1. Ed, Edd n Eddy (1999-2009)
Honestly this show caught on the way it did because they really nailed what it was like being kids. Of course some additional ridiculous stuff got thrown in no surprise there. It mostly centers around three outcasts that oddly share the same name. So they chose to name two of them differently to make it easier.
Double D is the genius of the group. He ends up being one of the nicest cartoon characters I ever seen. Ed is someone a lot of people could relate to. He is driven in doing stuff while not really thinking about his actions. Eddy is the cockiest know it all that gets the bad end of the stick. Usually Eddy gets his friends into tricking their neighbors to getting them quarters.
In order to get these ridiculously big jawbreakers. To clarify possibly close to a third of that size is the biggest you can get in real life. Now those are the ones you shouldn't even attempt to force into your mouth. It is recommended to use a hammer to break it up like a coconut. Of course, they don't do such a thing lol.
Eddy is willing to go low in order to get what he wants. He is essentially the all talk not walk guy. Up til late in this show, most of it took place in their neighbor hood. Eventually the action became centered around their school. Keep in mind, we don't get to see this school until that happens. There's a few great maps on Garry's Mod that did an amazing job recreating their neighbor hood.
However there's a few problems I must discuss here. For starters, you can tell after they moved the characters into school, the quality alone with originality went out the window. I will talk more about that in my next review. I felt most of those episodes sucked. Let's be honest prior to them going to school was all great for the most part.
They took away what helped it stand out against many cartoons. Some characters slowly weren't getting use much as they used to anymore. To me, this is when the show clearly wants to die. Honestly it is quite sad this should could've went on a little further if they wanted to. This show was a huge impact on me growing up.
The creator of this show has a long history with animation in general. Prior to this show, he created a short lived MTV cartoon called The Brothers Grunt. Some claim Ed, Edd n Eddy in some way continues it's legacy. Regardless I can safely say most of this show is good enough for me to still respect it.
2. Ed, Edd n Eddy's Big Picture Show (2009)
Now we get to my single biggest problem with this show. The movie is a huge slap to the face. On and off, Eddy claims stuff about his brother. This movie finally reveals how much of it was true. Spoiler alert none of it was true. We get to see his big brother late in this movie. Oh boy where to begin on how disappointing this movie actually was to me?
They give us hints to what happened but never fully revealed it. So we are left clueless to the truth. I know this show wasn't big on story in general but we at least deserved that. Also this movie slightly felt more like the show than it's last few seasons. Trust me that isn't a step up in this case. They were given the chance of doing one more season or doing this movie.
Obviously they chose doing this movie because of the people making it wanted to move on from it. To be fair, this show did last a long time taking a little extra time in some seasons to make. So in a way I do see where they're coming from. But at the same time, we the fans deserve a more satisfying end than this.
Yes this movie was essentially the ending to a once great show. It was a bad journey movie that quickly lose it's appeal. They attempted to do something like this but clearly it got rushed. I felt just a little more time could've made this a bit better. Let's be more direct, this movie by itself is an insult to it's legacy & the guy who created it.
Even he knows how bad this movie was. I wish I could tell him to his face, why in god's name you went with that concept for a movie? I felt taking a few parts of previous episodes would've been a much better movie than this. Ed, Edd n Eddy's Big Picture Show is not worthy of anything. I am sad to say this might be one of the disappointing Cartoon Network movies I have ever seen.
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