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ThriceCharming Since: Nov, 2013
#201: Apr 20th 2020 at 3:22:42 PM

I don't think Eddy is a bully. The impression I get is that he has a fear of rejection and has figured (perhaps subconsciously) that it's easier to be abrasive than it is to actually try to fit in and make friends and be rejected anyway.

For that matter, I wouldn't call Kevin a bully either. I think he thinks of the Eds as bullies. They are always trying to cheat the other kids out of their meager assets. The other kids probably think of Kevin as someone who defends them from the Eds.

Oh, and if Nazz got hit with the boomerang, I bet she'd become really boorish. Maybe like Lee or May Kanker. Just really gross and dirty. On the other hand, we've seen she has pretty bad table manners and Eddy likes her anyway.

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#202: Apr 20th 2020 at 3:25:22 PM

I almost forget,almost none of them come close to Edd's brother,who truly is a bully

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theLibrarian Since: Jul, 2009
#203: Apr 21st 2020 at 7:53:39 AM

Oh yeah. I imagine Eddy was doing his best to try and imitate his brother because he seemed to be fairly respected in the cul-de-sac. He does do a bit of bullying, like with what he does to Jimmy on Friendship Day, but otherwise I wouldn't count him as a bully.

MsCC93 Since: May, 2012
#204: May 3rd 2020 at 2:06:03 PM

[up][up][up] Eddy is a bully, though. Let's not whitewash how he treats his own friends and Jimmy. Also, there are times that Kevin is cruel to people when they do nothing to him.

Edited by MsCC93 on May 3rd 2020 at 5:09:40 AM

ThriceCharming Since: Nov, 2013
#205: May 3rd 2020 at 3:00:12 PM

Eddy is definitely what I would call "a little shit," but he rarely crosses the line from typical bro japery and into outright abuse. He doesn't seem to be the kind of person who enjoys hurting others.

Redmess Redmess from Netherlands Since: Feb, 2014
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#206: May 3rd 2020 at 4:10:11 PM

What one calls bro japery, another calls bullying.

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ThriceCharming Since: Nov, 2013
#207: May 3rd 2020 at 5:47:12 PM

Fair enough, but neither Ed nor Edd seem particularly bothered by Eddy's antics. Jimmy did, but he got his revenge immediately.

MsCC93 Since: May, 2012
#208: May 4th 2020 at 5:21:58 AM

[up] Edd gets fed up with Eddy sometimes, though. The movie showed it the best.

EDI: I always found Eddy much likable in the pre-flanderization episodes. He was a Jerk with a Heart of Gold who didn’t bully anybody and he was a good friend.

Edited by MsCC93 on May 5th 2020 at 10:57:50 AM

Kickisan Since: Oct, 2019
#209: Jul 3rd 2020 at 8:40:26 PM

Eddy gets a few Jerk with a Heart of Gold moments later on too, even if they are few and far between.

One is example is that when Double D believes that his parents wrote sticky notes with stupid instructions, Eddy allowed him to move into his bedroom.

Edited by Kickisan on Jul 3rd 2020 at 2:44:15 PM

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#210: Jul 3rd 2020 at 8:42:59 PM

The Kanker Sisters definitely would not be used if this show was running today, or at least they'd be used a lot less comedically.

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Kickisan Since: Oct, 2019
#211: Jul 3rd 2020 at 8:46:36 PM

They would have been out of the question back in the '90s too, if it had been boys treating girls in the same manner. But that is double standards for you.

Edited by Kickisan on Jul 3rd 2020 at 2:47:52 PM

Groverman62 Since: Feb, 2016
#212: Jul 4th 2020 at 8:38:24 PM

If the show came out within modern times the Kanker would have to be toned way the hell down definitely

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#213: Jul 4th 2020 at 8:54:46 PM

[up] Either:

1. Their unwanted advances are played completely seriously, with them not being comedic.

2. They get downplayed to mere loony stalkers with a crush on the Eds

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Joshbones Since: May, 2015
#214: Jul 4th 2020 at 9:10:47 PM

Definitely the second. The first one is super not E En E at all.

I could definitely see the Kanker Sisters working in a Tootie from fairly odd parents/Panini from Chowder sort of way for sure.

theLibrarian Since: Jul, 2009
#215: Jul 5th 2020 at 6:45:59 PM

Yeah, it's not portrayed as okay at all even in the original show, but that behavior wouldn't really be tolerated these days, even if it's girl-on-guy.

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#216: Jul 5th 2020 at 7:24:25 PM

[up] It's mostly that they're not taken seriously and their actions are portrayed for laughs. Which also would make it worse if it aired nowadays

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#217: Jul 6th 2020 at 3:36:28 AM

I think they're have to give some backstory to explain their behaviour

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theLibrarian Since: Jul, 2009
#218: Jul 6th 2020 at 5:24:58 AM

There’s at least some implied in the original series. I imagine they learned it all from their floozy of a mom.

Wispy Since: Feb, 2017
#219: Jul 7th 2020 at 4:33:34 PM

The Kankers were trailer trash and it looks like they all came from different dads. It's very possible their Mom and the missing dads are the reason why they are so creepy.

Nowadays I honestly can't really see them being done well.

Edited by Wispy on Jul 7th 2020 at 4:34:56 AM

Redmess Redmess from Netherlands Since: Feb, 2014
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#220: Jul 7th 2020 at 6:07:04 PM

Where do you get that their dads are missing?

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ThriceCharming Since: Nov, 2013
#221: Jul 7th 2020 at 7:31:18 PM

They all have the same last name. Either the Kankers do have the same dad, despite appearances, or they don't even know their dads.

Joshbones Since: May, 2015
#222: Jul 7th 2020 at 8:34:12 PM

Them having the same dad wouldn't really explain the bathrobes with three dads on them.

LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#223: Jul 7th 2020 at 11:35:54 PM

Or they just have their mother's name. That's also an option, and the more likely one.

The weirder thing about them having different fathers is that they all seem to be the same age.

unknowing from somewhere.. Since: Mar, 2014
#224: Jul 8th 2020 at 12:47:44 AM

I will said the eds ARE bullies...is just that:

A) they are bullies in the same way bull and skull from power ranger were: inefective ones you laugh, you know, the team rocket, jack spicer, etc is just that it is THEIR show so they are seen sympathic

b) Indeed the kranks are the bully of the bullys and because the Eds are the symapthic and inefectual ones then the kranks take are mean oens, is the crazy bully-good bully trope.

And c) Like I said before the show use A LOT of violence and a lot of mean humor, that is why the kranks feel so....bad right now, I mean I was kind afraid of them when I saw the show before.

But I will said that if a remake ever get made(and I mean a IF) it have to be netflix or something like that because the show is baked with to many values dissoance: it have a very gratitude use of violence in exagerate ways, the chararter are scammer in the best of time and eddy indeed have bad boss tendency(probably pick from his brother) and the other were cruel to them, is kinda like try to adapt bug bunny and tom and jerry and you run into problems(as indeed it happen).

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Joshbones Since: May, 2015
#225: Jul 8th 2020 at 1:06:37 AM

...You mean those things that Cartoon Network are fine with today? We have new Looney Tunes and new Tom and Jerry. Comic violence is probably never going away. Sexual assault as a joke might, which is why people talk about the Kankers, but nothing about Ed Edd 'N Eddy has aged in ten years. The setting and characters are pretty timeless, and nothing stands out as aging poorly.

It's not like the powerpuff girls with realistic blood, everythinf's exaggerated and wild. Nothing that would cause a problem.


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