History Headscratchers / EdEddNEddysBigPictureShow

* If you had a bunch of kids trying to beat you up, wouldn't you want your older sibling (who is feared by many) to back you up?

*** Don't know if Jonny actually "won" when he took on all 3 Kankers. He was only interested in retrieving Plank from them after May stole Plank for backscratching purposes. Jonny barely survived getting Plank back and you can see [[Recap/EdEddNEddyS2E12HomeCookedEds he was badly bruised in his struggle when he got out of their trailer with Plank]].

** Eddy chose to reach his brother as a desperate measure to prevent the kids from beating him, Edd and Ed up. Eddy expected his big brother would beat up the kids, not him. Eddy didn't come up with a back-up plan of what to do if his big brother started beating ''him'' up instead of the kids except most likely crawl away and tunnel to safety as you can visibly see when Edd tried chewing Eddy's Brother out.
** There are a variety of reasons: Most of the time the older brother helps the younger sibling (Ed helps Sarah) so he could've thought that maybe he wasn't that much of a jerk (after all, they were trying to ''kill'', Ed, and Edd), maybe Eddy thought now that his brother's an adult that he'd be more responsible (Eddy should know by now that {{Adults Are Useless}}), he had no other alternatives (the only one I can think of is the Kankers, and we know how this would end), at that point going to a Jerkass sociopathic BigBrotherBully and deal with the physical abuse [[GodzillaThreshold was a better alternative]] to the kids who appeared to be out for blood, you don't think rationally when there's an angry mob on your tail and calling the parents/the police would probably mean that they would've had to have confess and face consequences anyway. There's also the theory that he knew how the bastard would've reacted and planned a WoundedGazelleGambit.

** Children who are abused from a young age by those they are supposed to love and trust often have a twisted mentality, especially if they don't know that the abuse isn't normal. Eddy knows that his brother isn't actually as cool as Eddy makes him out to be in his tall tales (he isn't a whaler, for example), but he might not have totally known exactly what he'd be leading Double-D and Ed into. There's also [[StepfordSmiler his act]] to consider: when have we ever known Eddy to freely admit he's wrong without serious pushing? His brother being super cool was the last part of his fake ego he had left, what with the [[NoodleIncident last scam]] ruining everything else.

* How come the Eds didn't do more to secure the door to Eddy's brothers room? Sure those door locks were super strong and secure, but why didn't they also barricade it or something to buy them more time?
** There didn't seem anything heavy enough in Eddy's Brother's room to barricade the door, you can only find a camel prop, some sand, trophies, cup and lots of useless junk.

* Why does everyone in the movie just...''give up'' at the end? I mean, clearly, whatever NoodleIncident happened before the beginning must've been in MoralEventHorizon territory. Rolf has a freaking bite out of his side, arm, and head, and Jonny started out with a beartrap on his head. And everyone was willing to chase them around just to either get revenge or to ''watch them get pulverized.'' Yet, when they find Eddy's brother and he hits him a few times (which is very minor considering the kind of insane slapstick that happens to these characters on a regular basis) and Eddy reveals he made up everything about his brother, they suddenly all cheer for the Eds and become their best friends. Why? Nothing even happened to Ed or Edd, so how come Eddy getting a minor comeuppance suddenly makes everyone forget everything that happened?
** Being humiliated in front of everyone you know after hamming up your brother as a cool guy that loves and respects you is a 'minor comeuppance'? I mean, the guy's a grown man, if he still gets his kicks out of bullying kids, there's reason to believe he's a jerkass. Plus, Eddy finally swallowed his pride and admitted how pathetic he was. The kids never really had a problem with the Eds aside from them being so obnoxious.
*** Which is all very well and good, but I still can't help but notice that, compared with some of the crap that Eddy's been through and then just ''brushed off'' throughout the series, what his brother did was really minor. It seemed more like normal, brotherly picking, exaggerated to fit with the fact that everyone in this universe is MadeOfIron.
** It ''wasn't'' PlayedForLaughs like everything else in the entire show. The difference here is that it wasn't funny, and Eddy's Brother had absolutely no intent to stop. Anyone else who beats up someone in this show stops after they've had their fill, Eddy's brother was enjoying himself beating Eddy up and clearly had no intention of stopping. What got them wasn't the fact that Eddy got beat up, it was the fact they realized why Eddy was like he was. Think about it, Eddy's Brother outright said he'd done this same thing to Eddy all the time back home and loved it. And back then, his parents were probably the only ones who'd stop him, if they knew at all, meaning we just saw the tip of the iceburg. And we don't know how strong Eddy's Brother was, considering Rolf, the only one who really knew him and the strongest character in the show (except maybe the Kankers) was outright terrified of the guy, Eddy's brother is probably stronger than him and thus the strongest person to beat up Eddy. This would mean that the abuse he dealt out to him hurt much more than what happened before. So it wasn't just that Eddy's brother beat him up, it's because Eddy's brother took pride in doing that every day they lived together, and probably much worse. In other words, the kids experienced in-universe FridgeHorror and realized what Eddy's childhood was like. As for letting Edd and Ed off the hook? Edd stood up to Eddy's brother, something they were all too terrified to do until afterwards, and got slammed into the ground for it. They probably respected him because of that. Ed took Eddy's brother down, likewise respect, and he's too dumb to know better, they probably didn't hold that against him.

*** [[FridgeLogic Plus, seeing Eddy's brother being so sadistic towards him probably made them realise that nothing they could do would even hold a candle compared to what Eddy went through on a regular basis.]]
** It's one thing for kids to beat each other up. It's awful, but that's one thing. It's entirely another for a grown adult to harm a child, especially when that child is coming to them for help and when asked to stop, threatens to take away the protection the child was seeking. For me, that was the big sticking point, that not only was Eddy's Brother horribly abusive and had been all of Eddy's childhood, but as an adult, when given the opportunity, will gladly start hurting him again with the promise of no consequences. (remember when he asked if anyone knew Eddy was there?) And not just that, he hurts Edd when he stands up to him, showing that this is not just brother rough housing. He's more than willing to beat on a kid he's just met. (also, depending on your views on WouldNotHitAGirl / WouldHitAGirl, the fact that he thought he was beating on a little girl might just add to the evidence that he's a scumbag)

* Out of curiosity, there's more than a few kids on the Cul-de-sac who are actively terrified of Eddy's Brother, namely Rolf and Kevin. So, why is it in the movie they're so shocked to see how abusive he is to Eddy? Wouldn't they know if he was that bad to begin with?

*** I feel like if the kids had got to Eddy, then he might have had a "nobody hits him but me", kind of moment, where he's abusive, but he's the only one allowed to do it.

*** Perhaps his parents hadn't known about it. Eddy's brother could absolutely have just blamed the other kids for Eddy's beatings, or better yet, terrorize the other kids and then blame Eddy, thereby justifying the beating. In fact, this might explain why Eddy's parents never do anything in the present-day to prevent their son from getting beaten up by the rest of the Cul-de-Sac in almost every episode, and why Eddy ended up the way he is - to them, he may have always been a "rabble rouser." It's very hard to shake an identity you've already been given, and much easier to slip into it, especially if you see your "idolized" older brother being "respected" for being a jerk.
** I always thought Kevin was just afraid of losing his social status.
*** In "Pass it on Ed", it's pretty heavily implied that Eddy's Brother used to pick on Kevin when he was around, which was probably because of Eddy- Eddy mentions that people "respected" him when he was with his Brother, so it seems likely that, abusive or no, Eddy's Brother probably would have beat up Kevin if he caught Kevin attacking Eddy.
** Kevin was afraid Eddy's Brother would beat him up for picking on Eddy; as for Rolf, appearently Eddy's Brother [[NoodleIncident did something to his chickens.]]

** Maybe it's because they were still worried that Eddy's Brother would beat up Lee, since the pain Eddy's Brother caused to Eddy looks a lot worse than the pain the Kankers themselves cause to others. I mean the Kankers are teenagers while Eddy's Brother is a grown man and they too can get seriously hurt. Plus, even ''Rolf'' feared Eddy's Brother. That may be why they gave him his just desserts when he was more vulnerable (knocked out cold).

* Why did EB started beating the shit outta Eddy ''in front of everyone?'' I mean, there were ''ten'' witnesses, did he sincerely expect to get away scot-free?

** [[AdultsAreUseless For the same reason no one bats an eyelash when the Eds try to scam other kids and get beaten to a pulp, raped, or falsely imprisoned afterwards?]]

** Eddy may have annoyed his big brother worse than the other kids did, after all EB had to live in the same house with Eddy for at least a short time. Also, Eddy was the one who knocked on his brother's door, Eddy's brother may have been sleeping or just slacking around and gets ticked off by being disturbed.
** Eddy's Brother can't attack the other kids because he's an adults and the kids are minors. He'll just end up in jail if the kids' parents decide to press charges against him.

* So when Sarah attempts to stand up to the Kankers because they were bullying Jimmy, she immediately becomes outnumbered by them and remains helpless as they [[{{Squick}} wet-willie]] her? I mean, throughout the series, Sarah can beat up all 3 Eds (and even Jonny) with ''no'' hesitation by herself due to her SuperStrength, but she won't use that same SuperStrength to beat up all 3 Kankers at the same time? Seriously?
** WordOfGod says that Sarah and Jimmy are ages 6-7 and May is 13, Marie is 14 and Lee is 15. There you go!

*** Original Asker here: I only asked because in many episodes, Sarah is shown to be able to lift heavy things (like a ''car,'' which she threw on Nazz). So she can't utilize that same strength to fight back against the Kankers? It's mind boggling. PS, with Jonny, he was actually able to take on all 3 Kankers and win, so how come Sarah couldn't when she's shown to be stronger than Jonny?

** Eddy chose to reach his brother as a desperate measure to prevent the kids from beating him, Edd and Ed up. Eddy expected his big brother would beat up the kids, not him. Eddy didn't come up with a back-up plan of what to do if his big brother started beating ''him'' up instead of the kids.

* There's one scene that just doesn't sit with me. So when Sarah attempts to stand up to the Kankers because they were bullying Jimmy, she immediately becomes outnumbered by them and remains helpless as they [[{{Squick}} wet-willie]] her? I mean, throughout the series, Sarah can beat up all 3 Eds (and even Jonny) with ''no'' hesitation by herself due to her SuperStrength, but she won't use that same SuperStrength to beat up all 3 Kankers at the same time? Seriously?

** Eddy's Brother can't attack the other kids, because since he's an adults and the kids are minors. He'll just end up in jail if the kids' parents decide to press charges.

*** Original Asker here: I only asked because in many episodes, Sarah is shown to be able to lift heavy things (like a ''car,'' which she threw on Nazz). So she can't utilize that same strength to fight back against the Kankers? It's mind boggling.

** There are a variety of reasons: Most of the time the older brother helps the younger sibling (Ed helps Sarah) so he could've thought that maybe he wasn't that much of a jerk (after all, they were trying to ''kill'', Ed, and Edd), maybe Eddy thought now that his brother's an adult that he'd be more responsible (Eddy should know by now that {{Adults Are Useless}}), he had no other alternatives (the only one I can think of is the Kankers, and we know how this would end), at that point going to a Jerkass sociopathic BigBrotherBully and deal with the physical abuse [[GodzillaThreshold was a better alternative]] to the kids who appeared to be out for blood, you don't think rationally when there's an angry mob on your tail and calling the parents/the police would probably mean that they would've had to have confess and face consequences anyway. There's also the theory that he knew how the bastard would've reacted and planned a WoundedGazelleGambit.
** Perhaps Eddy's brother hadn't done anything to him since he moved out. It's implied through postcards and packages that the two were at least in correspondence with one another, especially his "Having a blast, from your big bro." card. Maybe Eddy thought that his brother had outgrown that. Remember, Eddy felt safe until his brother wanted to play uncle and seemed pretty surprised that he still wanted to do that to him. Not to mention the Eds were desperate, Eddy probably wasn't thinking about the possibility that his brother would harm him.
** Children who are abused from a young age by those they are supposed to love and trust often have a twisted mentality, especially if they don't know that the abuse isn't normal. Eddy knows that his brother isn't actually as cool as Eddy makes him out to be in his tall tales (he isn't a whaler, for example), but he might not have totally known exactly what he'd be leading Double-D and Ed into. There's also [[StepfordSmiler his act]] to consider: when have we ever known Eddy to freely admit he's wrong without serious pushing? His brother being super cool was the last part of his fake ego he had left, what with the [[NoodleIncident last scam]] ruining everything else.
** Eddy may have chosen to use his brother as a last resort to beat up the kids chasing the Eds as revenge for the scam and had expected his brother to beat up the kids and not him. It's like sicking a mad dog on a security threat.

** Sarah did try to squirm her way out of being pinned to the ground by May and Marie. If she were strong enough to break free, she would have rescued Jimmy.

** [[WheresTheFunInThat Eddy's brother must have found it more fun to beat Eddy up than just watching it.]]
** Eddy may have annoyed his big brother worse than the other kids did, after all EB had to live in the same house with Eddy for at least a short time. Also, Eddy was the one who knocked on his brother's door, Eddy's brother may have been sleeping or just slacking around and gets ticked off by getting disturbed.
** Eddy's Brother probably didn't worry about legal repercussions that will follow of him beating up Eddy, no one was filming him doing so and besides he may have planned on blaming the other kids for Eddy and Double D's injuries should the police get involved. Eddy basically sold his brother the plot outline of the movie up to the point he found his brother, that the kids want to angrily beat up the Eds "all for nothing".

** Eddy may have annoyed his big brother worse than the other kids did, as EB had to live in the same house with Eddy for at least a short time. Also, Eddy was the one who knocked on his brother's door, Eddy's brother may have been sleeping or just slacking around and gets ticked off by getting disturbed.

* [[WheresTheFunInThat Eddy's brother must have found it more fun to beat Eddy up than just watching it.]]
* Eddy may have annoyed his big brother worse than the other kids did, as EB had to live in the same house with Eddy for at least a short time.
* Eddy's Brother probably didn't worry about legal repercussions that will follow of him beating up Eddy, no one was filming him doing so and besides he may have planned on blaming the other kids for Eddy and Double D's injuries should the police arrive.

* Rather than beating up Eddy, why didnt Eddie's brother go after the other kids? Going after them, rather than just Eddy and his two friends, would've given him more victims to beat up and re-establishing himself as top dog, plus it puts Eddy in his debt so he could call on him for favors by reminding him that he pretty much saved his life. If Eddy's brother wanted to see Eddy beat up, then why not just stand aside and let the neighborhood kids do it? Whatever beatings Eddy's brother could proscribe was probably nothing compared to what the neighborhood kids wouldve done if Eddy was willing to trek all the way to his abusive brother's house. Eddy's brother could keep his hands clean and honestly say that he never touched his brother if Eddy's injuries came up

** Eddy may have chosen to use his brother as a last resort to beat up the kids chasing the Eds as revenge for the scam and had expected his brother to beat up the kids and not him.

** Eddy was too scared to do anything. And so was Double D, who was sweating like mad.

** Eddy wasn't too bright, he was too nervous to think properly. And so was Double D, who was sweating like mad.