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Ed has a nightmare where his mom grounds him for “not being a responsible brother.” But here’s a twist in the dream: his mom had Johnny 2x4’s face. The traumatizing nightmare leads to Ed uncharacteristically freaking out whenever he encounters the big-headed 2x4 kid, so Edd and Eddy must find a way to help their friend conquer his fear.

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Ed has a nightmare where his mom grounds him for “not being a responsible brother.” But here’s a twist in the dream: his mom had Johnny Jonny 2x4’s face. The traumatizing nightmare leads to Ed uncharacteristically freaking out whenever he encounters the big-headed 2x4 kid, so Edd and Eddy must find a way to help their friend conquer his fear.



* AbusiveParents: Ed’s nightmare features his mother (with Johnny’s face) taking Sarah’s side and grounding him without letting him explain.
* AllJustADream: Turns out the entire episode was just a nightmare of Johnny’s.

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* AbusiveParents: Ed’s nightmare features his mother (with Johnny’s Jonny’s face) taking Sarah’s side and grounding him without letting him explain.
* AllJustADream: Turns out the entire episode was just a nightmare of Johnny’s.Jonny’s.



* FreakOut: Every time Ed encounters Johnny.

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* FreakOut: Every time Ed encounters Johnny.Jonny.



* MadAtADream: Ed develops an extreme fear of Jonny 2x4 after a nightmare with Johnny’s face imposed on Ed’s mom’s body.

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* MadAtADream: Ed develops an extreme fear of Jonny 2x4 after a nightmare with Johnny’s Jonny’s face imposed on Ed’s mom’s body.
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* HoldingUpYourScore: Kevin is the judge at Nazz's gymnastics competition and scores the acts according to how much they amuse him. When Ed freaks out over Jonny and gets tangled up in the balance beam, Kevin takes out the 10 card and writes "Dorks" over it.

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* HoldingUpYourScore: HoldUpYourScore: Kevin is the judge at Nazz's gymnastics competition and scores the acts according to how much they amuse him. When Ed freaks out over Jonny and gets tangled up in the balance beam, Kevin takes out the 10 card and writes "Dorks" over it.
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* HoldingUpYourScore: Kevin is the judge at Nazz's gymnastics competition and scores the acts according to how much they amuse him. When Ed freaks out over Jonny and gets tangled up in the balance beam, Kevin takes out the 10 card and writes "Dorks" over it.

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* MadAtADream: Ed develops an extreme fear of Johnny 2x4 after a nightmare with Johnny’s face imposed on Ed’s mom’s body.

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* ImpactSilhouette: Ed leaves one through the kitchen wall when he first sees Jonny as his mom in his dream.
* MadAtADream: Ed develops an extreme fear of Johnny Jonny 2x4 after a nightmare with Johnny’s face imposed on Ed’s mom’s body.


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* WipeThatSmileOffYourFace: In Ed's dream, Jonny as Ed's mom tells him to wipe his smile off his face. And just like that, Ed's mouth disappears. It reappears when Ed screams at the pit of Kankers.
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* UnderwaterKiss: This is most likely what the Kanker sirens would have done to Ed if he didn't wake up in time.
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* POVCam: We briefly see things from Ed's perspective as he playfully runs through the park. He stops dead in his tracks once he encounters Jonny.
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* BaitAndSwitch: The dream sequence seemingly builds up to the first physical appearance of Ed and Sarah's mother. Then she turns around to reveal that she has ''Jonny's'' face.
* CatapultNightmare:
** After his nightmare, Ed jolts out of bed screaming and sweating. He calms down after Eddy splashes him with a bucket of water.
** Jonny wakes up the same way when it's revealed that all of this was ''his'' nightmare.



* SharkPool: Mother Jonny sentences her son to be dropped into "The Kanker Pit", where three shark-like Kankers are ready to smooch him. He thankfully wakes up mid-drop.



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* YouKnowWhatYouDid: Edd and Eddy both never bother to explain to Jonny why they invited him over to Ed's. They leave the two in a room to resolve the situation, but Ed and Jonny just end up sitting in awkward silence.
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'''Summary:''' Ed has a nightmare where his mom grounds him for “not being a responsible brother.” But here’s a twist in the dream: his mom had Johnny 2x4’s face. The traumatizing nightmare leads to Ed uncharacteristically freaking out whenever he encounters the big-headed 2x4 kid, so Edd and Eddy must find a way to help their friend conquer his fear.

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'''Summary:''' Ed has a nightmare where his mom grounds him for “not being a responsible brother.” But here’s a twist in the dream: his mom had Johnny 2x4’s face. The traumatizing nightmare leads to Ed uncharacteristically freaking out whenever he encounters the big-headed 2x4 kid, so Edd and Eddy must find a way to help their friend conquer his fear.
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'''Summary:''' Ed has a nightmare where his mom grounds him for “not being a responsible brother.” But here’s a twist in the dream: his mom had Johnny 2x4’s face. The traumatizing nightmare leads to Ed uncharacteristically freaking out whenever he encounters the big-headed 2x4 kid, so Ed and Eddy must find a way to help their friend conquer his fear.

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'''Summary:''' Ed has a nightmare where his mom grounds him for “not being a responsible brother.” But here’s a twist in the dream: his mom had Johnny 2x4’s face. The traumatizing nightmare leads to Ed uncharacteristically freaking out whenever he encounters the big-headed 2x4 kid, so Ed Edd and Eddy must find a way to help their friend conquer his fear.
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'''Airdate:''' March 22, 2002

'''Summary:''' Ed has a nightmare where his mom grounds him for “not being a responsible brother.” But here’s a twist in the dream: his mom had Johnny 2x4’s face. The traumatizing nightmare leads to Ed uncharacteristically freaking out whenever he encounters the big-headed 2x4 kid, so Ed and Eddy must find a way to help their friend conquer his fear.
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!!“Rock-a-Bye Ed” contains these tropes:
* AbusiveParents: Ed’s nightmare features his mother (with Johnny’s face) taking Sarah’s side and grounding him without letting him explain.
* AllJustADream: Turns out the entire episode was just a nightmare of Johnny’s.
* AnAesop: To conquer your fears, you need to face them head on and not spend your whole life hiding from them.
* DreamWithinADream: Absurdly, Jonny has a nightmare about Ed having a nightmare that the former was the latter's mother punishing him for refusing to let [[BrattyHalfPint Sarah]] watch TV.
* FreakOut: Every time Ed encounters Johnny.
* MadAtADream: Ed develops an extreme fear of Johnny 2x4 after a nightmare with Johnny’s face imposed on Ed’s mom’s body.
* NoodleIncident: At least once before, Jonny has eaten free-range soy beans before bed, which gives him nightmares.

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