which is concerning considering Rolf was missing ''large'' chunks of flesh, and Jonny had a BearTrap clamped onto his head.
*** {{Subverted}} later in the movie, in that Eddy being beaten up by [[spoiler:his brother]] is treated very seriously and the cul-de-sac kids witnessing this and [[spoiler:Eddy's subsequent breakdown]] leads them to [[spoiler:finally accept the Eds.]]
** Jimmy gets horribly injured several times each show, yet is still able to speak and think competently.
* AndNowForSomethingCompletelyDifferent: "The Eds Are Coming", which is considerably DarkerAndEdgier than is normal for the series, with some hearty doses of Nightmare Fuel thrown in for good measure.
* AndIMustScream: Ed suffered from this in Rock-a-Bye Ed, during his "trial" about if he was guilty of bugging Sarah. [[spoiler: This however was only a nightmare]].
* ArcNumber: 62
* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking:
-->'''Ed:''' ''The school will tell Sarah, and Sarah will go tell Mom, and Mom will go tell Dad, and Dad will just '''SIT THERE AND WATCH TV!'''''\\
'''Ed:''' ''It's Sarah! We are so doomed! Help me, guys! She'll tell Mom and Mom will tell Dad and he'll say "Not now, I just got home from work!''
* ArtEvolution: Early on in the series, the characters looked somewhat less human (notably, their jaw shapes being more exaggerated) and the color scheme was duller. The lines were also somewhat less thin and wriggled a bit less, as well.
* AudienceWhatAudience: [[spoiler:Jonny at the end of the movie. Which is weird, considering his CompanionCube Plank has MediumAwareness.]]
* TheBadGuyWins: Whichever of the kids is the {{Jerkass}} of the week. Usually Kevin and Sarah. Or [[DiabolusExMachina the Kankers]].
* BadMoodAsAnExcuse: In "Little Ed Blue", Ed gains a bad mood, becoming aloof, violent and outright intimidating to everyone, even [[SpoiledBrat Sarah]]. This is stopped when Johnny pulls off his shoe, revealing a pebble inside, and Ed is blissful again.
* BaitAndSwitch: In "A Town Called Ed", it clearly seems a row of lockers will fall on Eddy. They don't.
* BambooTechnology: Edd's scrap-made inventions. He makes whole cities and theme parks out of ''cardboard'' - and they may or may not work.
* [[BatmanCanBreatheInSpace Ed, Edd n Eddy Can Breathe In Space]]: The first time was with Eddy's stilt shoes, the second time when the Eds wound up on the moon.
* BavarianFireDrill: Attempted and failed in the opening of one episode, where Eddy runs up to Johnny and orders him to start doing random things seemingly as part of a game (such as catapulting marshmallows into a tuba or popping the balloons holding Ed aloft). When he gets to "Put a quarter in the jar, quick!", Johnny says "Nice try!" and walks off.
** Used more successfully in an earlier episode where the Eds want to steal Johnny's spot at the swimming hole. While Eddy plots, Edd just pulls out a whistle and blows, causing Johnny to jump up and dive as if he were trying out for swim team.
* BerserkButton: Everyone has one.
** Ed will become the opposite of his GentleGiant self if he has a pebble in his shoe, which is kind of like an animal going berserk if it has a thorn in its paw. And it would be foolish to mess with his sister or his pals.
** Edd is a NeatFreak, so sneezing on him would be one of the worst things you could do to him.
** Do not call Eddy short. Do not take money from him. And do not ruin his scams.
** Do not harm Jimmy when Sarah's around.
** Jimmy's was pressed twice: he gets jealous when Sarah falls for Edd, and when [[spoiler:Eddy gave him a wedgie, well, things turned ugly. Really ugly.]]
** Only the Eds have been known to push Kevin's buttons, whatever they are.
** If you take Plank away from Jonny, it can get really ugly.
** Nazz will get preachy and defensive if you've done something wrong.
-->'''Nazz:''' Where do you get off?! You guys are totally acting like jerks! Why don't you leave poor Jimmy alone? He's younger than you, you know, and BlahBlahBlah...
** Rolf takes pride in his customs. Do not tarnish them, or he will beat you.
** The Kankers have 2 of them: the first one is if their "boyfriends", the Eds, are paired with someone else outside of the girls' intentions. The other? Don't take their Ship-Inna-Bottle.
* BewareTheNiceOnes:
** Jimmy has planned up schemes so brilliant that even [[EvenEvilHasStandards Eddy considered them to be too diabolical]]. Jimmy also beat the living mess out of Double D and left him with his finger tied to his arm and his leg tied to his...other leg. He bit a chunk out of Double D's tongue.
** Edd himself proved to be just as dangerous anytime he has a emotional meltdown.
** Ed angry is so scary it frightens ''Sarah''.
-->'''Sarah:''' Ed! You can't throw me out, I live here too!\\
'''Ed:''' '''[+++SO MOVE+++]!!!'''
** Nazz falls into this category so many times.
** Don't piss off Plank. He has back-up.
** Rolf is arguably the friendliest of the cul-de-sac children, and he's not someone to be trifled with either, if you don't want to have a four-foot fish smack into your face.
* BigBallOfViolence: Most fight scenes.
* BigBrotherInstinct: Played straight for Ed (To Sarah) and Sarah (To Jimmy) at times but [[spoiler:subverted for Eddy and his brother.]]
* BigEater:
** Ed, period. An episode focuses on him '''eating the entire Cul-De-Sac's food supply'''.
*** [[UpToEleven While sleep walking.]]
** Rolf is capable of eating half of his weight in meat. Maybe even more.
* BittersweetEnding: A lot.
** "Knock Knock, Who's Ed?" - Ed finally gets to see his 8-hour movie marathon, but his friends don't really like what they see.
** "Dear Ed" - Jonny and Plank are back together, but Eddy doesn't get his quarter, though the Eds and Jimmy ends the episodes with some dancing.
** "Rent-A-Ed" - Even though Ed destroyed Jonny's house, the Eds [[KarmaHoudini actually get away with the money]].
** "X Marks the Ed" - Rolf makes Eddy's zit disappear, but it makes his head really small.
** "Ed Overboard" - Edd and Eddy manage to save Ed from the Kankers with the Urban Rangers' help, but shortly after, the rangers take Ed away after they get covered in make-up.
** "Stiff Upper Ed" - the Eds got to be in Sarah and Jimmy's Rich Club, but they're slaves.
** "Run For Your Ed" - the Kankers actually leave the Eds alone, but the cul-de-sac is still in ruin, and Eddy gets his finger stuck in a faucet after the Eds hid in Edd's kitchen sink.
** "The Good, The Bad, and the Ed" - Eddy loses the challenge to get The Hairy Chest of Resilience Badge, but he gets a badge as a consolation prize, although it's the embarrassing "Crybaby Boo-Hoo" Badge.
*** Which is really unfair given what he had to go through. It included jumping off a cliff and getting hit by a passing train as well as many other impossible or stupidly dangerous tasks.
** "A Fistful of Ed" - Eddy loses all respect he's accumulated, but he manages to get the Kankers to go away.
** "May I Have This Ed?" - Edd gets to dance with Nazz, but the Kankers ruined the dance.
** "The Day the Ed Stood Still" - The Eds manage to stop Ed's rampage, but the entire Cul-De-Sac is understandably enraged.
** "An Ed too Many"- The Eds manage to get Jimmy and Sarah back together, making Sarah forget about her crush on Double D and thus getting her to leave them alone, but Eddy, blaming the four leaf clover they found at the beginning of the episode for the events, throws it away. It is subsequently found by Johnny, who has a sudden string of good fortune, much to Eddy's chagrin. Oh, and Ed's still hungry.
** "Virt-Ed-Go"- The Ed's treehouse for their club scam is taken over by the Kanker Sisters, but the treehouse was poorly-made and looked like it could fall at any moment.
* BizarroEpisode: "1 + 1 = Ed". A string of questions from Ed lead to reality falling apart in surreal ways, such as exploiting their drawn lines or Ed eating the sun.
-->'''Ed:''' Hello light.
* BlahBlahBlah: In TheRashomon episode, how Ed remembers Double D's dialogue.
* BlazingInfernoHellfireSauce: The "Honor Thy Ed" episode starts with the Eds having set up a taco stand selling "tacos" made of paper plates, grass, and shredded crayons. After Ed, ExtremeOmnivore he is, eats several crayons thinking they are flavors, Edd humors him and takes a bite of one. He is disgusted and needs water, but the closest thing is Eddy's Brother's Armenian Secret Hot Sauce. He guzzles part of it and seems unfazed at first. Ed also consumes some. Eddy thinks the sauce didn't work and also eats some. It's at that moment the effect takes hold, however. We see a DiscretionShot from down the street as a tower of flame erupts from the stand and the Eds sticking their mouths on a sprinkler.
* BlindingCameraFlash: There's an episode revolving around this.
* BlondeBrunetteRedhead: Sort of, being that one of them has ''[[YouGottaHaveBlueHair blue]]'' hair. May, Marie, and Lee.
** In addition, most fanarts of the Eds done in realistic or anime style tend to portray Edd as blonde, Eddy with black hair, and Ed as a redhead. Ed being redheaded is canon since in one episode, when he combed his hair, it turned out to be red. That makes sense, as his sister Sarah is a redhead.
* BreakingTheFourthWall: In a quite literal example, the trio ends up getting shot into the air, where they proceeded to crash into the sky from a viewpoint of them crashing into the television screen. The sky begins to shatter, revealing television snow behind it.
** "Does this guy sleep through the whole show?"
** "Oh, yeah! Didn't we win an Emmy for that episode?" "Hardly."
** When Sarah locks them out of the house during a monster movie marathon:
-->'''Edd:''' We could just go to our house, Eddy.\\
'''Eddy:''' What, and ruin the plot?
** "End of first sequence and fade to black!"
** "Rolf finally feels safe enough to appear in this episode."
** "This show needs subtitles."
** "I'd swear but standards won't let me."
** "Who writes this guy's stuff anyway?" (Eddy, on Edd)
** "But Eddy, Kevin isn't even ''in'' this episode!"
** During the deleted scene of "Take this Ed and Shove It", Eddy blatantly smashes the fourth wall.
-->'''Eddy:''' This is some kind of joke. This is one of those stupid done-to-death cartoon nightmares. [shouts to the sky] Okay you can wake me up now Mr. Cartoon Director... HEY ANTONUCCI, WAKE ME UP!!!
** The plot line of the episode "One + One = Edd" revolves around this.
-->''(The checkered road Edd is standing next to begins flowing like fabric, slowly covering the screen)''\\
'''Edd:''' Hello... An original screen transition, interesting.
** "Prepare to meet your maker!" "Antonucci?"
** "Makes you wanna throw up, don't it? Lemme take that for ya so you don't contaminate those badly drawn fingers."
** "My feet will regain feeling after this commercial break, Double D."
** During TheMovie, this ''gem'' of a moment occurred while the Eds are reading the following instructions on an emergency kit:
-->'''Edd:''' In case of movie, break glass?!\\
'''Eddy:''' BINGO!\\
''(Eddy breaks open the case and pulls out a peanut)''\\
'''Eddy:''' ...a peanut?\\
'''Ed:''' Cheap movie.
** At the end of the same film after [[spoiler:the Eds have finally become popular]], Double D gleefully notes that "it only took 140 episodes, 4 specials, and a movie, Eddy!"
* BreakTheCutie: TheMovie does this to '''everyone'''.
* BubblePipe: When Nazz is babysitting at Eddy's house and he believes that it's a date. Edd notes it makes him look ridiculous.
* BunnyEarsLawyer: While Ed is typically very stupid, he is incredibly resourceful/crafty in many situations in the series.
** Eddy's plans ''would'' work if the rest of the cast weren't so GenreSavvy and/or terrible stokes of luck happened to smack them in the rear.
* ButtMonkey: All three Eds.
** Jimmy is a bigger example. Jonny also qualifies if the subject is his big head!
* CameraAbuse: Just after Edd sets the camera angle straight in the opening sequence, Ed and Eddy's rough-housing cause the three to be knocked into the lens, resulting in television snow.
* CantGetAwayWithNuthin: The Eds, who are the ''ONLY'' characters to fall to this.
* CartoonJuggling: Eddy juggles a variety of items that Ed throws at him, from chairs to Double D, in order to entertain Sarah while babysitting. [[AmusingInjuries It goes fairly well until Ed throws him a cactus]].
* {{Catchphrase}}: For Ed: "Buttered toast!" and "Gravy!"
** In a BrickJoke, Sarah serves Ed "buttered toast" and "gravy" for dinner when he's grounded.
** Lampshaded in a Spin-the-Bottle/Truth or Dare episode, where they're forced to switch personalities. Edd, posing as Ed (obviously), says "gravy" and "buttered toast" all the time, causing Ed to protest that he doesn't say them ''that'' much.
** Eddy often says "Wait until I get my hands on you!" whilst chasing someone. (Usually Ed.)
* CerebusRetcon: The series finale reveals that the reason Eddy is such a jerk is [[spoiler:that all the years he endured with his big brother were in fact torture, and not as cool as he claimed to everyone in the cul-de-sac.]]
* ChainOfDeals: "Who, What, Where, Ed!"
* ChaosArchitecture: The environment decides whether or not to grow steep hilltops in some episodes or if the alleys are big enough to support a cardboard city.
** In addition, the Eds' theme park.
* CharacterizationMarchesOn: Ed and Double D in the later seasons are almost unrecognizable in personality in the later seasons compared to how they were earlier. Ed was presented as a slightly smarter, but more absentminded teenager than outright stupid or infantile like he is later, and he initially lacked the SuperStrength that became a major part of his character. Double D was also ''much'' more relaxed and low-speaking, and far more willing to go along with Eddy's scams--contrast to how neurotic he is later on, as well as being the "Moral Compass", so to speak, of the trio. Eddy was also nowhere near as short tempered, greedy and bombastic in the early episodes as he is later on.
** Sarah becomes a lot more of a DeadpanSnarker as time goes on, especially in season 5.
* ChewToy: Jimmy, but ''especially the Eds''.
* ChristmasEpisode: "Fa La La La Ed", where Ed thinks it's ChristmasInJuly, and the ChristmasSpecial "Jingle Jingle Jangle".
* ClipShow: [[ZigZaggingTrope Toyed with]]. While we do see [[ContinuityNod some props from previous episodes,]] all of the flashbacks are new stories. Near the end of the episode, Eddy flat out states that [[BreakingTheFourthWall he hates clip shows]], and starts beating the others with his [[ItMakesSenseInContext Dueling Fish]].
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Rolf, Ed, and Jonny on occasion.
* CompanionCube: Plank!
** And Ed's lucky (and really stinky!) piece of cheese, Sheldon [[spoiler:until Eddy chucked him into the creek.]]
* ContinuityNod: The show is positively ''loaded'' with these, the most being in TheMovie. One example includes [[spoiler:Ed getting shocked and getting into costumes and forms he had in several past episodes.]]
** Also from the movie, upon Edd figuring seemingly figuring out that Eddy's Brother has something to do with the Lemonbrook gag factory, Eddy references the mascot episode, "Tight End Ed".
** "It Came From Outer Ed" has a cameo of the Masked Mumbler porta-potty booth from "Tag Yer Ed".
** "The Good Ol' Ed" revolved around making a time capsule, which featured many devices from previous episodes, including the Eddo puppet from "Honor Thy Ed", the hypno-wheel from "Look Into My Eds", the Canadian Squirt Guns and hat from "Know It All Ed", the Fad Freak costume from "Its Way Ed", the ice pack from when they destroyed Jonny's house in "Rent-A-Ed", and the weapon fish from "Dueling Eds". It also references the rocket car from "Ready, Set, Ed!", the chain of deals from "Who, What, Where, Ed?", and the time they painted a spatula gold to pass it off as jewelry in "High Heeled Ed".
** In "Out with the Old, In With The Ed", Johnny can be seen playing with the Whiz-Whaz toy from "Its Way Ed".
** There's also Ed's sleepwalking in "A Glass Of Warm Ed", which comes back to explain how the Eds got the Kankers' ship-in-a-bottle in "Run For Your Ed" three seasons later.
** "A Glass of Warm Ed" has a "blink and you'll miss it" nod to a previous episode, with the "Enogee drink" stand from "Over Your Ed" making a reappearance.
** "Dueling Eds" features the giant piggy bank from "Fa-La-La-La-Ed", rotting in the junkyard.
** "Three Squares and an Ed" features cameos of the Newspaper Machine and the Elevator Boots from "Read All About Ed" and "A Pinch to Grow An Ed".
** The clubhouse from "Virt-Ed-Go" makes a sudden reappearance as a refuge from Monster Ed in "The Day The Ed Stood Still". It's even still painted pink and says "Club Kanker".
** The "Hive Bee Gone" overalls from "Pop Goes The Ed" reappear in "To Sir With Ed".
** "My Fair Ed" references Ed tearing up Double D's screendoor in "Button yer Ed".
** Double D's steel guitar from "Avast Ye Eds" reappears in "Rambling Ed", "Brother, Can You Spare an Ed?" and "Out with the old...In with the Ed".
** In "May I Have This Ed?" Ed produces a "lucky cheese chunk" he calls Sheldon Jr., a reference to his lucky cheese chunk Sheldon from "Thick as an Ed".
** This exchange from "Stuck in Ed", where Eddy convinces Jimmy to help him think up a scam, and Edd brings up the events of the episode "Ed in a Half-Shell":
-->'''Edd''': ''Have faith, Eddy. After all, you did teach Jimmy everything you know.''
-->'''Eddy''': ''Oh yeah! [[BreakingTheFourthWall Didn't we win an Emmy for that episode?]]''
-->'''Edd''': ''Hardly...''
** Several scenes in the junkyard show inventions from previous episodes (i.e. the swinging-chair ride from "Eds-aggerate").
** The video game, "EdEddNEddyTheMisEdVentures", has the El-Mongo stinkbomb from "Fool on the Ed", return as portable weapons.
** Rolf's TV from an early episode pops up again as a plot device in one later episode.
** "A Fistful of Ed" has Jimmy's snake tattoo from "Urban Ed" reappear. Eddy also makes reference to the episode where Eddy turned Jimmy into a sumo wrestler.
* ContrivedCoincidence: In "Who, What, Where, Ed" (the ChainOfDeals episode), the Eds need some clams but are having no luck. Just when they're about to give up, Johnny pops out of the sewer wearing SCUBA gear and holding a bucket full of clams. Edd [[LampshadeHanging remarks]] "That was convenient."
* {{Cosmic Plaything}}s: Double D's only explanation as to why the trio can't get free jawbreakers in the episode "Don't Rain on My Ed".
** For clarification, everything from a piano falling on them to a stampede of chickens during a freak thunderstorm try to prevent them from getting some candy.
*** Actually, Kevin dropped the piano on Eddy because Eddy accidentally swallowed Kevin and his bike.
* CoveredInKisses: Whenever the Eds are caught victim of the Kanker Sisters.
* CrackPairing: Edd and May, {{Invoked}} by Sarah and Jimmy (as cupids) in the Valentine's Day special. The other Eds and Kankers both found it strange. Then, through random arrow firing, we also got [[CargoShip Eddy paired with Plank, and Ed with a sandwich]].
* CueCard: Edd holds up cue cards for Ed to read while he talks with Johnny. Despite screwing up, he manages to find Johnny's problem.
-->'''Ed:''' ''[[ReadingTheStageDirectionsOutLoud Sit down and say "Hello, Johnny!"]]''\\
'''Johnny:''' ''Uh... hello?''\\
'''Ed:''' ''Ask him how he is!''\\
(Johnny is confused, Edd holds up a sign saying "How are you?")\\
'''Ed:''' ''I'm fine. Well, okay, a little hungry.''
* CutLexLuthorACheck: The Eds constantly attempt (and often fail) to make money by scamming the kids - although they never think of getting a regular allowance from their parents nor doing chores to get the money.
** Ed's dad is too busy, Edd doesn't get compensated for chores, and Eddy... uh... probably wants more money.
* DarkerAndEdgier: TheMovie, due to [[spoiler:the kids' obsession with hunting the Eds down and killing them]]. Plus the reveal that [[spoiler:Eddy's brother is physically abusive]].
* ADayInTheLimelight:
** Kevin and the kids get an episode to themselves: "See No Ed".
*** It gets so weird for the cast that they start searching for the Eds. Some are worried, some are curious, and Kevin is just getting increasingly paranoid that the Eds are up to something. Turns out that the Eds were trying to set up a scam, but they couldn't find Ed's helmet.
** The movie easily doubles the characterization and depth of relationships for the cast, but Kevin and Nazz' relationship especially.
* {{Deconstruction}}: Arguably TheMovie, which shows some of the characters in a more complex light. For example, Eddy [[spoiler:is probably the most flawed character in the series, having an inferiority complex caused by his brother]]. Overall the movie plays things a bit more realistically than the rest of the series, though the film also puts a lot of emphasis on comedy and the relations between the characters.
** TheMovie also deconstructs the AmusingInjuries trope, with [[spoiler:Eddy's brother's beatings on Eddy]] having resulted in his inferiority complex and jerkassery. It wasn't rare for the cul-de-sac kids to pick up on the Eds, but considering they were the same age and had more-less comparable chances, but [[spoiler:Eddy's brother is definitely older and physically stronger than Eddy]]. The cruel way he beats him up just because he asked for protection from the enraged neighborhood kids revolts even [[EvenEvilHasStandards Sarah and the Kankers]]. Now we know why Eddy can [[FridgeHorror take so much punishment]]...
** It deconstructs the nature of Eddy's scams, showing what happens when they go too far.
* DiggingToChina: "For Your Ed Only" - Johnny hits the ground so hard he pops up in China. "Just like in the cartoons!"
* DisproportionateRetribution: In the episode "Eds Aggerate," Kevin gets very angry and traps the Eds into cement just because Eddy broke his window and lied about the "Mucky Boys" destroying his window instead.
* DomesticAbuse: [[spoiler:After over 100 episodes, Eddy's Brother is revealed to be a {{Jerkass}} who beats Eddy to a pulp when he asks for a little protection from the neighborhood kids. This turns nasty when you realize that Eddy is only 12, his brother has to be in his 20s, and he probably practiced the same level of abuse for the entire time he lived with his parents.]]
** Sarah's treatment of Ed is only a cut below this, [[AbuseIsOkayWhenItIsFemaleOnMale though]] that's PlayedForLaughs a lot more.
* DownerEnding: "If It Smells Like An Ed".
** The endings to most episodes, actually, in the vain of ''MarriedWithChildren''. And they are always played for laughs.
** In general, the only episodes that ended with the Eds ''not'' getting beaten up, getting their scam ruined, or otherwise humiliated are "A Glass of Warm Ed", "Run for your Ed", "The Day the Ed Stood Still", "A Fistful of Ed", "May I Have this Ed", the valentine's special, and [[spoiler:TheMovie]].
* DreadfulMusician: In "Pain in the Ed", Ed is forced to take violin lessons, and is so bad at it that it causes the bark to peel off trees, and Kevin's bike to crumple up. This is curious, since Ed is later shown to be superb at playing the flute.
* DreamWithinADream: "Rock-a-bye-Ed".
* DroolHello: Monster Ed pulls this on Eddy in "The Day The Ed Stood Still".
* DudeLooksLikeALady: Edd is easy to mistake for a girl at first. His high pitched voice doesn't help.
* DungeonBypass: In "They Call Him Mr. Ed", Ed simply runs in a straight line through all the walls of Double D's "maze of inevitable despair" ("catchy, isn't it?") to get to a box of Chunky Puffs.
-->'''Edd:''' Excuse me, Ed. Not that you'd understand the geometry involved in such an endeavor, but that isn't how you go ''through'' a maze!
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The early shorts had much cruder animation, Double D was ''much'' more relaxed than he is later on, Eddy is more of a heckler than a flat out greedy jerk, and Ed wasn't stupid so much as he was an absentminded teenager. Also, there was the first episode, where they actually ''did'' get their jawbreakers--[[HereWeGoAgain sort of]].
* EarnYourHappyEnding: After "130 episodes, four specials and a movie!" of physical, mental and social humiliation, the series ends with [[spoiler:the Eds well liked by the cul-de-sac (and finally getting jawbreakers).]]
* EmbarrassingMiddleName: Eddy's middle name is Skipper, and Edd's is Marion. Also revealed in one other episode that Ed's middle name is Horace, even though he has the least embarrassing middle name of the trio.
* EnemyMine[=/=]GoKartingWithBowser: Before [[spoiler:the ending movie]], the Eds and the other kids do team up with each other from time to time, most notably in the Alien Invasion special.
* EpicFail: Several of the Eds' scams, most notably, the Ancient Egypt scam. The episode "Once Bitten, Twice Ed" cranks this trope up to 11 after Johnny keeps ruining the arcade and they ''insist'' on running the arcade even after people saw through the scam.
** In "Pain in the Ed", Eddy's armpit hair (made of blue carpet) is so obviously fake that even '''[[TheDitz Ed]]''' sees right through it.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: [[spoiler:Eddy's Brother beating the utter crap out of his little brother, and then ''admitting'' he's been doing it to Eddy for years, with no signs of regret.]]
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Nearly all the kids of the cul-de-sac [[KidsAreCruel beat and/or humiliate]] the Eds badly. Especially towards Eddy, but in TheMovie, [[spoiler:all of them were appalled by Eddy's beating from his brother. Even [[SpoiledBrat Sarah]] and [[JerkJock Kevin]].]]
* EvenTheSubtitlerIsStumped: The subtitler for TheMovie's premiere broadcast in the United States registered '''everything Rolf says''' as (unintelligible) ...even though the things he was saying were very clear.
* EvilVsEvil: Although it's debatable how "Evil" he is, Eddy may be a sneaky con-artist who will stoop to any measure to get what he wants, but the kids he's scamming aren't exactly saints either. Also, Eddy whenever he encounters the Kankers, who want to love them... whether they like it or not. So technically, its the Eds' evil (scamming the kids for money) versus the other kids' evil (being unnecessarily cruel to the Eds and themselves most of the time) versus the Kankers' evil (terrifying the local populace because they think VictimFallsForKidnapper).
** [[spoiler:TheMovie ends up [[EnemyMine uniting all these people]] against the worst evil of them all. ''[[Monster/WesternAnimation Eddy's brother.]]'']]
* EvilPlan: ''Jimmy'', of all people, in "If It Smells Like an Ed". After Eddy (and ONLY Eddy) gave Jimmy a wedgie, everyone else laughs at him. To get revenge, Jimmy then targets ''[[MisplacedRetribution all three Eds]]'' by framing them for stealing several neighborhood items. Unfortunately, the Eds can't clear their name and are [[SadisticChoice forced to choose]] between getting beaten up by the other kids or getting attacked by the Kanker Sisters. They choose option A as the Lesser of Two Evils, end up getting both options because Jimmy [[KickTheDog DIDN'T THINK THEY SUFFERED ENOUGH]].
** Well, he did [[spoiler:make a deal with the Kanker Sisters in order to pull the whole thing off, and his end of that deal was the Eds' Option B. He even said "I have a deal to complete" right before the sisters showed up.]]
** Given that they also completely destroyed his Friendship Day celebration (something he was rather passionate about) and has put up with [[TheChewToy a hefty amount of abuse from the Eds]] (and several others) throughout the course of the series, the wedgie seemed more like merely [[BreakTheCutie the straw that broke the camel's back]].
** On the bright side, karma catches up with him, depending on whether you count slipping on a banana peel full punishment (Being Jimmy, that probably counts as a serious casualty).
* ExecutiveMeddling: TheMovie aired in Asia and parts of Europe months before it did in the US, for reasons unknown.
** Actual meddling, but it dodges a bullet. Danny pitched ''Ed, Edd n Eddy'' to Nick but they wouldn't give him the creative control over it. Similar to WesternAnimation/AdventureTime as well as ''TheMisAdventuresOfFlapJack''. [[WhatCouldHaveBeen One can wonder on what would have happened if the Eds were made for Nick]].
* ExtremeOmniGoat: Victor.
* EyeScream: A humorous, cartoon-y variation in "Your Ed Here" during the wax dummy scam when Ed puts Jonny's eyes on the wax Jonny.
-->'''Ed:''' Am I an artist, or what?\\
''The kids laugh hysterically''\\
'''Jonny:''' Where'd everybody go?!\\
'''Edd:''' ''(deadpan)'' Ed, give Jonny his eyes back.\\
'''Ed:''' Right-o, Jim Bob!
* FaceHeelTurn: In TheMovie, [[spoiler:Jonny 2x4 and Plank go from Captain Melonhead and Splinter the Wonder Wood to The Gourd and Timber the Dark Shard]]. Not that they'll get to do anything about it, since [[MediumAwareness the movie]] [[BreakingTheFourthWall was over]].
** So, [[spoiler:SilverAge Batman to DarkAge Batman then?]]
* FakeVideoCameraView: "An Ed Is Born" is almost entirely from the viewpoint of a camera. First there's a scene to set it up, then the rest of the episode is all seen through the camera.
* FailureIsTheOnlyOption: All of the Eds' scams and efforts backfire in some form or another. Even if they get away with it, their rewards are usually either lost or destroyed.
** In "Don't Rain on My Ed", their efforts to get to the candy store before Customer Appreciation Day ends are frustrated in increasingly arbitrary and silly ways, finally culminating in a fierce thunderstorm and an apparently random "chicken drive" blocking their path to the candy store.
** One episode, during which they turn Jonny's house into a sauna, seemed to end with them escaping and keeping the money. They get away by breaking a fire hydrant and riding the geyser-like jet of water into the air, while still holding on to the money. Even Kevin comments "Hey, the Ed-weirdo brothers aren't too bad!" as the episode ends.
* {{Flanderization}}: Everyone on the show.
** In Ed's case, it got so extreme that the writers had to reverse the trend, and made him a little smarter again. At least, he regained the ability to speak in coherent sentences. Similarly, Eddy got meaner and meaner, then got nicer again in the movie and later on in Season 5.
** A showcase of {{Flanderization}} within the show can be found in the episode "All Eds Are Off", where the Eds, Kevin, Rolf and Jonny place a bet on who can keep off their most annoying habits. Their habits are what they're {{Flanderization}} culminated into, with the exception of Jonny who has to stop listening to Plank, which is his whole character.
* FlashForward: The second act of "Take This Ed and Shove It".
* ForcefulKiss: Done frequently by the Kankers to the Eds. For instance, in the ending of TheMovie, the Kankers [[spoiler:dragged Eddy's unconscious brother into his mobile home to give him "mouth to mouth."]]
* FootFocus: "FOOTSIES!!! AAAAAAAHHH!!!"
** "Clammy."
* {{Foreshadowing}}: [[spoiler:"Man [[LampshadeHanging I'm getting tired of]] [[AmusingInjuries slapstick]]." Right after the last injury the Eds take before meeting Eddy's brother.]]
** A bit of a FridgeBrilliance version of this, but [[spoiler:Film/TheWizardOfOz ShoutOut is this; later on after it, Eddy is revealed to have a JerkassFacade, Edd was the first to call out Eddy's brother, and Ed did something actually smart to take him down.]]
*** [[spoiler:Said Oz ShoutOut is in one scene where Eddy remarks to Ed "Get a brain", Ed replies "Come on, Eddy, have a heart!", and Edd comes following behind them saying courage multiple times.]]
* FriendOrIdolDecision: In "Don't Rain on My Ed" the Eds rush to get free jawbreakers from their local candy store. Just a stone's throw from reaching it, they're beset by an out of the blue storm and a chicken drive (don't ask). Double D is swept in the flood of poultry and begs Eddy, who managed to get out, for help. [[spoiler:In a rare subverted case, Eddy goes for the jawbreakers. But the store closes and he loses his "idol" anyway.]]
* FunnyBackgroundEvent: In "Fa La La La Ed", while Jimmy is complaining to Sarah about the pain of smashing his piggy bank, we see Ed falling over as he tries to prop up some Christmas lights.
* GenreSavvy: In "The Eds are Coming, The Eds are Coming" (The [[AlienInvasion CN invaded]] special), the implication of an actual alien invasion leads Double D to research Ed's comic books to produce countermeasures against it.
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: [[Radar/EdEddNEddy a page's worth of it]].
* TheGhost: All the parents, Eddy's older brother (up until the GrandFinale), and Rolf's nana.
* GiantFootOfStomping: In Ed's bedtime story he was telling to Johnny.
* GirlyBruiser: Sarah is a rare villainous example.
* GoingCommando:
-->'''Ed:''' (matter-of-fact) I forgot to wear underwear, guys.
* GoshHornet: The Eds start a beehive extermination business in one episode. It doesn't end well.
* GotVolunteered
* GrandFinale: TheMovie, which even breaks the fourth wall to make it clear to the viewers that it ''is'' the end.
* GravityIsAHarshMistress: As the show is full of ToonPhysics, this pops up every now and then. A notable example is in "Mirror, Mirror, on the Ed", where Ed and Eddy don't realize they stepped off a cliff before they look down.
* GreyAndGrayMorality: Depending on the episode, even the nicest characters can be morally ambiguous. Well, except for the [[AlwaysChaoticEvil Kankers]]. [[spoiler:And Eddy's brother.]]
* GroinAttack: Eddy does this to Ed when he learns that the lump hid Eddy's magazines and the box that they came in in different places.
* GrossOutShow and GrossUpCloseUp: Several throughout the series. What did you expect from Danny Antonucci?
** Edd + Fog Horn Sound = {{Squick}}
