Ed, Edd 'n' Eddy is an American animated television series created by Danny Antonucci and produced by a.k.a. Cartoon for Cartoon Network. The series, which was Cartoon Network's fifth Cartoon Cartoon, was first aired in 1999. Originally, there were only going to be four seasons; however, Cartoon Network has ordered two more, giving the series a total of six seasons. It is currently the longest running original cartoon on Cartoon Network.

The series revolves around three pre-adolescent boys: Ed, Edd, and Eddy (collectively known as "the Eds"). The three hang around in their suburban neighborhood of Peach Creek Estates, where "the cul-de-sac" is located. Led by Eddy, the Eds scheme to make money off their peers, but their plans usually fail, leaving them in various predicaments. The characters almost never leave the neighborhood, and adults are nowhere to be found.

Ed, Edd 'n' Eddy is unusual in that it is animated wholly using traditional cel animation, while most cartoons are now animated using computer animation. The use of painted cels lasted up to the end of the fourth season. Though the show is still entirely hand-drawn, all cels are colored digitally, since no animation studio paints cels anymore. It is the last major cartoon to use painted cels.

Ed, Edd 'n' Eddy uses a moderate version of Squigglevision. The crawling lines are not nearly as active as those in Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist, but are still visible. Much of the unfavorable press that Ed, Edd 'n' Eddy has received has been because of this animation technique. Conversely, Danny Antonucci calls it a "wobble" effect, and likens it to cartoons of the 1930s where the film tended to be unstable and give the same effect.[1]

Setting

The number of characters in Ed, Edd 'n' Eddy is fixed. No adults or other characters other than the existing cast ever appear in the show, except by inference. In school, the Eds and the rest of the characters are the only children ever seen. The entire adult world is a set of unseen characters. Occasionally, a vehicle will enter the small universe the show is set in, and it can be presumed that an adult is driving, although they are never seen. However, references are frequently made to parents and Rolf's grandparents.

Ed, Edd 'n' Eddy is not set in any identifiable time period. Danny Antonucci has stated that he wanted the show to appeal to any generation. If a VCR is needed in a plot, it is there. In the first episode, Edd used a computer to give Jonny a lie detector test, powered through a toaster. The kids do not have iPods, Game Boys, PDAs, or cell phones. Rolf's TV has 4 channels and Ed's TV has a rabbit ear antenna.

The most coveted treat in the show, especially among the Eds, is the jawbreaker. A majority of episodes have used the Eds' quest for jawbreakers as plot or sub-plot devices. The jawbreakers in the show are noticeably oversized, in fact, larger than a kid's head. Kids enjoying jawbreakers will have characteristic bowling-ball-sized bulges on one side of their cheeks.

The first 4 seasons took place during the summer. Season 5 centers around school and is set in the fall. Season 6 will be set in the winter.

Most of the episodes begin with something completely unrelated to the storyline of the episode. This is to emphasize the randomness of childhood.[2]

Characters

Voice Talent

• Matt Hill - Ed
• Samuel Vincent - Edd
• Tony Sampson - Eddy
• Keenan Christenson - Jimmy
• David Paul Grove - Jonny (credited as "Buck" before season 4)
• Kathleen Barr - Kevin/Marie Kanker
• Tabitha St. Germain - Nazz (Season 1)
• Jenn Forgie - May Kanker/Nazz (Season 3)
• Erin Fitzgerald - May Kanker (Season 1-present)/Nazz (Season 2-present)
• Peter Kelamis - Rolf
• Janyse Jaud - Sarah/Lee Kanker

Episode list

Season 1: 1999

1. "The Ed Touchables/Nagged to Ed" (4 January, 1999)
2. "Pop goes the Ed/Over Your Ed" (11 January 1999)
3. "Sir-Ed-a-Lot/A Pinch to Grow an Ed" (18 January 1999)
4. "Read All About Ed/Quick Shot Ed" (25 January 1999)
5. "An Ed Too Many" & "Ed-n-Seek" (1 February 1999)
6. "Look into My Eds" & "Tag, Yer Ed" (8 February 1999)
7. "Dawn of the Eds" & "Vert-Ed-Go" (15 February 1999)
8. "Who, What, Where, Ed" & "Keeping Up With the Eds" (22 February 1999)
9. "Fool on the Ed" & "A Boy and His Ed" (1 March 1999)
10. "It's Way Ed" & "Laugh Ed Laugh" (8 March 1999)
11. "Eds-Aggerate" & "Oath to an Ed" (15 March 1999)
12. "A Glass of Warm Ed" & "Flea Bitten Ed" (22 March 1999)
13. "Button Yer Ed" & "Avast Ye Eds" (29 March 1999)

Season 2: 1999

14. "Know-It-All Ed" / "Dear Ed" (13 September 1999)
15. "Knock Knock, Who's Ed" / "One Plus One Equals Ed" (20 September 1999)
16. "Eeny Meeny Miney Ed" / "Ready Set Ed" (27 September 1999)
17. "Hands Across Ed" / "Floss Your Ed" (4 October 1999)
18. "In Like Ed" / "Who Let the Ed in?" (11 October 1999)
19. "Rambling Ed" / "Home Cooked Eds" (18 October 1999)
20. "To Sir With Ed" / "Key to My Ed" (25 October 1999)
21. "Honor Thy Ed" / "Scrambled Ed" (1 November 1999)
22. "Urban Ed" / "Stop, Look, Ed" (8 November 1999)
23. "Rent-a-Ed" / "Shoo Ed" (15 November 1999)
24. "Ed in a Halfshell" / "Mirror Mirror on the Ed" (29 November 1999)
25. "Hot Buttered Ed" / "High Heeled Ed" (6 December 1999)
26. "Fa, La, La, La, Ed" / "Cry Ed" (20 December 1999)

Season 3: 2001-2002

27. "Wish You Were Ed" & "Momma's Little Ed" (23 February 2001)
28. "Once Upon an Ed" & "For Your Ed Only" (25 May 2001)
29. "It Came from Outer Ed" & "Three Squares and an Ed" (19 September 2001)
30. "Dueling Eds" & "Dim Lit Ed" (23 November 2001)
31. "Will Work for Ed" & "Ed, Ed and Away" (4 January 2002)
32. "X Marks the Ed" & "From Here to Ed" (25 January 2002)
33. ""Boys Will Be Eds & "Ed or Tails?" (15 February 2002)
34. ""Gimme Gimme never Ed & "My Fair Ed" (8 March 2002)
35. "Rock-A-Bye Ed" & "O-Ed Eleven" (22 March 2002)
36. "Luck of the Ed" & "Ed, Pass It on" (21 June 2002)
37. "Brother, Can You Spare an Ed" & "The Day the Ed Stood Still" (28 June 2002)
38. "If It Smells Like an Ed" (5 July 2002)
39. "Don't Rain on My Ed" & "Once Bitten, Twice Ed" (12 July 2002)
40. "An Ed in the Bush" & "See No Ed" (27 September 2002)
41. "Is There an Ed in the House?" & "An Ed is born" (1 November 2002)
42. "One Size Fits Ed" & "Pain in the Ed" (15 November 2002)

Season 4: 2003-2004

43. "Ed Overboard" & "One of Those Eds" (24 August 2003)
44. "They Call Him Mr. Ed" & "For the Ed, By the Ed" (10 November 2003)
45. "Little Ed Blue" & "A Twist of Ed" (17 November 2003)
46. "Your Ed Here" & "The Good Ole Ed" (23 January 2004)
47. "Thick as an Ed" & "Sorry, Wrong Ed" (30 January 2004)
48. "Robin' Ed" & " A Case of Ed" (6 February 2004)
49. "Run for Your Ed" & "Hand Me Down Ed" (13 February 2004)
50. "Stiff Upper Ed" & "Here's Mud in Your Ed" (20 February 2004)
51. "Stuck in the Ed" & "Postcards from the Ed" (27 February 2004)
52. "Take This Ed and Shove It" (5 November 2004)

Season 5: 2005-2006

53. "Mission Ed-Possible" & "Every Which Way But Ed" (4 November 2005)
54. "Boom Boom Out Goes the Ed" & "Cleanliness is Next to Edness" (11 November 2005)
55. "Out With the Old, In With the Ed" (18 November 2005)
56. "I am Curious Ed" & "No Speak Da Ed" (25 November 2005)
57. "Cool Hand Ed" & "Too Smart for His Own Ed" (31 March 2006)
58. "Pick an Ed" & "Who's Minding the Ed?" (28 June 2006)
59. "This Won't Hurt an Ed" & "Truth or Ed" (3 July 2006)
60. "Tinker Ed" & "The Good, the Bad, and the Ed" (14 August 2006)
61. "Tween a Rock & an Ed Place" & "Tight End Ed" (28 August 2006)
62. "Smile For the Ed" & "All Eds Are Off" (Fall 2006)^{[citation needed]}
63. "A Fistful of Ed" & "Run Ed, Run!" (Fall 2006)^{[citation needed]}
64. "A Town Called Ed" & "Luck Be an Ed Tonight" (Winter 2006)^{[citation needed]}

Season 6: 2007-2008

Season 6 will air next year, along with a roughly 90 minute TV movie, which has been confirmed by Toon Zone and the San Diego ComicCon.[3]

DVD Releases

Video games

• There have been two video games based on Ed, Edd 'n' Eddy; Jawbreakers!, released in 2001 and The Mis-Edventures, released in 2005.

Trivia

• The letters "AKA," the abbreviation for the name of the company that produces the show (a.k.a. Cartoon), frequently appear in the show. The words have been seen on license plates, magazines, T-shirts, and such.
• All the episode titles, except for the holiday specials, are popular sayings with a word replaced with the name "Ed" (e.g., "Stop, Look, and Ed"- Stop, Look, and Listen.) Some are also parodies of movie titles (e.g., "For Your Ed Only" - For Your Eyes Only, "The Day the Ed Stood Still" - The Day the Earth Stood Still, "O-Ed's Eleven" - Ocean's Eleven).
• The show often makes meta-references and breaks the fourth wall. Almost every episode contains references to pop culture, especially movies.
• Peach Creek Estates, which is where the cul-de-sac is, shares the name of several real-life neighborhoods. The show's creators insist that the Peach Creek of the show can never be found on a map, and is more an idealistic location than a specific one.
• The kids have multi-colored tongues, because, as Danny Antonucci stated, kids are almost always eating something that turns their tongues different colors. [4]
• The Eds have appeared in two other Cartoon Network Studio cartoons, which were Dexter's Laboratory ^{[citation needed]} and Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends.

Awards & Nominations