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[[File:Ed-Edd-n-Eddy_9211.png|frame|From left to right: Edd, Ed and Eddy.]]

 

 

Three friends, one name, and barely a clue amongst them: that's the concept behind [[Cartoon Network]]'s ''Ed, Edd n Eddy'', a show about the misadventures of some not-so-ordinary kids in an ordinary suburban cul-de-sac. The show was created by [[Canada, Eh?|Canadian]] Danny Antonucci (creator of [[MTV]]'s short-lived series ''[[The Brothers Grunt]]'') during [[The Renaissance Age of Animation]]. It lasted from January, 1999 to November, 2009. A total of 65 regular episodes, 4 specials, and a television film.

Much of the humor is character/situation-driven, based on the absurdity of the situations the Eds and the rest of the kids find themselves in. A mix of slapstick, word play, and surrealism, the series ended up becoming the channel's longest-running series in terms of years on-air.

 

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* [[Abusive Parents]]: Ed's parents are implied to [[The Unfavorite|treat him with emotional abuse, while Sarah is treated like a princess]].

'''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!"

** Not to mention their levels of punishment.

'''Edd:''' That's ''disturbing''. }}

* [[The Ace]]: 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...}}

* [[Actually Pretty Funny]]: In “Boys Will Be Ed”, Edd scold the boys, including Ed and Eddy, for Jimmy’s misfortune with his sandwich and Victor the goat. However, Edd soon… well this.

* [[All Crimes Are Equal]]: 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, of course, a major reason why some fans don't like the other kids.

* [[Ambiguously Brown]]: Johnny, though he's probably black.

** Rolf.

* [[Ambiguous Disorder]]: Ed and Double-D

* [[Ambiguously Gay]]: 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.

* [[Arc Number]]: 62

* [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking]]:

'''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!'' }}

* [[Art Evolution]]: 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.

* [[Bad Mood As an Excuse]]: In "Little Ed Blue", Ed gains a bad mood, becoming aloof, violent and outright intimidating to everyone, even [[Spoiled Brat|Sarah]]. This is stopped when Johnny pulls off his shoe, revealing a pebble inside, and Ed is blissful again.

* [[Bait and Switch]]: In "A Town Called Ed", it clearly seems a row of lockers will fall on Eddy. They don't.

** If you take Plank away from Jonny, it can get really ugly.

** Nazz will get preachy and defensive if you've done something wrong.

** 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.

** Edd himself proved to be just as dangerous anytime he has a emotional meltdown.

** Ed angry is so scary it frightens ''Sarah''.

'''Ed:''' '''<big>SO MOVE</big>!!!''' }}

** Nazz falls into this category so many times.

** 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.

* [[Big Ball of Violence]]: Most fight scenes.

* [[Big Eater]]:

** Ed, period. An episode focuses on him '''eating the entire Cul-De-Sac's food supply'''.

* [[Black Comedy Rape]]: Done frequently by the Kankers to the Eds. For instance, in the ending of [[The Movie]], the Kankers {{spoiler|dragged Eddy's unconscious brother into his mobile home to give him "mouth to mouth."}}

* [[Blah Blah Blah]]: In [[The Rashomon]] episode, how Ed remembers Double D's dialogue.

* [[Blazing Inferno Hellfire Sauce]]: 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, [[Extreme Omnivore]] 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 [[Discretion Shot]] from down the street as a tower of flame erupts from the stand and the Eds sticking their mouths on a sprinkler.

* [[Blinding Camera Flash]]: There's an entire episode revolving around this.

* [[Blonde, Brunette, Redhead]]: Sort of, being that one of them has ''[[You Gotta Have Blue Hair|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.

'''Eddy:''' What, and ruin the plot? }}

** During the deleted scene of "Take this Ed and Shove It", Eddy blatantly smashes the fourth wall.

** The entire plot line of the episode "One + One = Edd" basically revolves around this.

** During [[The Movie]], this ''gem'' of a moment occurred while the Eds are reading the following instructions on an emergency kit:

'''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!"

** Jimmy is a bigger example. Jonny also qualifies if the subject is his big head - literally!

* [[Camera Abuse]]: 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.

* [[Cartoon Juggling]]: Eddy juggles a variety of items that Ed throws at him, from chairs to Double D, in order to entertain Sarah while babysitting. [[Amusing Injuries|It goes fairly well until Ed throws him a cactus]].

* [[Catch Phrase]]: For Ed: "Buttered toast!" and "Gravy!"

** 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.)

* [[Chain of Deals]]: "Who, What, Where, Ed!"

* [[Chaos Architecture]]: 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.

** Sarah becomes a lot more of a [[Deadpan Snarker]] as time goes on, especially in season five.

* [[Chew Toy]]: Jimmy, but ''especially the Eds''.

* [[Christmas Episode]]: "Fa La La La Ed", where Ed thinks it's [[Christmas in July]], and the [[Christmas Special]] "Jingle Jingle Jangle".

* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]: Rolf, Ed, and Jonny on occasion.

* [[Companion Cube]]: Plank!

** 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''': ''Hardly...'' }}

** Several scenes in the junkyard show inventions from previous episodes (i.e. the swinging-chair ride from "Eds-aggerate").

** 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.

* [[Contrived Coincidence]]: In "Who, What, Where, Ed" (the [[Chain of Deals]] 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 [[Lampshade Hanging|remarks]] "That was convenient."

** 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.

* [[Crack Pairing]]: 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 [[Cargo Ship|Eddy paired with Plank, and Ed with a sandwich]].

* [[Cue Card]]: 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:''' ''I'm fine. Well, okay, a little hungry.'' }}

* [[Cut Lex Luthor a Check]]: 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.

* [[Darker and Edgier]]: [[The Movie]], due to {{spoiler|the kids' obsession with hunting the Eds down and killing them}}. Not to mention the reveal that {{spoiler|Eddy's brother is physically abusive}}.

** 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.

* [[Domestic Abuse]]: {{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, [[Abuse Is Okay When It Is Female On Male|though of course]] that's [[Played for Laughs]] a lot more.

* [[Downer Ending]]: "If It Smells Like An Ed".

** 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|[[The Movie]]}}.

* [[Dreadful Musician]]: 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.

* [[Earn Your Happy Ending]]: 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).}}

* [[Embarrassing Middle Name]]: 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.

* [[Epic Fail]]: 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 '''[[The Ditz|Ed]]''' sees right through it.

*** Given that they also completely destroyed his Friendship Day celebration (something he was rather passionate about) and has put up with [[The Chew Toy|a hefty amount of abuse from the Eds]] (and several others) throughout the course of the series, the wedgie seemed more like merely [[Break the Cutie|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).

* [[Executive Meddling]]: [[The Movie]] aired in Asia and parts of Europe months before it did in the US, for reasons unknown.

* [[Extreme Omni Goat]]: Victor.

* [[Eye Scream]]: 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:''' Right-o, Jim Bob! }}

* [[Face Heel Turn]]: In [[The Movie]], {{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 [[Medium Awareness|the movie]] [[Breaking the Fourth Wall|was over]].

** So, {{spoiler|[[Silver Age]] Batman to [[Dark Age]] Batman then?}}

* [[Foot Focus]]: "FOOTSIES!!! AAAAAAAHHH!!!"

** "Clammy."

* [["Friend or Idol?" Decision]]: 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.}}

* [[Funny Background Event]]: 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.

* [[Genre Savvy]]: In "The Eds are Coming, The Eds are Coming" (The [[Alien Invasion|CN invaded]] special), the implication of an actual alien invasion leads Double D to research Ed's comic books to produce countermeasures against it.

* [[The Ghost]]: All the parents, Eddy's older brother (up until the [[Grand Finale]]), and Rolf's nana.

* [[Giant Foot of Stomping]]: In Ed's bedtime story he was telling to Johnny.

* [[Girly Bruiser]]: Sarah is a rare villainous example.

* [[Going Commando]]:

* [[Gosh Hornet]]: The Eds start a beehive extermination business in one episode. It doesn't end well.

* [[Got Volunteered]]

* [[Grand Finale]]: [[The Movie]], which even breaks the fourth wall to make it clear to the viewers that it ''is'' the end.

* [[Gravity Is a Harsh Mistress]]: As the show is full of [[Toon Physics]], 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.

* [[Groin Attack]]: 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.

* [[Gross-Out Show]] and [[Gross Up Close-Up]]: Several throughout the series. What did you expect from Danny Antonucci?

* [[Hair-Trigger Temper]]: Sarah, full stop. Eddy, too.

* [[Have You Told Anyone Else?]]:

'''Eddy:''' Only these losers. }}

* [[Here We Go Again]]: "The Ed-Touchables", "Ed, Ed, And Away", "Luck of the Ed", and "Thick As An Ed" all end this way.

* [[He Who Fights Monsters]]: Subtle suggestions are made throughout the show that Kevin's [[Jerkass]] behavior is a result of constant harrassment from the Eds. In "See No Ed" he becomes increasingly suspicious after the Eds dissappear for an extensive period time, to the point of becoming a paranoid wreck convinced of the Eds preparing to scam him at every turn. {{spoiler|His point of view changes after witnessing Eddy's own [[Freudian Excuse]] in [[The Movie]] however.}}

* [[He Who Must Not Be Seen]]: Eddy's brother.

** Averted when Eddy's Brother finally appears in the movie.

* [[High-Pressure Emotion]]: In "Oath to an Ed", Sarah drives Eddy into this when he is trying to earn a badge.

* [[Hold Up Your Score]]

* [[Hypno Fool]]: In one episode, everyone but the Kanker Sisters and Jonny. Yes, even [[Companion Cube|Plank]].

* [[Hypocritical Humor]]: The first scene in "Know It All Ed", where the Eds find a box of turkey basters, er, I mean, Canadian squirt guns:

'''Eddy:''' (squirts Edd) And squirt! Canadian style! }}

** The hypocrisy comes from the fact that this show was made by Canadians.

** One episode focuses on Eddy trying to prevent Kevin from revealing his [[Embarrassing Middle Name]] (Skipper). After it's outed, Edd tries to comfort Eddy by saying that he has an EMN too (Marian). As soon as he learns it, Eddy shouts it out for all the cul-de-sac to hear.

* [[Idea Bulb]]: "High-Heeled Eds". While trying to think up a way to scam Sarah, Nazz and Jimmy, Eddy gets one, though it flickers out briefly until he adjusts it.

* [[Idiosyncratic Episode Naming]]: Every title is a play on a popular phrase, or the title of a related work, with "Ed" replacing at least one syllable.

* [[Idiot Ball]]: Everyone's held it at least once, but Eddy's the one who usually holds it.

* [[It Amused Me]]: The reason why Kevin popped the bubblegum bubble that Ed, Eddy, and Jonny were riding in at the time in "For Your Ed Only". {{spoiler|He gets a minor comeuppance later on when the Eds tie him to a tree after he eavesdrops on them over Sarah's diary.}}

* [[I Wished You Were Dead]]: G-rated variant in "See No Ed", where the Eds seem to have disappeared:

* [[Jerkass Facade]]: {{spoiler|Eddy, who reveals in the movie that he was only acting like a jerk because he thought he'd be cool if he acted like his brother.}}

** Likewise, [[Bratty Half-Pint]] Sarah may be a total jerk towards the Eds (And downright abusive/manipulative towards Ed), but she shows genuine kindness and concern over her friend Jimmy. She does care about Ed deep down, such as one episode where the Eds were trapped in a "haunted" house and pretending to be attacked by ghosts, she squeals, "Somebody save my idiot brother!"

*** And Kevin seems to have been somewhat of a not-so-nice nice kid either. However, towards the [[Just for Pun|Ed]] of the movie, he finally forgives the Eds and starts acting nicer towards them. Plus, he's good friends with Rolf, and will lend him a hand when needed. And with three exceptions, he seems to be pretty generous with the mountain of jawbreakers in his garage.

*** And in a couple episodes, Kevin can be seen getting along with Double D, such as when Kevin strikes up a conversation with Double D while fixing his bike (albeit calling him "Dork" when he sees that Double D has disappeared), and Double D accidentally-on-purpose dropping the key to Eddy's house so Kevin can get revenge on Eddy for tormenting him while he was grounded (and so Double D could also get revenge on Eddy for [[Jerkass|making him think he had a fatal disease]]).

* [[Kaiju]]: Ed's a small-scale one of these in "The Day The Ed Stood Still", with some [[Aliens|Xenomorph]] for flavor. The Mis-Ed-Ventures game would later feature a level with Ed's monster "form" playing this straight.

** Edd gets a minor one in "Smile For the Ed" when Eddy gets a week's detention for impersonating the principal, which Edd actually did (though Edd was trying to help).

** In [[The Movie]] Kevin complains that the Eds are supposedly going to get away with their antics "again", [[Offscreen Villainy|suggesting they have managed to get off scot free in some unseen incidents]].

* [[Lampshade Hanging]]: And how!

** In response to Edd's suggestion to go to his house to watch a movie, Eddy responds with "What? [[Just Eat Gilligan|And ruin the plot?]]"

** After slipping on a banana peel in another episode:

* [[Large Ham]]:

** Ed has shades of this in Season 5 and the movie, though he still retains his Funny line generator.

** Ed as well in Mis-Ed-Ventures when using Batter-Ed.

* [[Literal Metaphor]]:

* [[Long Bus Trip]]: This is how the episode with Ed's imaginary friend Jib is resolved.

* [[MacGuffin]]: Jawbreakers.

** In one episode, Ed pretends to be Eddy, Edd pretends to be Ed, and Eddy pretends to be Edd, with hilarious results. Trying to use a larger vocabulary like Edd, Eddy has a few of these.

** In another episode:

* [[Mattress Tag Gag]]: In one episode, Eddy torments goodie two shoes Double D by ripping a tag off his mattress (while Double D's hat was tied to the cieling light).

* [[Mickey Mousing]]: Almost every episode does this, often uninterrupted in its entirety.

* [[Misery Builds Character]]: After the Eds wrongfully accuse Jonny of being a "serial toucher" and sentence him to rolling down a hill in a giant tire, Eddy justifies it by citing the trope. {{spoiler|Given his rather shocking history of abuse from his older brother he might justifiably believe it.}}

* [[Misplaced Retribution]]: Frequently done by the cul-de-sac kids. No matter which of the Eds have wronged them, they are almost always punished as a group. Sarah excuses this at least once:

* [[Mouth Cam]]: In one of the episodes, they're filming a video, Ed randomly swallows the camera (shouting "Man the helms! DIVE, DIVE!"), ending up in a shot from inside his stomach as Edd digs it back out.

* [[Multi Character Title]]

* [[Name and Name|Name, Name and Name]]

* [[Nausea Fuel]]: [[In-Universe]]: when Ed gobbles all the food in the Cul-De-Sac, Eddy makes a scam of selling it back to the hungry neighbors: he roots around in Ed's stomach and yanks out the requested item. Edd is noticeably sick.

** [[Inverted]], then, as this is an American show. (Well, it's made in Canada, but it doesn't air over there, which is another inversion I suppose.)

* [[No Fourth Wall]]: If the series didn't drive this home, then [[The Movie]] most certainly did, with a glaring example at the start of it: When the Eds try to escape from the kids in the beginning, they find a emergency glass in Eddy's brother's room, reading "Break Glass in Case of Movie".

'''Ed:''' [[Self-Deprecation|"Cheap movie."]] }}

** Done again in [[The Movie]] {{spoiler|at the end when Edd, commenting on how they finally got a favorable outcome, says it only took them "a hundred and thirty episodes, four specials and a movie" to do so.}}

*** Earlier in that same episode, Eddy offers to take some money off of Ed's "poorly-drawn fingers".

** In "Ed Overboard", the Urban Rangers are enlisted in rescuing Ed from the Kanker Sisters, but they ask that the Eds be temporarily sworn in, leading to the line:

** Then there's this funny line:

'''Jimmy:''' Antonucci? }}

* {{spoiler|[[No-Holds-Barred Beatdown]]}}: {{spoiler|The climax of [[The Movie]].}}

* [[No Name Given]]: Eddy's Brother is never given a name {{spoiler|even in the movie, where credits even state him as "Eddy's Brother".}}

** Actually in an interview, Antonucci was asked specifically what Eddy's brother was named and he gave an actual name. {{spoiler|He called him simply Mathew/Matthew}}

* [[Noodle Incident]]: The plot of [[The Movie]] centers around this.

** Also, whatever Plank did in the election episode.

* [[Not So Harmless]]: Crybaby Jimmy turned out to be quite the [[Magnificent Bastard]] after being trained by the Eds.

** And let's not forget how badly he pwned Edd in "A Fistful of Ed".

**** But the other kids didn't know that at the time.

** {{spoiler|Jimmy}} in 'If It Smells Like an Ed' constructs quite the [[Evil Plan]] seemingly on the fly.

* [[Not-So-Imaginary Friend]]: There are times when it seems that Plank is more than just a piece of wood.

** Ed's imaginary friend Jib is a straighter example. No one believed he existed until he beat up Eddy.

** Every episode opens with one or more of the Eds doing something strange, or some sort of scam, that has almost nothing to do with the rest of the episode and only occasionally setting up a completely different plot.

* [[One Steve Limit]]: As we can see in the episode title, this has been averted, leading to:

** Although in a single instance in the first episode, Eddy does say Edd's name as announced in the title, when complaining about having to wear bunny slippers into Edd's room.

* [[Only One Name]]: Other than the Kanker Sisters and Nazz, whose surname and middle name are revealed in the movie, none of the characters seem to have surnames.

* [[Oven Logic]]: In "Oath to an Ed", Eddy did this with a microwaveable burrito, five seconds after he'd already delegated the task to The Smart Guy. It ended up imploding on them. No burrito merit badge for them.

** In an earlier episode, where Ed [[Sleepwalking|sleepwalks]] and eats the entire Cul-De-Sac's food supply.:

'''Edd:''' ...Are you gonna share those? }}

* [[Peeling Potatoes]]: "Will Work for Ed". Ed's first job on Rolf's farm.

* [[Perspective Magic]] "One + One = ED".

* [[Piano Drop]]: To get to the candy store, Eddy takes a shortcut through Jimmy's yard and runs under a ladder. Jimmy's "garden in the sky' then falls but misses Eddy. Eddy then starts to run, only to have a piano fall on him.

* [[Power Trio]]

** [[Comic Trio]]: The Eds form one, with Eddy as the [[Schemer]], Ed as the [[Dumb Muscle]], and Edd as the [["No Respect" Guy]].

* [[Rewind, Replay, Repeat]]: [[Played for Laughs]]; Ed presses down on Edd's head, causing Edd to rewind his statement about fruitcake and Christmas, especially the Christmas part.

* [[Road Apples]]: An aversion:

'''Rolf:''' Same thing! }}

* [[Rubber Man]]: The characters are able to stretch their cheeks and arms.

* [[Rule of Three]]: Aside from the obvious [[Power Trio]] and instances of action, Ed occasionally makes comments to this effect:

** What about Double D?

'''Edd''' ''(labeling a file cabinet)'': Dusty, dusty, dusty. }}

** And then again when Eddy cops DD's schtick:

* [[Running Gag]]: Ed falling off the treehouse and having to get pulled back up in "Vert-Ed-Go".

* [[Sadist Show]]: The violence featured in the show borders on [[Refuge in Audacity]]. At one point, Sarah throws a ''car'' on Nazz.

** According to a store in the prepare for school episode, it is most likely set in the 2000s.

** In the beginning of the movie, Double D {{spoiler|uses a commemorative glass in Eddy's brother's room to listen through the door. The glass has "Peach Creek Diner 2000 Best Eater" on it, thus adding more confusion to the exact date of the series.}}

** The show's creator states that the show has no set date because "[Danny] wanted the show to appeal to any generation."

* [[Schmuck Bait]]: [[The Movie]]'s [[Noodle Incident]] apparently involved a red button.

* [[Second-Person Attack]]: Several examples.

** At the end of "Who Let The Ed In?", Eddy hits Ed with an invisible potato in an invisible slingshot.

** The letters "AKA" are found somewhere in every episode, usually on some sign or in a Blink-And-You'll-Miss-It moment.

** From [[The Movie]]:

** And in the same scene:

'''Eddy:''' Yeah, with [[The Sound of Music|the sounds of an idiot]]. }}

** And in the series proper:

'''Kevin and Jonny:''' ''No!'' [[The Music Man|Marion the Librarian!]] }}

** Another one to Airplane!

'''Ed:''' Hello? Echo! ''My name is Ed!'' }}

** Ed pulls a reference in the episode "For Your Ed Only".

** In "Avast Ye Eds", when Jonny tears apart the Kankers sail, Jimmy remarks "Just like [[Errol Flynn]]!"

* [[Sleepwalking]]: In "A Glass of Warm Ed", as well as the opening of "Run For Your Ed".

* [[Smelly Skunk]]: In "Sorry, Wrong Ed", when Eddy calls into his supposedly cursed phone, a skunk comes out and sprays him.

* [[Space Elevator]]: In "They Call Him Mr. Ed", Ed spends most of the episode building one from random junk. It reaches the moon.

* [[Spy Speak]]

* [[Squick]]: An in-universe example: Rolf pulls out a keychain made from one of his Great Nano's kidney stones. Nazz, with an appropriate look on her face, asks "''What'' did he say that thing was?!"

** The Kanker Sisters.

** Also Sarah for Double D.

* {{spoiler|[[Strong Family Resemblance]]}}: {{spoiler|Eddy's Brother looks like an older (meaner and scarier) version of Eddy, right down to the three protruding hairs.}}

* [[Suddenly Shouting]]: Eddy does this a LOT.

* [[Super Strength]]: Ed, Rolf, and Sarah have all been shown to be stronger than your average human. Rolf's backbreaking chores give him an excuse, at least.

** In the first episode, "The Ed-Touchables", Eddy also shows at least a temporary bout of [[Super Strength]] by lifting, and slamming down, Edds bed in an attempt to stop him from panicking {{spoiler|(an attempt which worked incidentally, though it did leave the bed damaged beyond repair).}}

** If you played the food fight game as Double D on the official website he'd throw his hat up in victory, revealing that his hairdo has a disturbing resemblence to Ed's (In other words he's practically bald with only a bit of stubble here and there for hair)

* [[Terrible Trio]]: If the Eds have gone too far in a scam, the kids will jump to that conclusion immediately. The Kanker Sisters are a more proper example, especially when they destroy the cul-de-sac trying to find their heirloom, the Ship-Inna-Bottle.

* [[Toon Physics]]: Drive the entire show, especially lampshaded in "1 + 1 = Ed".

** And in the episode 'Brother, Can You Spare an Ed?', Sarah and Jimmy wanted Ed to buy them fudge instead of jawbreakers. So either that's their favorite food or the writers just gave them a craving for fudge for the sake of the episode.

* [[Traumatic Haircut]]: {{spoiler|Nazz in the movie, due to separation from hair care products}}. Played for laughs.

* [[Triple Take]]: Used in [[The Movie]], when the Eds {{spoiler|bust out of Eddy's house in his brother's car.}}

* [[True Companions]]: Eddy is very much the "dad" of the group, while Edd is the "mom" and Ed is the "child."

** In another episode, Eddy is running for King of the Cul-de-Sac against Plank and resorts to [[Blackmail]]. We never see what the photograph is, but it horrifies everyone who sees it (except [[Cloudcuckoolander|Rolf]], who doesn't understand it at all).

* [[Unstoppable Rage]]: "Little Blue Ed" shows us that almost nothing in the world can stop Ed when he's in a bad mood... all because he ended up with a pebble in his shoe.

* [[Unusual Euphemism]]: "That's my udder you're touching."

* [[Visual Pun]]: While Edd is giving a morality lecture, Eddy simply reaches down, picks a sock up, and shoves it in Edd's mouth. There are several similar gags throughout the show.

* [[The Voiceless]]: Plank, at least to everyone who isn't Jonny. Eddy also becomes this in "Button Yer Ed", when a fly gets lodged in his throat, only allowing him to make wheezing, squeaky noises.

* [[Weaksauce Weakness]]:

** Jimmy's foot gets broken by a ''clothespin''.

** Ed is fearful of bathroom products.

** In "Pass it on Ed", Eddy implies that {{spoiler|his brother}} is lactose intolerant.

* [[Wheel-O-Feet]]: Played with in "1 + 1 = Ed" when Eddy pulls this off, and then throws Sarah into the wheel blur, causing her to speed off out of control. Played straight in [[The Movie]]. In a car.

* [[When It Rains, It Pours]]: Done in "Read All About Ed":

* [[With Friends Like These...]]: Edd with Ed and Eddy. {{spoiler|[[Up to Eleven]] in the movie.}}

** {{spoiler|Subverted in the movie, in which he left right after the whole quicksand prank, and it only took a fight and Eddy admitting his faults for him to come back.}}

* [[The Wiki Rule]]: [http://ed.wikia.com/wiki/Ed,_Edd_n_Eddy_Wiki Here you go.]

* [[Wrap It Up]]: [[The Movie]].

* [[Zany Scheme]]: The majority of the episodes.

 

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