Recap / Ed Edd N Eddy S 2 E 9 In Like Ed

"You have an invitation, overdressed Ed-boy?"

After getting suspicious of Kevin's success at garage sale day the Eds begin spying on him and soon discover the rest of the cast having a "secret meeting". The usual antics ensue when they try to infiltrate.

Tropes

• Accidental Pervert: Eddy of all people. He approaches who he thinks is Edd disguised as Nazz and tries to put a piece of cake down "his" pants for analysis. However, he ended up touching the rear of the real Nazz, who punches him.
• Angry Item Tapping: Kevin does this with a stick at the end of the episode as he approaches the Eds with it to presumably use it to beat them.
• Awesome, but Impractical: Edd's fancier gadgets are still in development so while he did make a jetpack out of fire extinguishers, there's still the problem with foam filling the user's pants.
• Bag of Holding: Double D's pants is equipped with a complex analyzer machine that fits in his pants without causing discomfort.
• Bolivian Army Ending: The episode ends with the Eds being slowly cornered by the other kids, who are furious about their carnage ruining another party.
• Chekhov's Gun: The baking powder vapor barrier that Double D describes to Eddy would later be used in a (failed) attempt to escape the party.
• Code Name: The Eds takes on codenames when they start their mission. Eddy becomes Loudmouth, Double D is The Professor, and Ed christens himself as The Claw. Ed is the only one who sticks to his nickname.
• Cross Dressing: Double D goes undercover as Nazz. He's disturbingly convincing (except for the face).
• Didn't Think This Through: Double D while disguising himself as Nazz doesn't implement a procedure for how Eddy can distinguish him from the real Nazz, causing mass confusion for Eddy.
• Disguised in Drag: Edd disguises himself as Nazz to infiltrate Kevin's party.
• Do Not Taunt Cthulhu: "Do not taunt the Claw!"
• Epic Fail:
  • The Claw's attempt at using the (surprisingly unscathed) jetpack to enter Jimmy's house resulted in his pants being filled with extinguisher foam.
  • He later creates an Improvised Zipline to gain entry into the party, while failing to notice that there's no window or door where he's about to slide down, resulting in an Ed-shaped distension on the inside wall of the house.
  • Eddy attempts to use the baking-powder vapor barrier as a smokescreen so he and his friends can escape from the kids unharmed. But because Double D didn't finish testing it, it just ends up destroying the house and making a huge mess, and the kids still beat up the Eds anyway since they didn't get away in time.
• Everyone Has Standards: Kevin is usually mean to Jimmy, bullying him the same way he would The Eds, but once Jimmy runs off crying on his birthday Kevin is angry at The Eds for ruining his special day.
• Evil Laugh: Jonny ends the episode with one, laughing as he's the last character to blockout the screen as the kids prepare to beat up The Eds.
• Greed: The real reason why no one checks out Eddy's garage sale is because of this, with Eddy askings insane prices for all of his items while Kevin is selling his stuff at much more reasonable prices, if not letting the kids take his stuff for pocket change.
• Idiot Ball: When Ed shoots a hook and rope from his grappling gun onto Jimmy's house to infiltrate the party, rather than using his hook - he uses his tongue to slide on the rope. He also fails to notice that the zipline leads directly into a wall, leaving an Ed-shaped dent on the inside of the house.
• In Touch with His Feminine Side: Before running off in tears, Jimmy openly claims that he wanted a pony.
• Incredibly Obvious Bug: Ed "hides" the camera by placing a single twig on it. Kevin doesn't even take two steps out his door before seeing it.
• Insane Troll Logic: Eddy for some reason thinks people will actually want to buy a school photo of him.
  Edd: Your school photo? Eddy, please. This is hardly collectible.
• Jerkass Has a Point:
  • Eddy may be heavily overpricing his stuff, but he's right that Edd is heavily underpricing his own items. If Edd had his way, they'd hardly make any notable profits when he's charging only single-digit cents for everything.
    Eddy: 5 cents for skates? 2 cents for a stack of comics? What are ya? Up the ante, Double D!
  • In turn, Kevin placing a competing yard sale against the Eds comes off as downright petty, but he succeeds primarily because he actually prices his items sensibly unlike either of the Eds.
  • The kids also exclude the Eds from Jimmy's party, but it is made specifically clear it was because their Walking Disaster Area tendency ruined the last one, and predictably turn this one into a warpath as well.
• MacGuffin: The presents or "parcels" are the object of interest that the Eds decide to go after.
• Mistaken from Behind: Done twice. First, Eddy tries to hit on Nazz at the party, only for it to turn out to be Edd in disguise. A minute later, Eddy tries to stuff a piece of cake down Edd's pants, only to find it was Nazz, who decks him in response.
• Motor Mouth: Eddy briefly becomes one when he taunts the kids on how they'll never catch them, much to Rolf's amusement.
  Eddy: Good luck catching us, as we'll be invisible to the naked eye with this baking-powder vapor barrier! A shroud, one might say.
  Rolf: (smiling, amused) You said a mouthful.
• My New Gift Is Lame: Jimmy's not happy when one of the presents turns out to be a sewing machine.
  Jimmy: (tearing up) I'm so misunderstood. I wanted a pony! (runs off crying)
• Never My Fault: While the Eds certainly didn't help the situation, what causes Jimmy to run off crying is when Eddy tears open one of the presents to reveal a sewing machine, which one of the other kids had brought. Kevin still blames the Eds for making the birthday boy run away.
• Noodle Incident: After Jimmy runs off crying, Kevin says the Eds wrecked another party. Apparently, this isn't the first birthday party they've ruined.
• Not So Above It All: Double D is the one to kickstart the scheme this time around, when his intelligence is insulted by the implication that Kevin knows more than him.
• Powder Gag: The baking soda smoke bomb only results in covering everything in powder. The Eds wonder where everyone went, until they start emerging one by one from the walls, where they had been hidden by the powder.
• Riddle for the Ages: How did Ed manage to sneak inside the pinata?
• Saw It in a Movie Once: When the kids are about to beat the living stuffing out of the Eds as retribution for sabotaging Jimmy's birthday party (and also Jimmy's house), Ed claims this reminds him of that movie "Zombies from the Deep Freeze: A Cash Cow" where they shall be "torn to pieces, stuffed into ice cube trays, and frozen and used to cool their drinks!"
  Edd: Non-alcoholic, I hope!
• Self-Fulfilling Prophecy: The Eds weren't invited to Jimmy's Birthday Party out of fear they'd ruin it, only for them to end up ruining it because they weren't told about it and mistook it for a spy meeting. And chances are, it would've ended up being ruined anyways since what made Jimmy run off in tears was a present one of the invited kids brought.
• Shout-Out: Kevin's line "It's pounding time!" sounds a lot like The Thing's "It's clobberin' time!"
• Smoke Out: Edd made a jawbreaker sized (which in this series means about a foot and a half wide) ball of baking soda to act as one but when Eddy uses it at the end all it does is coat the house in white powder and knocks the Eds off their feet, nullifying any avenue for escape.
• Spy Speak: Parodied. The Eds mistake one of Rolf's typical weird statements for a coded message and when Eddy speaks to Rolf in spy speak later Rolf thinks he's discussing politics.
  Eddy: (sotto voce) The crow caws at midnight.
  Rolf: And the cat sours the basil! Rolf would love to talk politics, but I need to see your invitation.
• Tempting Fate: When the Eds see the mess the baking-powder vapor barrier made and that all the kids seem to be gone, Eddy suggests they just run away before the kids come back. As soon as he says this, the kids start pulling themselves out of the mess and surround the Eds to give them a beating.
• Tranquil Fury: Kevin sounded angry when he first said "It's pounding time", but after the Eds covers everyone and everything in baking-powder while also destroying Jimmy's house, he's just as ready to beat them up, but now sounds way calmer.
• Uninvited to the Party: The real reason for the "secret meeting" behind the Eds' backs; the kids were having a party and hadn't invited them, apparently because this wasn't the first time they had ruined one.
• Weirdness Coupon: Ed's disguise as a bird bath is ludicrous, but no one gets suspicious because he's Ed.
• What Happened to the Mouse?: Jimmy runs out of the room crying when he sees he didn't get a pony for his birthday like he wanted. He is absent for the rest of the episode, and it is unknown what happened to him when Eddy accidentally destroys his house.

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